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US 2023/0077025 A1Published application
System and method for controlling a wind turbine
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsXu Fu, Hema Kumari Achanta, Satya Mohan Vamsi Andalam
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Abstract
A system and method are provided for controlling a wind turbine. Accordingly, a component of the wind turbine is monitored by at least one sensor of a sensor system. An output is received from the sensor system which indicates a fault with the sensor. A fault accommodation response is generated by a fault module. The fault accommodation response includes an accommodation signal which replaces the output signal of the faulty sensor.
Claims20
A system for controlling a wind turbine, the system comprising:
- a sensor system comprising at least one sensor operably coupled to a component of the wind turbine so as to detect an operating condition of the component;
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- a controller communicatively coupled to the sensor system, the controller comprising at least one processor configured to perform a plurality of operations, the plurality of operations comprising:
- detecting, via a fault module, an output signal of the at least one sensor indicative of a sensor fault,
- generating, via the fault module, a fault accommodation signal, and
- replacing the output signal of the at least one sensor with the fault accommodation signal so as to cause a change in an operating state of the wind turbine.
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A method for controlling a wind turbine, the method comprising:
- receiving, via a controller, data indicative of an operating condition of a component of the wind turbine from a sensor system, the sensor system comprising at least one sensor operably coupled to the component;
- detecting, via a fault module, an output signal of the at least one sensor indicative of a sensor fault;
- generating, via the fault module, a fault accommodation response, the fault accommodation response comprising an accommodation signal which replaces the output signal indicative of the sensor fault;
- causing, via the controller, a change in an operating state of the wind turbine based at least upon the accommodation signal.
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A wind turbine, comprising:
- a tower secured atop a foundation;
- a nacelle mounted atop the tower;
- a rotor mounted to the nacelle;
- at least one rotor blade mounted to the rotor;
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- a blade monitoring system operably coupled to the at least one rotor blade, the blade monitoring system comprising:
- a sensor system comprising at least one sensor operably coupled to the at least one rotor blade so as to detect an operating condition of the component, and
- a controller communicatively coupled to the sensor system, the controller comprising at least one processor configured to perform a plurality of operations, the plurality of operations comprising:
- detecting, via a fault module, an output signal of the at least one sensor indicative of a sensor fault,
- generating, via the fault module, a fault accommodation signal, and
- replacing the output signal of the at least one sensor with the fault accommodation signal so as to cause a change in an operating state of the wind turbine.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.