Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for estimating consumed battery life of a pitch system of a wind turbine
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Application No.: US15976914Application Date: 2018-05-11
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Publication No.: US10738767B2Publication Date: 2020-08-11
- Inventor: Santiago Tomas , Jeffrey Alan Melius , Darren John Danielsen
- 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.
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@6b2a425f
- Main IPC: F03D17/00
- IPC: F03D17/00 ; F03D7/02 ; G01N25/00

Abstract:
A method for estimating consumed battery life of at least one battery of a pitch drive mechanism of a rotor blade of a wind turbine includes monitoring, via at least one sensor, an actual temperature of the battery over a predetermined time period. The method also includes storing, via a turbine controller, the monitored actual temperatures of the battery during the predetermined time period. Further, the method includes determining, via the turbine controller, the consumed battery life as a function of the monitored actual temperatures.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180340517A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING CONSUMED BATTERY LIFE OF A PITCH SYSTEM OF A WIND TURBINE Public/Granted day:2018-11-29
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