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(11) EP 2 927 486 B8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT SPECIFICATION
Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15) Correction information:
Corrected version no 1 (W1 B1)

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
24.07.2019 Bulletin 2019/30

(45) Mention of the grant of the patent:
23.05.2018 Bulletin 2018/21

(21) Application number: 14382123.9

(22) Date of filing: 31.03.2014
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
F03D 17/00(2016.01)
F03D 7/04(2006.01)
 F03D 7/02(2006.01)

(54)

Fatigue in wind turbines

Ermüdung in Windturbinen

Fatigue dans des éoliennes

(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

(43) Date of publication of application:
07.10.2015 Bulletin 2015/41

(73) Proprietor: GE Renewable Technologies Wind B.V.
4817 PA Breda (NL)

(72) Inventors:
  • Carcangiu, Carlo Enrico
    08018 Barcelona (ES)
  • Pineda Amo, Isaac
    22395 Hamburg (DE)

(74) Representative: ZBM Patents - Zea, Barlocci & Markvardsen 
Plaza Catalunya, 1
08002 Barcelona
08002 Barcelona (ES)


(56) References cited: : 
EP-A2- 2 108 830
US-A1- 2011 018 271
 WO-A1-2011/035977
   
  • HAMMERUM K ET AL: "A fatigue approach to wind turbine control", JOURNAL OF PHYSICS: CONFERENCE SERIES, INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS PUBLISHING, BRISTOL, GB, vol. 75, no. 1, 1 July 2007 (2007-07-01), page 12081, XP020125154, ISSN: 1742-6596, DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/75/1/012081
  • PATRICK RAGAN ET AL: "Comparing Estimates of Wind Turbine Fatigue Loads using Time-Domain and Spectral Methods", WIND ENGINEERING, vol. 31, no. 2, 1 March 2007 (2007-03-01), pages 83-99, XP055138180, ISSN: 0309-524X, DOI: 10.1260/030952407781494494
   
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