Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for controlling a pitch angle of a wind turbine rotor blade
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Application No.: US15974744Application Date: 2018-05-09
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Publication No.: US10781792B2Publication Date: 2020-09-22
- Inventor: Prashanth Reddy Vaddi , Mark Edward Cardinal , Robert Peter Slack
- 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@35c180cb
- Main IPC: F03D7/04
- IPC: F03D7/04 ; F03D7/02 ; F03D17/00

Abstract:
The present disclosure is directed to a system for controlling a pitch angle of a rotor blade of a wind turbine. The system includes a pitch adjustment mechanism for adjusting the pitch angle of the rotor blade and a controller communicatively coupled to the pitch adjustment mechanism. The controller is configured to determine a wind asymmetry parameter based on an operating parameter of the wind turbine. The controller is also configured to determine first and second signal components of the wind asymmetry parameter, which are respectively indicative of a maximum load on a first wind turbine component and fatigue on a second wind turbine component. The controller is also configured to calculate a wear parameter based on the first and second signal components and initiate an adjustment of the pitch angle of the rotor blade based on the wear parameter.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180335016A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A PITCH ANGLE OF A WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADE Public/Granted day:2018-11-22
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