Prime-mover dynamo plants inventions 11/08

20080290666 - Generator power plant protection system and method: A typical power plant has a plurality of generators; at least one load; at least one bus interconnecting the generators and the at least one load. The plant is operated on an uncorrected droop configuration for speed control and voltage control. The plant further includes a monitoring module for monitoring... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080290662 - Climatisation system for wind turbines: A climatisation system for wind turbines which comprise: a first heat exchanger (10) in the nacelle (1) for exchanging heat with an element of the nacelle for which the temperature needs to be controlled; a second heat exchanger (20) outside the nacelle (1) for exchanging heat with a first exchange... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080290663 - Hydroelectric in-pipe generator: The present device provides an in-pipe turbine generator having a conduit, a plurality of runner blades positioned within the conduit, and a pitch adjustment mechanism whereby the pitch of the runner blades may be varied. The pitch adjustment mechanism further includes pitch adjustment screws that are positioned on a tangential... Agent: Robert L. Rispoli Clayman, Tapper & Baram, LLC

20080290665 - Funneled wind turbine aircraft: An aircraft adapted to house a wind funnel and a wind turbine configured to convert the airflow through the wind funnel into electricity. An electrical cable between the aircraft and a ground station transfers the generated electricity from the aircraft to the receiving ground station for distribution. A plurality of... Agent: Loza & Loza LLP

20080290664 - Wind power plant comprising individual pitch devices: Provided herein is a wind energy installation including a generator for production of electrical energy, a rotor which drives the generator and has variable pitch rotor blades and a central control device, and individual pitch devices provided individually for the rotor blades. The individual pitch devices may include an adjustment... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080284178 - Method of generating electricity and device for generating electricity by utilizing the lifting force of the water: The present invention relates to a method of generating electricity by utilizing the lifting force of the water. The method comprises of the steps of submerging and anchoring an air filled sphere (1) under the water, wherein the Archimedean lifting force combine with water pressure to form an upwardly vertical... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080284177 - Mobile power plant: The invention relates to a mobile container power plant. The aim of the invention is to allow for the first time the production of a mobile power plant of this size, which produces an electric current without the emission of pollutants. To achieve this, said plant consists of a container... Agent: David A. Guerra International Patent Group, LLC

20080284169 - Method and system for generating electricity through the use of a moving vehicle: A method and system of producing electrical energy by a moving vehicle. Moving air would be introduced to the vehicle provided with a generator for producing electricity. This electricity would be transmitted to one or more storage batteries connected between the generator and the vehicle's motor. Once sufficient energy is... Agent: Hoffman, Wasson & Gitler, P.c

20080284168 - Pulsed energy transfer: A system capable of converting fluid energy into electrical energy in conditions of low fluid flow is provided. In an embodiment, the system may engage and disengage an energy converter via an automatic clutch. In an embodiment, the transmission of energy to an energy converter is controlled by switching the... Agent: David Lewis

20080284171 - Augmented wind power generation system using an antecedent atmospheric sensor and method of operation: A wind power generating apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a plurality of vertically stacked wind acceleration modules. The apparatus further includes a rotor assembly, an electrical generator mechanically coupled to the rotor assembly, and a sensor in communication with the electrical generator. The sensor is capable of sensing a... Agent: Docket Clerk

20080284170 - Augmented wind power generation system using continuously variable transmission and methd of operation: A wind power generating apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a plurality of vertically stacked wind acceleration modules that are shaped to accelerate wind passing between them. At least one of the modules includes a rotor assembly, a continuously variable transmission (CVT) mechanically coupled to the rotor assembly, and an... Agent: Docket Clerk

20080284172 - Method of start up at least a part of a wind power plant, wind power plant and use of the wind power plant: A wind power plant and a method of start up at least a part of a wind power plant connected to an external grid substantially without any energy delivered from the external grid for the start up is provided. The wind power plant having a plurality of wind turbines and... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080284173 - Wave energy apparatus: Apparatus for extracting waves comprises a float (6) coupled to a drive mechanism (2) such that vertical movement of the float can be used to generate power. The float is freely suspended in a body of water, but subject to a flexible restraint (10, 12, 14) system for restricting its... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080284174 - Pipeline deployed hydroelectric generator: The hydroelectric generator of the present invention provides a pre-sealed, watertight device in which the rotor that includes the induction magnets is deployed within the main flow passage of the pipeline and thereby sealed within the pipeline, and he induction coil assembly is deployed outside of the pipeline such that... Agent: Dr. Mark M. Friedman C/o Bill Polkinghorn - Discovery Dispatch

20080284175 - Self-powered non-contact water appliance: The self-powered non-contact water outlet appliance of the present invention is configured so as to be deployed at a point of use as a unitary housing that encases a power supply unit and a flow control system. The power supply unit includes a pipeline-deployed electric generator deployed in a fluid... Agent: Dr. Mark M. Friedman C/o Bill Polkinghorn - Discovery Dispatch

20080284176 - Submerged water current turbines installed on a deck: A support structure for a flowing-water drivable turbine system having at least one generally horizontal deck of streamlined cross-section and at least one turbine assembly mounted thereon for operational co-operation with a flow of water in which the deck and turbine assembly is submerged above a sub-aquatic bed, an obstruction... Agent: Indianapolis Office 27879 Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080277943 - Method and apparatus for harvesting biomechanical energy: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for harvesting energy from motion of one or more joints. Energy harvesters comprise: a generator for converting mechanical energy into corresponding electrical energy; one or more sensors for sensing one or more corresponding characteristics associated with motion of the one or more joints; and control... Agent: Chernoff, Vilhauer, Mcclung & Stenzel

20080277944 - Aircraft combination engines complemental connection and operation: A power generation system for propelling, and generating electrical power in, an aircraft, using a gas turbine engine coupled to a turbine starter/generator unit having therein an electrical machine capable of being selected to be alternatively a motor and an electrical power generator and having a coupling shaft extending therefrom... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20080277945 - Protection techniques for a back-up electric power system: One embodiment of the present application is directed to a protection technique for a back-up electric power generation system. This system includes an electric power generator, generator control circuitry, electrical output sensors to provide one or more corresponding signals, electrical switching equipment to selectively couple the generator to an electrical... Agent: Krieg Devault LLP

20080277936 - Method of operating a wind power installation and a wind power installation: In a method of the kind set forth in the opening part of this specification, that object is attained by the invention in that the power delivered to the network by the wind power generator is regulated in dependence on the applied network voltage of the power supply network.... Agent: Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman PC

20080277937 - Torque motor type wind generator: A torque motor type wind generator comprises: a blade rotor, an engine room, a torque motor, a voltage regulator, a voltage transformer, a power storage system, and a control system. The blade rotor is connected with a connecting shaft, the engine room is a housing with a receiving space, the... Agent: Dr. Banger Shia

20080277938 - Wind power generation system and operating method thereof: A wind power generation system wherein procedure for controlling the blade pitch is changed in accordance with the rate of decrease in the amplitude of the grid voltage, and when over current occurs in the grid-side power converter, the grid-side power converter is brought into the gate-blocked condition whereas the... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080277939 - Linear generator and system to capture energy from irregular linear movement: A system for capturing and storing electrical energy from irregular limited reciprocal linear movement along a cylinder, such as a shock absorber of a vehicle. A linear generator with electrical coils is wound around the cylinder parallel to the movement of the cylinder or along the cylinder. The electrical current... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080277940 - System and apparatus for improved turbine pressure and pressure drop control using turbine head potential: A system for improved power generation through movement of water having a turbine positioned in a moving body of water to receive kinetic energy, a blocking fitting, attachment or wall on the upper surface of the turbine to creates head potential in a moving body of water; an energy producing... Agent: James D. Petruzzi

20080277941 - Generation of electrical power from fluid flows: A device for the generation of electrical power from a fluid flow, and more particularly for harvesting power from flows downhole in oil or gas wells, comprises a cylinder or other blunt body (1) arranged crosswise to the flow and supported on the end of a sprung cantilever arm (3)... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080277942 - Structural arrangement of wind generators: The invention relates to improvements in the structural arrangement of wind generators, a wind rotor (1) with four, five or more blades being used, in relation to which the electric generator (2) is arranged at a distance, both of then being joined to one another by means of a shaft... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20080272596 - Wind turbine variable speed transmission: A wind turbine variable speed transmission is provided. The wind turbine includes a rotor, an RPM amplifier coupled to the rotor and a variable speed transmission clutch coupled to the RPM amplifier. The wind turbine further includes a generator coupled to the variable speed transmission clutch and configured to generate... Agent: The Small Patent Law Group LLP

20080272598 - Power augmentation of combustion turbines with compressed air energy storage and additional expander: A combustion turbine power generation system (10) includes a combustion turbine assembly (11) including a main compressor (12) constructed and arranged to receive ambient inlet air, a main expansion turbine (14) operatively associated with the main compressor, combustors (16) constructed and arranged to receive compressed air from the main compressor... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter

20080272597 - Power generating plant: During operation of a power generating plant, which essentially comprises a gas turbogroup, a compressed air accumulator, an air turbine which is equipped with at least one generator, the compressed air which is extracted from the compressed air accumulator is directed through a heat exchanger, which acts on the outflow... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080272600 - Lever operated pivoting float with generator: The disclosure teaches improvements of the lever operated pivoting float with generator. The improved parts include an improvement in the torsion spring system, more streamlined floatation, counter weighted and ballast balanced, buoyant lever arm and a shock absorbing lever arm. The device can also be use up side down. The... Agent: Law Office Of David Mcewing

20080272599 - Tidal flow power generator: The present invention relates to a tidal flow power generator comprising a waterpower conversion unit, a transmission mechanism and a generator set. The waterpower conversion unit converts the thrust of the water into rotational kinetic energy through foldable sails, and the kinetic energy is transmitted to the generator set by... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20080272601 - Electrical energy from naturally moving fluids: A device for converting the varying pressure of wind and ocean current on a sail into electrical energy. The coefficient of drag on the sail and therefor the power input of the device is increased by constructing a box with one surface being the sail and the opposite surface left... Agent: Edwin Newman

20080272605 - Wind power system: A system for capturing and converting and/or storing wind energy includes a vessel adapted to receive at least one wind machine for capturing wind and a device for converting wind energy to storable energy. A method of adapting a vessel, such as a surplus cargo ship or an oil tanker,... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20080272602 - Wind turbine: Disclosed is a wind turbine, in which the assembly of a rotor and a stator of a generator with a main shaft connecting a turbine rotor and the generator is completed only by assembling the rotor of the generator with the main shaft without assembling the stator of the generator... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080272604 - Wind turbine: The invention concerns a wind turbine comprising a vertical tower with a yaw bearing, a nacelle on top of the yaw bearing, a hub with blades rotatable around a more or less horizontal rotation axis. The nacelle has a generator and a control room, whereby the generator comprises a rotor... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20080272603 - Wind-driven electric power generation system: A system generating electrical power from wind includes a cowling to capture wind and directs it into a tubular housing. At least one fixed helical vane can be integrated into the inner surfaces of the tubular housing in a spiral, adapted to further direct the captured wind into a spiraled... Agent: Luis M. Ortiz