Wind turbine maintenance system
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorLarisa SHARONOVA
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Abstract
A wind turbine monitoring system having a central monitoring device and one or more wind turbines. The central monitoring device is capable of receiving signals from one or more wind turbines. The wind turbines each include one or more cameras arranged and disposed to provide visual signals transmittable to the central monitoring device. The visual signals generated by the cameras provide sufficient information to the central monitoring device to determine whether maintenance to the wind turbine is required. A method for providing maintenance to a wind turbine is also disclosed.
Claims20
A wind turbine monitoring system comprising:
- a central monitoring device, the central monitoring device being capable of receiving signals from one or more wind turbines, the one or more wind turbines each comprising:
- one or more cameras arranged and disposed to provide visual signals transmittable to the central monitoring device;
- wherein the visual signals generated by the one or more cameras provide sufficient information to the central monitoring device to determine whether maintenance to the wind turbine is required.
A method for providing maintenance to a wind turbine comprising:
- providing a central monitoring device, the central monitoring device being capable of receiving signals from one or more wind turbines, the one or more wind turbines each comprising:
- one or more cameras arranged and disposed to provide visual signals transmittable to the central monitoring device;
- wherein the visual signals generated by the one or more cameras provide sufficient information to the central monitoring device to determine whether maintenance to the wind turbine is required;
- transmitting the visual signals to the central monitoring device;
- analyzing the visual signals;
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- determining whether maintenance of the wind turbine is required in response to the visual signals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.