| US 7,488,155 B2 | ||
| Method and apparatus for wind turbine braking | ||
| Corneliu Barbu, Laguna Hills, Calif. (US); Ralph Teichmann, Nishkayuna, N.Y. (US); Aaron Avagliano, Houston, Tex. (US); Leonardo Cesar Kammer, Niskayuna, N.Y. (US); Kirk Gee Pierce, Simpsonville, S.C. (US); David Samuel Pesetsky, Greenville, S.C. (US); and Peter Gauchel, Muenster (Germany) | ||
| Assigned to General Electric Company, Schenectady, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 18, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/282,127. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0116572 A1, May 24, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. F03D 7/04 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 416—1 [416/31; 416/155] | 18 Claims |
| 1. A method for braking a wind turbine including at least one rotor blade coupled to a rotor, said method comprising:
individually controlling an angle of pitch of the al least one rotor blade with respect to a wind direction based at least
in part on a design parameter of a component of the wind turbine to facilitate reducing a force induced into the wind turbine
component as a result of braking; and
linearly varying a rate of change of the at least one rotor blade pitch angle.
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