Patents by Inventor Veronica HERNANDEZ-ORTIZ

Veronica HERNANDEZ-ORTIZ 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 the operation of a wind turbine
    Patent number: 11073133
    Abstract: A method for controlling the operation of a wind turbine may generally include monitoring a current yaw position of a nacelle of the wind turbine, wherein the current yaw position is located within one of a plurality of yaw sectors defined for the nacelle. In addition, the method may include monitoring a wind-dependent parameter of the wind turbine and determining a variance of the wind-dependent parameter over time, wherein the variance is indicative of variations in a wind parameter associated with the wind turbine. Moreover, the method may include determining at least one curtailed operating setpoint for the wind turbine when the variance exceeds a predetermined variance threshold, wherein the curtailed operating setpoint(s) is determined based at least in part on historical wind data for the yaw sector associated with the current yaw position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Danian Zheng, Shuang Gu, Veronica Hernandez-Ortiz, Xiongzhe Huang, David Forrest Loy, Ramy Michael Souri
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF A WIND TURBINE
    Publication number: 20170321654
    Abstract: A method for controlling the operation of a wind turbine may generally include monitoring a current yaw position of a nacelle of the wind turbine, wherein the current yaw position is located within one of a plurality of yaw sectors defined for the nacelle. In addition, the method may include monitoring a wind-dependent parameter of the wind turbine and determining a variance of the wind-dependent parameter over time, wherein the variance is indicative of variations in a wind parameter associated with the wind turbine. Moreover, the method may include determining at least one curtailed operating setpoint for the wind turbine when the variance exceeds a predetermined variance threshold, wherein the curtailed operating setpoint(s) is determined based at least in part on historical wind data for the yaw sector associated with the current yaw position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Danian ZHENG, Shuang GU, Veronica HERNANDEZ-ORTIZ, Xiongzhe HUANG, David Forrest LOY, Ramy Michael SOURI