MUMBAI, India, April 20 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202514077688 A) filed by Ge Vernova Infrastructure Technology Llc, Greenville, U.S.A., on Aug. 14, 2025, for 'system and method for monitoring vibrations in a drivetrain of a wind turbine.'
Inventor(s) include Ian Couchman; Till Hoffman; and Thomas Franklin Perley.
The application for the patent was published on April 17, under issue no. 16/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A method for damping drivetrain vibrations of a wind turbine. The drivetrain has, at least, a rotor and a generator. The method includes receiving a first rotational speed signal at a first location along the drivetrain, the first rotational speed signal being a proxy for rotor speed of the rotor. The method also includes receiving a second rotational speed signal at a second location along the drivetrain, the second location being downwind from the first location, the second rotational speed signal being a proxy for generator speed of the generator. Further, the method includes determining a speed error based on a comparison of the first and second rotational speed signals. Moreover, the method includes determining a torque deviation signal for the wind turbine configured to dampen the drivetrain vibrations when the speed error exceeds a first speed threshold. In addition, the method includes applying the torque deviation signal to the generator to dampen the drivetrain vibrations."
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