Patents by Inventor Frank Theodoor Ormel

Frank Theodoor Ormel 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).

  • Method for optimizing the operation of a wind turbine
    Patent number: 7883317
    Abstract: A method for optimizing the operation of a wind turbine is provided, the method comprising the steps of: (a) adjusting at least one control parameter of said wind turbine to a predetermined starting value; (b) measuring at least one response variable of said wind turbine and at least one further variable indicative of an ambient condition of the wind turbine; (c) repeating step (b) N times, wherein N is a predetermined integer, wherein said at least one control parameter is varied at each repetition; (d) determining a measured relation between the at least one control parameter with respect to the at least one response variable and the at least one further variable indicative of an ambient condition; (e) determining an optimized value of said at least one control parameter with respect to said response variable from said measured relation; (f) adjusting a set point of said at least one control parameter to said optimized value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Frank Theodoor Ormel, Till Hoffmann, Henk-Jan Kooijman, André Riesberg, Jean Louis Wesselink
  • METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING THE OPERATION OF A WIND TURBINE
    Publication number: 20070183885
    Abstract: A method for optimizing the operation of a wind turbine is provided, the method comprising the steps of: (a) adjusting at least one control parameter of said wind turbine to a predetermined starting value; (b) measuring at least one response variable of said wind turbine and at least one further variable indicative of an ambient condition of the wind turbine; (c) repeating step (b) N times, wherein N is a predetermined integer, wherein said at least one control parameter is varied at each repetition; (d) determining a measured relation between the at least one control parameter with respect to the at least one response variable and the at least one further variable indicative of an ambient condition; (e) determining an optimized value of said at least one control parameter with respect to said response variable from said measured relation; (f) adjusting a set point of said at least one control parameter to said optimized value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2007
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Inventors: Frank Theodoor Ormel, Till Hoffmann, Henk-Jan Kooijman, Andre Riesberg, Jean Louis Wesselink