#GENERAL ELECTRIC RENOVABLES ESPANA SL [ES]

SYSTEM-LEVEL OVERLOAD RIDE-THROUGH CONTROL STRATEGY FOR GRID-FORMING INVERTER-BASED RESOURCES

A method for controlling a network of inverter-based resources (IBRs) during a disturbance includes, in response to a start of the disturbance, employing a system-level overload ride-through (SLORT) a…

DRIVE·Feb 25·1 min read

G05B13/042 GENERAL ELECTRIC RENOVABLES ESPANA SL [ES]

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING BATTERY FAULTS IN A PITCH SYSTEM OF A WIND TURBINE

A method for detecting a fault in a direct current (DC) battery of a pitch system includes receiving, via a server, a plurality of voltage signals of the battery over at least one time period. The met…

DRIVE·Feb 11·1 min read

F03D17/00 GENERAL ELECTRIC RENOVABLES ESPANA SL [ES]

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING REACTIVE POWER RESPONSE OF ONE OR MORE WIND TURBINES OF A WIND FARM DURING A COMMUNICATIONS FAULT

A method includes receiving, via one or more turbine-level controllers, an indication of at least one of a communication loss between the one or more turbine-level controllers and a farm-level control…

DRIVE·Dec 31·1 min read

F03D17/00 GENERAL ELECTRIC RENOVABLES ESPANA SL [ES]

A METHOD FOR OPERATING A POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM AND A POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM

A method for operating a power supply system connected to a grid and including a rotor (106), a DFIG (118), a power conversion assembly (210), and an active filter (270) is disclosed. The DFIG (118) i…

DRIVE·Nov 19·2 min read

F03D9/255 GENERAL ELECTRIC RENOVABLES ESPANA SL [ES]

ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEMS HAVING A CLUSTER TRANSFORMER WITH MULTIPLE PRIMARY WINDINGS

An electrical power system connectable to a power grid includes at least one cluster of electrical power subsystems. Each of the electrical power subsystems includes a power converter electrically cou…

DRIVE·Sep 10·1 min read

H02J3/28 GENERAL ELECTRIC RENOVABLES ESPANA SL [ES]

METHODS FOR OPERATING WIND TURBINES AND CHARGING AUXILIARY POWER SOURCES

The present disclosure relates to methods for operating wind turbines (10) and charging one or more auxiliary power sources (84) for providing auxiliary power to one or more wind turbines (10). A meth…

DRIVE·Sep 10·1 min read

F03D7/022 GENERAL ELECTRIC RENOVABLES ESPANA SL [ES]

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING INSTABILITY IN REACTIVE POWER COMMAND OF AN INVERTER-BASED RESOURCE

A method for controlling a power system having at least one inverter-based resource connected to an electrical grid includes monitoring, via at least one controller of the at least one inverter-based …

DRIVE·Aug 20·1 min read

G05B13/042 GENERAL ELECTRIC RENOVABLES ESPANA SL [ES]

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING GRID-FORMING CONTROL FOR A DOUBLE-FED WIND TURBINE GENERATOR

A method for controlling a wind turbine power system connected to an electrical grid includes determining, via a controller, at least one non-linear magnetizing parameter of a double-fed wind turbine …

DRIVE·Jul 23·1 min read

F03D9/255 GENERAL ELECTRIC RENOVABLES ESPANA SL [ES]

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY ESTIMATING INVERTER-BASED RESOURCE REACTIVE POWER CAPABILITY

A method for controlling a power system includes generating, via at least one inverter-based resource, one or more command signals via a regulator of at least one inverter-based resource of the power …

DRIVE·May 21·1 min read

F03D17/00 GENERAL ELECTRIC RENOVABLES ESPANA SL [ES]

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING AUXILIARY LOADS BASED ON OPERATIONAL USAGE

A method for optimizing auxiliary loads of a wind farm having a plurality of wind turbines includes tracking, via a farm-level controller of the wind farm, operational usage for one or more auxiliary …

DRIVE·Apr 23·2 min read

F03D7/0284 GENERAL ELECTRIC RENOVABLES ESPANA SL [ES]

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING A POWER GENERATING ASSET

Systems and methods are provided for controlling a power generating asset having an energy storage device. Accordingly, a controller of the power generating asset initiates a state-change event for th…

DRIVE·Mar 19·1 min read

F03D17/00 GENERAL ELECTRIC RENOVABLES ESPANA SL [ES]

SYSTEM AND METHODS TO ADDRESS DRIVE TRAIN DAMPER OSCILLATIONS IN A GRID FORMING POWER GENERATING ASSET

The system and method described herein provide grid-forming control of a power generating asset having a double-fed generator connected to a power grid. Accordingly, a stator-frequency error is determ…

DRIVE·Mar 5·1 min read

G05B15/02 GENERAL ELECTRIC RENOVABLES ESPANA SL [ES]

HYBRID CAPACITOR BANK FOR A POWER CONVERSION ASSEMBLY

A power conversion assembly includes a power converter having a plurality of switching devices, a power source electrically coupled to the power converter, and a direct current (DC) filter circuit bri…

DRIVE·Feb 26·2 min read

F03D9/11 GENERAL ELECTRIC RENOVABLES ESPANA SL [ES]

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING OUTPUT FLICKER GENERATED BY A WIND FARM

A system and method are provided for managing flicker generated by a wind farm. Accordingly, the farm controller detects at least one parameter of the wind farm indicative of an output flicker resulti…

DRIVE·Dec 18·1 min read

F03D1/02 GENERAL ELECTRIC RENOVABLES ESPANA SL [ES]

A METHOD FOR OPERATING A WIND TURBINE AND A WIND TURBINE

A method (1000, 2000, 3000) for operating a wind turbine (100-100d) is disclosed. The wind turbine includes a power conversion system (114, 118, 210, 234, 410, 420, 430) configured to provide electric…

DRIVE·Dec 4·1 min read

F03D7/042 GENERAL ELECTRIC RENOVABLES ESPANA SL [ES]

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POWER CONTROL OF AN INVERTER-BASED RESOURCE WITH A GRID-FORMING CONVERTER

A method for controlling an inverter-based resource (IBR) having a power converter connected to an electrical grid includes receiving a first power limit signal for the IBR from an external controller…

DRIVE·Nov 6·2 min read

F03D7/0284 GENERAL ELECTRIC RENOVABLES ESPANA SL [ES]

A METHOD FOR OPERATING A WIND FARM AND A WIND FARM

A method for operating a wind farm having a string (S1-S3) of wind turbines (100-100c) which are electrically connectable with each other and a grid (510, 550) is disclosed. Each wind turbine includes…

DRIVE·Sep 11·2 min read

F03D17/00 GENERAL ELECTRIC RENOVABLES ESPANA SL [ES]

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DAMPING SUB-SYNCHRONOUS CONTROL INTERACTIONS IN A GRID-FORMING INVERTER-BASED RESOURCE

A method for damping sub-synchronous control interactions (SSCI) in a grid-forming inverter-based resource connected to an electrical grid includes receiving, via a controller, a current feedback sign…

DRIVE·Sep 11·2 min read

F03D7/0284 GENERAL ELECTRIC RENOVABLES ESPANA SL [ES]

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING POWER GENERATING ASSETS

A system and method are provided for operating a power generating asset. Accordingly, at least one external data set indicative of a plurality of variables affecting the performance of the power gener…

DRIVE·Aug 28·1 min read

F03D17/00 GENERAL ELECTRIC RENOVABLES ESPANA SL [ES]

SELECTIVE CROWBAR RESPONSE FOR A POWER CONVERTER TO MITIGATE DEVICE FAILURE

A method for operating a multi-level bridge power converter of an electrical power system includes connecting a plurality of phases of the power converter to a common terminal at a DC side of the powe…

DRIVE·Aug 21·1 min read

F03D9/11 GENERAL ELECTRIC RENOVABLES ESPANA SL [ES]

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WIND FARM OPERATION DURING A WEAK GRID CONDITION

A method for controlling wind farm operation during a weak grid condition includes determining when a threshold number of the plurality of wind turbines have tripped based on the received one or more …

DRIVE·Jul 10·2 min read

F03D7/0284 GENERAL ELECTRIC RENOVABLES ESPANA SL [ES]

METHOD FOR OPERATING DOUBLY-FED WIND TURBINE GENERATOR AS A VIRTUAL SYNCHRONOUS MACHINE TO PROVIDE GRID-FORMING CONTROL THEREOF AND SYSTEM

A method for operating an asynchronous doubly-fed wind turbine generator connected to a power grid in a grid-forming mode to emulate a virtual synchronous machine. The doubly-fed wind turbine generato…

DRIVE·Jul 3·1 min read

F03D7/0272 GENERAL ELECTRIC RENOVABLES ESPANA SL [ES]

METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ASYNCHRONOUS INVERTER-BASED RESOURCE AS A VIRTUAL SYNCHRONOUS MACHINE TO PROVIDE GRID-FORMING CONTROL THEREOF

A method for operating an asynchronous inverter-based resource connected to a power grid as a virtual synchronous machine to provide grid-forming control thereof includes receiving a frequency referen…

DRIVE·May 29·2 min read

H02J3/38 GENERAL ELECTRIC RENOVABLES ESPANA SL [ES]

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING WIND CONVERTERS

A method of operating a wind converter is provided. The method includes receiving a plurality of forecasted datasets. The forecasted datasets include event signals for the wind converter during fast t…

DRIVE·May 8·1 min read

F03D7/00 GENERAL ELECTRIC RENOVABLES ESPANA SL [ES]

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A POWER GENERATING SYSTEM

A system and method are provided for controlling a power generating system having at least one power generating subsystem connected to a point of interconnection (POI). A first data signal is obtained…

DRIVE·May 1·2 min read

G05B19/042 GENERAL ELECTRIC RENOVABLES ESPANA SL [ES]

SYSTEM AND METHODS TO ADDRESS TOWER DAMPING IN A GRID FORMING POWER GENERATING ASSET

The system and method described herein provide grid-forming control of a power generating asset having a generator, such as a double-fed generator, connected to a power grid. Accordingly, a stator-fre…

DRIVE·May 1·1 min read

F03D7/0284 GENERAL ELECTRIC RENOVABLES ESPANA SL [ES]

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A POWER GENERATING SYSTEM

A system and method are provided for controlling a power generating subsystem connected to a power generating system at a point of interconnection (POI). A subsystem controller receives a feedback fir…

DRIVE·Apr 17·1 min read

F03D7/0284 GENERAL ELECTRIC RENOVABLES ESPANA SL [ES]

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STABILIZING WEAK GRIDS WITH ONE OR MORE WIND FARMS CONNECTED THERETO

A method for controlling a wind farm electrical power system is presented. The wind farm electrical power system includes a controller and a plurality of wind turbines electrically connected to an ele…

DRIVE·Apr 10·1 min read

F03D7/0284 GENERAL ELECTRIC RENOVABLES ESPANA SL [ES]

WIND TURBINE

An energy conversion system includes a low-impedance generator having at least one armature winding set. The armature winding set includes a plurality of single-phase coils. The system also includes a…

DRIVE·Dec 27·1 min read

F03D9/25 GENERAL ELECTRIC RENOVABLES ESPANA SL [ES]

ELECTRIC FILTERS FOR WIND TURBINES

The present disclosure relates to a wind turbine comprising a wind turbine rotor with a plurality of blades supported on a support structure, a generator operatively coupled to the wind turbine rotor …

DRIVE·Nov 1·1 min read

F03D80/00 GENERAL ELECTRIC RENOVABLES ESPANA SL [ES]

TOOLS AND METHODS FOR HANDLING TOWER SECTIONS

The present disclosure relates to tools and methods for handling a tower section of a wind turbine tower. A tool comprises a first wheeled platform, a second wheeled platform, and a frame. The frame c…

DRIVE·Oct 11·1 min read

B60P3/40 GENERAL ELECTRIC RENOVABLES ESPANA SL [ES]

POWER CONVERTER CONTROL AND OPERATION

Methods of operating a wind turbine (1) having a generator (10) and a power converter (60). The methods may comprise: determining a reduced first power setpoint (94) in response to an operational cond…

DRIVE·Aug 30·1 min read

F03D7/0272 GENERAL ELECTRIC RENOVABLES ESPANA SL [ES]

WIND TURBINE GENERATOR

A control system 200 for an electrical machine is provided. The electrical machine configured to be electrically coupled to an electric power system, wherein the electric power system is configured to…

DRIVE·Mar 23·1 min read

H02J3/381 GENERAL ELECTRIC RENOVABLES ESPANA SL [ES]