542 patents
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Utility
Cooler for a Wind Turbine Having Pivotable Cooling Panels
13 Oct 22
A wind turbine (10) includes a tower (12), a nacelle (14) cou- pled to the tower (12) and housing one or more heat generating components (18, 20), a rotor (16) having a least one wind turbine blade (24), and a cooler (38) mounted to the nacelle (14) and configured to cool the one or more heat generating components (18, 20) in the nacelle (14) by circulating a working fluid.
Henrik Hyldelund, Jesper Nyvad, Poul T. Tietze, Thomas Riis Jakobsen
Filed: 5 Aug 20
Utility
Method of Forming a Wind Turbine Foundation
13 Oct 22
A method of forming a foundation (26) of a wind turbine (10) including a tower (12) having a base tower section (24), comprising: mounting a levelling apparatus (56) to an anchor cage (30), the anchor cage (30) including a plurality of anchor bolts (36) extending between an upper flange (34) and a lower flange (38), the levelling apparatus (56) being arranged between the upper and the lower flanges (34, 38); arranging the anchor cage (30) in an excavation pit (94); directing a cementitious material into the excavation pit (94) so that the upper flange (34) becomes at least partially embedded within the first cementitious material; allowing the cementitious material to cure to form a rigid body (28, 90); actuating the levelling apparatus (56) to raise the upper flange (34) from the rigid body (28, 90) into a levelled position; directing a grout material (32) into a space beneath the raised upper flange (34); and allowing the grout material (32) to cure to form a support layer.
Hugo Miguel Duarte Trigo, Azadeh Attari
Filed: 29 Jun 20
Utility
Method of Determining a Layout of a Wind Energy Plant
13 Oct 22
Techniques for determining a layout of a wind energy plant comprising a plurality of wind turbines at a site, where the wind turbines are configured for connection to a power grid having a power demand.
Michael PERKINS, Buddhika Abeyrama, Aaron Lease
Filed: 10 Apr 21
Utility
Correcting Blade Pitch In a Wind Turbine
6 Oct 22
There is provided a method (40) of correcting blade pitch in a wind turbine (10) having a tower (12) and a plurality of rotor blades (18).
Karthik Krishnan Jamuna, Igor Kelbas, Selvavignesh Vedamanickam, Maxime Coulange, Jiji Nallathambi Kumaradhas, Jesper Errboe Askov, Karl H. Svendsen, Edgar Anahua, Nikolaj Sig Overgaard
Filed: 7 Jul 20
Utility
Power Generating Unit with Virtual Synchronous Generator with Current Limitation
6 Oct 22
The invention relates to controlling a power generating unit.
Esmaeil EBRAHIMZADEHVESHAREH, Torsten LUND, John Godsk NIELSEN
Filed: 8 Jul 20
Utility
Apparatus for Sealing Rotatable Components of a Wind Turbine Powertrain
29 Sep 22
Apparatus comprising a first shaft and a second shaft supported in a substantially concentric relationship so that they are able to rotate relative to one another about a rotational axis (R); wherein one of the first and second shafts passes through a bore defined in the other of the first and second shafts; a seal arrangement between the first and second shafts, said seal arrangement being locked from rotational movement relative to said first shaft; wherein the seal arrangement comprises a first portion that is rotatably mounted on the second shaft by a bearing and a second portion that is configured to seal against a miming surface defined by the second shaft.
Lars Langvardt Krogh
Filed: 2 Oct 20
Utility
Turbine Alignment by Use of Light Polarising Compass
29 Sep 22
The present invention provides a method of estimating an orientation of a wind turbine.
Gustavo Oliveira Violato
Filed: 16 Jun 20
Utility
Prioritization of Power Set-points for Power Generating Units In a Power Plant
29 Sep 22
The invention relates to a method for controlling power generation from a power plant which comprises power generating units such as wind turbine generators.
Mads Rajczyk SKJELMOSE, Steve JESSEN
Filed: 4 May 20
Utility
Wind Turbine Control Using Predicted Steady-state Deflection
29 Sep 22
Controlling a wind turbine including measuring a wind speed for a location upwind of a wind turbine.
Tobias Gybel HOVGAARD, Jacob Deleuran GRUNNET
Filed: 5 May 20
Utility
a Method for Controlling a Wind Farm Under Turbulent Wind Conditions
29 Sep 22
A method for controlling wind turbines of a wind farm is disclosed.
Marco FRANK, Michael FRANZ, Gernot SCHELCH
Filed: 29 May 20
Utility
Arc Fault Protected Electric Converter System
29 Sep 22
A wind turbine with an electric converter module having a first section forming a first enclosure capable of withstanding a pressure from an arc flash inside the first enclosure.
Luis Miguel CALHAU GONÇALVES, Kenneth G. HANSEN
Filed: 21 Mar 22
Utility
Intelligent Discharge Control for Modular Multilevel Converter
29 Sep 22
This disclosure proposes procedures and systems for discharging system capacitors and de-energizing power transmission systems having Modular Multilevel Converter (MMC) topologies by intelligent control of MMC cell components including configuration of bypass and insert switches using integrated DC choppers to effectively de-energize MMC cell capacitors and/or DC-link capacitors under operating conditions such as after a normal stop, for protection against over-voltages, dumping turbine energy, and under certain hardware fault conditions.
Cem Özgür GERÇEK, Lars HELLE, Ciprian BIRIS
Filed: 12 Aug 20
Utility
Improvements Relating to Reinforcement of Wind Turbine Towers
22 Sep 22
A tower section for a wind turbine, comprising a tensioning arrangement having at least one tensioning device attached to three or more attachment points associated with the tower section, wherein those attachment points are located proximate to an end of the tower section.
Rasmus Bøgelund Madsen
Filed: 19 Jun 20
Utility
Wind Turbine Blades
15 Sep 22
A reinforcing structure for a wind turbine blade is in the form of an elongate stack of layers of pultruded fibrous composite strips supported within a U-shaped channel.
Mark Hancock, Frank Hoelgaard Hahn, Chris Payne
Filed: 31 May 22
Utility
Heating a Wind Turbine Blade
8 Sep 22
A first aspect of the invention provides a wind turbine blade having a blade shell that defines a suction side, pressure side, leading edge, and a trailing edge of the blade.
Luke SPANDLEY, Paul BADGER
Filed: 4 Aug 20
Utility
Providing Safety Configuration Parameters for a Wind Turbine
8 Sep 22
A method of providing safety configuration parameters for a wind turbine is provided.
David STEELE, Keld HAMMERUM, Rolf Kiilerich ANDERSEN, Martin Møller SØRENSEN
Filed: 7 Jul 20
Utility
Method of Controlling a Wind Power Plant
8 Sep 22
A method of controlling a wind power plant including an energy storage device, the wind power plant being connected to a power grid and comprising one or more wind turbine generators that produce electrical power for delivery to the power grid, the method comprising: processing grid data related to the power grid to determine a probability forecast for a future state of the grid; and controlling charging and discharging of the energy storage device in accordance with the probability forecast.
Tobias Gybel HOVGAARD, Jacob Deleuran GRUNNET
Filed: 26 Aug 20
Utility
Vibration Damping of a Structure
1 Sep 22
The present invention relates to a partly assembled structure in the form of a structure comprising a wind turbine tower, a nacelle arranged thereon and a vibration damper attached to the nacelle for damping vibrations of the combined wind turbine tower and nacelle within a selected frequency range, wherein the vibration damper is operatively connected to a main shaft of the nacelle, or wherein the vibration damper is attached to the nacelle via a nacelle transportation interface.
Giang C. Trung, Søren Bøgelund Madsen
Filed: 6 May 20
Utility
Modular Multilevel Converter Pre-charging
1 Sep 22
According to embodiments described herein a Modular Multilevel Converter (MMC) is pre-charged by: driving a bypass current from an auxiliary power source through a plurality of bypass switches included in a corresponding plurality of cells; in response to a summed voltage across a plurality of cell capacitors included in the plurality of cells satisfying a drive threshold, driving an insert current through a plurality of insert switches included in the plurality of cells; and in response to a voltage across a Direct Current (DC) link capacitor satisfying a pre-charge threshold when driving the insert current, opening a circuit breaker connecting the auxiliary power source with the plurality of cells and connecting a generator with external power line rails between which the DC link capacitor is connected.
Masoud PARKHOU, Lars HELLE, Cem Özgür GERÇEK
Filed: 17 Sep 20
Utility
Wind Sensor Configuration
25 Aug 22
A method for determining a relative position of wind sensors on a wind turbine comprising: obtaining wind data from each of at least two wind sensors installed on a wind turbine at a location where airflow is affected by a rotor of the wind turbine, the obtaining occurring while the rotor is rotating, identifying oscillations in the wind data from each of the wind sensors, determining a phase or amplitude difference between the oscillations, and determining a relative position of the wind sensors based on the phase or amplitude difference.
Ines Pinto Frutuoso, Johnny Nielsen, Jens Van Schelve
Filed: 7 Jul 20