Resumen de: US2023160344A1

An electrical system having a first dual-wound rotary electric machine mechanically coupled with a first gas turbine spool and having a first three-phase sub-machine and a second three-phase submachine; a second dual-wound rotary electric machine mechanically coupled with a second gas turbine spool and having a third three-phase sub-machine and a fourth three-phase submachine; and a set of N = 4 bidirectional converter circuits for conversion of alternating current (ac) to and from direct current (dc), each of which has an associated index n = (1, ... , N), and for all n, the ac side of the nth bidirectional converter circuit is connected with the nth three-phase sub-machine. The dc side of the first converter circuit is connected with the dc side of the third converter circuit, and the dc side of the second converter circuit is connected with the dc side of the fourth converter circuit.

Resumen de: US2023160364A1

The vertical wind turbine and system generally comprises a rotor assembly having a plurality of blades, a fixed central spindle having a central axis for supporting rotation of the rotor assembly, a blade adjustment mechanism assembly for adjusting the blade angle of attack throughout rotation of the rotor assembly, and a support framework for supporting the rotor assembly at an elevated position in order to gain access to a sustained source of wind. The wind turbine may be operably coupled with a power electric generator or other device which transfers mechanical energy into electrical energy as a combined system.

Resumen de: US2023160403A1

This invention relates to hydraulic energy storage and management systems. In particular, this invention relates to a hydraulic energy management system that has a reconfigurable energy storage and release capability that adjusts to varying available energy input and power demand output requirements. The hydraulic energy management system can be resized by a hydraulic bridge circuit to permit hydraulic power units to be added or removed, both physically and operationally, to capture available energy over time, adjust to peak demand cycles, and maintain power output in the event of a failure of a portion of the system.

Resumen de: US2023160455A1

A hybrid damping module, a vibration suppression device, a vibration suppression method and a wind turbine set. The hybrid damping module comprises a first damping unit (8). The first damping unit (8) comprises a rotor portion (8a) and a stator portion (8b) that is provided parallel to the rotor portion (8a). The rotor portion (8a) is configured to capable of rotating relative to the stator portion (8b) so as to generate electromagnetic damping. A flow passage is formed in at least one of the rotor portion (8a) and the stator portion (8b). The hybrid damping module comprises a second damping unit (10) comprising a liquid damper. The liquid damper communicates with the flow passage and forms a circulation loop. A liquid (10p) in the liquid damper can cyclically flow in the circulation loop. In the hybrid damping module, a combined vibration suppression solution that combines a TMD and TLD is provided. By means of using a TMD and TLD in combination, the vibration suppression effect of the hybrid damping module can be increased. Furthermore, the problem of the attenuation of damping force caused by increasing temperature in a permanent magnet eddy current damping device is addressed.

Resumen de: US2023160369A1

An off-shore wind turbine system is assembled using a platform or jack-up vessel, and a first base anchored to the seafloor at a bade assembly off-shore location. A buoyant tower is attached to the first base. A crane provided on the platform or jack-up vessel is used to lift blades and blades, which are then coupled to a turbine held in a nacelle provided at the top of the buoyant tower. The buoyant tower, the nacelle, and the blades are detached from the first base. The buoyant tower, the nacelle, and the blades are towed to a wind farm and connected to a second base provided in the wind farm. The buoyant tower, the nacelle, and the blades are further stabilized using mooring lines spanning between the buoyant towers and other bases provided in the wind farm. The first base and/or the second base include anti-rotation features.

Resumen de: US2023160365A1

A wind turbine electrical power generating system includes a first generator configured to be mechanically coupled to a rotor, a second generator configured to be mechanically coupled to the rotor; and an electrical power conversion system including at least a first and a second power converter section. The first power converter section is electrically coupled between a rotor winding of the first generator and a coupling point and a stator winding of the first generator is electrically coupled to the coupling point such that only a fraction of electrical power generated by the first generator passes through the power conversion system. The second power converter section is electrically coupled between an electrical power output of the second generator and the coupling point such that the electrical power provided by the second generator to the coupling point passes through the power conversion system.

Resumen de: US2023160368A1

A moored floating offshore wind semi-submersible platform with at least three columns characterized in that columns are supported on a T-shaped underwater hull made up of two elongated pontoons, where one pontoon is perpendicular to the other pontoon and a method that allow that the semi-submersible platform is constructed in hull-assemblies and blocks at a first location, transported efficiently to a second location close to the final offshore location where the hull-assemblies and blocks may be assembled quay-side while floating in the water. The platform will support at least one wind turbine on a supporting structure (tower) but may also support two turbines and in the latter case the platform will be moored offshore with a mooring turret to allow the platform to align in a favourable direction to the wind.

Resumen de: US2023160366A1

A wind turbine tower assembly device comprising a tower interface configured to be attached to a wind turbine tower during construction of the wind turbine tower, a nacelle interface for being attached to a part of a nacelle of a wind turbine and arranged to place the nacelle above a free end of a wind turbine tower which is attached to the tower interface; a lifting structure configured to move the nacelle interface relative to the tower interface to create a space between the free end of the wind turbine tower and the nacelle interface; a unit receiving structure configured to insert a tower unit into the space; and a tower assembly structure configured for joining the tower unit to the free end of the tower.

Resumen de: US2023160372A1

A cooling system and a wind power generating set. The cooling system comprises two cooling sub-systems thermally coupled to each other. Each cooling sub-system comprises: a first cooling circuit for cooling a first heat-generating component, a second cooling circuit for cooling a second heat-generating component, a third cooling circuit for cooling a third heat-generating component, a fourth cooling circuit for cooling a fourth heat-generating component, a pump station unit and a heat dissipation unit. The first cooling circuit and the fourth cooling circuit are connected in parallel to form a first branch, the second cooling circuit and the third cooling circuit are connected in parallel to form a second branch, and the first branch and the second branch are connected in parallel, and are connected to the pump station unit and the heat dissipation unit. The cooling system may achieve the fault-tolerant operation of two cooling sub-systems.

Resumen de: US2023160363A1

A rotor blade for a wind turbine has a rotor blade root defining a reference plane for attachment to a hub. Adjacent to the rotor blade root is a profile region extending to the rotor blade tip. In the profile region, the rotor blade has a blade profile defining a chord. The chord angle between the reference plane and the chord increases over the entire profile region, from the rotor blade root towards the rotor blade tip.

Resumen de: US2023160367A1

A foundation device for a wind turbine tower includes a hollow main body with a lower face and an upper face. Both the lower face and the upper face contain a hollow space. Each of the faces include an outer perimeter and an inner perimeter. The main body additionally includes an outer lateral wall disposed between the outer perimeter of the lower face and the outer perimeter of the upper face, and an inner lateral wall between the inner perimeter of the lower face and the inner perimeter of the upper face. The device further includes a plurality of columns that project from the upper face of the main body.

Resumen de: US2023160371A1

A thermal assembly of a wind turbine is provided, including an external liquid-to-air heat exchanger arranged to lower the temperature of a liquid coolant in a coolant circuit which coolant circuit is arranged to convey the liquid coolant to a number of heat-dissipating components during operation of the wind turbine and a thermal assembly control arrangement realized to exclude the external liquid-to-air heat exchanger from the coolant circuit during an off-grid mode of the wind turbine. Also provided is a method of operating a wind turbine in an off-grid mode, the wind turbine including an embodiment of such a thermal assembly.

Resumen de: US2023160170A1

A cage for a monopile of an offshore wind turbine is provided, configured to extend, in an installed state, in a height direction of the monopile, wherein the cage includes one or more supports for holding one or more pipes and/or tubes, and a first inner diameter at a lower portion thereof and a second inner diameter at an upper portion thereof, the second inner diameter) being smaller than the first inner diameter, and wherein the cage is configured to be arranged on the monopile having a conically shaped outer surface tapered in the height direction such that the upper portion of the cage rests at the conically shaped outer surface of the monopile. The cage can be attached by resting it on the conically shaped outer surface of the monopile.

Resumen de: US2023159309A1

A wind turbine lifting arrangement includes a tower, a nacelle, a lifting platform and a lifting device attached to the lifting platform for lifting components to be installed in or deinstalled from the nacelle, the nacelle including a main frame attached to a top section of the tower, an attachment portion of the lifting platform being arranged underneath the nacelle and attached to the main frame. The lifting platform includes a lifting device portion provided adjacent to the attachment portion, the lifting device is attached to the lifting platform in the lifting device portion and the lifting device portion and the lifting device are arranged next to a longitudinal side of the nacelle which is one of two opposite longitudinal sides of the nacelle extending along a longitudinal axis of the nacelle and arranged between a top side and bottom side of the nacelle.

Resumen de: US2023159141A1

A method of assembling and deploying a floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT) platform includes floating a buoyant floater and a hollow outer tank in a floating assembly, placing permanent ballast material in the outer tank to define a mass, and sinking the mass to a seabed. The buoyant floater is moved to a position over the mass. Transit lines are attached between a lifting device in the buoyant floater and the mass to define a FOWT platform. The mass is lifted to a point directly under the buoyant floater and the FOWT platform is towed to an installation site. Mooring lines are attached between anchors in the seabed and the buoyant floater, and the mass is lowered to a depth wherein suspension lines attached thereto are taught, the mass with the suspension lines defining a suspended mass. The transit lines are then stored or removed from the mass.

Resumen de: WO2023088788A1

Installation (1) for the load-out into the water of a heavy load (10) located onshore, in particular a load constituted by a tripod- or tetrapod-type float, having: - at least two support structures (20) that are independent of one another and can be moved on the respective paths, each of which being equipped with lifting means (60) configured to be hooked to the load, each of these support structures being equipped with a counterweight (22), - the installation being configured to allow the lifting means (60) of the support structures, when the load is positioned in the load-out area, to extend at least partially above the water in order to lower the load into it.

Resumen de: WO2023088786A1

Method for the arrangement of at least one component (9) during the installation of a wind turbine (1), wherein the component (9) is releasably attached to a tower segment (2) prior to a coupling of the tower segment (2) to a tower segment support structure (3), wherein the tower segment (2) forms at least a section of a tower of the wind turbine (1) to be installed and wherein the component (9) is attached to an attachment area (13, 21) at the outer surface (12) of the tower segment (2), wherein the component (9) is moved from the attachment area (13) to an arrangement position (15, 30) after coupling of the tower segment (2) to the tower segment support structure (3).

Resumen de: WO2023088748A1

Wind turbine (1), comprising multiple wind turbine blades (5) fixed to a rotor hub (4), a nacelle (3) to which the rotor hub (4) is mounted, and a tower (2) carrying the nacelle (3), wherein wind turbine components (13a-f, 1144,, 27a, 27b, 29) are housed in a housing (10) of the nacelle (3), wherein a mounting device is provided inside the nacelle (3), the mounting device providing at least two module receiving means, wherein at least two first modules (6, 6a-f) each comprising at least one of the wind turbine components (13a-f) are each detachably mounted in a respective module receiving means, and wherein the housing (10) comprises, for each module receiving means, a closable access opening (20).

Resumen de: WO2023088747A2

Method for manufacturing a preform element made of preform building material for a wind turbine blade Method for manufacturing a preform element made of preform building material (2) for a wind turbine blade, whereby the preform building material (2) is arranged in a sealed vacuum bag (1) arranged in a shape defining mold (13), whereafter the vacuum bag (1) is evacuated for vacuum fixating the preform building material (2) in the shape defined by the mold (13).

Resumen de: WO2023088667A1

A wind turbine (1) comprising a generator (2), a base (5), a nacelle (6), a tower (4) having a first end mounted to the base (5) and a second end supporting the nacelle (6), an electrolytic unit (3) electrically powered by the generator (2) to produce hydrogen (6) from an input fluid (9), in particular water, and a fluid supply assembly (21) for supplying the input fluid (9) from a fluid inlet (23) arranged below a water level (31) to the electrolytic unit (3) arranged above the water level (31),wherein the hydrogen (6) produced can be taken out of the wind turbine (1) by the hydrogen output (15).

Resumen de: WO2023088525A1

The invention relates to a wind turbine nacelle (2) configured for mounting on a wind turbine tower (3) and housing a rotor-supporting assembly supporting a rotor, the nacelle further housing a power conversion assembly, the nacelle comprising: - a main unit (20, 101) arranged to be connected to the wind turbine tower (3) and housing the rotor-supporting assembly, and - at least one auxiliary unit (21, 22, 102) housing an operative component (34, 35, 104) forming part of the power conversion assembly, wherein the main unit (20, 101) and the auxiliary unit (21, 22, 102) are separate units configured to be connected by a unit fixation structure at an interface, and wherein the at least one auxiliary unit has a first height in an assembled configuration and a second height in a transportation configuration, the first height being higher than the second height.

Resumen de: WO2023089365A1

Present disclosure discloses a seal assembly for an actuator rod of a pitch actuator. The assembly includes at least one first ring annularly interposed between an actuator rod and a cylinder cover, and removably supported by a first split retainer half pair in an annular recess defined in the cylinder cover. A first seal is annularly interposed between the actuator rod and the cylinder cover. A second seal annularly is interposed between the actuator rod and the cylinder cover is supported by a retainer. The seal assembly also includes a wiper seal which is annularly interposed and supported by a third split retainer half pair between the actuator rod and the cylinder cover. Each of the first, second and third split retainer half pairs, and the retainer is removably connectable to the cover.

Resumen de: WO2023089364A1

Present disclosure discloses a retrofittable valve (7) for a hydro-pneumatic accumulator (50). The retrofittable valve includes a body (7a) defining a first cavity (8a) extending from a distal end (D), where the first cavity is structured to removably accommodate at least a portion of a pre-existing valve (5) of an accumulator. The body defines a second cavity (8b) extending from a proximal end (P) of the body, and a passage interconnecting the first cavity and the second cavity. Further, the retrofittable valve includes an end port (9) defined in the second cavity and having an inlet (9a), and a valve member (10b) movably positioned in the passage. The valve member is adapted to move between a first position and a second position to selectively establish fluid communication between the inlet of the end port and a port of the pre-existing valve of the accumulator.

Resumen de: DE102021213234A1

Ein winkelförmiges, selbstausrichtendes Wälzkörper-Lager, das Folgendes umfasst- einen Innenring,- einem Außenring, und- einen Satz von Wälzkörpern, die als Rollen gebildet sind, die zwischen dem Innenring und dem Außenring angeordnet sind, und- einen Käfig, der Taschen umfasst, wobei jede Tasche zur Aufnahme einer Rolle des Satzes von Wälzkörpern dient. Jede Rolle hat eine gekrümmte Laufbahnkontaktfläche, die so angeordnet ist, dass sie in lasttragendem Kontakt mit einer gekrümmten Innenlaufbahn des Innenrings und in lasttragendem Kontakt mit einer gekrümmten Außenlaufbahn des Außenrings steht. Ein Kontaktwinkel zwischen jeder Rolle und der inneren und/oder äußeren Laufbahn ist geneigt, und jede Rolle ist so angeordnet, dass sie sich während des Betriebs in ihrer axialen Richtung in Bezug auf den Innen- und Außenring in einer belasteten Zone selbst ausrichtet. Zumindest eine der Taschen weist einen Neigungswinkel in Bezug auf eine Umlaufbahn der Wälzkörper während des Betriebs auf.

Resumen de: US2023160370A1

A mounting tool includes a base component and an attachment means. The base component includes a mounting portion defining an attachment location for receiving and securing a repair tool so as to maintain the repair tool at a desired repair location and a first receiving portion defining a first cavity for receiving a portion of a wind turbine so as to be externally secured to the wind turbine. The attachment means may be adjustably secured to the first receiving portion of the base component and securable to the portion of the wind turbine so as to secure the mounting tool to the wind turbine at the desirable repair location.