System, device, and method for acoustic and visual monitoring of a wind turbine
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsLutz Kerber, Florian Doorenspleet
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Abstract
A method for monitoring a wind turbine. A monitoring signal, including an audio signal and/or an image signal, is received from a monitoring device. Operating data are calculated based on the received monitoring signal. An operating condition and/or a deviation is determined by comparing the operating data to baseline data.
Claims20
A system for monitoring a wind turbine, the system comprising:
- a monitoring device coupled to the wind turbine and configured to provide one or more monitoring signals including at least one of an audio signal and an image signal;
- and,
- a monitoring controller communicatively coupled to the monitoring device and configured to:
- provide baseline data representative of normal operation of the wind turbine;
- create operating data based on a monitoring signal received from the monitoring device;
- compare the operating data to the baseline data to determine a deviation;
- and,
- transmit a deviation notification when the deviation exceeds a threshold.
A device for monitoring an operating condition of a wind turbine, the device comprising:
- a monitoring device interface configured to receive one or more monitoring signals from a wind turbine monitoring device, the monitoring signal including at least one of an audio signal and an image signal;
- a memory area configured to store baseline data calculated from at least a first monitoring signal received by the monitoring device interface at a first time;
- and,
- a processor coupled to the monitoring device interface and the memory area, the processor programmed to:
- calculate operating data based on a second monitoring signal received by the monitoring device interface at a second time;
- and,
- compare the operating data to the baseline data to determine an operating condition of the wind turbine;
- and,
- a communication interface configured to transmit the operating condition of the wind turbine to a remote device.
A method for monitoring a wind turbine having a monitoring device configured to provide one or more monitoring signals comprising an audio signal or an image signal, the method comprising:
- calculating, by a computing device, baseline data based on at least one first monitoring signal;
- receiving, from the monitoring device, a second monitoring signal;
- calculating, by the computing device, operating data based on the second monitoring signal;
- determining an operating condition of the wind turbine by comparing the operating data to the baseline data;
- and,
- transmitting the operating condition to a remote device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.