542 patents
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Tower Damping In Wind Turbine Power Production
27 May 21
A method for wind turbine tower damping is disclosed, as well as an associated controller and wind turbine.
Fabio CAPONETTI, Jesper Sandberg THOMSEN
Filed: 13 Dec 18
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a Method for Determining Wind Turbine Blade Edgewise Load Recurrence
20 May 21
Embodiments of the invention deal with determination of edgewise load recurrence signals acting on a wind turbine blade.
Martin BRØDSGAARD, Søren Hove SØRENSEN
Filed: 14 Jun 18
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Improved Electro-thermal Heating System for Wind Turbine Blades
20 May 21
The present invention relates to a method of controlling an electro-thermal heating system in a wind turbine blade, comprising measuring a supply voltage to the electro-thermal heating system, determining a duration of a variable time based enforced off period based on the measured supply voltage, and inserting the variable time based enforced off period between subsequent switching duty cycles that controls the electro-thermal heating system.
Arran WOOD, Stephen BUGGY, Paul BADGER
Filed: 21 Jun 18
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Improved Electro-thermal Heating Elements
20 May 21
The present invention relates to methods and electro-thermal heating elements in which the electro-thermal heating element comprises a cut-out.
Luke SPANDLEY, Paul BADGER
Filed: 15 Jun 18
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Model Based Monitoring of Battery System
20 May 21
A battery system for storing electric energy, e.g. from a wind turbine.
Chris DAMGAARD
Filed: 20 Nov 20
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Electrical Contact Fault Diagnosis
20 May 21
The present invention relates to a method of identifying an electrical contact fault in a wind turbine blade electrical heating system, comprising inserting a predetermined enforced off cycle between or within a switching duty cycle, wherein the switching duty cycle controls the switching of one or more electrical contacts in the electrical heating system, measuring a current consumption during the predetermined enforced off cycle, determining if the measured current consumption exceeds a predetermined threshold, and wherein if the measured current consumption exceeds the predetermined threshold shutting down at least part of the electrical heating system.
Arran WOOD, Stephen BUGGY, John BENGTSON
Filed: 15 Jun 18
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Apparatus and Methods for Monitoring the Ambient Environment of Wind Turbines
13 May 21
According to an embodiment of the present invention there is provided an apparatus for monitoring an ambient environment of a wind turbine.
Jacob Deleuran GRUNNET, Claus THYBO, Johnny NIELSEN
Filed: 14 Jun 18
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Improvements Relating to Voltage Control In Renewable Power Plants
13 May 21
There is provided a method of operating a renewable power plant that is connected to a wider power network by a bus.
Manoj GUPTA, Ravi KUMAR, Janakiraman SIVASANKARAN, Mario Dante JARDIEL, Anoop Vijay TIWARI, Kouroush NAYEBI
Filed: 15 May 18
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Wind Turbine Control Method
29 Apr 21
A method of operating a wind turbine.
Jakob VESTERGAARD, Anders Steen NIELSEN, Juan Pablo MURCIA
Filed: 2 May 19
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Controlled Switching Current of an On-load Tap Changer of a Wind Turbine
22 Apr 21
The invention relates to a method for controlling a wind turbine which comprises a transformer has a variable turns ratio such as an on load tap changer transformer.
Jesper HILLEBRANDT, Philip Carne Kjær
Filed: 23 Dec 20
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Improvements Relating to Wind Turbine Blade Manufacture
22 Apr 21
A wind turbine blade and associated method of manufacture is described.
Arne Haahr, Andrew Hedges, Morten Taulbjerg
Filed: 4 Apr 18
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Improvements Relating to Wind Turbine Blade Manufacture
8 Apr 21
A method of making a wind turbine blade is described.
Jonathan Smith, Andrew Hedges
Filed: 4 Apr 18
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Wind Turbine Drivetrain Component with Low Friction Radial Shaft Seal
8 Apr 21
A wind turbine drive train component (22) comprising a rotating shaft (61) with a radial seal (50) is provided.
Leif Christoffersen, Lars Langvardt Krogh, Lars Skifter, Thomas Paw Buus
Filed: 10 Dec 18
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State Machine for Wind Power Plant
1 Apr 21
The present invention relates to a state machine for controlling a wind power plant (WPP), comprising at least one wind turbine connected to an electrical grid, the state machine is adapted to, receive a plant power reference (P_total) according to at least one electrical value of the electrical grid, manage a plurality of control modes and output signals, in relation to the plurality of control modes, select within the control modes, according to controller inputs and contingency at that moment in time, transfer the corresponding control values to a power controller, and dispatch a power reference to each of the at least one wind turbines according to the selected control mode.
Rodrigo GARCIA, Naveen Kumar BOGGARPU, Jorge Martinez GARCIA, Kouroush NAYEBI, Mu WEI, Dumitru-Mihai VALCAN, Henrik MØLLER, Jacob Barsøe KJÆRGAARD
Filed: 9 Apr 18
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Modular Wind Turbine Blade and Associated Method of Manufacture
25 Mar 21
A method of making a modular wind turbine blade is described.
Leon Barton, Robert Hunter, Christopher Owens
Filed: 18 Dec 18
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Wind Turbine Blades and Manufacturing Systems and Methods Using Segmented Blade Assembly
25 Mar 21
A system (24) and method are described herein for manufacturing a wind turbine blade (22) proximate to the final installation site of a wind turbine (10).
Gerner Larsen, Allan Hjarbæk Holm, Julio Xavier Vianna Neto, Abdalla Khamas, Miguel Fernandez Perez
Filed: 13 Dec 18
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Relating to Lightning Protection Systems for Wind Turbine Blades
18 Mar 21
A blade tip assembly for a wind turbine blade, comprising a conductive blade tip module, a receptor arrangement spaced from the conductive blade tip module, a coupler that electrically couples the conductive blade tip module to the receptor arrangement and an insulating member that insulates the coupler.
Daniel Whitehouse, Richard Baker
Filed: 24 Nov 20
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Wind Turbine Nacelle Cooling
18 Mar 21
A wind turbine has a nacelle which houses operative components such as a transformer or converter which in use generate unwanted heat, the nacelle including an external nacelle cover (20) to form the outer nacelle enclosure, and provided with a panel (24) which overlies a bottom cover (22) region forming therewith a conduit for directing external air to one or more of the heat generating operative components for cooling purposes.
Martin Patrick Vcelka, Matthieu Alexandre
Filed: 14 Dec 18
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Recurring Fault Protection for Wind Power Plants
18 Mar 21
A method for operating a wind turbine generator connected to a power network to account for recurring voltage faults on the power network caused by automatic reclosure of at least one circuit breaker following a short-circuit.
Manoj GUPTA, Janakiraman SIVASANKARAN
Filed: 20 Nov 18
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Wind Energy Farm with Cable Stayed Wind Turbines
11 Mar 21
A wind energy farm (1) comprising at least one first wind turbine (2) and at least one second wind turbine (3) is disclosed.
Thomas S. Bjertrup NIELSEN
Filed: 12 Dec 18