Resumen de: WO2026145462A1
A nacelle cover, a wind turbine generator set, and a transport method. The nacelle cover (100) comprises: a first cover shell (10) comprising a transition shell (12) and a first top shell (13) arranged in the direction of height thereof; and a second cover shell (20) butt-jointed with and in communication with the first cover shell (10). The transition shell (12) is detachably connected to the first top shell (13), and the first top shell (13) and the transition shell (12) are each detachably arranged with the second cover shell (20), such that the nacelle cover (100) is switchable between a transport state and a working state. In the working state, the transition shell (12) is connected to the first top shell (13) and the second cover shell (20), and the first top shell (13) protrudes from the second cover shell (20) in the direction of height. In the transport state, the transition shell (12) is separated from the first top shell (13) and the second cover shell (20), the first top shell (13) is lowered in the direction of height and is detachably connected to the second cover shell (20), and the transition shell (12) is located in an inner cavity of the first top shell (13) and/or an inner cavity of the second cover shell (20).
Resumen de: WO2026143717A1
A wind power generation device, comprising a fixed unit; a windmill unit, located at one end of the fixed unit, and comprising a blade assembly having a transmission shaft, and a wind vane opposite to the blade assembly and having a fixed shaft; a braking unit, comprising a braking assembly located between the blade assembly and the wind vane, wherein the braking unit is separately connected to the transmission shaft and the fixed shaft; a rotating unit connected to the windmill unit and the braking unit and configured to drive the windmill unit and the braking unit to turn into wind; a transmission unit, located at the other end of the fixed unit and pivotally connected to the blade assembly, and comprising a first power device, a first speed change device, a second speed change device having a clutch, and a second power device; and a power generation device, which is connected to the second power device so as to drive the power generation device to rotate.
Resumen de: WO2026143389A1
The present invention relates to a structural fatigue assessment method, system and device for a tower of a wind turbine, and a storage medium. The assessment method comprises: S1, acquiring shape functions of a plurality of nodes on a target tower, wherein the plurality of nodes are obtained by means of uniformly dividing the target tower in the direction of height thereof; S2, acquiring operating data of a target wind turbine; S3, inputting the operating data and the shape function of each node into a preset wind turbine model, in order to obtain a bending moment time series corresponding to each node on the target tower; S4, on the basis of the bending moment time series of each node, determining a cumulative damage degree of each node; and S5, on the basis of the cumulative damage degree of at least one node, outputting a structural fatigue assessment result for the target tower. The assessment method enables accurate estimation of the structural fatigue condition of towers without relying on external sensors.
Resumen de: WO2026143572A1
The present invention relates to a unidirectional airflow filter screen. A filter screen main body is formed by pressing a high-strength corrosion-resistant metal plate material, toad-mouth-shaped meshes having a special structure form an enclosed space, the area of an air inlet is greater than the sum of the areas of the meshes, a horn-shaped air collecting device and a wedge-shaped flow guide plate are mounted, and an air outlet is provided with an auxiliary impeller. Parameters of the toad-mouth-shaped meshes are precisely set. By using a pressure difference between the air inlet and the air outlet, an airflow is guided to pass unidirectionally through the filter screen according to the Bernoulli principle, the fluid continuity principle and the fluctuation principle, thereby realizing automatic filtration and ventilation. The filter screen improves the filtration efficiency, enhances air intake and exhaust effects, has a prolonged service life, and requires no additional power source.
Resumen de: WO2026148257A1
In one embodiment a process is described that includes transferring heat from a fluid to air. At least a portion of the air is moving from a first elevation to a second elevation through an air conduit. The first elevation is lower than the second elevation. The airflow is adjusted using an airflow control element.
Resumen de: WO2026145611A1
A support beam (10), a tower lifting method, a tower, and a wind turbine. The support beam (10) comprises a connecting assembly (101) for connecting the inner side of a tower of a wind turbine, and a side beam (300) connected to the connecting assembly (101), wherein a plurality of tower accessory connecting portions (310) are distributed at intervals on the side beam (300), and are configured to connect to tower accessories. The side beam (300) is rotatably connected to the connecting assembly (101) by means of a first rotating shaft (410), such that the support beam (10) can be switched between a deployed state and a folded state. In the deployed state, the side beam (300) extends in a direction away from the connecting assembly (101), and the side beam (300) can rotate about the first rotating shaft (410) towards the connecting assembly (101) into the folded state. The support beam (10) has the deployed state and the folded state. In the folded state, part of the side beam (300) can rotate to the side of a main beam (100) facing a connecting beam (200), such that the overall space occupied by the support beam (10) can be reduced, and the transportation and storage of the support beam (10) is facilitated.
Resumen de: US20260194039A1
A flow modifying element for a wind turbine blade is provided. The wind turbine blade (10) comprises a blade body (20) having a leading edge (16), a suction surface (18), a pressure surface (19), and a trailing edge (17). The blade body (20) has a chord length c, wherein the leading edge (16) corresponds to a position in chord direction of 0% c and the trailing edge (17) corresponds to a position in chord direction of 100% c. The flow modifying element (30) is configured to be arranged on the pressure surface (19) of the blade body (20) in a range in chord direction between 40% c and 100% c. The flow modifying element (30) is further configured to form a bulge (33) that bulges outwardly from the pressure surface (19) of the blade body (20).
Resumen de: US20260196830A1
0000 A method for controlling a grid connected power converter configured to supply power to a grid from a power source, the method comprising: determining a grid voltage reference (Pref_VMP) for controlling the power converter; controlling a first power component being supplied to the grid by the power converter by controlling the power converter (202) using a first grid forming controller configured to control the output voltage towards the grid voltage reference (Pref_VMP), the first grid forming controller operating according to a first grid forming algorithm being configured to output a first voltage component for supplying the first power component to the grid; controlling a second power or voltage component being supplied to the grid by the power converter by controlling the power converter using a second grid forming controller, operating in parallel to the first grid forming controller, the second grid forming controller operating according to a second grid forming algorithm being configured to output a second voltage component for supplying the second power or voltage component to the grid; combining the second output voltage component of the second grid forming algorithm with the first output voltage component of the first grid forming algorithm; and operating the power converter according to the combined output voltage from the first grid forming controller and the second grid forming controller.
Resumen de: US20260194041A1
A wind turbine generator is presented. The wind turbine generator comprises: —a support structure including a tower; —a nacelle connected to the tower; —two or more blades mounted on a hub connected to the nacelle; and—at least one oscillation damping arrangement arranged within at least one of the two or more blades, the at least one oscillation damping arrangement being tuned to one or more common frequencies of at least one coupled mode oscillation, such that the at least one coupled mode oscillation is mitigated by the at least one oscillation damping arrangement; wherein—the at least one coupled mode oscillation at the one or more common frequencies is a combination of oscillations of the support structure and oscillations of at least one of the two or more blades; and—the oscillations of the support structure and the oscillations of the at least one of the two or more blades are caused by forces transferred through the support structure at seismic activity in the ground where the support structure is positioned.
Resumen de: US20260194045A1
0000 A wind turbine (W) has a hub (2) rotatably supported relative to a nacelle (3) and plurality of blades (1) mounted on the hub (2). A lightning current transfer system (100) is arranged to provide a lightning current transfer path (P) from at least one of the blades (1) to the nacelle (3). The lightning current transfer system (100) has at least one electrical conductor (20) which passes through a hollow interior portion of the hub (2) between the at least one of the plurality of blades (1) and the nacelle (3). A cover (24) is provided for attenuating an electromagnetic field generated by a lightning current in the electrical conductor (20) passing within the hollow interior portion of the hub.
Resumen de: US20260196839A1
0000 A method for operating a renewable energy source having an inverter-based resource (IBR) system connected to a power grid includes: operating the IBR system as a virtual synchronous machine (VSM) in grid-forming mode (GFM) control; deriving a power error signal (P
Resumen de: US20260192890A1
0000 A method of monitoring a mooring system (10) of a floating offshore installation, FOI, (100) that is moored by the mooring system (10) is provided. The method comprises obtaining parameters related to a position of the FOI, wherein the parameters include at least mooring system parameters that are indicative of a region (15) within which a position of the FOI is expected to lie. The method further includes obtaining position measurements of an actual position (11) of the FOI, and deriving, from the obtained parameters and from the position measurements of the FOI, a state of the mooring system (10) of the FOI.
Resumen de: US20260192542A1
0000 Fabric (20) comprising: 0000 i) a first fiber layer (21, 22, 23, 24) and a second fiber layer (21, 22, 23, 24), wherein the first fiber layer (21, 22, 23, 24) and the second fiber layer (21, 22, 23, 24) are laid on top of each other; and 0000 ii) a yarn (25), wherein the yarn (25) extends through the first fiber layer (21, 22, 23, 24) and the second fiber layer (21, 22, 23, 24) and thereby fixates the first fiber layer (21, 22, 23, 24) to the second fiber layer (21, 22, 23, 24). 0000 The yarn (25) is made of or comprises a synthetic material, in particular a thermoplastic material, having at least one epoxy-compatible group and/or a group reactive towards epoxy.
Resumen de: US20260194040A1
0000 The present invention relates to a wind turbine blade component comprising a laminate structure comprising a non-woven fabric comprising a plurality of first fibres and a plurality of second fibres, wherein the plurality of first fibres are randomly oriented carbon fibres entangled with the plurality of second fibres which are of a type of fibres different from carbon fibres.
Resumen de: US20260194047A1
A control method for a device for moving on a windmill blade according to the present invention involves measuring the cross-sectional shape of the windmill blade, and controlling the device such that the device behaves according to the cross-sectional shape. The control of the device may include controlling the device such that the device repairs a damaged portion of the windmill blade in accordance with the cross-sectional shape; and the control of the device may include controlling the device such that the device controls the attitude of the device in accordance with the cross-sectional shape.
Resumen de: US20260194048A1
0000 A segment 10 is an injection molded product of a resin material integrally comprising: a plurality of pillar portions 13 arranged spaced apart in a circumferential direction; a pair of arcuate portions 11 and 12 arranged spaced apart in an axial direction and coupled to each other through intermediation of the plurality of pillar portions 13; and claw portions 15 ad 16 provided to the pillar portion 13, and a circumferential angle θ corresponding to a circumferential dimension of the segment 10 is 5° or more and 30° or less.
Resumen de: US20260192894A1
0000 Methods and systems are provided for nautical stationkeeping of free-floating objects. In one example, a method includes adjusting translational motion of a body freely floating in water by rotating the body. The translational motion may be adjusted, for instance, to maintain the body within a geographic area. In certain examples, the adjustment of the translational motion may be realized via a Magnus effect induced by rotating the body. The body may be configured as, for example, a free-floating object such as a wave engine.
Resumen de: US20260192415A1
The present application relates to an automated machining tool (200) for removing material from a surface of a wind turbine blade (20). The tool (200) has a tool head (206) having electrically conductive material. When the tool (200) detects electrical contact between the electrically conductive material and an electrically conductive part (104) beneath a surface of the blade (20), while the machining tool (200) is performing a machining operation on the wind turbine blade (200) using the tool head (206), the tool (200) automatically retracts the tool head (206) away from the wind turbine blade (20).
Resumen de: US20260196832A1
0000 A method of extending a predefined operating speed threshold of a grid-forming (GFM) inverter-based resource (IBR) connected to an electrical grid includes receiving a grid frequency signal of the electrical grid or a function thereof based on one or more grid frequency feedbacks. The method also includes determining a speed deviation based on the grid frequency signal of the electrical grid or the function thereof. Further, the method also includes combining the speed deviation with the predefined operating speed threshold of the GFM IBR, the predefined operating speed threshold of the GFM IBR being associated with a nominal grid frequency. Moreover, the method includes generating, via the controller, a new operating speed threshold for the GFM IBR using the speed deviation and the predefined operating speed threshold being associated with the nominal grid frequency. In addition, the method includes operating, via the controller, the GFM IBR using the new operating speed threshold.
Resumen de: US20260194046A1
0000 A wind turbine blade lightning protection system has a lightning receptor arranged at an outer surface of the blade. Each of a first and a second carbon fibre reinforced spar cap has a chamfered tip end and an opposing chamfered root end. An electric connection between the lightning receptor and the chamfered tip end or the chamfered root end of the first or second spar cap includes a conductive fabric having unidirectional carbon fibres bonded by an adhesive, the conductive fabric comprising a thickness of 0.01-0.5 mm and a fibre volume fraction (FVF) of at least 50%.
Resumen de: US20260196903A1
0000 A fan motor silent at a high speed includes a casing, a rotor, a stator assembly and a bearing support. The stator assembly and the bearing support are sequentially and coaxially nested and fixed in the casing, a first bearing and a second bearing are coaxially mounted at two ends of the bearing support, inner iron cores are inlaid in the bearing support at intervals, two ends of the rotor are mounted on the first bearing and the second bearing, and a through air duct is arranged between an outer wall of the stator assembly and an inner wall of the casing. The first bearing and the second bearing and mounted integrally and coaxially, such that vibrations generated during high-speed rotation of the rotor are small, and force borne by the bearings is uniform, thus improving the silencing effect in operation of the motor.
Resumen de: US20260192407A1
0000 The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for post mould processing of a composite structure. The composite structure extends along a longitudinal direction and includes a main composite part, and a flange section extending around a perimeter of the main composite part. The flange section comprises an upper surface having a first mating part with a specific shape in a cross-sectional plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. The first mating part is located at a fixed position relative to the main composite part. In addition, an assistance tool defines a second mating part configured to fit with the specific shape of the first mating part of the flange section, such that, when the assistance tool is arranged on the flange section and the second mating part is fitted with the first mating part, the body of the assistance tool can be moved along the flange section at a pre-determined distance from the main composite part.
Resumen de: US20260194044A1
0000 Provided are a wind turbine fault diagnosis method and system based on SVD-SSA-LSTM. The method includes: setting a plurality of monitoring points according to equipment parameters of a wind turbine tower; acquiring vibration signals of each monitoring point according to preset monitoring time nodes, and generating a fault feature data packet according to all the vibration signals; and establishing a fault diagnosis model, and generating a fault diagnosis result according to the fault diagnosis model and the fault feature data packet. The collected vibration signals are decomposed by using singular value decomposition (SVD) noise reduction to remove redundant and noise components therein, then faults of the wind turbine is diagnosed by using a SSA-LSTM fault diagnosis model, and through the capability of a LSTM network to process time-series data, the accuracy of fault diagnosis is improved, while the diagnosis cycle is shorten and the early warning efficiency is improved.
Resumen de: US20260194082A1
0000 The drag associated with a boundary apparatus moving relative to a fluid can be reduced by upstream and downstream intentional momentum shedding apparatuses (IMSA). The upstream IMSA and the downstream IMSA can modify the flow field in the vicinity of the boundary apparatus by imparting a first and a second induced velocity to the fluid, respectively. The second induced velocity at a location of the downstream IMSA can have a component in a direction opposite to the direction of the first induced velocity at the location of the downstream IMSA. The modification of the flow field can comprise a decrease in a spatial fluid flow velocity gradient in the vicinity of at least a portion of the surface of the boundary apparatus, or a decrease in a local free stream flow velocity magnitude of at least a portion of the boundary apparatus.
Nº publicación: US20260192889A1 09/07/2026
Solicitante:
JIANGSU UNIV OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY [CN]
JIANGSU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Resumen de: US20260192889A1
A shared floating wind turbine foundation array with angle-adjustable elastic moorings is formed by connecting floating wind turbine foundations. Each floating wind turbine foundation includes a wind turbine tower, upper pontoons, a truss framework, lower mooring drums, a lower wind turbine hollow pile, a fixed static mooring line and a shared anchor; the lower wind turbine hollow pile includes a lifting plate, a hydraulic rod and a hydraulic device, the elastic chamber is internally provided with a pressure plate and an elastic device; and a first electric winch and a second electric winch are arranged in the winch chamber, and the first electric winch and the second electric winch drive the rotation of the adjacent lower wind turbine hollow piles by adjusting a length difference between the first power mooring line and the second power mooring line, thereby changing an angle of the adjacent wind turbine towers.