Prime-mover dynamo plants inventions 06/09

20090160187 - Control system and method for operating a wind farm in a balanced state: A method for operating a wind farm which includes a wind farm control system and at least two wind turbines, which are connected via an internal grid, is provided. The method includes determining the actual power consumption of the wind farm; and adjusting the power production of at least one... Agent: General Electric Company Ge Global Patent Operation

20090160188 - Migler's windmill as a lamppost-windmill, and with sails mounted on a common mast, and with horizontally yoked sails, and as a river-turbine, and as a windmill-sailboat: The disclosure presents several embodiments of Migler's vertical axis windmill. In the first, the windmill is adapted as a windmill-lamppost which stores electrical energy during daylight and operates the lamps at night. In the second, some sail restraints are eliminated by mounting sails on a common mast. In the third,... Agent: Bernard Migler

20090160189 - Priority system for communication in a system of at least two distributed wind turbines: The invention relates to a system of at least two distributed wind turbines where the at least two wind turbines communicate via a data communication network, the data communication network communicates monitoring and control data (MCD) to and from the at least two wind turbines (WT), the data communication network... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20090160190 - Electrical generation device: In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, an electric generating device accelerates a plurality of spaced magnetic disks inside a circular chamber. The exterior wall of the circular chamber includes a coil winding, so as the plurality of spaced magnetic discs move within the chamber, an electric current induces... Agent: Peter A. Haas, Esquire

20090160191 - System for producing energy through the action of waves: A system and method for generating energy from the tuning masses relative to a ground plane and an external force. In some embodiments the external force is the action of the waves. The system has a first mass movable relative to the ground plane, wherein the external force induces an... Agent: Devine, Millimet & Branch, P.A.

20090160193 - Benkatina hydroelectric turbine: New hydroelectric turbine devices, systems, and methods, based on recirculation of fluid through at least one turbine, offer the potential for less costly and greater energy output in many applications.... Agent: Dr. Mark M. Friedman C/o Bill Polkinghorn - Discovery Dispatch

20090160192 - Circulating hydroelectricity generating and energy storing apparatus: A circulating hydroelectricity generating and energy storing apparatus includes a carrier, a water-supply tank settled at a top of the carrier, and a water-storage tank settled at a bottom of the carrier. The carrier contains a draining channel connecting between the water-supply tank and the water-storage tank. The water-storage tank... Agent: Shou-hsiung Chen

20090160197 - Apparatus and system for converting wind into mechanical or electrical energy: A system for converting an airflow into mechanical or electrical energy is provided. The system may include a drawtube. The drawtube may include a tubular member defining a longitudinal axis and having a first opening and a second opening. The drawtube may include a first member positioned adjacent to the... Agent: Venable LLP

20090160196 - Wind driven electric generator having vertical rotational axis: A wind turbine for a power generator includes a plurality of blades radially and equally spaced about a rotational axis, each blade having each of a proximal end, a distal end, a uniform thickness throughout, and an arc-shaped cross-section disposed between the proximal and distal ends in a plane traverse... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20090160194 - Wind turbine blade and assembly: A blade is disclosed for use in a wind turbine, with the blade having a longitudinal axis for extending radially outwardly from a center of rotation of the blade on the wind turbine. The blade has a front side with a front surface for orienting in a windward direction and... Agent: Woods Fuller Shultz & Smith P.C. Attn: Jeffrey A. Proehl

20090160195 - Wind-catcher and accelerator for generating electricity: This invention relates to an apparatus for capturing and accelerating the flow of a fluid in a moving stream so as to efficiently produce electricity through the use of a turbine or similar device connected to an electrical generator.... Agent: Michael Klim Culjak

20090152873 - Shock wave and power generation using on-chip nanoenergetic material: A method of generating power uses a nanoenergetic material. The nanoenergetic material comprising thermite is obtained and deposited on a substrate. An igniter is placed on the nanoenergetic material. When power is desired, the nanoenergetic material is ignited. A transducer receives thermal, sonic, magnetic, optic and/or mechanical energy from combustion... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20090152874 - Three plus three phase flywheel power supply: A flywheel power supply includes a motor-generator having a polyphase stator.... Agent: Chancellor Ip

20090152867 - Self-sustaining electric power generating system: A self-sustaining electrical power generating system includes a spring system that stores stored energy, the spring system having an input for recharging the stored energy and an output for releasing the stored energy, wherein the spring system generates a monitor signal based on a status parameter of the spring system... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20090152869 - Economical method of power generation from solar heat: An apparatus for converting solar heat into electrical power by building a large structure with a transparent roof at the edge of any steep high mountain having a large diameter pipe connected to the roof at the top end of the structure and laid on the surface of the mountain... Agent: Edward C. Schewe

20090152868 - Remote power-generating assembly: A remote power supply system associated with offshore hydrocarbon production and transportation operations includes an expansion turbine that generates power for the system. The remote power supply system also has a support structure that supports the expansion turbine. A cooling section is supported by the support structure, and is in... Agent: Chevron Services Company Law, Intellectual Property Group

20090152870 - Apparatus for receiving and transferring kinetic energy from a flow and wave: A tandem axial turbine comprises a front, confusor funnel-shaped runner having inner blades and capable of accelerating and directing an oncoming flow toward a co-axial rear runner which rotates in an opposite direction. A tangential turbine has a hub, blades capable of rotating in relation to the hub between positions... Agent: Vladimir Anatol Shreider

20090152872 - system for collecting energy from the rotation of the earth: The invention relates to the formation of cyclones to produce electrical power that is environmentally-friendly, clean, inexhaustible and abundant to the extent that current consumption is insignificant. The invention makes use of the acceleration imparted by the Earth to the fluid that passes transversely through the latitudes, directing same to... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20090152871 - Multiple energy inputs hydropower system: Another feature of the present invention is that it has incorporated a convergence recoil nozzle that utilizes a recoil force of the water jet. This recoil force which is equal in magnitude and opposite in direction, will push a piston that is inside a pressure chamber. This force is capable... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20090146422 - Transportable hydro-electric generating system: The invention is a transportable hydroelectric power generating system which is capable of being fully or partially assembled in a factory setting and then transported to a water stream. The system includes water channeling features which enhance the pressure within the system that the water exerts and a secondary pump... Agent: Nancy A. Pappas

20090146426 - Power converters: The present invention provides a power converter that can be used to interface a generator (4) that provides variable voltage at variable frequency to a supply network operating at nominally fixed voltage and nominally fixed frequency and including features that allow the power converter to remain connected to the supply... Agent: Kirschstein, Israel, Schiffmiller & Pieroni, P.C.

20090146423 - Power generating system: Provided is a power generator, including a plurality of wind power generators generating electrical power using wind power energy, and variable-speed wind power generators (020a, 20b) connected between the power generator and an electrical power system. The variable-speed wind power generators (20a, 20b) equalize an output of the entire power... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20090146425 - System and apparatus for the generation of electical power: An application for an electrical power generator includes a set of fan blades coupled to a shaft, the fan blades are in fluid communication with an air conditioner condenser fan whereby the fan blades turn in response to air flow caused by the air conditioner condenser fan. A generator is... Agent: Larson And Larson

20090146424 - System and method for controlling a wind power plant: An apparatus and method for extending the power-capture region of a wind turbine during certain operating conditions is disclosed. The actual set point of an operational parameter is selected so as to be maintained at a predetermined number of standard deviations away from an operating limit during certain operating conditions.... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20090146427 - Centrifugal driving electricity generation system for energy conservation: A centrifugal driving electricity generation system for energy conservation comprises a kinetic energy driving system powered with electric energy or fuel energy, an impelled rotary system, a gearing wheel group system, at holder, and a power generation system. In the principle of contrast between centrifugal and application of force, the... Agent: Chiayuan Chang

20090146428 - Water wave power system: A system for generating energy using water waves includes a unit having two rotors connected by a ramp. The unit is positioned at or near the surface of a body of water and oriented so that the waves break on the ramp and travel along the length of the ramp.... Agent: Plumsea Law Group, LLC

20090146429 - Wave energy converter: A wave energy converter (100, 200 or 300) has a primary body (102, 202 or 302) interconnected to a secondary body (104, 204 or 304) such that the bodies may oscillate longitudinally relative to one another. A slug mass (106, 208 or 308) is visco-elastically connected to the primary body.... Agent: Oyen, Wiggs, Green & Mutala LLP 480 - The Station

20090146431 - Faucet generator: A faucet generator includes a case having water inflow and outflow ports and in which a water supply channel is formed, a rotor vane disposed inside the water supply channel, a magnet which is rotatable integrally with the rotor vane, a bearing which supports a force that the rotor vane... Agent: Kimble Intellectual Property Law, PLLC

20090146430 - Tidal/water current electrical generating system: An integral system to utilize the flow of water, fresh or ocean, to generate electric power from river flow or tidal currents, consisting of three parts, an especially designed impeller to convert the water flow into rotary mechanical motion, a totally encapsulated alternator/generator, and a pedestal upon which the entire... Agent: Walter Edmond Sear

20090146433 - Method and apparatus for fabricating wind turbine components: A method of assembling a wind turbine blade includes forming a preform pressure surface member and a preform suction surface member. The method also includes forming at least one of a leading edge and a trailing edge. One method of forming the leading edge or the trailing edge includes coupling... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche (22402) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20090146435 - Modular array fluid flow energy conversion facility: In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for the efficiency with which fluid energy is converted into another form of energy, such as electrical energy, where an array of fluid energy conversion modules is contained in a scalable modular networked superstructure. In certain preferred embodiments, a plurality... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20090146432 - Vertical axis wind turbine: A vertical axis wind turbine (10) comprises two turbine rotors (12) and (13) with a plurality of curved blades (14) and (15) and coupled together by gears underneath their shafts and rotating synchronously in opposite directions, a multi-function center enhance (16) with three sections namely, the front deflector (21), the... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP

20090146434 - Wind generator with movable sails: A wind generator with movable sails, comprising a rotating platform which rotates according to a vertical axis forming the supporting structure of a wind turbine formed by several sails which move guided by respective side chains engaging with end pinions, the assembly thereof forming a plane that is either vertically... Agent: D. Peter Hochberg Co. L.p.a.

20090140529 - Enhanced internal electrical generators: Enhanced internal electrical generators are provided which include pole pieces that form air gaps flanked with conductive wire coils. Rotatable armatures supporting permanent magnets are arranged to swing or revolve relative to the air gaps such that the magnetic flux thereof is intersected by the wire coils to generate electrical... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20090140521 - Generator power-based cold start strategy: The method of the invention controls engine speed during engine starting for a hybrid electric vehicle that includes a battery, an engine and a generator, acting as a motor, whereby generator torque assists the engine to develop a stable running speed throughout an engine start event, particularly a cold engine... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20090140523 - System and process for generating hydroelectric power: A system and process for generating hydroelectric power within a body of water relying on the pressure head existing between two depths of the water. A vertically arranged conduit or penstock has an upper water intake and is in fluid communication with a reservoir situated at a lower depth. In... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090140522 - Turbine driven electric power production system and a method for control thereof: A turbine (2) driven electric power production system (1), —said turbine (2) arranged for being driven by a fluid (3) having a fluid speed (v) varying in time, —said turbine (2) connected to a hydrostatic displacement pump (6) further connected to a hydrostatic displacement motor (8) as part of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090140524 - Deployable submarine-hydroelectric generator for sea currents energy harvesting: Deployable submarine hydroelectric generator for conversion of kinetic energy of deep ocean currents into electricity by having an electric generator mounted in a sealed hydrodynamic, buoyant vessel with tail fins, and connected by a shaft to a rotary turbine blades at the tail end of the submarine vessel, which vessel... Agent: Joseph B. Kejha

20090140525 - System and process for generating hydroelectric power: A system and process for generating hydroelectric power within a body of water uses head pressure existing between two depths of the water. A vertically arranged conduit has an upper water intake and is in fluid communication with a reservoir situated at a lower depth. In a first cycle, water... Agent: Docket Clerk

20090140526 - Stator and stator tooth modules for electrical machines: An electrical machine comprising a rotor and a stator is provided. The stator includes a plurality of stator tooth modules configured for radial magnetic flux flow. The stator tooth modules include at least one end plate, and the end plates have extensions for mounting onto a stator frame. The stator... Agent: Ge Energy General Electric C/o Ernest G. Cusick

20090140528 - Wind and updraft turbine: The invention relates to the field of electrical generation and more specifically to the use of a wind turbine for generating electricity. The invention provides a fully integrated vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) which can be mounted on a cylindrical pole. Rotor blades are disposed on the outside of a... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.l.p

20090140527 - Wind turbine blade stiffeners: A blade for a wind turbine, includes a shell; a spar member for supporting the shell; and a stiffener, secured to an inside surface of the shell, for enhancing a buckling resistance of the blade.... Agent: Ge Energy General Electric C/o Ernest G. Cusick