WINGED DEVICE DETERMINING WIND

Brand	Owner	Address	Description
WIND-A-CATOR	Pack, Richard	PO Box 150394 St. Louis MO 63115	Winged device for determining wind speed and direction;
	Where the owner name is not linked, that owner no longer owns the brand

Technical Examples

A method for reducing peak loads of wind turbines in a changing wind environment includes measuring or estimating an instantaneous wind speed and direction at the wind turbine and determining a yaw error of the wind turbine relative to the measured instantaneous wind direction. The method further includes comparing the yaw error to a yaw error trigger that has different values at different wind speeds and shutting down the wind turbine when the yaw error exceeds the yaw error trigger corresponding to the measured or estimated instantaneous wind speed.