Absstract of: US2025179985A1
A system and method by which energy from ocean waves is converted into hydrogen, and that hydrogen is used to manifest electrical and mechanical energies by an energy consuming device. A portion of the generated electrical power is communicated to water electrolyzers which produce oxygen and hydrogen from water as gases. At least a portion of the generated hydrogen gas is transferred to a transportation ship via a hose-carrying, remotely operated (or otherwise unmanned) vehicle, and subsequently transferred to an energy-consuming module or infrastructure, where a portion of the hydrogen is consumed in order to manifest a generation of electrical energy, a mechanical motion, and/or a chemical reaction.
Absstract of: US2025179941A1
A thermal energy storage system with fluid flow insulation, the system including heated thermal storage blocks positioned within a housing, and a method for operating the thermal energy storage system, including providing a flow of fluid into the housing, the fluid convectively extracting heat from a top region, a side region and a bottom region of the thermal energy storage system, to generate heated fluid that insulates the thermal storage blocks from the housing and a foundation of the thermal energy storage system.
Absstract of: US2025179942A1
An apparatus includes one or more thermal storage blocks that define a radiation chamber and a fluid flow slot positioned above the radiation chamber to define a fluid pathway in a first direction. The apparatus includes a heater element positioned adjacent to the radiation chamber in a second, different direction, wherein the radiation chamber is open on at least one side to the heater element. The apparatus includes a fluid movement system configured to direct a stream of fluid through the fluid pathway in the first direction.
Absstract of: US2025179940A1
An energy storage system (TES) converts variable renewable electricity (VRE) to continuous heat at over 1000° C. Intermittent electrical energy heats a solid medium. Heat from the solid medium is delivered continuously on demand. Heat delivery via flowing gas establishes a thermocline which maintains high outlet temperature throughout discharge. The delivered heat which may be used for processes including power generation and cogeneration. In one application, the TES provides higher-temperature heat through non-combustible fluid to an alumina calcination system used to remove impurities or volatile substances and/or to incur thermal decomposition to a desired product.
Absstract of: US2025179992A1
The present disclosure provides a defect-detectable fiber fabric, including a plurality of bunches of fibers and a plurality of braided threads configured to respectively fix together fibers of each bunch of fibers. The plurality of braided threads include first braided threads each having a color different from a color of any of the plurality of bunches of fibers, and a respective distance between every two adjacent first braided threads is configured to make wrinkle defects that could be formed in fabric layers detectable. After the curing and molding, the positions of the defects and the layer(s) where the defects are formed can be determined according to the states of the first braided threads.
Absstract of: US2025179995A1
A repair device is provided for a wind turbine having a bearing with damaged teeth driven by a motor. The repair device includes a carrier for connection to the bearing and radially aligned with the damaged teeth. A gear train is mounted on the carrier for creating a torque transfer path from the motor to non-damaged teeth of the bearing.
Absstract of: US2025179990A1
An offshore wind turbine is provided, including a foundation carrying a tower, the tower carrying a nacelle, wherein a generator for generating electrical power is housed in the nacelle, and a rotor including wind turbine blades, which is mounted to a rotor hub and coupled to the generator for providing mechanical input power to the generator, wherein the wind turbine further includes at least one desalination plant mounted at an installation position of the wind turbine, the installation position includingan installation support mechanically supporting the desalination plant,a power interface for providing electrical power from the generator to the desalination plant,a seawater interface for providing seawater from the installation site of the wind turbine to the desalination plant, anda freshwater interface for feeding freshwater produced by the desalination plant into a freshwater piping infrastructure for transporting the freshwater to an onshore, freshwater receiving site.
Absstract of: US2025179991A1
The present invention is a wind turbine system with multiple generator modules that maximize the use of the mast of a wind turbine by implementing an electrical generator module with a magnetic assembly. In some embodiments, the system includes a set of blades adapted to rotate on a horizontal axis and coupled to a first rotor. A first generator is coupled to the first rotor and disposed within a housing. The mast of the system extends from the housing and encloses a second generator module. A gearbox module is adapted to engage the first rotor through a first gear shaft and engage the second rotor through a second gear shaft. The gearbox module may be adapted to selectively engage the second generator module when a windspeed exceeds a threshold windspeed. A magnetic assembly disposed within the mast is adapted to induce an electric current.
Absstract of: US2025179993A1
The disclosure relates to the methods and devices for wind turbine blade mechanical de-icing. The proposed method for de-icing of a wind turbine blade, includes the steps of positioning a wind turbine blade in a substantially horizontal position; pulling a line one over the wind turbine blade; and pulling both ends of the line one sideways parallel to the wind turbine blade. The line one can be provided with a line two attached to it and the method may further include the step of pulling up a joint connecting the lines one and two to the leading edge and using the line one to slide the joint position over the leading edge of the blade. According to an embodiment an elastic sliding plate configured to prevent line entanglement may be attached at the line one and two joint position.
Absstract of: US2025179994A1
A method for removing a metal insert from a wind turbine rotor blade part includes providing a wind turbine rotor blade part. The wind turbine rotor blade part includes a fibrous composite material and a metal insert held in the fibrous composite material. The metal insert is configured to fasten the wind turbine rotor blade part to a wind turbine rotor hub or to another wind turbine rotor blade part. A connecting layer is disposed between the metal insert and the fibrous composite material and connects the metal insert to the fibrous composite material in a stable manner. The method further includes weakening the connecting layer such that the connecting layer is connecting the metal insert to the fibrous composite material in a less stable manner, and removing the metal insert from the fibrous composite material.
Absstract of: US2025179996A1
A tower base automatic ventilation system for thermal convective wind power generation device, comprising: an duct body, which is a bottom-up extended molding structure for blowing hot air from the lower end of the duct body to the upper end of the duct body to form wind power; and a power generator, which is located in the holding chamber, and the power generator includes a driving shaft, rotating fan blades, and a power generation unit, and the rotating fan blades are rotatable by the driving shaft in the holding chamber, and the rotary fan blade is configured to start generating electricity by rotating at a high speed by the high efficiency blade group driven by the wind beam flowing from the bottom of the duct body to the top of the duct body due to the convection current and rapidly drive the power generation unit and continuously generate electricity.
Absstract of: DE102024135085A1
Die Erfindung betrifft eine Aufwindkraftanlage, umfassend ein Luftzufuhrrohr (11), das derart ausgebildet ist, dass es sich von unten nach oben erstreckt, sodass warme Luft vom Unterende des Luftzufuhrrohrs (11) zum Oberende desselben geblasen wird, um eine Windkraft zu erzeugen, wobei das Luftzufuhrrohr (11) zwei breite Abschnitte (111, 112) und einen verengten Abschnitt (113) aufweist, die sich alle aneinander anschließen, wobei sich die beiden breiten Abschnitte (111, 112) jeweils an eine Lufteinlasskammer (114) und eine Aufnahmekammer (115) anschließen und sich der verengte Abschnitt (113) an die beiden breiten Abschnitte (111, 112) anschließt; und ein Stromerzeugungsaggregat (12), das in der Aufnahmekammer (115) angeordnet ist und eine Antriebswelle (121), einen Rotor (122) und eine Generatoreinheit (123) umfasst, wobei der Rotor (122) mittels der Antriebswelle (121) in der Aufnahmekammer (115) drehbar gelagert ist. Wenn der Rotor (122) durch Luftstrahlen (2), die wegen thermischer Konvektion vom Unterteil zum Oberteil des Luftzufuhrrohrs (11) strömen, geschoben wird, wird er zum schnellen Drehen gebracht, wodurch die Antriebswelle (121) zum Rotieren gebracht wird und die Generatoreinheit (123) Strom
Absstract of: DE102023133670A1
Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren, insbesondere computerimplementiertes Verfahren, für einen Windpark, umfassend Bestimmen einer tatsächlichen Restnutzungsdauer einer ersten Windkraftanlage des Windparks, basierend auf einem Modell mindestens einer Referenz-Windkraftanlage und auf mindestens einem ersten Betriebsdatensatz der ersten Windkraftanlage, Vergleichen der bestimmten tatsächlichen Restnutzungsdauer der ersten Windkraftanlage mit einer vorgegebenen Restnutzungsdauer der ersten Windkraftanlage, und Durchführen einer Leistungsanpassung eines vordefinierten Leistungsrahmens der ersten Windkraftanlage für einen definierten zukünftigen Zeitraum, derart, dass eine Angleichung der tatsächlichen Restnutzungsdauer der ersten Windkraftanlage und der vorgegeben Restnutzungsdauer der ersten Windkraftanlage bewirkt wird, bei einem Feststellen einer vordefinierbaren Abweichung zwischen der tatsächlichen Restnutzungsdauer der ersten Windkraftanlage und der vorgegeben Restnutzungsdauer der ersten Windkraftanlage.
Absstract of: US2025179997A1
A bearing arrangement includes a first anti-friction bearing including an inner ring and an outer ring, a second anti-friction bearing including an inner ring and an outer ring, a first spacer element seated between the inner ring of the first anti-friction bearing and the inner ring of the second anti-friction bearing and including an oil supply channel which runs in a radial direction, and a second spacer element arranged between outer ring of the first anti-friction bearing and the outer ring of the second anti-friction bearing for adjusting a bearing prestress. The second spacer element includes at least two curved pieces which are placed circumferentially in opposition to one another. The second spacer element extends in the radial direction such as to from a radial gap to the first spacer element and includes an oil supply channel which runs in the radial direction.
Absstract of: US2025179989A1
A wind turbine including a lower mount; a nacelle; a hub rotatably coupled to the nacelle and configured to rotate about a longitudinal axis of the hub; a generator housed within the nacelle and configured to convert kinetic energy of the hub to electricity; a plurality of pivotable blades coupled to the generator and configured to rotate with the hub, each pivotable blade of the plurality of pivotable blades configured to pivot about a longitudinal axis of the pivotable blade; and an annular shroud fixed to the lower mount and located radially outward of the plurality of pivotable blades, the annular shroud coupled to the nacelle by at least one support member that is inclined so as to extend frontward and radially outward from the nacelle to the annular shroud; wherein the lower mount is configured to passively rotate about a mast.
Absstract of: US2025181789A1
A device for modeling blades comprises a data collection module configured to receive sensing data of a drone for a reference blade included in a wind turbine, and a modeling module configured to generate a blade model by performing modeling on the wind turbine based on the sensing data, wherein the modeling module comprises: a reference blade model generation unit configured to generate a reference blade model by performing modeling on the reference blade, and an other blade model generation unit configured to generate an other blade model for at least one other blade included in the wind turbine based on the reference blade model.
Absstract of: US2025179753A1
A method of installing a monopile in a seabed, having the steps of in a harbor, charging the monopile on a transportation barge or vessel having a rotatable upending tool, the monopile resting on at least one cradle of the upending tool, moving the transportation barge or vessel to an installation location, rotating the monopile and the upending tool together to a discharge position, in which the monopile is vertical, partly immersed in a body of water and has a first longitudinal extremity resting on a bottom part of the upending tool, by pulling a second longitudinal extremity using a crane mounted on a heavy lift vessel or on a jack-up platform, disengaging the monopile from the upending tool using the crane, lowering the monopile and hammering the monopile into the seabed.
Absstract of: US2025183666A1
Provided is a power supply system that contributes to stabilization of a power system, and the like. A power supply system includes a control unit that uses at least a part of generated power of a photovoltaic power plant and a wind power plant that generate power with asynchronous power supplies as in-plant power to be used for a motor and another load during normal operation of a nuclear power plant that generates power with a main generator that is a synchronous power supply. The control unit uses at least a part of the generated power of the photovoltaic power plant and the wind power plant as the in-plant power during the normal operation of the nuclear power plant to reduce an in-plant ratio in the nuclear power plant.
Absstract of: US2025178718A1
Wingtip shields are described. In one embodiment, a wingtip shield includes an inner surface facing a high-pressure side of an airfoil. The airfoil is attached to the main body. The wingtip shield also includes an outer surface configured opposite from the inner surface. The wingtip shield is attachable to the airfoil along a peripheral edge of the airfoil from a first point of a leading edge of the airfoil to a second point of a trailing edge of the airfoil. A first span distance from the first point at the leading edge to the main body is less than a second span distance of the second point at the trailing edge to the main body.
Absstract of: WO2025113759A1
The present invention relates to an auxiliary power supply system for a wind turbine, wherein the wind turbine comprises an auxiliary system comprising one or more auxiliary electrical components, the auxiliary power supply system comprising an auxiliary transformer being operatively connected on a primary side to the power grid, and to a primary side of a switchgear The auxiliary transformer is further operatively connected on a secondary side to the auxiliary system, and/or to an energy storage system. The auxiliary transformer being positioned in the vicinity of the switchgear. The present invention further relates to a wind turbine comprising an auxiliary power supply system and an auxiliary system. The present invention further relates to a method for powering at least part of an auxiliary system and/or an energy storage system of a wind turbine during at least part of an abnormal working condition.
Absstract of: EP4563467A2
Wingtip shields are described. In one embodiment, a wingtip shield includes an inner surface facing a high-pressure side of an airfoil. The airfoil is attached to the main body. The wingtip shield also includes an outer surface configured opposite from the inner surface. The wingtip shield is attachable to the airfoil along a peripheral edge of the airfoil from a first point of a leading edge of the airfoil to a second point of a trailing edge of the airfoil. A first span distance from the first point at the leading edge to the main body is less than a second span distance of the second point at the trailing edge to the main body.
Absstract of: WO2024022781A1
A method of manufacture for a reinforced pipe (10), including the steps of, providing a first metal plate (1), having a thickness t; bending the first metal plate (1) along a bending line to form a helix (30), wherein the pitch of the helix (30) is substantially equal to the width of the plate; and wherein two consecutive turns of the helix (30) are in contact at a seam (20); welding the helix along the seam (20) forming a pipe; and welding at least a first metal stiffening element (2) to the pipe, forming a reinforced pipe (10).
Absstract of: WO2024074317A1
The present invention relates to a wind turbine park (100), comprising at least a first wind turbine (110) and a second wind turbine (120) for generating a power product, and a main line (101) connecting the first wind turbine (110) and the second wind turbine (120) for transporting the power product. The wind turbine park (100) further comprises an auxiliary power line (102) being connected to the first wind turbine (110) and the second wind turbine (120), wherein the auxiliary power line (102) is configured for transporting auxiliary power for a wind turbine maintenance or standby operation to at least one of the first wind turbine (110) and the second wind turbine (120). Furthermore, the wind turbine park (100) comprises an auxiliary power unit (103) for generating the auxiliary power, wherein the auxiliary power unit (103) is connected to the auxiliary power line (102).
Absstract of: WO2024078994A1
A method for monitoring a fluid filled damper (1) of a wind turbine (10) is described. The method for monitoring a fluid filled damper (1) of a wind turbine (10) comprises the steps of measuring a pressure value (PV) inside a fluid filled damper (1) of the wind turbine (10), comparing the pressure value (PV) with a predetermined threshold value (TH) and initiating an idle state of the rotor (5) of the wind turbine (10) if it is detected that the threshold value (TH) has been exceeded. Further, a leak monitoring device (6) is described. Additionally, a wind turbine (10) is described.
Nº publicación: EP4563817A1 04/06/2025
Applicant:
BAECHLI EMIL [CH]
B\u00E4chli, Emil
Absstract of: EP4563817A1
Bei einem Verfahren zum Speichern von Energie aus insbesondere erneuerbaren Energiequellen und Umwandeln dieser gespeicherten Energie in elektrische Energie in einem Speicher (5), soll in mehreren Rohren (2.1-2.3) abwechselnd Luft unter hohen Druck gesetzt und diese kontinuierlich in den Speicher (5) eingepresst werden.