US Patent Issued to GE Vernova Renovables Espana on Aug. 19 for "System and method for improved extreme load control for wind turbine rotor blades" (American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,323, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to GE Vernova Renovables Espana S.L. (Barcelona, Spain).

"System and method for improved extreme load control for wind turbine rotor blades" was invented by Francesco Perrone (Norderstedt, Germany) and Leonardo Cesar Kammer (Schenectady, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for reducing extreme loads acting on at least one rotor blade of a wind turbine includes calculating, via a processor, a flapwise bending moment of the rotor blade(s). Further, the method includes calculating, via the processor, an edgewise bending moment of the rotor blade(s). The method also includes calculating, via ...