Patents by Inventor Conner SHANE

Conner SHANE 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).

  • Patent number: 11125211
    Abstract: A system for wind turbine control includes a state dependent quadratic regulator (SDQR) control unit, a linear quadratic regulator (LQR) generating control acceleration commands for wind turbine speed and wind turbine power regulation, an actuator dynamic model computing a gain value for the LQR at predetermined sampling intervals and augmenting the actuator dynamic model with a wind turbine model. The wind turbine model either an analytical linearization model or a precomputed linear model, where the precomputed linear model is selected from a model bank based on a real-time scheduling operation, and the analytical linearization model is computed using an online linearization operation in real-time at time intervals during operation of the wind turbine based on current wind turbine operating point values present at about the time of linearization. A method and a non-transitory medium are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Masoud Abbaszadeh, Fabiano Daher Adegas, Fernando Javier D'Amato, Junqiang Zhou, Conner Shane, Justin Barton
  • Publication number: 20200362819
    Abstract: A system for wind turbine control includes a state dependent quadratic regulator (SDQR) control unit, a linear quadratic regulator (LQR) generating control acceleration commands for wind turbine speed and wind turbine power regulation, an actuator dynamic model computing a gain value for the LQR at predetermined sampling intervals and augmenting the actuator dynamic model with a wind turbine model. The wind turbine model either an analytical linearization model or a precomputed linear model, where the precomputed linear model is selected from a model bank based on a real-time scheduling operation, and the analytical linearization model is computed using an online linearization operation in real-time at time intervals during operation of the wind turbine based on current wind turbine operating point values present at about the time of linearization. A method and a non-transitory medium are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Masoud ABBASZADEH, Fabiano DAHER ADEGAS, Fernando Javier D'AMATO, Junqiang ZHOU, Conner SHANE, Justin BARTON