System, device, and method for controlling a wind turbine using seasonal parameters
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorMark Lee Cook
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Abstract
A method for controlling an operation of a wind turbine. A plurality of operating specifications, each of which corresponds to a season, is defined. A current season is determined. An operating specification corresponding to the current season is selected. An operation of a wind turbine is controlled based at least in part on the selected operating specification. The current season may be determined, for example, based on a schedule of seasons and/or meteorological conditions.
Claims20
A system for controlling an operation of a wind turbine, the system comprising:
- a wind turbine controller configured to control an operation of the wind turbine;
- and,
- a seasonal operation controller comprising:
- a memory area for storing a plurality of operating specifications, each operating specification of the plurality of operating specifications associated with a season;
- a processor programmed to:
- determine a current season;
- and,
- select, from the plurality of operating specifications in the memory area, an operating specification associated with the current season;
- and,
- a communication interface communicatively coupled to the wind turbine controller and configured to transmit the selected operating specification to the wind turbine controller,
- wherein the wind turbine controller controls the operation of the wind turbine based at least in part on the transmitted operating specification.
A device for controlling an operation of a wind turbine, the device comprising:
- a memory area for storing a plurality of operating specifications, each operating specification of the plurality of operating specifications corresponding to a season;
- a processor programmed to:
- determine a current season;
- and,
- select, from the plurality of operating specifications in the memory area, an operating specification corresponding to the current season;
- and,
- a wind turbine control interface configured to control an operation of a wind turbine based at least in part on the selected operating specification.
A method for controlling a wind turbine, the method comprising:
- defining, in a memory area of a computing device, a plurality of operating specifications, each operating specification of the plurality of operating specifications associated with a plurality of operating parameter definitions and corresponding to a season;
- determining, by the computing device, a current season;
- selecting, from the memory area, an operating specification of the plurality of operating specifications corresponding to the current season;
- and,
- controlling an operation of a wind turbine based at least in part on the plurality of operating parameter definitions associated with the selected operating specification.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.