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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7242162 | Apparatus and method for retracting awning An apparatus and method for retracting an awning. A sensor detects an awning acceleration caused by wind impacting the awning, and generates a signal having an amplitude corresponding thereto. When the signal exceeds a certain threshold, the awning is retracted. The... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7242108 | Wind-actuated electric power alternator A wind-actuated electric power alternator is disclosed. The wind-actuated electric power alternator includes an impeller enclosure having a generally triangular cross-sectional configuration. An impeller is rotatably mounted in the impeller enclosure. An alternator ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7241522 | Regenerative electrochemical cell system and method for use thereof An exemplary embodiment of a regenerative electrochemical cell system, comprises: a fuel cell module, an electrolysis module, a heat exchange, and an inverted hydrogen storage device. The fuel cell module can comprise a fuel cell hydrogen inlet in fluid communicatio... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7241105 | Watercraft with vertically collapsible vertical axis wind turbine and propeller flexible drive shaft A vertically collapsible vertical axis wind turbine may be used on land, or on a watercraft (e.g. a multihull such as a catamaran). The turbine may include a substantially vertical shaft; at least two vane supports mounted by the shaft; and at least two vertically c... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7242107 | Water-based wind-driven power generation using a submerged platform Provided are systems, methods and techniques by which a wind-powered energy generating platform, secured to an anchor, can pull (or winch) itself beneath the surface of the water and thereby avoid most of the significant effects of storms and waves. In more particul... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7239035 | System and method for integrating wind and hydroelectric generation and pumped hydro energy storage systems An integrated, wind-pumped hydro power generation system includes at least one wind turbine generator device configured to generate output power for a common bus, and at least one hydro generator device configured to generate output power for the common bus. The hyd... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7235895 | Method and apparatus for gravity induced thermal energy dissipation A rotor for a wind turbine generator includes a rotatable hub forming a cavity. A plurality of rotor blades is connected to the hub. A heat sink is at least partially positioned within the cavity and extends along a portion of a corresponding rotor blade. The heat s... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7235893 | Reduced friction wind turbine apparatus and method The present invention is a wind power apparatus for driving an electric generator. The wind power apparatus comprises a frame, a vertical axle mounted on the frame and a buoyant hull. The buoyant hull is rotational disposed on the axle. The buoyant hull has a curvil... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7234409 | Vessel for transporting wind turbines, methods of moving a wind turbine, and a wind turbine for an off-shore wind farm A wind turbine (1) has a base (5) divided into at least three ballast tanks (12). A vessel (7) has means for displacing the wind turbine between a loading space (25) and an unloading position (26). At its unloading position ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7233079 | Renewable energy electric power generating system A renewable electric power system includes a high temperature superconducting wind turbine using high temperature superconducting yttrium-barium-copper oxide for the rotor and stator windings as well as a superconducting bearing. Power from the turbine is stored in ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7230819 | Mobile power system A mobile power system for producing power at a desired location includes a first power generating device of a first type coupled to a transportable housing, and a second power generating device of a second type coupled to the transportable housing. The first type of... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7230348 | Infuser augmented vertical wind turbine electrical generating system A wind turbine for generating electrical power having a vertical “Savonius rotor type” wind rotatable turbine with multiple fixed pitch blades and a rotatable wind inlet duct having an identical number of multiple infuser-shaped aerodynamic guides as the pitch b... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7230347 | Corrosion protection for wind turbine units in a marine environment A corrosion protected wind turbine unit includes a wind turbine unit support structure or foundation implanted in water and an impressed current anode electrochemically coupled to the wind turbine unit support structure or foundation through the water. Also included... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7231282 | Device and method for a functional test of one wind turbine generator plant A method for a functional test of a wind turbine generator plant which comprises the following procedural steps: a control unit for the wind turbine generator plant reads in actual values from at least one structural part of the wind turbine generator plant and gene... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7227276 | Wind driven electric generator apparatus A wind driven electric generator apparatus includes a pair of wind-driven, counter-rotating propeller units placed back to back with each other. A first power transmission system is connected to the pair of counter-rotating propeller units for converting wind energy... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7227275 | Method for retrofitting wind turbine farms A power generation system with a predetermined rating limit includes one or more wind turbine generators and a vanadium redox battery. The vanadium redox battery absorbs excess energy to ensure that the rating limit is not exceeded, provide system stability, and imp... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7224081 | Voltage control for wind generators A wind turbine generator control system includes relatively fast regulation of voltage near the individual generators with relatively slower overall reactive power regulation at a substation or wind farm level. The setpoint of the relatively fast voltage regulator i... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7220096 | Habitat friendly, multiple impellor, wind energy extraction A habitat friendly, wind energy system is disclosed for safely extracting usable energy from wind. Included are one or more concentrator wings that convert the dynamic pressure of wind into relatively lower static pressure and thereby induces a vacuum that draws win... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7218012 | Emergency pitch drive power supply An emergency pitch drive power supply is provided, the emergency pitch drive power supply comprising an auxiliary generator for producing electric power, wherein the auxiliary generator is a permanently excited multi-pole generator adapted to generate sufficient pow... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7218013 | Wind powered generator A wind powered electrical generation assembly having a portable wind powered generator tower for supporting a wind powered generator allowing the wind powered generator to be raised, lowered, and removed from the tower. The wind powered electrical generation assembl... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7218011 | Diffuser-augmented wind turbine A diffuser-augmented wind-turbine assembly in which the diffuser has a cylindrical central section rotatably supporting a rotor drum which in turn supports turbine blades without requiring a central support shaft. Wind energy drives the turbine blades and rotor drum... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7215037 | Protective wind energy conversion chamber A protective wind energy conversion chamber provides a protected multiple turbine mechanism axially aligned to convert kinetic energy of a moving fluid (e.g., wind) into rotational mechanical power by the reaction of the moving fluid with the turbine. The conversion... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7215035 | Method and apparatus for converting wind generated electricity to constant frequency electricity for a utility grid A method and apparatus for converting wind generated electricity to constant frequency electricity for supplying it to a utility grid. use a wind turbine generator having a doubly fed induction generator. Above the synchronous speed of the generator, the electricity... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7215038 | Wind wheel and electricity generator using same A wind-driven power source comprises a propeller-driven rotor structure and a stator structure carrying clusters of copper-wire wound ferromagnetic cores as voltage generators. The cores are arranged in pairs spaced apart by hard rubber rollers which engage the insi... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7215039 | Building incorporating a 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... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7210896 | Electrical power generation assembly An electrical power generation assembly comprising a main body having a low density to provide lift and wind driven means on its surface to generate electrical power. The main body has a part-circular, or a part-elliptical, cross section frontal region. The main bod... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7211905 | Vehicle-mounted generator A vehicle-mounted generator is powered by relative wind produced by the combination of ambient wind and motion of the vehicle, or by movement of water when mounted on the hull of a water-borne vehicle. A rigid cylindrical housing forms an enclosed interior chamber. ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7210882 | System and process for transporting wind turbines A system is used to transport wind turbines on railroad cars. The wind turbines are partially disassembled into four types of components—nacelles, blades, rotor hubs and tower sections. The blades are stored in cargo containers suitable for use in multi-mode trans... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7207777 | Methods of handling wind turbine blades and mounting said blades on a wind turbine, system and gripping unit for handling a wind turbine blade The invention relates to methods of handling wind turbine blades and mounting said blades on a wind turbine, said method comprising the steps of lifting a wind turbine hub to the nacelle of wind turbine with a lifting system and mounting the hub on the nacelle. Furt... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7208846 | Method and apparatus for generating electricity by waste airflow of air conditioning equipment A method and an apparatus of generating electric power by recycling waste wind energy produced by a heat dissipating ventilation machine of an air conditioning equipment comprise: a motive power end producing waste wind energy during its operation; a passive select ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7205678 | Wind power generator The invention relates to a wind power current generator comprising a bearing, a tubular stator that carries a race of the bearing, a tubular rotor coaxial with the tubular stator that can rotate in relation to the stator, a hub connected to the rotor, and at least t... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7204673 | Method of controlling a wind power installation A method for controlling a wind power installation at very high wind speeds, in which there is predetermined a first wind speed at which the rotor blades of the wind power installation are put into a first predetermined setting. In addition, the method includes cont... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7205676 | 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 ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7199486 | System and method for converting wind into mechanical energy A system for converting an airflow into mechanical energy includes a drawtube and an airflow turbine capable of converting an airflow through the drawtube into rotational mechanical energy. The drawtube includes a tubular member with first and second open ends and a... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7199484 | Water current generator The underwater electrical generator includes a stator core and counter-rotating turbine blades with permanent magnets in the hubs and windings in the core housing. When tethered by the nose of the housing, the water current rotates the turbine blades generating elec... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7199485 | Wind turbine with current conducting means, which are pre-assembled in the tower The present invention concerns a wind energy plant for generation of alternating current with a tower constructed of several tower segments, a generator arranged in the region of the top of the tower, a power module arranged in the region of the base of the tower, a... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7200005 | Method and apparatus for generating electricity using recycled air from a computer server In one embodiment, the invention is a method and apparatus for recycling exhaust air expelled from a computer server (e.g., a unit including microprocessors such as a standard server or a mainframe). In one embodiment, at least one windmill (e.g., a standard windmil... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7199482 | System and method for controlling effective wind farm power output A method for controlling variability in power output of a wind farm supplying power to a grid includes monitoring a power output level of the wind farm. The monitored power output level is compared to a target power output level. A command is issued to increase or d... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7193332 | Methods and apparatus for generating power from vehicles A method for generating power from a moving vehicle is provided. The method comprising: positioning at least one device for converting an airflow from a passing vehicle into power near a path of the moving vehicle; and generating power from the at least one device a... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7190085 | Wind turbine for producing electrical power and a method of operating the same A wind turbine includes a turbine rotor with at least one blade and a generator with a rotor and a stator. The turbine rotor is mechanically coupled with the rotor of the generator. A diode rectifier is electrically coupled to the stator of the generator. A direct c... | 03/13/2007 |
