Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for monitoring wind turbine loading
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Application No.: US14019838Application Date: 2013-09-06
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Publication No.: US09683553B2Publication Date: 2017-06-20
- Inventor: Dale Robert Mashtare , James Henry Madge , Charudatta Subhash Mehendale , George Albert Goller , Conner B. Shane
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Dority & Manning, P.A.
- Main IPC: F16H57/025
- IPC: F16H57/025 ; F03D7/04 ; F03D11/00 ; F16H57/01 ; F03D17/00 ; F03D9/25

Abstract:
Systems and methods for monitoring wind turbine loading are provided. In one embodiment, a system includes a main shaft, a bedplate, and a gearbox coupled to the main shaft and mounted to the bedplate. The gearbox includes an outer casing and a torque arm extending from the outer casing. The system further includes an isolation mount coupled to the torque arm, and a sensor configured to measure displacement of the torque arm. In another embodiment, a method includes operating the wind turbine, and detecting displacement of a torque arm of a gearbox of the wind turbine. The method further includes calculating a moment for a main shaft of the wind turbine based on the displacement of the torque arm.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150069762A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING WIND TURBINE LOADING Public/Granted day:2015-03-12
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