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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7112892 | Power source for sensors A sensor is placed in wireless communication with a monitoring system. Power for the sensor is generated by scavenging power from fluid flow within a pipe. ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7112893 | Power generating wind turbine A turbine system includes a rigid frame including a plurality of elongated rectilinear beams. The rigid frame spans across a top portion of a cooling tower and is axially registered with the passageway for receiving a unidirectional convection air stream upwardly th... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7111668 | Cooling arrangement for an offshore wind energy installation A cooling arrangement for an offshore wind energy installation, having a heat-absorbing device for absorbing heat generated by the electronic devices and/or the mechanical devices of the offshore energy installation, which is to be removed, and a coupled heat-dissip... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7111521 | Sampling system for moving fluid A system for sampling a moving fluid utilizes a housing in the shape of an airfoil having a leading edge adapted to be disposed in the moving fluid such that the moving fluid will initially encounter the leading edge. A fluid flow pathway extends through the airfoil... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7109600 | Direct drive wind turbine A wind turbine is provided that minimizes the size of the drive train and nacelle while maintaining the power electronics and transformer at the top of the tower. The turbine includes a direct drive generator having an integrated disk brake positioned radially insid... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7109599 | Omni-directional wind turbine electric generation system An omni-directional wind turbine electric generation system including a wind rotor carrying wind responsive vanes which on one surface exert an aerodynamic lifting force and on the other a blocking force both of which exert a torque in the same rotational sense, and... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7109598 | Precisely controlled flying electric generators III One or more tethered platforms, each having three or more; mill rotors, are operated at altitudes in relatively high winds to generate electricity. These windmill kites use one or more electro-mechanical tethers on each platform. Their position, attitude and orienta... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7105942 | Plant, generator and propeller element for generating energy from watercurrents A plant, generator and rotating member for the production of power from currents in a body of water, comprising a fixedly mounted of floating structure, and a plurality of replaceable generator units (750) supported by the structure and which are driven by th... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7105941 | Framework composition windmill A framework composition windmill includes a cylindrical tower and a wind power dynamic component positioned at the top end of the tower. The wind power dynamic component includes a wind-driven rotor and an STS energy exchange coupling element which includes an annul... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7105940 | Mobile renewable energy generator A method and apparatus for a portable renewable energy generator includes; a movable platform adapted for one of towing and transport to a remote area, a redundant renewable energy source generator including a wind energy extraction device configured for transport o... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7102247 | Circuit arrangement and methods for use in a wind energy installation The invention relates to a circuit with a variable rotational speed to be used particularly in a wind power plant, comprising a double fed asynchronous generator (DASM), a crow-bar, an additional resistor (R15) and a converter. In order to meet the requiremen... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7102249 | Generator for use in hydroelectric power station and method of using same One aspect of the present invention concerns a generator for a hydroelectric power station, having a stator and a rotatably mounted rotor, and first vanes which act on the rotor and which cause rotation of the rotor. In order for the generator to be of a smaller str... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7100438 | Method and apparatus for determining a site for an offshore wind turbine A method for determining a site for an offshore wind turbine includes determining a plurality of possible site locations, and positioning an offshore assembly at at least one of the possible site locations, wherein the assembly includes a floating support structure,... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7098552 | Wind energy conversion system A wind energy conversion system includes upper and lower wind turbines having counter-rotating blade assemblies supported for rotation about a vertical rotation axis, with each blade assembly carrying a rotor for rotation past a stator to produce an electrical outpu... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7098553 | Traffic-driven wind generator A wind-capturing electrical generator device comprising a plurality of generators is driven by wind created by traffic passing in close proximity at high speeds. The device preferably uses horizontally or vertically mounted Savonius-type or helical-turbine-type roto... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7098550 | Method for controlling a wind energy plant The present invention concerns a method of controlling a wind power installation and a wind power installation in particular for carrying out the method. Wind power installations have been generally known for a long time and in recent times are increasingly u... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7095131 | Variable speed wind turbine generator A variable speed system for use in systems, such as, for example, wind turbines, is described. The system comprises a wound rotor induction generator, a torque controller and a proportional, integral derivative (PID) pitch controller. The torque controller controls ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7095129 | Methods and apparatus for rotor load control in wind turbines A wind turbine having a rotor, at least one rotor blade, and a plurality of generators, of which a first generator is configured to provide power to an electric grid and a second generator is configured to provide power to the wind turbine during times of grid loss.... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7095130 | Wind turbine generator system To shorten a startup interval to reach a synchronizing condition, a phase difference and an amplitude difference between the grid voltage and the stator voltage of one phase of a winding are obtained. The difference in amplitude is decreased prior to or in parallel ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7095128 | Method and device for regulating a wind machine A method and corresponding apparatus for regulating a system that produces electric power, the system including an electric alternator having a rotor integral with a rotating part of a wind machine to form a rotary assembly, and a power electronics module, the metho... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7094018 | Wind power generator A wind power generator has an arcuate converging-diverging flow passage and a support body that is prolate in shape and is located in the flow passage. The support body is rotatably supported and a plurality of rotor blades are mounted on the support body. The suppo... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7086824 | Guided fluid driven turbine A guided fluid driven turbine to upgrade the efficiency in converting fluid kinetics into rotation kinetics by having a specific directional guide unit adapted to a fluid driven turbine for the fluid to be guided the open-end, specific directional guide unit extendi... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7084523 | Windmill for wind power generation A windmill for highly efficient wind power generation is provided by enabling one to efficiently rotate the windmill even in starting or at a low wind speed region by improving a blade of a vertical shaft type windmill of a lift type. In the windmill for wind power ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7084522 | Wind energy unit comprising a hollow shaft for rotor hub and generator In a wind power installation with a (hollow) axis tube member and a hollow shaft mounted thereon for the rotor there is provided only a single bearing which also carries moments, between the axis tube member and the hollow shaft, whereby the parts of the machine whi... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7084521 | Method and apparatus for generating hydro-electric power A hydroelectric power generating method and/or apparatus provides one or more inlet pipes perpendicular to a flow of water in a stream or river. The inlet pipes have a length and plural apertures along the length of the at least one inlet pipe. A feedline and a turb... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7084520 | Wind turbine system Wind turbine system, and related method, is provided that exploits an aerodynamically enhanced wind zone of a structure by aligning a wind turbine generator, and preferably a plurality thereof, along a wall thereof. Each generator includes a structural support, a wi... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7083378 | Wind generator The present invention relates to a wind generator. The wind generator comprises a body installed freely rotatably at a tower, blades installed at a leading end of the body, a gearbox for receiving rotational forces from the blades, and a generator connected to the g... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7081689 | Control system for a wind power plant with hydrodynamic gear A wind power plant connectable to an electric grid is provided that has at least three control levels. A controller controls an angular position of the rotor blades and/or controls a setting of the reaction member of the hydrodynamic speed transformer and/or control... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7077628 | Wind machine with independent fabric A wind machine comprises a plurality of fabrics that are removeably installed on a rotatable carrier. The carrier axis of rotation may be either horizontal or vertical. The carrier has pairs of first and second arms that support opposite ends of a fabric net. Side s... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7076206 | System for wireless transmission of electrical power, a garment, a system of garments and method for the transmission of signals and/or electrical energy The invention describes a system for electrical transmission in the field of garments and a corresponding transmitter for this. Electrical circuits in garments are coupled, preferably inductively in a wireless manner with electrical devices and/or electrical circuit... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7075192 | Direct drive wind turbine A wind turbine is provided that minimizes the size of the drive train and nacelle while maintaining the power electronics and transformer at the top of the tower. The turbine includes a direct drive generator having an integrated disk brake positioned radially insid... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7074011 | Wind power installation with two rotors in tandem A wind power installation comprising at least two rotors which are arranged one behind the other and of which the first rotor which is arranged in front of the second rotor is of a smaller diameter than the second rotor. ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7073319 | Nuclear-fueled power generating system An apparatus for generating electricity that uses at least one jet-type engine fueled with fissile material. The nuclear fueled jet engine is affixed to a connecting member that projects from a central, rotatable shaft, which is in engageable communication with an a... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7075191 | Wind and water power generation device using a rail system A power generation assembly for use in generating electrical power from air or water currents includes a rail system forming a loop, a vane assembly having a frame and at least one vane, and a car assembly slidably mounted to the rail, including a linkage portion co... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7075189 | Offshore wind turbine with multiple wind rotors and floating system A wind energy conversion system optimized for offshore application. Each wind turbine includes a semi-submersible hull with ballast weight that is moveable to increase the system's stability. Each wind turbine has an array of rotors distributed on a tower to distrib... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7072784 | System for monitoring wind power plants A system to acoustically monitor at least one wind power installation, wherein the wind power installation includes a plurality of components including at least rotor blades. The system may comprise a remote monitoring center and a first wind power installation. The... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7071578 | Wind turbine provided with a controller for adjusting active annular plane area and the operating method thereof A wind turbine which varies an active annular plane area by composing such that blades are attached to a cylindrical rotor movable in the radial direction of the rotor, the blades being reciprocated in the radial direction by means of a blade shifting mechanism conn... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7071579 | Wind farm electrical system An approach to wind farm design using variable speed wind turbines with low pulse number electrical output. The output of multiple wind turbines are aggregated to create a high pulse number electrical output at a point of common coupling with a utility grid network.... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7068015 | Wind power plant having magnetic field adjustment according to rotation speed A wind power plant where the driving shaft communicates with a synchronous generator (3) optionally through a gear (2) and with a transformer, if any, communicating through an AC/DC inverter 7 with an HVDC transmission cable 9. The synchr... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7067937 | Method and apparatus for using wind turbines to generate and supply uninterrupted power to locations remote from the power grid The present invention relates to a wind energy generating and storing system comprising methods and apparatuses for providing energy dedicated for immediate use and energy storage, to provide electrical power on an uninterrupted and continuous basis, to locations re... | 06/27/2006 |
