System, remote device, and method for validating operation of a wind turbine
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsAmit Vasant Mengane, Sreedhar Desabhatla
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Abstract
A method for validating operation of a wind turbine from a remote device. The remote device communicates with a controller, which is operatively coupled to the wind turbine. The method includes enabling a user through the remote device to submit a request for wind turbine operating data, composing a command corresponding to the request, transmitting the command to the controller, and receiving by the remote device a response from the controller. The response includes wind turbine operating data corresponding to the command.
Claims20
A system for validating an operation of a wind turbine, the system comprising:
- a controller operatively coupled to the wind turbine, the controller comprising a first communication interface;
- and,
- a remote device comprising:
- a user input device configured to enable a user to submit a request for wind turbine operating data, the wind turbine operating data comprising at least one of a recorded sensor signal, a recorded fault condition, and a recorded controller state;
- a first processor operatively coupled to the user input device and programmed to compose a command corresponding to the submitted request;
- and,
- a second communication interface operatively coupled to the first processor and communicatively coupled to the first communication interface, the second communication interface configured to transmit the composed command to the first communication interface and receive a response from the first communication interface, the response comprising wind turbine operating data corresponding to the transmitted command.
A remote device configured to communicate with a controller operatively coupled to a wind turbine, the remote device comprising:
- a communication interface communicatively couplable to the controller;
- a user input device configured to allow a user to submit a request for wind turbine operating data from the controller, the operating data comprising at least one of a recorded sensor signal, a recorded fault condition, and a recorded controller state;
- and,
- a processor operatively coupled to the communication interface and the user input device, the processor configured to:
- recognize the request submitted through the user input device;
- compose a command corresponding to the recognized request;
- transmit the composed command to the controller using the communication interface;
- and,
- receive a response from the controller, the response comprising wind turbine operating data corresponding to the transmitted command.
A method for validating an operation of a wind turbine from a remote device in communication with a controller, wherein the controller is operatively coupled to the wind turbine, the method comprising:
- enabling a user through the remote device to submit to the controller a request for wind turbine operating data, the operating data comprising at least one of a recorded sensor signal, a recorded fault condition, and a recorded controller state;
- composing a command corresponding to the submitted request;
- transmitting the composed command to the controller;
- and,
- receiving by the remote device a response from the controller, the response comprising wind turbine operating data corresponding to the transmitted command.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.