Patents by Inventor Benoit Philippe Petitjean
Benoit Philippe Petitjean has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11781522Abstract: A rotor blade assembly of a wind turbine includes a rotor blade having an aerodynamic body with an inboard region and an outboard region. The inboard and outboard regions define a pressure side, a suction side, a leading edge, and a trailing edge. The inboard region includes a blade root, whereas the outboard region includes a blade tip. The rotor blade also defines a chord and a span. Further, the inboard region includes a transitional region of the rotor blade that includes a maximum chord. Moreover, a unitless first derivative of the chord with respect to the span of the rotor blade in the transitional region ranges from about ?0.10 to about 0.10 from the maximum chord over about 15% of the span of the rotor blade. In addition, the unitless first derivative of the chord with respect to the span a slope of a change in the chord in is greater than about ?0.03 at an inflection point of the chord in the outboard region.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Christian Carroll, Murray Fisher, Benoit Philippe Petitjean, Andreas Herrig, Drew Adam Wetzel, Jonathon Paul Baker
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Publication number: 20210372364Abstract: A rotor blade assembly of a wind turbine includes a rotor blade having an aerodynamic body with an inboard region and an outboard region. The inboard and outboard regions define a pressure side, a suction side, a leading edge, and a trailing edge. The inboard region includes a blade root, whereas the outboard region includes a blade tip. The rotor blade also defines a chord and a span. Further, the inboard region includes a transitional region of the rotor blade that includes a maximum chord. Moreover, a chord slope of the rotor blade in the transitional region ranges from about ?0.10 to about 0.10 from the maximum chord over about 15% of the span of the rotor blade. In addition, a slope of a change in the chord in the outboard region at a peak from concave to convex or vice versa is greater than about ?0.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2021Publication date: December 2, 2021Inventors: Christian Carroll, Murray Fisher, Benoit Philippe Petitjean, Andreas Herrig, Drew Adam Wetzel, Jonathon Paul Baker
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Patent number: 10746157Abstract: A rotor blade assembly for a wind turbine includes a rotor blade having surfaces defining a pressure side, a suction side, a leading edge, and a trailing edge extending between a blade tip and a blade root. The rotor blade assembly also includes at least one noise reducer adjacent to the trailing edge. The noise reducer(s) includes at least one serration extending beyond the trailing edge in a chord-wise direction of the rotor blade. The serration(s) also includes a suction side surface and a pressure side surface. The suction side surface defines a first radius of curvature in the chord-wise direction and the pressure side surface defines a second radius of curvature in the chord-wise direction. Further, the first radius of curvature may be larger than the second radius of curvature such that the suction side surface is flatter than the pressure side surface or vice versa.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Guannan Wang, Benoit Philippe Petitjean, Andreas Herrig, Roger Drobietz
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Patent number: 10711766Abstract: A method implemented using at least one processor module includes receiving a plurality of operational parameters corresponding to a plurality of wind turbines and obtaining a plurality of source sound power values corresponding to the plurality of wind turbines. The method further includes obtaining a receptor sound pressure value corresponding to a receptor location and estimating an attenuation model based on the plurality of source sound power values, and the receptor sound pressure value. The attenuation model disclosed herein comprises a plurality of attenuation coefficients. The method also includes determining at least one turbine set-point corresponding to at least one wind turbine among the plurality of wind turbines based on the plurality of attenuation coefficients, and the plurality of turbine operational parameters.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2015Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Akshay Krishnamurty Ambekar, Vishal Cholapadi Ravindra, Benoit Philippe Petitjean, Kalpit Vikrambhai Desai
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Publication number: 20200088161Abstract: A rotor blade assembly of a wind turbine includes a rotor blade having an aerodynamic body with an inboard region and an outboard region. The inboard and outboard regions define a pressure side, a suction side, a leading edge, and a trailing edge. The inboard region includes a blade root, whereas the outboard region includes a blade tip. The rotor blade also defines a chord and a span. Further, the inboard region includes a transitional region of the rotor blade that includes a maximum chord. Moreover, a chord slope of the rotor blade in the transitional region ranges from about ?0.10 to about 0.10 from the maximum chord over about 15% of the span of the rotor blade.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2018Publication date: March 19, 2020Inventors: Christian Carroll, Murray Fisher, Benoit Philippe Petitjean, Andreas Herrig, Drew Adam Wetzel, Jonathon Paul Baker
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Publication number: 20200072185Abstract: A rotor blade assembly for a wind turbine includes a rotor blade having surfaces defining a pressure side, a suction side, a leading edge, and a trailing edge extending between a blade tip and a blade root. The rotor blade assembly also includes at least one noise reducer adjacent to the trailing edge. The noise reducer(s) includes at least one serration extending beyond the trailing edge in a chord-wise direction of the rotor blade. The serration(s) also includes a suction side surface and a pressure side surface. The suction side surface defines a first radius of curvature in the chord-wise direction and the pressure side surface defines a second radius of curvature in the chord-wise direction. Further, the first radius of curvature may be larger than the second radius of curvature such that the suction side surface is flatter than the pressure side surface or vice versa.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2018Publication date: March 5, 2020Inventors: Guannan Wang, Benoit Philippe Petitjean, Andreas Herrig, Roger Drobietz
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Patent number: 10465652Abstract: Vortex generators for wind turbine rotor blades having noise-reducing features are mounted within a laminar flow region on either the pressure side or the suction side of the rotor blade and have a base portion with at least one airflow modifying element extending therefrom. The base portion has a leading edge and a trailing edge extending in a first direction. Further, the base portion includes one or more edge features formed within either or both of the leading or trailing edges. Moreover, the edge features are non-parallel with respect to the first direction so as to reduce laminar boundary layer instability noise.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2017Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Drew Adam Wetzel, Kevin Wayne Kinzie, Jonathan Glenn Luedke, Andreas Herrig, Benoit Philippe Petitjean
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Publication number: 20180209398Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to vortex generators for wind turbine rotor blades having noise-reducing features. For example, the vortex generators are mounted within a laminar flow region on either the pressure side or the suction side of the rotor blade and have a base portion with at least one airflow modifying element extending therefrom. The base portion has a leading edge and a trailing edge extending in a first direction. Further, the base portion includes one or more edge features formed within either or both of the leading or trailing edges. Moreover, the edge features are non-parallel with respect to the first direction so as to reduce laminar boundary layer instability noise.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2017Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Drew Adam Wetzel, Kevin Wayne Kinzie, Jonathan Glenn Luedke, Andreas Herrig, Benoit Philippe Petitjean
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Patent number: 9995277Abstract: A method for controlling a wind farm includes: receiving temperature data associated with a plurality of locations along a sound path between the wind farm and a sound immission point from one or more sensors; estimating a propagation characteristic of the sound path based at least in part on the temperature data; predicting a noise level at the sound immission point based at least in part on the propagation characteristic; determining a control signal for one or more wind turbines in the wind farm based at least in part on the noise level; and using the control signal to control the one or more wind turbines.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2014Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Andreas Herrig, Seongkyu Lee, Stefan Kern, Thierry Pascal Maeder, Benoit Philippe Petitjean, Roger Drobietz, Sujan Kumar Pal, Biju Nanukuttan
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Patent number: 9658124Abstract: A method for determining a flow condition includes disposing a plurality of sensors on a surface and receiving a first sensor signal and a second sensor signal from the plurality of sensors. The method further includes determining at least one correlation parameter based on the first sensor signal and the second sensor signal. The method also includes receiving a plurality of stored parameters from a database, wherein each of the plurality of stored parameters is representative of a corresponding flow condition. The method also includes comparing the at least one correlation parameter with the plurality of stored parameters and selecting at least one matching stored parameter and determining a matching flow condition based on the at least one matching stored parameter.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2014Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Lorenz Edwin Drack, Benoit Philippe Petitjean, Pratish Patil
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Patent number: 9593670Abstract: A method for reducing noise generated by a wind turbine includes measuring a reference temperature of the wind turbine. The method also includes regulating a trailing edge surface temperature of a trailing edge portion of a rotor blade attached to the wind turbine. In addition, the method includes measuring the trailing edge surface temperature. Further, the method includes regulating the trailing edge surface temperature to maintain a predetermined temperature differential between the reference temperature and the trailing edge surface temperature.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2014Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Lorenz Edwin Drack, Benoit Philippe Petitjean, Jorge Alejandro Carretero Benignos, Akil Abbas Rangwalla, Pratish Patil
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Patent number: 9347432Abstract: A computer-implemented method of operating a wind turbine park including operating wind turbines includes recording a plurality of sound pressure measurements of the wind turbine park, thereby generating a sound recording. The method also includes calculating values for a plurality of acoustic features associated with the sound recording. The method further includes determining a relationship between the calculated values for the plurality of acoustic features and modeled acoustic features values resident within a probabilistic auditory model of the wind turbine park. The method also includes distinguishing a first contribution to the sound recording originating from the at least one operating wind turbine from a second contribution to the sound recording originating from non-wind turbine sources based on the determined relationship.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2014Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Andreas Herrig, Benoit Philippe Petitjean, Sara Simonne Louisa Delport, Nathan Charles Schneider
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Publication number: 20160123307Abstract: A method for determining a flow condition includes disposing a plurality of sensors on a surface and receiving a first sensor signal and a second sensor signal from the plurality of sensors. The method further includes determining at least one correlation parameter based on the first sensor signal and the second sensor signal. The method also includes receiving a plurality of stored parameters from a database, wherein each of the plurality of stored parameters is representative of a corresponding flow condition. The method also includes comparing the at least one correlation parameter with the plurality of stored parameters and selecting at least one matching stored parameter and determining a matching flow condition based on the at least one matching stored parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2014Publication date: May 5, 2016Inventors: Lorenz Edwin Drack, Benoit Philippe Petitjean, Pratish Patil
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Publication number: 20160032893Abstract: A computer-implemented method of operating a wind turbine park including operating wind turbines includes recording a plurality of sound pressure measurements of the wind turbine park, thereby generating a sound recording. The method also includes calculating values for a plurality of acoustic features associated with the sound recording. The method further includes determining a relationship between the calculated values for the plurality of acoustic features and modeled acoustic features values resident within a probabilistic auditory model of the wind turbine park. The method also includes distinguishing a first contribution to the sound recording originating from the at least one operating wind turbine from a second contribution to the sound recording originating from non-wind turbine sources based on the determined relationship.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2014Publication date: February 4, 2016Inventors: Andreas Herrig, Benoit Philippe Petitjean, Sara Simonne Louisa Delport, Nathan Charles Schneider
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Publication number: 20160032892Abstract: A method for controlling a wind farm includes: receiving temperature data associated with a plurality of locations along a sound path between the wind farm and a sound immission point from one or more sensors; estimating a propagation characteristic of the sound path based at least in part on the temperature data; predicting a noise level at the sound immission point based at least in part on the propagation characteristic; determining a control signal for one or more wind turbines in the wind farm based at least in part on the noise level; and using the control signal to control the one or more wind turbines.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2014Publication date: February 4, 2016Inventors: Andreas Herrig, Seongkyu Lee, Stefan Kern, Thierry Pascal Maeder, Benoit Philippe Petitjean, Roger Drobietz, Sujan Kumar Pal, Biju Nanukuttan
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Publication number: 20160032894Abstract: A method implemented using at least one processor module includes receiving a plurality of operational parameters corresponding to a plurality of wind turbines and obtaining a plurality of source sound power values corresponding to the plurality of wind turbines. The method further includes obtaining a receptor sound pressure value corresponding to a receptor location and estimating an attenuation model based on the plurality of source sound power values, and the receptor sound pressure value. The attenuation model disclosed herein comprises a plurality of attenuation coefficients. The method also includes determining at least one turbine set-point corresponding to at least one wind turbine among the plurality of wind turbines based on the plurality of attenuation coefficients, and the plurality of turbine operational parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2015Publication date: February 4, 2016Inventors: Akshay Krishnamurty AMBEKAR, Vishal Cholapadi RAVINDRA, Benoit Philippe PETITJEAN, Kalpit Vikrambhai DESAI
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Publication number: 20150316032Abstract: A method for reducing noise generated by a wind turbine includes measuring a reference temperature of the wind turbine. The method also includes regulating a trailing edge surface temperature of a trailing edge portion of a rotor blade attached to the wind turbine. In addition, the method includes measuring the trailing edge surface temperature. Further, the method includes regulating the trailing edge surface temperature to maintain a predetermined temperature differential between the reference temperature and the trailing edge surface temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2014Publication date: November 5, 2015Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Lorenz Edwin Drack, Benoit Philippe Petitjean, Jorge Alejandro Carretero Benignos, Akil Abbas Rangwalla, Pratish Patil