System and method for controlling wind turbine power output
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorNicholas Wright Miller
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Abstract
A system and method for use in controlling a wind turbine's power output by a wind turbine controller. The method includes determining a predicted wind speed for the wind turbine, determining a current wind turbine power output, and determining a predicted wind turbine power output utilizing the predicted wind speed. The method also includes comparing the current wind turbine power output to the predicted wind turbine power output and adjusting the wind turbine power output based on the comparison of the current wind turbine power output and the predicted wind turbine power output.
Claims20
A method for use in controlling a wind turbine's power output by a wind turbine controller, the method comprising:
- determining a predicted wind speed for the wind turbine;
- determining a current wind turbine power output;
- determining a predicted wind turbine power output utilizing the predicted wind speed;
- comparing the current wind turbine power output to the predicted wind turbine power output;
- and,
- adjusting the wind turbine power output based on the comparison of the current wind turbine power output and the predicted wind turbine power output.
A system for use in controlling a wind turbine's power output, the system comprising:
- a plurality of wind turbine controllers, each wind turbine controller of the plurality of wind turbine controllers operatively coupled to a respective wind turbine of a plurality of wind turbines;
- and
- a site controller coupled in communication with the plurality of wind turbine controllers and configured to:
- determine a predicted wind speed for the wind turbine;
- determine a current wind turbine power output;
- determine a predicted wind turbine power output utilizing the predicted wind speed;
- compare the current wind turbine power output to the predicted wind turbine power output;
- and,
- adjust the wind turbine power output based on the comparison of the current wind turbine power output and the predicted wind turbine power output.
One or more computer readable storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, wherein when executed by at least one processor, the computer-executable instructions cause the processor to:
- determine a predicted wind speed for a wind turbine;
- determine a current wind turbine power output;
- determine a predicted wind turbine power output utilizing the predicted wind speed;
- compare the current wind turbine power output to the predicted wind turbine power output;
- and,
- adjust the wind turbine power output based on the comparison of the current wind turbine power output and the predicted wind turbine power output.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.