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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7317260 | Wind flow estimation and tracking using tower dynamics A turbine control system for a variable speed electrical generator in a wind turbine mounted atop a support tower. The wind turbine converts wind energy into a driving torque applied to the generator. The control system includes a turbine support tower position sens... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7314524 | Tire cleaning shield A tire cleaning shield for protecting areas of a vehicle adjacent to a tire includes a panel that has a bottom edge, a top edge, a first lateral edge, a second lateral edge, a first side and a second side. The panel has an opening therein extending into the first si... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7315093 | Wind turbine system for buildings Systems and methods for capturing the energy of wind currents by placing wind-driven turbines at one or more edges of a building's roof, where the wind currents are concentrated by deflection of the wind off the horizontal faces of the building. In one embodiment, a... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7312537 | Methods and apparatus for supplying and/or absorbing reactive power A wind turbine includes a rotor having a hub, at least one rotor blade coupled to the hub, and a rotor shaft coupled to said hub for rotation therewith. The wind turbine also includes an electrical generator coupled to the rotor shaft, and a generator-side frequency... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309930 | Vibration damping system and method for variable speed wind turbines A vibration damping technique for a wind turbine system is described. The wind turbine system includes a vibration damper, which provides a variable signal to control torque produced by a generator of the wind turbine system. The variable signal is based on generato... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308841 | Speed adjuster devices, systems, and methods Speed adjuster devices, systems, and methods are provided. In an embodiment of the present invention, a speed adjustor device comprises an input shaft, an output shaft, and a housing. The input shaft can receive a first rotational velocity input in a first direction... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7304400 | Power generating system and its control method A power controller 5 calculates the induced voltage or rotor magnetic flux from the output voltage and the output current of a generator 3, estimates a shaft speed of the generator 3 from the phase of the induced voltage or the phase of the roto... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7294939 | Folding portable wind-power electricity generating apparatus A wind-power electricity generating apparatus includes a base, a cover and an electricity generating set. The cover is pivotally coupled to a lateral side of the base and can be lifted open or covered onto the base. A wind collecting surface is formed inside the cov... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7293960 | Power generation assemblies, and apparatus for use therewith A floating power generation assembly comprises at least three floating units (900) floating on a body of water, and at least three anchors (916) secured to a solid surface beneath the body of water, each of the floating units (900) being provide... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7291937 | Operating method for a wind turbine with a supersynchronous cascade The invention relates to a wind energy system having a rotor that can be driven by the wind, preferably having one or more rotor blades that can be adjusted in angle, a generator directly or indirectly connected with the rotor, to generate electric energy, which is ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7291936 | Submersible electrical power generating plant A self-supporting, submersible generating plant for producing electricity from ocean currents, consisting of two counter-rotating, rear-facing turbines with a plurality of rotor blades extending radially outward from two separate horizontal axis that convey the kine... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7288850 | System and apparatus for emergency backup power generation An emergency backup power generation system includes a housing comprising a main body portion, a top cap, and a bottom cap. Inner and outer surfaces and the main body portion, the top cap, and the bottom cap define a generally hollow interior volume within the inner... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7288851 | Wind power installation with an asynchronous machine for establishing the azimuth position An asynchronous machine has a first rotor/stator arrangement in which the rotor is connected to a shaft, and a method of controlling such an asynchronous machine is provided. A drive is provided which permits nullification of the play of the mechanical components in... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7285870 | Wind power installation comprising at least two components and a data network Wind power installation for generating electrical energy with at least two components which respectively have sensors and actuators and comprise a control unit, each of the control units being connected to a data network and exchanging with the control units of the ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7282807 | Systems and methods for testing a wind turbine A system for testing is described. The system includes a wind turbine, a grid generator configured to generate power and coupled to the wind turbine, and a portable load coupled to the grid generator. ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7282808 | Power generating wind turbine A power generating wind turbine includes parts and components installed in or on a nacelle which are made smaller and lighter, thus facilitating maintenance. A main shaft 11, a gear-box for speeding up rotation of the main shaft 11 and a generator 1... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7281891 | Wind turbine control having a lidar wind speed measurement apparatus A wind turbine is provided having a lidar wind speed measurement apparatus for achieving wind control. The lidar apparatus is arranged to scan the area in front of the wind turbine so as to generate a measurement of the wind speed across the wind field. The lidar ap... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7279802 | Method in a wind power plant A method for preventing mechanical oscillation in a wind power plant includes determining wind speed, controlling a generator of the power plant with speed control when the wind speed is below a predefined limit to maintain the rotation speed of the generator below ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7279803 | Ocean current power generator An apparatus and method for generating electricity from the movement of seawater in ocean currents. An impeller is set within a stationary frame. The impeller rotates around a non-moving shaft. There are four sets of electromagnetic coils, two of which are stationar... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7276808 | Tower for a wind power station Disclosed is a tower for a wind power station comprising a machine pod disposed on the tower and a rotor mounted on the machine pod so as to be rotatable about an essentially horizontal axis. Said rotor is provided with at least one blade. The tower is composed of a... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7276809 | Wind turbine assembly and related method Wind turbine assembly, and related method, is provided that exploits an aerodynamically enhanced wind region of a building in proximity to a parapet of the building. A wind turbine assembly includes a support assembly configured to couple to a building in proximity ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7276807 | Wind turbine dump load system and method A wind turbine braking system including: a wind turbine including turbine blades and a control system; a generator coupled to the turbine blades; a generator converter coupled to the generator and connectable to a utility power grid; at least one dump resistor coupl... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7276810 | Wind power plant based on the windmill principle with an additional vane bearing at the vane end The present invention concerns a wind power plant with a central rotor unit (1); a ring carrier element (2), which surrounds the central rotor unit (1) in a concentric configuration; and with several rotor vanes (3) which are fixed with a... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7267530 | Windmill apparatuses and methods of mounting blades to enhance their performance A windmill apparatus has multiple pairs of blades to enhance power output and lift performance. The apparatus has multiple double acting piston/cylinders actuated by the windmill, which includes several clutches that are used to engage and disengage the windmill fro... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7264202 | Tri-cycloidal airship An unmanned, lighter-than-air airship includes three omnidirectional thrust generating units. One unit is mounted at the fore-end of the airship to generate thrust in a plane that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the airship. This unit controls pitch and... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7265456 | Power generation system incorporating a vanadium redox battery and a direct current wind turbine generator A power generation system includes a wind turbine generator and a vanadium redox battery to compensate for fluctuations in wind power. The wind turbine generator provides DC power that may be used to charge the vanadium redox battery. Generated DC power may also be ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7259472 | Wind turbine generator A wind turbine generator including a nacelle having reduced size and weight is provided. The wind turbine generator includes a nacelle disposed on a tower. The nacelle includes a main shaft that is connected to a rotor head equipped with blades and that integrally r... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7259471 | Drive line for fluid flow power engine with speed guidance, power impact reduction and short-term energy storage Control procedure for a flow machine, wherein the flow machine comprises a turbine, which picks up power from a wind or water current, and a driveline, which transfers power from the turbine to an electric generator connected to an electricity grid of constant grid ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7256512 | Variable aperture velocity augmented ducted fan wind turbine A wind powered variable area exit aperture electric generating system having configurable, adjustable duct side walls by which means the ratio between the intake cross-sectional aperture area and the exhaust cross-sectional aperture area may be varied for maximum ai... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7255527 | Wind power generator A wind power generator has a base, a wind driving wheel, a transmission unit and a power storage unit. The wind driving wheel has a spindle at a center of the wind driving wheel. The spindle is positioned to the lateral frame. A plurality of connecting frames are ex... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7256509 | Wind power plant comprising a rotor blade adjusting device A wind power plant including a rotor having at least one angle-adjustable rotor blade, a generator that, for generating electrical power, can be directly or indirectly coupled to the rotor and, for supplying the electrical power, can be directly or indirectly couple... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7256508 | Wind farm The invention relates to a wind-driven power-plant comprising a rotor (100) which is fitted with at least one rotor blade and which is connected directly or indirectly to a generator for power generation, further including an electrical assembly made up of di... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7254944 | Energy storage system An energy storage system in which a renewable power production facility, such as one having a wind energy collector, is used to power a compressor situated adjacent a wellbore. During periods of non-peak load on the electric power grid, the compressor is used to com... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7253537 | System and method of operating double fed induction generators A protection system and a protection method are provided for protecting a double fed induction generator and a gearbox during a grid fault. The protection system includes a plurality of controlled impedance devices. Each of the controlled impedance devices is couple... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7250691 | 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... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7250699 | Turbine generator vibration damper system The invention relates to the vibration damper systems (here, method and apparatus) for active removal of beyond-normal internal vibrations from turbine-generator-sets [T-G-Ss]. The invention relies on dynamic forces generated by at least a pair (when symmetrically p... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7245042 | Auxiliary wind energy generation from a wind power generation apparatus A wind energy generator has a generator having a shaft extending therefrom, a plurality of blades interconnected to the shaft so as to be rotatable by the action of wind energy, and an elongate chamber cooperative with the shaft such that the chamber rotates relativ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7244097 | Device for adjusting the angle of incidence of a rotor blade of a wind power installation A device for the targeted adjustment of the angle of incidence of a rotor blade (13) which is rotatably mounted, at the foot (14) thereof, on a hub (12) of a rotor (11) of a wind power installation (10). The device includes a geari... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7245037 | Wind power fed network An electric network for generation and transmission of electric power, including a power generating part, a point of common connection for the power generating part, a transmission link, a load network, and a reactive power compensator. The transmission link is coup... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7245039 | Apparatus and method for generating hydrogen gas through the use of wind power This invention teaches an apparatus, method, means, and computer readable media to address the problem of the inconsistent, unreliable nature of wind, and in particular low-wind speeds, through utilizing a blower and/or startup assist to aid in turning an electricit... | 07/17/2007 |
