Patents by Inventor Hugues Girardin

Hugues Girardin 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).

  • System and method for controlling a wind turbine
    Patent number: 8558401
    Abstract: A system to control a wind turbine, including meteorological instruments for measuring ambient climatic conditions, and generating corresponding meteorological signals, a memory for storing an icing tolerance, a first calculator for calculating an overall icing probability based on the meteorological signals and a controller for stopping the wind turbine when the overall probability of icing is greater than the icing tolerance. Also disclosed is a method for controlling a wind turbine, including the steps of a) measuring ambient climatic conditions and generating corresponding meteorological signals; b) storing in memory an icing tolerance; c) calculating an overall probability of icing based on the meteorological signals; and d) stopping the wind turbine when the overall probability of icing is greater than the icing tolerance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Boralex, Inc.
    Inventor: Hugues Girardin
  • System and Method for Controlling a Wind Turbine
    Publication number: 20110089692
    Abstract: A system to control a wind turbine, including meteorological instruments for measuring ambient climatic conditions, and generating corresponding meteorological signals, a memory for storing an icing tolerance, a first calculator for calculating an overall icing probability based on the meteorological signals and a controller for stopping the wind turbine when the overall probability of icing is greater than the icing tolerance. Also disclosed is a method for controlling a wind turbine, including the steps of a) measuring ambient climatic conditions and generating corresponding meteorological signals; b) storing in memory an icing tolerance; c) calculating an overall probability of icing based on the meteorological signals; and d) stopping the wind turbine when the overall probability of icing is greater than the icing tolerance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: BORALEX INC.
    Inventor: Hugues Girardin