494 patents
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Utility
Method and system for controlling a wind turbine to reduce nacelle vibration
12 Sep 23
Controlling a wind turbine by obtaining a movement signal indicative of a vibrational movement of a wind turbine tower is described.
Keld Hammerum, Jesper Sandberg Thomsen
Filed: 8 May 19
Utility
Modular tower damper system
12 Sep 23
The present invention relates to a damper module adapted to be secured to a wind turbine tower section, the damper module comprising at least one liquid damper secured to a frame structure, wherein each liquid damper comprises a container comprising an interior volume containing an amount of liquid, wherein the amount of liquid in the interior volume of the container sets a natural frequency of the liquid damper, and wherein the frame structure comprises an interface arrangement configured for, in cooperation with a damper module suspension arrangement in a tower section, securing the damper module to said tower section, and a liquid damper fastening arrangement configured for securing said at least one liquid damper to the frame structure.
Søren Bøgelund Madsen, Tue Hald
Filed: 11 Dec 19
Utility
Pump system for lubricating components of a wind turbine
12 Sep 23
A pump system for supplying lubricant to components of a wind turbine comprises: a pump for pumping lubricant through a fluid circuit of the wind turbine; a drive means for driving the pump; and, a gearbox arrangement arranged to couple the drive means to the pump.
Jan Hove Pedersen
Filed: 29 May 19
Utility
Equipotential bonding of wind turbine rotor blade
5 Sep 23
A wind turbine rotor blade having a blade shell with a generally chordwise layup of fibre plies and a generally spanwise spar cap.
Lasse Lykkegaard, Rens Christiaan Verhoef, Gurmukh Singh, Nathan A. Brilliant, Toby Collard
Filed: 2 Dec 20
Utility
Relating to electrical power generators for wind turbines
5 Sep 23
There is provided a method (100) of installing a pitch tube (27) into an electrical power generator (24) for a wind turbine, the method comprising: installing (105a) the pitch tube (27) so that it is coaxial with a rotational axis (R) of the generator (24); supporting (105b) a bearing arrangement (50) associated with the pitch tube (27) at an end of the generator (24) using one or more primary supports (52), wherein each of the primary supports (52) comprises a first end (58) connected to the bearing arrangement (50) and a second end (60) connected to a component (32) associated with a rotating reference frame of the generator (24); and supporting (110) the bearing arrangement (50) using one or more secondary supports (54), wherein each of the secondary supports (54) comprises a first end (62) connected to the bearing arrangement (50) and a second end (64) connected to a component (42) associated with a stationary reference frame of the generator (24).
Lars Langvardt Krogh, Rolf Nyborg Broge
Filed: 21 Apr 20
Utility
Wind turbine nacelle structure
5 Sep 23
A wind turbine includes a nacelle which houses components including a generator connected to a rotor.
Kristoffer Isbak Thomsen
Filed: 4 May 20
Utility
Operating a wind turbine during service
5 Sep 23
A method of operating a wind turbine during a service, wherein the wind turbine comprises at least one rotor-nacelle assembly, the or each rotor-nacelle assembly comprising a rotor; the method comprising: detecting that a service is to be or is being carried out on the wind turbine; and, on detecting that a service is to be or is being carried out on the wind turbine, reducing an operating level of the or each rotor-nacelle assembly.
Søren Dalsgaard, Torben Ladegaard Baun, Keld Hammerum, Torben Petersen
Filed: 9 Jul 19
Utility
Replacement insert for repair of a joint connecting a wind turbine rotor blade to a rotor hub
22 Aug 23
A replacement insert for the repair of a joint connecting a wind turbine blade to a rotor hub of a wind turbine is disclosed.
Romaric Thiebaut
Filed: 7 Dec 18
Utility
Wind turbine noise masking
22 Aug 23
A method of masking wind turbine noise from a wind turbine.
Erik Sloth
Filed: 13 Nov 19
Utility
Voltage control on a wind turbine transformer with multiple windings
15 Aug 23
The invention relates to a method for operating a power system of a wind turbine.
John Godsk Nielsen, Torben Møller Hansen
Filed: 9 Jul 21
Utility
Method of operating a power generation system
15 Aug 23
This invention concerns a method of controlling a power converter system 26 operating in an overmodulation region.
Ciprian Biris, Kent Tange, Duy Duc Doan, Gert Karmisholt Andersen, Torsten Lund, Lars Meyer
Filed: 19 Sep 19
Utility
Detuner system
15 Aug 23
A detuner system for a wind turbine includes a drive train component having a natural frequency.
Mranal Gupta, Erik Sloth
Filed: 17 Dec 19
Utility
Control of a power plant with at least one wind turbine
15 Aug 23
The invention relates to a method for controlling power generation of a power plant which comprises power generating units including a wind turbine.
Jacob Barsøe KjÆrgaard, Steve Jessen
Filed: 27 May 19
Utility
Wind turbine tower transition piece
15 Aug 23
A transition piece (140) for a wind turbine tower (110) is provided, that is configured to be installed on a tower foundation (111) and to carry a tower piece (113).
Thor Thiim Hansen, Christian Fuglsbjerg, Slawomir Michaluk, Jeppe Søe
Filed: 5 Dec 19
Utility
Method for real-time prediction of wind conditions across a wind farm
15 Aug 23
A method for real-time prediction of wind conditions across a wind farm comprising a plurality of wind turbines, the wind farm being arranged at a wind farm site, is disclosed.
Ewan Machefaux, Kim Emil Andersen, Frank Ormel, Mogens Bjerning
Filed: 14 Dec 22
Utility
Method and assembly for handling wind turbine blades
8 Aug 23
A method for mounting a blade root of a blade on a blade flange of a wind turbine rotor, the method comprising: attaching a control line between a hold structure at the blade flange and the blade root; lifting the blade with a blade lifting crane while the blade root is guided towards the blade flange by use of said control line, and connecting said blade root to said blade flange.
Ivar J. B. K. Jensen, Gunnar K. Storgaard Pedersen, Christian Skov Frederiksen
Filed: 4 Apr 22
Utility
Insert and blank for a wind turbine blade root
1 Aug 23
A composite material blank comprising an elongate blank body extending between a first end face and a second end face; said blank body extending in a longitudinal direction, parallel to a longitudinal axis thereof, and having four peripheral sides; each said first and second end face having edges which define a trapezoid shape; wherein the peripheral sides of said blank body connect the edges of said first end face with the edges of said second end face; and wherein said first trapezoid end face is inverted in relation to said second trapezoid end face.
Jonathan Smith, James Smith, Robert Ernst, Mark Folsom
Filed: 30 Jun 22
Utility
Wind turbine control method
1 Aug 23
A method of operating a wind turbine.
Jakob Vestergaard, Anders Steen Nielsen, Juan Pablo Murcia
Filed: 2 May 19
Utility
Virtual synchronous generator with active damping
1 Aug 23
The invention relates to a method for controlling a power generating unit such as a wind turbine which is configured as a virtual synchronous machine.
John Godsk Nielsen, Torsten Lund, Esmaeil Ebrahimzadehveshareh
Filed: 16 Dec 19
Utility
Method and system of lubricating consumers to be monitored via their lubricant
18 Jul 23
A method involves directing lubricant to different consumers which are to be monitored via their lubricant.
Simon Schjøtt, Thomas Korsgaard Nielsen, Jan Hove Pedersen, Sascha Gutt, Daniel Henriksen
Filed: 18 Dec 20