Prime-mover dynamo plants inventions 08/09

20090212560 - Heating system, wind turbine or wind park, method for utilizing surplus heat of one or more wind turbine components and use hereof: A heating system includes at least one wind turbine, one or more wind turbine components producing surplus heat, and one or more cooling systems for removal of the surplus heat from the wind turbine components. The heating system also includes a mechanism for transporting at least a part of the... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, Llc

20090212561 - Power control system and method: This invention discloses a power control system comprising a prime mover and a generator driven by the prime mover. A control device is coupled with the generator to ascertain a change in speed of the generator and vary an output power of the generator according to the change. The control... Agent: Law Offices Of Michael M. Ahmadshahi

20090212562 - Method and apparatus for tidal power generation: A tidal power generation system incorporates a buoy tethered to a first cable with a power generation spool engaging the first cable for rotational motion upon extraction of the cable by the buoy during elevation increases of the water on which the buoy is riding. An electrical generator is connected... Agent: The Boeing Company C/o Felix L. Fischer, Attorney At Law

20090212567 - Controller for a blade adjustment angle of at least one rotor blade of a wind power plant: Controller for a blade adjustment angle for at least one rotor blade of a wind power plant, in which a first controller branch is switched for the determination of the blade adjustment angle depending on the operating states of the wind power plant, wherein at least one differentiating member is... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.a.

20090212568 - Energy system: An energy system is specified, which comprises a wind power turbine or water power turbine, which is connected to a generator, with the generator having at least two stator windings. In order to achieve a simple and robust design without a transformer, each stator winding has an associated rectifier unit,... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20090212564 - Method and apparatus for assembling electrical machines: A method of assembling an electrical machine includes programming at least one processor with a stator flux vector estimation scheme. The electrical machine has a stator at least partially extending around a rotor. The electrical machine is electrically coupled to an electric power system. The electric power system transmits at... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche (22402) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20090212566 - Method for operating a wind energy plant and wind energy plant: The invention relates to a method for operating a wind energy plant, the wind energy plant having a rotor with at least one rotor blade which has an adjustable pitch angle, the wind energy plant having a generator coupled to the rotor, and a regulation means which, if a there... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.a.

20090212563 - System and method for improving performance of power constrained wind power plant: A wind turbine power generating system includes at least one wind-driven rotor for transforming wind energy into rotational motion. A plurality of turbine generators is connected to one or more wind-driven rotors. An active power curtailment controller is also provided. The active power curtailment controller is configured to curtail an... Agent: Mcnees Wallace & Nurick Llc

20090212565 - Wind energy plant with pitch controller: A wind energy plant having at least one rotor blade with a pitch angle, the pitch angle being adjustable by means of a pitch controller, and a generator converter unit, at least one electrical quantity of the generator converter unit being adjustable by means of a converter controller, wherein the... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.a.

20090212569 - Starting device for an internal combustion engine: The present invention relates to an electric starting device (1) for an internal combustion engine (5), which electric starting device (1) comprises an electric starter (4) and a starter-generator (2) which is assigned to a traction mechanism drive (3). The starting of the internal combustion engine (5) may take place... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20090212570 - Hybrid solar thermal chimney: A solar power arrangement for converting solar energy into electricity comprising; a solar chimney, the chimney having a flared base spaced from the ground the chimney including a transparent surface to allow solar energy to heat air within the solar chimney. A first air turbine drives a first generator, and... Agent: Mark Manley

20090212571 - Wave power system for extracting simultaneously both potential and kinetic energy at variable significant wave heights and periods: A wave energy conversion system or device includes a float and base on top of which there is a power take-off system. The float, its base and the machine room are inserted in a main column supported by legs and corresponding leg supports on the bottom floor in shallow waters... Agent: Robert Platt Bell Registered Patent Attorney

20090212572 - Electricity generating apparatus: An apparatus for generating electrical power from a flow of water, including a housing having a water inlet and water outlet, a first turbine (12) mounted in the housing for rotation about a substantially vertical axis and having a turbine shaft, a set of vertical blades (22), and a blade... Agent: Husch Blackwell Sanders, LLP Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP Welsh & Katz

20090212574 - Positioning device for a free-flying kite-type wind-attacked element in a wind-powered watercraft: Disclosed is a positioning device for a free-flying kite-type wind-attacked element that comprises a profiled wing, is used as the exclusive, an auxiliary, or an emergency drive unit, and is connected to a watercraft via a traction rope. The positioning device is provided with a winch that encompasses means which... Agent: Alix Yale & Ristas LLP

20090212573 - Utilizing aquifer pressure to generate electrical energy: A system and method that utilizes aquifer pressure to generate electrical energy. The system includes an aquifer, a well fluidly coupled to the aquifer, a pump and a turbine. The pump is arranged to cause water to flow out of the well. In response to the water flowing out of... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.c.

20090212575 - Wind energy converter, a wind turbine foundation, a method and use of a wind turbine foundation: A wind energy converter includes a wind turbine, a wind turbine foundation including a strengthening structure, and a temperature control mechanism for controlling the temperature of one or more areas of the wind turbine. The wind energy converter is characterized in that at least a part of the temperature control... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, Llc

20090206599 - Cogeneration system: In a cogeneration system having a generator adapted to be connectable to an AC power feed line between a commercial power network and an electrical load, an internal combustion engine for driving the generator such that exhaust heat of the engine is supplied to a thermal load and an actuator... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20090206600 - Cogeneration system: In a cogeneration system having a power plant that includes a generator and an internal combustion engine for driving the generator such that exhaust heat of the engine is supplied to a thermal load, there are provided a battery, a controller that controls operation of the thermal load, a main... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20090206601 - Power control system and method: This invention discloses a power control system comprising a prime mover and a generator driven by the prime mover. A control device is coupled with the generator to ascertain a change in speed of the generator and vary an output power of the generator according to the change. The control... Agent: Law Offices Of Michael M. Ahmadshahi

20090206612 - Automated mobile power system: An automated mobile power system is capable of storing energy in electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic subsystems for driving a range of interchangeable tools. The system charges three storage means: electrical batteries for providing electrical energy, a hydraulic accumulator for providing hydraulic energy, and an air accumulator for providing pneumatic energy.... Agent: Patent Law & Venture Group

20090206602 - Fluid power generator: The fluid power generator is provided. The fluid power generator includes: a first member that has multiple coils; a second member that is rotatable relative to the first member and that has multiple permanent magnets; a rotating member that is mechanically linked with either one of the first member and... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090206605 - Method for the operation of a wind energy plant: A method for the operation of a wind energy plant, with an operation management, which can preset a desired value for an electric variable of the wind energy plant to be generated; a wind measurement device, which can capture the wind direction and the wind velocity, and a control unit,... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.

20090206603 - Method of maintaining wind turbine components operational and a turbine comprising components suitable for operational maintenace: The invention relates to a wind turbine (1) which is connected to an electrical power grid (23) and which uses a magnet generator (6) as the only electrical power generator element both in the normal operation thereof and during periods in which the turbine is disconnected from the electrical power... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090206604 - Method of transporting bulky equipment of a wind power plant, preassembled equipment: The invention relates to preassembled equipment and a method of transporting bulky equipment of a wind power plant from a preassembly site to an installation site, the equipment comprising at least two modules, the method comprising the steps of preassembling the modules onto a support, wherein the modules are placed... Agent: General Electric Company Ge Global Patent Operation

20090206607 - Power generator and motor device: The fluid power generator is provided. The fluid power generator includes: a rotating member that rotates by fluid force; a generator motor that is mechanically linked with the rotating member and that is configured to function both as a generator and as a motor; a rotation speed meter that measures... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090206606 - Variable speed wind turbine configured for wind farm operation: The present invention relates to an improved wind turbine, of the type which employs doubly fed induction generators (DFIG), and a wind park including the same, which permits the use of lighter weight turbines, with the ability to have greater energy capture, more precise control of asymmetrical phases and enhanced... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20090206608 - Power generation apparatus, systems, and methods: Apparatus and systems, as well as methods and articles of manufacture, may operate to receive oscillatory motion at an inertial mass to impart motion to a fluid, rotate a turbine or vibrate a beam using the motion imparted to the fluid, and generate power using a generator mechanically coupled to... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20090206609 - Hydro electrical plant: The Hydro Electrical Plant is built with common building materials such as concrete, steal rebar, wood, glass, plastics, metal, water, foam and other materials. The Hydro Electrical Plant uses a process, this process can be converted into many different forms depending on the application it is going to be used... Agent: Jonathan Eugene Wood

20090206610 - Cable guard and method of installation: A cable guard for installation in a wind turbine generator includes an elastomeric pad, a bracket for coupling the pad to a ladder within the wind turbine generator, and a fastener for coupling the bracket to the ladder.... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche (22402) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20090206611 - Energy recovery system and method of using the same: According to some embodiments disclosed herein, an energy recovery system can be characterized as including a conduit having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the conduit is configured to receive a gas flow transmitted by a gas flow channel of a gas flow source... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20090200809 - Reconfigurable power system using multiple phase-set electric machines: A reconfigurable power system that includes a gas turbine, flywheel, a first electric machine coupled to the gas turbine, a second electric machine coupled to the flywheel, the first and second electric machines being substantially similar in configuration, a first power device for coupling power from the first electric machine... Agent: Irving Keschner

20090200804 - Method for damping tower oscillations, an active stall controlled wind turbine and use hereof: The invention relates to a method for damping tower oscillations in the tower of an active stall controlled wind turbine. The method comprises the steps of operating two or more blades of the wind turbine in a stall condition, detecting if the tower oscillates beyond a predefined level, and establishing... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20090200803 - Wind power generation system: In a wind power generation system, an AC input of a unit for coping with system faults is connected to an excitation converter and a DC port of the unit for coping with system faults is connected to a DC port of a converter through resistors. A plurality of energy... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090200805 - Compressed-air-storing electricity generating system and electricity generating method using the same: Disclosed are a compressed air energy-storing electricity generating system and an electricity generating method using the same, in which air of a high pressure is injected into a tank laid under the ground using midnight electricity and surplus produced electricity, and the air of the high pressure in the tank... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090200806 - Wave-based power generation system: The wave-based power generation system has a buoy or float retained by a cable that enters an underwater power generating station. The cable enters the station housing through an inverted U-tube having upturned inlet and outlet ports, which prevent water from entering the housing. The buoy cable passes over an... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20090200807 - Adams alternative energy system: A system that may turn electricity generating devices with no emissions. The device is comprised of three major portions. The main intake portion, the collection tank portion with water pump, and the air exhaust portion. All of which require each portion to operate. The main intake portion may be several... Agent: Wil Ray Adams

20090200808 - Pole-mountable wind turbine support system: A support for supporting a plurality of wind turbine generators on a pole may be raised or lowered. The support accommodates a solar voltaic array attached to the pole and allows the wind turbines to be raised and lowered past the attached solar voltaic array. Waste heat from the solar... Agent: Keith L. Jenkins

20090200809 - Reconfigurable power system using multiple phase-set electric machines: A reconfigurable power system that includes a gas turbine, flywheel, a first electric machine coupled to the gas turbine, a second electric machine coupled to the flywheel, the first and second electric machines being substantially similar in configuration, a first power device for coupling power from the first electric machine... Agent: Irving Keschner

20090200804 - Method for damping tower oscillations, an active stall controlled wind turbine and use hereof: The invention relates to a method for damping tower oscillations in the tower of an active stall controlled wind turbine. The method comprises the steps of operating two or more blades of the wind turbine in a stall condition, detecting if the tower oscillates beyond a predefined level, and establishing... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20090200803 - Wind power generation system: In a wind power generation system, an AC input of a unit for coping with system faults is connected to an excitation converter and a DC port of the unit for coping with system faults is connected to a DC port of a converter through resistors. A plurality of energy... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090200805 - Compressed-air-storing electricity generating system and electricity generating method using the same: Disclosed are a compressed air energy-storing electricity generating system and an electricity generating method using the same, in which air of a high pressure is injected into a tank laid under the ground using midnight electricity and surplus produced electricity, and the air of the high pressure in the tank... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090200806 - Wave-based power generation system: The wave-based power generation system has a buoy or float retained by a cable that enters an underwater power generating station. The cable enters the station housing through an inverted U-tube having upturned inlet and outlet ports, which prevent water from entering the housing. The buoy cable passes over an... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20090200807 - Adams alternative energy system: A system that may turn electricity generating devices with no emissions. The device is comprised of three major portions. The main intake portion, the collection tank portion with water pump, and the air exhaust portion. All of which require each portion to operate. The main intake portion may be several... Agent: Wil Ray Adams

20090200808 - Pole-mountable wind turbine support system: A support for supporting a plurality of wind turbine generators on a pole may be raised or lowered. The support accommodates a solar voltaic array attached to the pole and allows the wind turbines to be raised and lowered past the attached solar voltaic array. Waste heat from the solar... Agent: Keith L. Jenkins

20090194998 - Electric generator assembly: An electric generator assembly is used on a vehicle having a frame and a rotating element, and includes a bracket that is adapted to be fixed to the frame of the vehicle, a support, an electric generator, and an adjusting unit. The support is pivotably mounted to the bracket. The... Agent: Dla Piper LLP (us )

20090194995 - Power generation stabilization control systems and methods: A stabilization system for a power generation system including non-conventional energy source coupled to a utility grid, the stabilization system comprising: a deadband limiter configured for detecting when a signal of the power generation system is outside of a signal range; a power shaper configured for providing a transient power... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20090194996 - Water combustion technology - methods, processes, systems and apparatus for the combustion of hydrogen and oxygen: This invention presents improved combustion methods, systems, engines and apparatus utilizing H2, O2 and H2O as fuel, thereby providing environmentally friendly combustion products, as well as improved fuel and energy management methods, systems, engines and apparatus. The Water Combustion Technology; WCT, is based upon water (H2O) chemistry, more specifically H2O... Agent: Richard A. Haase (inventor)

20090194997 - Darrieus water wheel turbine: A reaction turbine system for the generation of hydroelectricity is disclosed. It consists of a Darrieus type turbine with a horizontal axis of rotation. The blades may be straight or helical, and are held equidistant from the central rotating shaft by blade support members. The blades are oriented so that... Agent: Smart & Biggar