Prime-mover dynamo plants inventions 03/09

20090079199 - Electric generator operated by reciprocating wellbore pump and monitoring system used therewith: An electrical system for use with a sucker rod pump includes an electric generator configured to be operated by motion of a sucker rod string. The rod string is configured to transfer motive power to the sucker rod pump disposed in a wellbore. The generator is disposed in the wellbore.... Agent: Richard A. Fagin

20090079200 - Electromechanical energy harvesting system: An ambient energy harvesting system, and method of use thereof, includes a magnetic flux-generating assembly (28), a coil (30) positioned adjacent to the magnetic flux-generating assembly (28), and a cantilevered arm (24). Vibration of the cantilevered arm (24) enables relative movement between the magnetic flux- generating assembly (28) and the... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20090079190 - Power generation control device: A power generation control device for a generator driven by a four-stroke cycle engine is provided. The power generation control device includes a switching circuit for controlling an output current from the generator; and a power generation period control device configured to operate the switching circuit to output the output... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090079191 - Electric power generation with magnetically geared machine: A power generation system includes: a prime mover; an electrical machine coupled to the prime mover and configured for converting mechanical power to electrical power, the electrical machine having a power factor of less than or equal to 0.7; a reactive power supply assembly coupled to the electrical machine and... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20090079192 - Method for controlling and adjusting a wind turbine: A method for controlling and adjusting a wind power installation having a nacelle displaceable by an azimuth angle, at least one rotor blade displaceable about its longitudinal axis and a power supply in a spinning mode, wherein the method comprises the following steps: a control unit determines an angular position... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.

20090079193 - Method of controlling a wind turbine connected to an electric utility grid: The invention relates to a method of controlling a wind turbine connected to an electric utility grid during malfunction in said electric utility grid (9). The method comprises the steps of detecting a malfunction in said electric utility grid and operating at least two control units of said power converter... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090079194 - System for operating a genertor as a motor in a turbine wind power generating system: SYSTEM FOR OPERATING A GENERATOR AS A MOTOR IN A TURBINE WIND POWER GENERATING SYSTEM includes a controller and Four Quadrant or Regenerative Drive Circuitry which alternatively operates one or more generators as motors.... Agent: Ted Paulding

20090079195 - Wind power generator: When a wind velocity sensor detects a wind velocity higher than a predetermined level, a timer device starts a waiting timer function during an operation timer period shorter than the waiting timer period. After the waiting timer period is over, the waiting timer function is switched to an operation timer... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20090079196 - Wave power installation: A wave power installation is presented, comprising a flow chamber, an air-driven turbine disposed in the chamber and coupled with an electro-generator, a float having a cavity accumulating air, communicated with the chamber, a vacuum-creating ejector disposed in water mounted under the float, which ejector is performed as a confuser-diff-user... Agent: Aleksandr Smushkovich

20090079197 - Expandable apparatus for generating electric power using wind energy: An electric generating unit includes an upright rod unit extending vertically along a pivot axis and having a lower end fixed to a structural frame, a blade unit mounted rotatably on the upright rod unit and rotatable relative to the structural frame about the upright rod unit so as to... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090079198 - Protective cover for an electric generating device using wind energy: A protective cover includes a looped surrounding wall disposed on a base of an electric generating device and around an upright blade unit of the electric generating device, and a top wall having a periphery connected to a top end of the surrounding wall and cooperating with the surrounding wall... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090072545 - Process of processes for radical solution of the air pollution and the global warming, based on the discovery of the bezentropic thermomechanics and eco fuels through bezentropic electricity: This high tech invention stems from the recent discovery of a new natural thermal law and its numerous applications, named for short ‘universal law of bezentropy’. Its full name is; ‘Law of the bezentropic spontaneous natural and artificial rectification of the disorderly vibrating gas and steam molecules into colinear ordered... Agent: Van Michaels C .

20090072538 - Plant for the generation of electricity: A plant for generating electricity includes a gas turbine, a compressor driven by the gas turbine, a reduction reactor configured to reduce metal oxides, fed with a fuel and having a first circulating fluidized bed, a first cyclone configured to separate the metal oxide solids, and feeding at least a... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090072537 - System and method for converting moist air into water and power: The present invention is directed to power generation systems and methods for converting naturally occurring moist air into power and water, enabling generation of power without carbon combustion and without the release of green-house gasses which usually accompany thermodynamic power generation. According to one embodiment, a compressor module is used... Agent: Silversky Group LLC

20090072539 - Device, system, and method for harnessing fluid energy: In various embodiments, the present disclosure provides a method, device, and system for generating energy from fluid motion, such as from sea waves. In a specific example, the disclosure provides a device having a submersible housing having an inlet and an outlet. When submerged, the inlet faces toward the direction... Agent: Ryan A. Heck, Ph.d. Patent Counsel And Associate Director

20090072540 - Movement and power generation apparatus: The invention relates to apparatus which allows the movement of a body of water, such as that created by waves and/or a swell in the sea, to be utilized to generate power. The apparatus includes a first member in the form of a float, which is connected to a second... Agent: Smith Hopen, Pa

20090072541 - Air driven fan generator system: An air driven fan generator system includes, in association with a fan, a secondary fan, which is mounted coaxially with the fan and with the blades of the secondary fan being relatively closed to the blades of the fan. A generator device is associated with the secondary fan, so that... Agent: Edwin D. Schindler

20090072542 - Apparatus and method for generating electric power from a subsurface water current: A subsurface power generating system in one embodiment includes a frame, an electric generator supported by the frame and operably connected to a first vertical rotor, another electric generator supported by the frame and operably connected to a second vertical rotor, a first louver operably connected to the first vertical... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck, LLP Chase Tower

20090072544 - Offshore vertical-axis wind turbine and associated systems and methods: An offshore wind turbine has a vertical-axis wind turbine (VAWT) mounted on a platform. The VAWT has a vertical rotor and curved blades coupled to a gearbox and an electric generator. The VAWT can fixedly extend from the platform or may be capable of reclining on the platform either manually... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri, L.L.P.

20090072543 - Wind power system: The provided wind power system includes a frame, at least a power module installed in the frame and a motor, wherein the number of the at least a power module is increasable, and the respective power module is extractable from the frame through an extraction direction. The respective power module... Agent: Bever Hoffman & Harms, LLP 2099 Gateway Place

20090066091 - Energy generating modules with fuel chambers: An energy generating module comprises an enclosure, an energy generating device, a fuel chamber, and one or more sealable ports. In one exemplary embodiment, the fuel chamber comprises a primary containment tank contained within a secondary containment tank, the primary and secondary containment tanks separated by one or more interstitial... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

20090066084 - Enhanced electrical power supply systems with induction generators and related methods of operation: This invention is directed to enhanced electrical power supply systems with induction generators and related methods of operations. The invention is an enhanced prime mover system capable of converting the exergies of the prime mover system into energy input for the prime mover system to increase the overall efficiency of... Agent: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

20090066085 - Energy transformation device: This invention is a device for transforming the energy of water waves into useable energy. The device comprises two or more floats, structural members connecting the floats, a means for transferring torque, and one or more generators.... Agent: Dennis Gray

20090066087 - Power generator and method for generating power: A power generator for use in a unidirectional flowing fluid has a fixed part and a movable part, the movable part is mounted on the fixed part for reciprocal movement with respect to the fixed part between first and second positions. A valve element on the movable part is adapted... Agent: Mcgarry Bair PC

20090066086 - Solar/geothermal powered thermodynamic hydro electric generating system: A thermodynamic closed hydraulic electric generating system consisting of pressurized tanks, containing gas and liquid volumes interconnected by pipes. The system has a minimum of two tanks, one for heating and one for cooling. The heating source is solar, thermal or chemical. One tank is heated while the other is... Agent: Howard O. Hansen Jr.

20090066088 - Vertical axis wind turbine: One aspect of the present invention relates to a vertical axis wind turbine. In one embodiment, the vertical axis wind turbine comprises a rotor comprising a vertical oriented shaft, and a plurality of vertical oriented blades angle-equally and radially secured to the vertical aligned shaft. Each of the plurality of... Agent: Ray-hung Liang

20090066089 - Wind power generator system and control method of the same: A wind power generator system according to the present invention includes: a windmill rotor including a blade having a variable pitch angle; a generator driven by the windmill rotor; and a control unit controlling the output power of the generator and the pitch angle of the blade in response to... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20090066090 - Wind turbine based energy storage system and method using heavy weighted devices: An energy storage system, and related method, comprises a plurality of wind turbines, each with a vertical shaft that passes through a support platform. One or more braces may be affixed to each vertical shaft at one end of this platform, at an angle of less than 60 degrees, preferably... Agent: Gary P. Topolosky

20090058098 - Backup generators: A method for providing backup power for an electronic installation comprising a plurality of electronic units, all operating on standard commercial power, comprising a plurality of backup generators, that are scaleable, modular and redundant, adapted to power one or more of the electronic units in the event standard commercial power... Agent: Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith LLP

20090058097 - Electric power supply system: Vehicles are connected to respective receptacles of houses and are capable of generating commercial AC power to supply the generated electric power to a power transmission line. The vehicles communicate with a management server via the houses and the power transmission line. The vehicles output to the management server such... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090058099 - Electro gravity plates for generating electricity from passage of vehicles over the plates: Electro-gravity plates are applied to road surfaces for generating electricity from the passage of vehicles over the plates. Each plate contains a packed lattice of electro-gravity cells that individually produces electricity from the passing vehicles. The cells use a variety of technologies to convert the kinetic energy and the gravitational... Agent: John Nielsen Randick O'dea & Tooliatos, LLP

20090058100 - Engine flare management system and method: A method of controlling an internal combustion engine during a start up phase, include cranking the internal combustion engine to initiate the start up phase and controlling an alternator load so as to increase load on the engine during at least a part of the start up phase, thereby to... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090058086 - Wind turbine system for satisfying low-voltage ride through requirement: A wind turbine system is provided with a wind turbine rotor, a pitch control mechanism, and an emergency power supply mechanism. The wind turbine rotor includes a blade having a variable pitch angle. The pitch control mechanism drives the blade to control the pitch angle. The emergency power supply mechanism... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20090058087 - On-vehicle rotary electric machine operating on two modes of rectification: A rotary electric machine for a vehicle includes a rotor, a stator and a rectifying device for current AC/DC conversion. The machine operates as a motor and a generator. The machine comprises a multi-phase windings, switching elements forming a rectifying device, and a controller for controlling a current path of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090058088 - Systems and methods for remote utility metering and meter monitoring: A system and method for generating and harvesting energy in response to the flow of water through rotating device, such as a nutating or oscillating disk. Mechanical energy from flow of water is converted into electrical energy via an energy conversion unit. For example, the power generation system may be... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090058089 - Electricity generation in a turbomachine: A turbomachine comprising at least one Stirling cycle thermal engine which is mounted at the end of a radial arm (36) of the exhaust casing (24) and comprises a working chamber (40) located outside the primary (B) and secondary (A) flows, a displacing piston (42) associated with a moving element... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090058091 - Magnus force fluid flow energy harvester: An energy harvester capable of providing motion from fluid flow includes a Magnus rotor defined by a cylinder driven by a motor causing the cylinder to rotate so that lift is created by the fluid flowing past the cylinder. A channel or system may be provided to direct the fluid... Agent: Michaud-duffy Group LLP

20090058090 - Plant, generator and propeller element for generating energy from water currents: A plant, generator and rotating member for the production of power from currents in a body of water, comprising a fixedly mounted of floating structure, and a plurality of replaceable generator units (750) supported by the structure and which are driven by the water currents. The structure comprises arms (615,... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090058093 - Fluid powered generator: An integrated generator unit is provided to generate electrical energy. One or more integrated generator units are mounted in an enclosure and in communication with a battery to store electrical energy. Each unit has a plurality of rotational elements that rotate about an axis as fluid passes through the enclosure.... Agent: Lieberman & Brandsdorfer, LLC

20090058092 - Self-supported power generation device: A self-supported power generation device is installed in a high building having multiple floors to realize self-supported power supply of low power and simplified arrangement. Water reservoir is arranged in a floor-spaced manner by tanks set in different floors. Each tank has a conic converged lower section forming a discharge... Agent: Leong C Lei

20090058094 - Integrated medium-speed geared drive train: A drive train for a wind turbine is provided. The wind turbine comprises a low speed shaft connected to blades of the wind turbine and a higher speed shaft connected to a generator. The drive train also includes a bearing that substantially supports the weight of at least the low... Agent: Ge Energy General Electric C/o Ernest G. Cusick

20090058096 - Method for mounting a rotor blade of a wind power installation without using a crane: It has already long been known to use mobile cranes for mounting rotor blades to a wind power installation. Such cranes pick up the rotor blade at the base of the wind power installation and take it to the rotor blade connection of the hub of the wind power installation... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20090058095 - Methods and apparatus for advanced wind turbine design: A wind turbine system includes a variable blade assembly including adjustable sails and wing shaped masts expanding the wind velocity capture envelope. The blade assembly turns a hydraulic pump, which pressurizes fluid and stores the pressurized fluid in a chamber in the support tower. Pressurized fluid is directed via an... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo