Resumen de: US2024328188A1
A pivoting wind turbine tower assembly includes at least one wind turbine, at least one base structure, and at least one lifting mechanism. The lifting mechanism includes a mounting shaft, a pivoting arm, a counterweight, a winch, and a cable. The mounting shaft is outwardly connected to the base structure. The pivoting arm is rotatably mounted to the mounting shaft. The wind turbine is terminally mounted to a first end of the pivoting arm. The counterweight is terminally mounted to a second end of the pivoting arm. The winch is mounted offset to the counterweight as the cable is tensionably connected between the counterweight and the winch. Resultantly, the rotational direction of the winch is able to move the orientation of the pivoting arm so that the wind turbine can be configured into a lowered position and a raised position about the mounting shaft.
Resumen de: US2024332972A1
A method of isolating or suppressing forced oscillations in a power grid by utilising a wind turbine system comprising a wind turbine for capturing wind power, a generator driven by the wind turbine, and a power converter configured to control the rotational speed of the generator for controlling a supply of active power to the power grid. The power converter is further configured to supply reactive power to the power grid independently from the supply of active power. The method comprising the steps of: obtaining measurements of a forced oscillation occurring within the power grid; controlling the converter to supply active and reactive corrective oscillating power to the power grid in response to the measured forced oscillation such that the corrective oscillating power suppresses the forced oscillations.
Resumen de: US2024326994A1
A method of manufacturing an electrical conductor assembly includes attaching a substrate and at least one electrical conductor to a cable assembly machine, tensioning the substrate, and holding the substrate stationary while wrapping the at least one electrical conductor around the substrate. The at least one electrical conductor is wrapped around the substrate independent of the tension on the substrate.
Resumen de: US2024332968A1
The present disclosure relates to a standby power supply, including: a first sub power supply configured to provide alternating current electrical energy, where the first sub power supply is connected to an input terminal of an alternating current/direct current (AC/DC) converter; the AC/DC converter configured to convert the alternating current electrical energy into direct current electrical energy, where an output terminal of the AC/DC converter is connected to an output terminal of the standby power supply; and second sub power supplies configured to provide the direct current electrical energy, where the second sub power supplies are connected to the output terminal of the standby power supply. Through the present disclosure, a standby power supply solution having high reliability and capable of meeting power consuming requirements of a load with a great change in power demand such as a wind generator may be provided.
Resumen de: US2024333093A1
A magnetically levitated motor includes a stator, a rotor configured to rotate relative to the stator, and a passive radial magnetic bearing configured to support the rotor relative to the stator in a radial direction. An active longitudinal magnetic bearing is configured to selectively position the rotor relative to the stator in an axial direction.
Resumen de: US2024333052A1
Provided is, for example, a power generation device 10 that performs efficient power generation even with weak input mechanical energy. A power generation device includes: a permanent magnet m having magnetic poles paired in a direction of a rotation axis r1; and a coil C formed by winding a conducting wire around at least one radial axis r2 directed outward from the rotation axis r1, in which a plurality of the permanent magnets m are arranged at predetermined intervals, radially with respect to the rotation axis r1, and along a circumferential direction.
Resumen de: US2024327170A1
A lifting tool arrangement for lifting heavy components is provided, especially a wind turbine or wind turbine component, including a first tool with a first elongated tool part having an interface adapted to be connected to a lifting device, and a second tool part connected to the first elongated tool part and extending transverse to the first elongated tool part, and a second tool provided at the component, including an opening which is shaped such that, in the lifting position, the first elongated tool part extends through the opening while the second tool part is counter-beared towards an inner surface of the second tool.
Resumen de: US2024328392A1
The present invention is a method of determining the free-flow wind speed (V∞) for a wind farm, using measurements (MES), a wind farm model (MOD) and an ensemble Kalman filter (KEN).
Resumen de: US2024328390A1
A floating wind power generation system consists of a hull equipped with a sail, a kite connected to the hull via a tether, a lateral force generating unit that generates lateral force in a direction approximately perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the hull, and a lateral force generator at the bow of the hull. A steering device for controlling the direction, and a control unit for controlling at least one of the angle of the sail and the steering device so that the tension of the kite is reduced by the lateral force.
Resumen de: US2024328107A1
A gravity base (1) for supporting a superstructure (2), comprising a base structure (100), wherein the base structure is configured to be arranged on a supporting media (3) and is configured to be connected to the superstructure (2) or to a support structure (300) which is configured to be arranged between the superstructure and the base structure, and wherein the support structure is configured to be connected to the superstructure; a ballast confiner (200), wherein the ballast confiner is configured to be filled with a ballast material (250), wherein the ballast confiner (200) is configured to confine the ballast (250) on the base structure (100), wherein the base structure and the ballast confiner are structurally independent.
Resumen de: US2024328327A1
The invention relates to a device which is designed as a rotary-wing vehicle or as a rotary-wing turbine. The device has a rotor module comprising a motor generator, rotor blades, and a rotary-wing kinematic system for the rotor blades connected to the motor generator. The rotor module is designed to make it possible to rotate the rotor blades in the same direction or in opposite directions with the directions of rotation on a circular path about an axis of rotation. The rotor blades are each divided into a plurality of longitudinal sections, each for receiving at least one actuator integrated in a longitudinal member or transverse member of the rotor blade, and have a variable, asymmetrical airfoil which, in one revolution of the rotor blade on a diameter of the circular path, said diameter being freely orientable within an adjustment range and having turning points, can be adjusted in at least one longitudinal section of the rotor blade with a length in such a way that the suction surface and the pressure surface of the asymmetrical airfoil change at the turning points from the outside to the inside of the circular path), or vice versa, by means of the rotary-wing kinematic system, and the variable, asymmetrical airfoil of the rotor blade, in a transition position, temporarily has a symmetrical airfoil, the chord of which is oriented tangentially to the circular path.
Resumen de: US2024328384A1
A hub assembly for a wind turbine includes a hub having a surface defining a first set of bolt holes and a shaft having a flange having a second set of bolt holes. The first set of bolt holes is aligned with the second set of bolt holes at a hub-shaft interface. The hub assembly also includes a plurality of hub bolts extending through the first and second sets of bolt holes at the hub-shaft interface, a plurality of washers with one of the plurality of washers extending around each of the plurality of hub bolts, and at least one spacer positioned between the surface of the hub and a subset of the plurality of washers. At least two of the plurality of hub bolts extend through the at least one spacer.
Resumen de: US2024328383A1
The invention relates to a method for securing a bushing in a blade root of a wind turbine blade according to the preamble of claim 1. The method is known in the state of the art. The known method uses an additional cavity in axial direction of the blade root. The cavities in axial and radial direction are used for accommodation of a T-bolt type bushing. The known method is not suitable for pen-type bushing. The invention has for its purpose to provide a method, which is suitable for securing a pen-type bushing in the blade root, which method can also be used to replace an existing pen-type bushing in a blade root.
Resumen de: US2024328394A1
The present disclosure relates to methods for rotating a locked rotor of a wind turbine in case of an imbalance in a rotor plane of the rotor, comprising: rotating the rotor using an inching tool to apply torque on a drive train of the wind turbine to reduce the imbalance in the rotor plane; and removing a locking pin from a locking disc operatively connected to the rotor after reducing the imbalance in the rotor plane. The methods further comprise estimating a direction of a torque load due to the imbalance in the rotor plane using one or more sensors, and impeding the inching tool to apply torque on the drive train of the wind turbine in the estimated direction of the torque load due to the imbalance. The present disclosure further relates to inching tools and to methods for installing rotor blades on a hub of a wind turbine.
Resumen de: US2024328388A1
A method, system, and apparatus for improving wind harvest efficiency comprises: a wind turbine, a processor, and a computer-usable medium embodying computer code, said computer-usable medium being coupled to said processor, said computer code comprising non-transitory instruction media executable by said processor configured for: setting a desired location range of a wind wake with a controller, determining an error signal indicative of a difference between a currently measured cross-stream thrust component of wind and an optimal cross-stream thrust component of wind, adjusting a speed of a rotor associated with the wind turbine according to the error signal, and confining a real-time position of the wind wake to the desired location range of the wind wake.
Resumen de: US2024328395A1
The present disclosure provides a cooling control method and a cooling control apparatus for a generator of a wind turbine. A cooling device of the generator and an intermittent operation device are connected to a frequency converter, the frequency converter controls the cooling device and the intermittent operation device to start up at different times, and the cooling control method includes: under a condition that a starting condition of the intermittent operation device is determined to be satisfied, calculating a predicted temperature of the generator; under a condition that the predicted temperature is less than or equal to a predetermined threshold temperature, using the frequency converter to control the intermittent operation device to start up to execute the predetermined related action; and using the frequency converter to control the cooling device to start up to cool the generator.
Resumen de: US2024328382A1
A root assembly of a wind turbine blade for a wind turbine is provided. A wind turbine blade including the root assembly and a wind turbine including the wind turbine blade are also provided.
Resumen de: US2024328386A1
A vertical axis wind turbine is disclosed. The wind turbine may include a polygonal mast having a predefined count of faceted sides. The polygonal mast may include a mast top end and a mast bottom end. The wind turbine may further include a drive shaft having a polygonal drive shaft top end and a drive shaft bottom end. The polygonal drive shaft top end may be configured to connect the mast bottom end with the drive shaft. The polygonal drive shaft top end too may have the predefined count of faceted sides.
Resumen de: US2024332938A1
The present invention relates to a power collection system for subsea collection of power from offshore power generation units, the system including: a set of power extender modules being independently arrangeable subsea in a local grid and each being connectable with a respective one of a set of offshore power generation units to collect electrical power from the respective offshore power generation units, the set of power extender modules being configured to be electrically series connected in the local grid being connectable with a power consumer.
Resumen de: US2024328393A1
A method for monitoring a machine state of a machine system, in particular a wind power plant, may include the steps of providing a time series of measured natural vibration spectra of the machine system, detecting a deformation parameter in at least one monitoring time interval, wherein the deformation parameter is characteristic of a deviation of the measured natural vibration spectra from a reference natural vibration spectrum of at least one reference machine system, detecting a noise parameter at the at least one monitoring time interval, wherein the noise parameter is characteristic of a noise of the measured natural vibration spectra, and determining the machine state from the deformation parameter and the noise parameter. A monitoring apparatus for monitoring a machine state of a machine system, in particular a wind power plant, is also described.
Resumen de: US2024328385A1
A vertical axis wind turbine with variable thickness blade is disclosed. The wind turbine may include a blade including a skin having a first skin section and a second skin section. A first skin section thickness may be greater than a second skin section thickness. The blade may further include a bracketed structural member disposed on the first skin section. The bracketed structural member may include one or more L-shaped brackets. The wind turbine may further include a nut bar, which may be a flat nut bar. The bracketed structural member may be configured to hold the nut bar between the L-shaped brackets. The wind turbine may further include an arm connecting bracket that may be configured to attach the arm to the blade via the nut bar. The wind turbine may further include a transition fairing that may attach to the blade via the nut bar.
Resumen de: US2024328389A1
Wind turbine, comprising a tower and a head mounted at an upper end of said tower, rotational around a head axis, wherein a propeller is mounted to said head, rotatable around a propeller axis, wherein a hydraulic pump is provided, driven by said propeller, wherein the hydraulic pump is provided substantially in the propeller.
Resumen de: EP4438894A1
La présente invention concerne un procédé de détermination de la vitesse du vent libre (V∞) pour une ferme d'éoliennes, au moyen de mesures (MES), d'un modèle de la ferme d'éoliennes (MOD), et d'un filtre de Kalman d'ensemble (KEN).
Resumen de: GB2628742A
A method of replacing or installing a wind turbine blade 30 comprises operating a winch (31, Fig 3A-H) to drive a support tool 1 along a tower 3 of the wind turbine (38, Fig 3A). A receptacle 20 through which the tower extends and a holder 42 for holding the blade position proximate the tower for installation or removal. The support tool is raised or lowered along the tower while holding the blade, which is rotated a horizontal orientation when lowered or vertical orientation when raised for release or attachment to the nacelle (39, Fig 3A). A motor may rote the holder via a pivotable coupling 40 on the support tool. The receptacle may be formed by two arms 22a,b with extendable and retractable members 23a,b. The winch may be arranged on the tower, on a base (32, Fig 3A) adjacent the tower, or on the support tool. Preferably, operating the winch to drive the support tool comprises lifting the support tool by means of lifting member extending from the winch to a sheave or a fixation at the top of the tower or at the nacelle.
Nº publicación: EP4437227A1 02/10/2024
Solicitante:
VESTAS WIND SYS AS [DK]
VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S
Resumen de: WO2023093957A1
A wind turbine (1) comprising a tower (2), a nacelle (3) mounted rotatably on the tower (2) via a yaw system (8) and a hub (4) carrying one or more wind turbine blades (5) is disclosed. The wind turbine (1) further comprises a generator (23), an AC/DC converter (24) connected to the generator (23) and an electrolysis system (25) connected to a DC power output of the AC/DC converter (24) for producing hydrogen. The electrolysis system (25) is arranged in an up-tower part of the wind turbine (1), e.g. in the nacelle (3). The wind turbine (1) further comprises a hydrogen transport line (6) connected to the electrolysis system (25) for transporting hydrogen produced by the electrolysis system (25) away from the electrolysis system (25), the hydrogen transport line (6) extending along an exterior surface of the tower (2) from the position of the electrolysis system (25) to a lower part of the tower (2).