Prime-mover dynamo plants inventions 03/08

20080073912 - Wind park with robust reactive power adjustment system and method for the operation thereof: A windpark includes at least two wind energy installations, each of which installations comprises a rotor, a generator driven by the rotor and a control device, and which are connected via connecting lines to a main line. The windpark also includes a linking point which connects the main line to... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080067817 - Internal combustion engine with electronic power module: In an internal combustion engine comprising an electronic engine control unit and electric consumers including an electric generator, a starter system, a performance module having integrated therein switching means for activating or deactivating consumers and monitoring means for the surveillance of the consumers and also power distribution means for the... Agent: Klaus J. Bach

20080067816 - High-utilization turbine farms with directly driven generators and forced-air cooling: In areas with strong winds on average, high-utilization wind farms have very high-energy yields per unit area and low installation costs compared with wind farms of standard turbines. The arrangement of four wind turbines at four different levels in a grid in an enclosed industrial area results in a quadruple... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080067813 - Self-powered miniature liquid tratment system: A liquid treatment system that may be self-powered includes a filter and a hydro-generator. A flow of liquid may be filtered with the filter and used to rotate the hydro-generator to generate electric power. The liquid treatment system may include a first liquid flow path that provides treated liquid, and... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080067814 - Method and device for controlling the pitch angles of the rotor blades of wind power stations: The invention relates to a method and a device for controlling the pitch angles of rotor blades on wind power stations, the pitch angle being controlled to maximize yields and prevent excess loads on the rotor blades. The aim of the invention is to maximize the propulsive power on rotor... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20080067815 - Vibration damping method for variable speed wind turbines: A vibration damping technique for a wind turbine system is described. The wind turbine system includes a vibration damper, which provides a variable signal to control torque produced by a generator of the wind turbine system. The variable signal is based on generator speed and has a first local peak... Agent: General Electric Company (pcpi) C/o Fletcher Yoder

20080061560 - System and methodology for generating electricity using a chemical heat engine and piezoelectric material: A system for generating electrical power supply signals includes at least one heat engine having a chamber that undergoes heating/cooling cycle and corresponding pressure variations. At least one piezoelectric transducer is deformed in response to the pressure variations of the heat engine. A power converter transforms the electric signals generated... Agent: Gordon & Jacobson, P.C.

20080061558 - Hydro-power generation system: A hydro-generation system includes housing having a passageway, a turbine nozzle, a rotor and a stator. The rotor includes a plurality of turbine blades and a permanent magnet. A flow of liquid may enter the passageway and be directed by the turbine nozzle to the turbine blades to induce rotation.... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080061557 - Miniature hydro-power generation system: A flow of liquid may be used to rotate a hydro-generator to generate electric power. The hydro-generator may include an outer housing and an inner housing. The inner housing may include a first hub removeably engaged with a second hub. A plurality of paddles may be replaceably engaged between the... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080061559 - Use of air internal energy and devices: A method of converting air internal energy into useful kinetic energy is based on air flowing through substantially convergent nozzle, which accelerates the air as the cross section of the nozzle decreases thus increasing the air kinetic energy. The increment of the kinetic energy equals to the decrement of air... Agent: Kevin D. Mccarthy Roach Brown Mccarthy & Gruber

20080054646 - Torque estimation of engine driven generator: An engine control system for an engine that drives a generator includes a temperature sensor that generates a temperature signal and a control module that determines a generator torque based on an engine speed and a generator characteristic. The control module determines a torque correction factor based on the temperature... Agent: Christopher Devries General Motors Corporation

20080054647 - System and method for emergency shutdown of an internal combustion engine: A method and system for rapidly shutting down an engine uses a rotating machine coupled to the engine as a dynamometer for stopping the engine. The rotating machine is controlled adaptively to maximize the power absorbed from the engine, thereby minimizing the amount of time needed to stop the engine.... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080054640 - Air pump in float: An air compression system for use on the ocean surface comprising an air compressor within a moveable float. The float also contains a drive rack engaged with a drive gear wherein the float moves substantially vertically up and down on the drive rack in response to ocean waves. The float... Agent: Law Office Of David Mcewing

20080054642 - Method for the operation of a wind energy plant with a synchronous generator and a superimposition gearbox: A method for the operation of a wind energy plant, with a synchronous generator and a superimposition gearbox, which is connected between rotor and generator, and the gear ratio of which is adjusted by a control unit, characterised in that a mode of operation is provided in which the generator... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.

20080054643 - Method for the operation of a wind energy plant with a synchronous generator and a superimposition gearbox: A method for the operation of a wind energy plant, with a synchronous generator, a superimposition gearbox, which is connected between rotor shaft and generator shaft, and a drive unit, wherein before connecting the synchronous generator to the electric grid, the drive unit drives the synchronous generator until the same... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.

20080054644 - Generator-stater system for a multi-shaft engine: In order to provide a high electric power for an aircraft via a generator driven by the engine, an additional free turbine is included in the hot-gas flow of the engine, which—equipped with generator-starter magnets (9) and surrounded by annularly arranged generator-starter coils (12)—forms a generator-starter turbine (5) and is... Agent: Harbin King & Klima

20080054645 - Electrical assembly for monitoring conditions in a combustion turbine operating environment: An electrical assembly for use in various operating environments such as a casing of a combustion turbine 10 is provided. The assembly may include an electrical energy-harvesting device 51 disposed in a component within the casing of the turbine to convert a form of energy present within the casing to... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080054638 - Hybrid power harvesting and method: A system of providing energy includes a transmitter for sending wirelessly a first type of energy and at least a second type of energy different from the first type of energy. The system includes a receiver for receiving wirelessly the first type of energy and converting it to usable energy.... Agent: Ansel M. Schwartz Attorney At Law

20080054639 - Internal combustion engine with alternator: An internal combustion engine has a combustion chamber having a spark plug arranged thereat. A crankcase supports a crankshaft. An intake for introducing fuel and combustion air into the combustion chamber is provided. An exhaust for exhausting combustion gases from the combustion chamber is provided. A piston is connected to... Agent: Gudrun E. Huckett Draudt

20080054641 - Wind power installation having an auxiliary generator and method for the control thereof: A wind power installation comprising a rotor, a generator for generating electric power, at least one rotatably mounted rotor blade displaceable about its longitudinal axis for adjusting the angle of attack, and an auxiliary generator for generating electric power for at least one consumer, characterized in that the auxiliary generator... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.