公开(公告)号：US11708815B2

公开(公告)日：2023-07-25

申请号：US17169839

申请日：2021-02-08

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Dayu Huang ,  Hullas Sehgal ,  Conner Brooks Shane ,  Kalpesh Singal

IPC: F03D7/04 ,  F03D7/02 ,  F03D17/00

CPC classification number: F03D7/042 ,  F03D7/0264 ,  F03D17/00 ,  F05B2260/80 ,  F05B2270/107 ,  F05B2270/327 ,  F05B2270/335

Abstract: A system and method are provided for controlling a wind turbine. Accordingly, a controller of the wind turbine detects a loss of traction of the slip coupling based on a difference between data indicative of a rotor operating parameter and data indicative of a generator operating parameter. The controller then determines an angle of slip corresponding to the loss of traction as a function of the difference. Based, at least partially on the angle of slip, a degradation value for the slip coupling is determined. A control action is implemented based on the degradation value.

公开(公告)号：US20210396208A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-23

申请号：US16903737

申请日：2020-06-17

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Leonardo Cesar Kammer ,  Conner Brooks Shane ,  Dana Perry Martin

IPC: F03D7/02

Abstract: A method for protecting a wind turbine from overloading during operation caused by a fault includes receiving, via a controller, a plurality of pitch signals from a plurality of pitch control mechanisms of a pitch system of the wind turbine, the pitch system configured to rotate a plurality of rotor blades mounted to a rotatable hub of a rotor of the wind turbine about respective pitch axes. Further, the method includes determining a collective pitch rate of the pitch system as a function of the plurality of pitch signals. The method also includes defining a minimum pitch rate threshold that varies with a speed parameter of the wind turbine. Moreover, the method includes receiving a first speed parameter of the wind turbine. In addition, the method includes comparing the collective pitch rate to the minimum pitch rate threshold for the first speed parameter. Thus, the method includes controlling the wind turbine based on the comparison.

公开(公告)号：US20220252045A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-11

申请号：US17169839

申请日：2021-02-08

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Dayu Huang ,  Hullas Sehgal ,  Conner Brooks Shane ,  Kalpesh Singal

IPC: F03D7/04 ,  F03D17/00 ,  F03D7/02

Abstract: A system and method are provided for controlling a wind turbine. Accordingly, a controller of the wind turbine detects a loss of traction of the slip coupling based on a difference between data indicative of a rotor operating parameter and data indicative of a generator operating parameter. The controller then determines an angle of slip corresponding to the loss of traction as a function of the difference. Based, at least partially on the angle of slip, a degradation value for the slip coupling is determined. A control action is implemented based on the degradation value.

公开(公告)号：US20180003154A1

公开(公告)日：2018-01-04

申请号：US15198370

申请日：2016-06-30

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Ameet Shridhar Deshpande ,  Pranav Agarwal ,  Conner Brooks Shane

IPC: F03D7/02

CPC classification number: F03D7/0264 ,  F03D7/0224 ,  F03D7/0296 ,  F03D7/043 ,  F03D7/045 ,  F03D9/255 ,  F05B2260/821 ,  F05B2260/84 ,  F05B2270/1011 ,  F05B2270/404 ,  F05B2270/8042 ,  F05B2270/806 ,  Y02E10/723

Abstract: A method for constrained control of a wind turbine includes receiving a plurality of operating parameters corresponding to the wind turbine. The plurality of operating parameters includes a wind preview parameter and a plurality of constraint parameters. The method further includes generating a constraint parameter estimate corresponding to a future time instant for at least one constraint parameter of the plurality of constraint parameters based on the plurality of operating parameters and a wind preview model. The method also includes predicting an extreme event corresponding to the at least one constraint parameter based on the constraint parameter estimate. The method includes determining a control parameter value corresponding to a wind turbine control parameter among a plurality of wind turbine control parameters. The method also includes operating the wind turbine using a feedforward control technique based on the control parameter value to circumvent the extreme event.

公开(公告)号：US11635062B2

公开(公告)日：2023-04-25

申请号：US16182996

申请日：2018-11-07

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Adolfo Anta Martinez ,  Conner Brooks Shane ,  Sebastia Roca Ferrer

IPC: F03D17/00 ,  F03D7/04 ,  F03D13/25 ,  G05B19/05

Abstract: An automated method to determine modal characteristics of a wind turbine tower at an offshore location in a continuous manner includes reading one or more sensor data signals, prefiltering the one or more sensor data signals to divide the signals into a plurality of time segments, obtaining a frequency domain representation of each of the plurality of time segments by computing a Power Spectral Density (PSD) of each of the time segments to identify one or more frequency peaks in each of the time segments, assigning a probability to each of the frequency peaks in the PSD of each of the time segments, combining all assigned probabilities and determining the likelihood of the one or more frequency peaks. Also disclosed is an offshore wind turbine tower having a turbine control system utilizing the automated method to determine modal characteristics of the wind turbine.

公开(公告)号：US11313354B2

公开(公告)日：2022-04-26

申请号：US16903737

申请日：2020-06-17

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Leonardo Cesar Kammer ,  Conner Brooks Shane ,  Dana Perry Martin

IPC: F03D7/02 ,  F03D17/00

Abstract: A method for protecting a wind turbine from overloading during operation caused by a fault includes receiving, via a controller, a plurality of pitch signals from a plurality of pitch control mechanisms of a pitch system of the wind turbine, the pitch system configured to rotate a plurality of rotor blades mounted to a rotatable hub of a rotor of the wind turbine about respective pitch axes. Further, the method includes determining a collective pitch rate of the pitch system as a function of the plurality of pitch signals. The method also includes defining a minimum pitch rate threshold that varies with a speed parameter of the wind turbine. Moreover, the method includes receiving a first speed parameter of the wind turbine. In addition, the method includes comparing the collective pitch rate to the minimum pitch rate threshold for the first speed parameter. Thus, the method includes controlling the wind turbine based on the comparison.