Patents by Inventor Mark Nicolaas Jonkhof

Mark Nicolaas Jonkhof 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).

  • Systems and methods for validating wind farm performance improvements
    Patent number: 10487804
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for validating wind farm performance improvements so as to optimize wind farm performance. In one embodiment, the method includes operating, via a controller, the wind farm in a first operating mode. Another step includes collecting a first set of operating data, via a processor, during the first operating mode. A further step includes operating, via the controller, the wind farm in a second operating mode. The method also includes collecting a second set of operating data, via the processor, during the second operating mode. Next, the method includes normalizing the first and second sets of operating data based on wind speed distributions. As such, another step includes comparing, via the processor, the normalized first and second sets of operating data so as to validate one or more wind farm performance measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Scott Charles Evans, Zhanpan Zhang, Peter Alan Gregg, Kevin Wayne Kinzie, William Arthur Flodder, Mark Nicolaas Jonkhof, Megan Michela Wilson
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VALIDATING WIND FARM PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS
    Publication number: 20160265513
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for validating wind farm performance improvements so as to optimize wind farm performance. In one embodiment, the method includes operating, via a controller, the wind farm in a first operating mode. Another step includes collecting a first set of operating data, via a processor, during the first operating mode. A further step includes operating, via the controller, the wind farm in a second operating mode. The method also includes collecting a second set of operating data, via the processor, during the second operating mode. Next, the method includes normalizing the first and second sets of operating data based on wind speed distributions. As such, another step includes comparing, via the processor, the normalized first and second sets of operating data so as to validate one or more wind farm performance measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Scott Charles Evans, Zhanpan Zhang, Peter Alan Gregg, Kevin Wayne Kinzie, William Arthur Flodder, Mark Nicolaas Jonkhof, Megan Michela Wilson