System and method for counting fatigue-related winged animal stops of a wind turbine
AssigneeGE Vernova Infrastructure Technology LLC
InventorsDarren John Danielsen, Hammad Ahmad
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Abstract
A method of counting winged animal stops of a wind turbine includes receiving, via a controller of the wind turbine, a fatigue-related loading parameter of the wind turbine. The method also includes determining, via the controller, whether or not to count the winged animal stops of the wind turbine based, at least in part, on the fatigue-related loading parameter of the wind turbine. Further, the method includes implementing, via the controller, a control action based on a number of the winged animal stops counted.
Claims20
A method of counting winged animal stops of a wind turbine, the method comprising:
- receiving, via a controller of the wind turbine, a fatigue-related loading parameter of the wind turbine;
- determining, via the controller, whether or not to count the winged animal stops of the wind turbine based, at least in part, on the fatigue-related loading parameter of the wind turbine;
- and
- implementing, via the controller, a control action based on a number of the winged animal stops counted.
A system for counting a unique type of stops of a wind turbine, the system comprising:
- a controller comprising at least one processor configured to implement a plurality of operations, the plurality of operations further comprising:
- receiving a fatigue-related loading parameter of the wind turbine;
- determining whether or not to count the unique type of stops of the wind turbine based, at least in part, on the fatigue-related loading parameter of the wind turbine;
- and
- implementing a control action based on a number of the unique type of stops counted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.