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AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsCornelius Edward Holliday, III, Fernando Arturo Ramirez Sanchez, Mathew Doyle Angel, Nathan Michael Killeen, Edward Wayne Hardwicke, Jr., Steven Wade Sutherland, Robert Gregory Wagoner, Govardhan Ganireddy, Talha Irfanul Haque
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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 between a generator and a rotor of the drivetrain of the wind turbine. In response to detecting the loss of traction, the controller overrides a generator torque setpoint to alter a rotational speed of the generator. In response to the altered rotational speed of the generator, the traction of the slip coupling is increased. Increasing the traction of the slip coupling facilitates an application of generator torque to the drivetrain of the wind turbine.
A method for controlling a wind turbine, the wind turbine having a drivetrain comprising a rotor rotatably coupled to a generator via a slip coupling, the method comprising:
A system for controlling a wind turbine, the system comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.