Jeffrey E Bergman, 51Powder Springs, GA

2012014, Jun 7, 2012

Sep 9, 2011

13/228650

Philippe Giguere - Simpsonville SC, US
Stefan Herr - Greenville SC, US
Peter James Fritz - Greenville SC, US
Scott Gabell Riddell - Greer SC, US
Jeffrey Eric Bergman - Mechanicville NY, US

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY - Schenectady NY

F03D 7/00
F03D 1/06

416 1, 416 23

A rotor blade assembly for a wind turbine and a method for increasing a loading capability of a rotor blade within a maximum load limit for a wind turbine are disclosed. The rotor blade assembly includes a rotor blade having surfaces defining a pressure side, a suction side, a leading edge, and a trailing edge extending between a tip and a root. The rotor blade assembly further includes an extension connected to a surface of the rotor blade, the extension having at least one design characteristic configured for increasing a loading capability of the rotor blade within a maximum load limit for the wind turbine. The design characteristic is one of extension length, extension width, extension curvature, span-wise extension location, chord-wise extension location, or extension angle with respect to a chord line of the rotor blade.

2016033, Nov 17, 2016

Dec 10, 2015

14/964677

- Schenectady NY, US
Karl Mochel - San Francisco CA, US
Raimundo Onetto - Walnut Creek CA, US
Jayanthi Srinivasan - San Ramon CA, US
Peter Gregg - Niskayuna NY, US
Jeffrey Eric Bergman - Mechanicville NY, US
Anwar Ahmed - San Ramon CA, US
Sham Chotai - Woodside CA, US

F03D 7/04
G05B 13/02

The present disclosure is directed to a digital twin interface for managing a wind farm having a plurality of wind turbines. The digital twin interface includes a graphical user interface (GUI) displaying a digital equivalent of the wind farm. For example, the digital equivalent of the wind farm includes environmental information and a digital representation of each of the wind turbines arranged in the wind farm. The interface also includes a control icon arranged with each of the digital representations of the wind turbines. In certain embodiments, the control icons of each wind turbine may correspond to a control dial. More specifically, the control icon of each digital representation of the wind turbines includes information regarding current and optimum operating conditions of the digital wind turbine. The interface also includes one or more control features configured to optimize performance of the wind farm.

2016033, Nov 17, 2016

Mar 21, 2016

15/075231

- Schenectady NY, US
Karl Mochel - San Francisco CA, US
Raimundo Onetto - Walnut Creek CA, US
Jayanthi Srinivasan - San Ramon CA, US
Peter Gregg - Niskayuna NY, US
Jeffrey Eric Bergman - Mechanicville NY, US
Anwar Ahmed - San Ramon CA, US
Sham Chotai - Woodside CA, US

F03D 7/04
G05B 13/04
F03D 9/00

The present disclosure is directed to a digital system for managing a wind farm having a plurality of wind turbines electrically coupled to a power grid. The system includes a farm-based first communication network having one or more individual wind turbine control systems communicatively coupled to the one or more wind turbines and an overall wind farm control system. The system also includes a cloud-based second communication network communicatively coupled to the first communication network via an industrial gateway. The second communication network includes a digital infrastructure having a plurality of digital models of the one or more wind turbines, wherein the plurality of digital models of the one or more wind turbines are continuously updated during operation of the wind farm via data supplied by the farm-based first communication network.

2015011, Apr 30, 2015

Oct 31, 2013

14/068600

- Schenectady NY, US
Jeffrey Eric Bergman - Mechanicville NY, US
Brent Hamilton Holloway - Greenville SC, US
Drake Joseph Viscome - Greenville SC, US

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

F01D 5/32

416220 R, 29889

A rotor turning system includes a fixture plate configured for attachment to a gearbox, a locking mechanism configured for attachment to the fixture plate, and a reaction fixture configured for attachment to the locking mechanism. The rotor turning system is configured to permit rotation of the rotor only when rotational torque is applied to the locking mechanism, and this rotation is in only one rotational direction.