Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dynamic cut-in wind speed for wind turbines
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Application No.: US14184797Application Date: 2014-02-20
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Publication No.: US09920742B2Publication Date: 2018-03-20
- Inventor: Vijaykumar Muppayya Hiremath , Shimnamol Padmanabhan Nair , Aswini Karteek Bommareddy , Karthikeyan Appuraj
- 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: G06F19/00
- IPC: G06F19/00 ; F03D7/02

Abstract:
The present subject matter is directed to a system and method for operating a wind turbine. More specifically, the system and method determines a dynamic cut-in wind speed for the wind turbine based on one or more environmental conditions. In one embodiment, the method includes providing a predetermined cut-in wind speed for the wind turbine based on at least one estimated environmental condition for a wind turbine site; determining one or more actual environmental conditions near the wind turbine for a predetermined time period at the wind turbine site; determining a variance between the at least one estimated environmental condition and the one or more actual environmental conditions; calculating a dynamic cut-in wind speed based on the variance; and, operating the wind turbine based on the dynamic cut-in wind speed so as to increase wind turbine operational efficiency.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150233348A1 DYNAMIC CUT-IN WIND SPEED FOR WIND TURBINES Public/Granted day:2015-08-20
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