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Prime-mover dynamo plants April category listing, related patent applications 04/11

20110095541 - Generator unit, in particular for motor vehicles: A generator unit, in particular for motor vehicles, having at least one generator for producing electrical power and having a multi-stage compressor unit that includes at least two compressors connected in series and downline from which there is a turbine unit having at least one turbine, there being a combustion... Agent:

20110095542 - Lubricant free, reduced mass, free-piston, stirling machine having reciprocating piston drivingly linked to rotary electromagnetic transducer moving in rotational oscillation: A free-piston Stirling machine drivingly coupled to at least one rotary electromagnetic transducer. At least one pulley is oriented in a plane of a reciprocating piston connecting rod. At least one motion translating drive link connects the connecting rod to the pulley by at least two straps so that the... Agent: Global Cooling, Inc.

20110095540 - Weather resistant portable generator with a remote electrical distribution panel: A weather resistant portable electric generator is disclosed. The weather resistant portable electric generator has a fuel tank which provides fuel to an engine. The engine is connected to an alternator, which is connected to an outlet, the outlet configured to receive an electrical connector. The weather resistant portable electric... Agent: Gxi Holdings, LLC

20110095543 - Equipment of continuing pneumatic electric impulse: Patent of utility model for an EQUIPMENT OF CONTINUING PNEUMATIC ELECTRIC IMPULSE composed of vacuum chamber with metallic oval structure 1, where two generators 10 and 11 are coupled and fastened, through the axle 9 regarding the generator 10, with electric exciter 14 and pneumatic piston 19 that commands the... Agent: Fernando Augusto Pancheco Da Cruz

20110095544 - Magnetic drive inducing constant-speed rotation: A drive system moved by the power of repelling magnets causes a big wheel to rotate. The big wheel induces the rotation of a smaller wheel, connected to the shaft of an alternator (if we want to obtain obtaining an a.c. current) or a generator (for a c.c. current) which,... Agent:

20110095545 - Engine starter and resistor short-circuiting device: Provided is an engine starter having a simple structure and excellent in stability and reliability, which starts an engine while preventing an occurrence of instantaneous interruption in an electrical device mounted in a vehicle. An engine starter for driving a starter motor by closing a starter switch 5 connected in... Agent: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

20110095530 - Tethered aquatic device with water power turbine: A water power turbine energy conversion device and method of generating electric power that can take advantage of water current speeds is hereinafter disclosed. The water power turbine energy conversion device includes an unmanned tethered aquatic device (TAD) connected to one end of a tether (which may include multiple shorter... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20110095532 - Method for operating a wind power plant having a doubly-fed asynchronous machine and wind power plant having a doubly-fed asynchronous machine: In a regular operating mode the converters are controlled by the control means by means of command variables for the regular operating mode. In case of a grid fault the converters are controlled by at least one control module which (i) controls the torque and/or the active power and (ii)... Agent: Nordex Energy Gmbh

20110095531 - Wind generator with energy enhancer element for providing energy at no wind and low wind conditions: The present invention is a new and novel wind generator system particularly suitable for small wind applications that harnesses low velocity wind effectively. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the wind generator system comprises a drive shaft; one or more retreating blades and one or more advancing blades attached... Agent:

20110095533 - Rescue and emergency power method and system: The present invention provides methods and systems for a power generation system, including an inlet for introducing a liquid into the system, an inlet pipe for carrying the liquid introduced to the inlet, a generation station for converting the flow of liquid into energy, and an outlet pipe for removing... Agent:

20110095534 - Wave energy device: A generating breakwater has a pressure duct of steel plate, with a closed upstream end and a turbine and generator at the downstream end. In use it is anchored via cables to face obliquely into the direction W of incident waves. Along the length of the duct are arrayed wave... Agent:

20110095535 - Electrical generating device with potential energy of water or fluid: An electrical generating device includes a higher gear and a lower gear rotatably mounted between a higher water tower and a lower water reservoir, a chain engaged with the gears and having a number of plates, the water tower includes an outlet tube directed to the plates for supplying the... Agent:

20110095536 - Fluid responsive energy generator: A power plant with one or more fluid operated fans, each of which is in communication with a generator, is provided to generate energy. Each generator is in communication with an energy storage device or a power grid to store or utilize energy, respectively. A rotatable arm attached to a... Agent:

20110095539 - Cooling system for a wind turbine: A wind turbine having a cooling system, which wind turbine includes a nacelle in connection with which one or more wind turbine components are arranged, is disclosed. The cooling system includes at least one cooling circuit arranged to lead a heat transfer medium to and from one or more of... Agent: Vestas Wind Systems A/s

20110095538 - Wind and hydropower plant: An enclosed wind and hydropower plant comprising apparatus being configured for directing environmental wind into a building structure for the operation of wind turbine assembly, and for generating wind when there is no environmental wind to operate the enclosed turbine assembly.... Agent:

20110095537 - Wind turbine generator: A wind turbine generator is provided in which a gear having a large diameter is not required in a yaw drive device (30) of a yaw system (10A). The yaw drive device (30) of the yaw system (10A), which revolves a nacelle (3) depending on the wind direction, includes a... Agent: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

20110089703 - Reciprocal spring arrangement for power generation system: A vehicle energy harvester including a subunit having an upper surface forming a roadway surface; a vehicle activated treadle on the subunit, the vehicle activated treadle moveable between a first position in which an upper surface of the treadle is at an angle with respect to the upper surface of... Agent:

20110089690 - Device for converting wave energy into useable energy, particularly electrical energy, and associated method: The invention relates to a device (1) for converting the energy of the swell and of waves into useable energy, particularly electrical energy, comprising a float element (2), an oscillating element (3) mounted such that it can move with respect to the float element, the oscillating element (3) being able... Agent: Ecole Centrale De Nantes

20110089689 - Dynamically tuned wave energy converter: e

20110089691 - Gearless turbo-generator: An auxiliary power unit includes a gas generator that produces a flow of gases to drive a free power turbine that directly drives an electric generator. The electric generator is driven by the free power turbine at a desired speed without the use of step down gearing to provide a... Agent:

20110089692 - System and method for controlling a wind turbine: A system to control a wind turbine, including meteorological instruments for measuring ambient climatic conditions, and generating corresponding meteorological signals, a memory for storing an icing tolerance, a first calculator for calculating an overall icing probability based on the meteorological signals and a controller for stopping the wind turbine when... Agent: Boralex Inc.

20110089693 - Wind energy power conversion system reducing gearbox stress and improving power stability: A wind energy power conversion system includes a gearbox, a generator, an AC to DC power converter, a DC link, and a DC to AC power converter, and at least one ultracapacitor module connected in parallel on the DC link. A method of reducing stress on a wind turbine gearbox... Agent:

20110089694 - Wind turbine generator system and control method of the same: A wind turbine generator system includes: a wind turbine rotor including a blade having a variable pitch angle; a generator driven by the wind turbine rotor; and a control unit controlling the output power of the generator and the pitch angle of the blade in response to the rotational speed... Agent: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

20110089695 - Method and apparatus for improved hydropower generation at existing impoundments: A floatable or moveable and/or fixed frame for insertion of power generating modules to generate power from impounded water through the frame in lock and dam and other settings presenting head potential and moving water. The frame is prefabricated and moved onto site as a module or modules, or as... Agent:

20110089697 - Method and device for harvesting energy from ocean waves: A method and device for generating electricity from ocean waves. The device includes at least one magnetostrictive element and one or more electrically conductive coils or circuits. When the magnetostrictive element is deployed in a body of water, the motion of the body of water, including wave motion, causes changes... Agent: Oscilla Power Inc.

20110089696 - Power generating buoy: An electric power generating buoy capable of generating power by scavenging energy from ocean wave motion. The power generating buoy includes float element adapted to float up and down following wave motion and an electric generator system with a spring loaded spool mechanism adapted to drive the rotor of the... Agent: Trex Enterprises Corp.

20110089698 - Combination solar and dual generator wind turbine: A single or dual aligned synchronized generator and variable speed direct drive wind turbine for installation on a wind farm, solar and wind powered self watering farm, building, light post, atop roofs and other mountable locations employs either a vertical or horizontal shaft less wind turbine system. The system takes... Agent:

20110089702 - Fluidkinetic energy converter: A fluidkinetic energy converter includes a passageway-filled enclosure. Turbines are mounted in the passageways and fluid flow may be concentrated on subparts of the turbines by inner fluid flow deflectors or dividers. The energy converter enclosure can include dividers at both inlets and outlets in order to be adaptable for... Agent:

20110089701 - Methods and apparatus for generating electrical energy based on waste air flow: Methods and apparatus are provided for generating electrical power employing a horizontal axis wind turbine operatively coupled to a permanent magnet generator/alternator and mounted vertically above a waste air flow source so that vertically ascending waste air from the waste air flow source impacts the turbine and causes the permanent... Agent:

20110089699 - Vertical wind turbine having blades with varying geometry: The invention relates to a wind turbine with vertical! axis and having a plurality of axlal{umlaut over (υ)}y extending turbine blades (2). According to the invention the structure of each blade varies along the axial extension of the blade (2). The invention also rebates to the use of the wind... Agent: Vertical Wind Ab

20110089700 - Wall mounted wind turbine and methods of use and installation: The present invention is a wall mounted wind turbine used to produce power that includes a wind turbine that is mounted uprightly, a plurality of wind blades that are integral to the wind turbine that receives incoming exterior wind and that rotate around the wind turbine to produce power and... Agent:

20110084497 - Electrical generator: The electrical generator allows energy to be recovered and stored from a rotating wheel, cam, gear or the like. The electrical generator includes at least one hollow tube mounted radially on a wheel rim. The wheel rim has a central portion and a circumferential edge, and the hollow tube has... Agent:

20110084498 - Electrical generator and method of generating electricity: An environmentally friendly and efficient electrical generator and system for and method of generating electricity comprises a source of power having one or more batteries, an electric motor powered by the batteries, a hydraulic pump operated by the motor to pressurize a fluid, a first hydraulic motor powered by the... Agent:

20110084502 - Linear rotary generator: A linear rotary generator includes a magnet, a housing defining a cavity receiving the magnet, and a solenoid around the cavity. The magnet has a magnetic axis that rotates about a rotational axis as the magnet rolls along a direction perpendicular to the rotational axis. As the magnet passes through... Agent:

20110084500 - Low profile, surface-mounted power generation system: A low-profile, surface mount vehicle energy harvester including a low-profile, surface mount subunit having an upper surface forming a roadway surface; a vehicle activated treadle on the subunit, the vehicle activated treadle moveable between a first position in which an upper surface of the treadle is at an angle with... Agent:

20110084503 - Self-powered vehicle sensor systems: A vehicle system is provided. The vehicle system includes a vehicle suspension apparatus configured for movement during vehicle travel; an energy harvesting device mounted on the vehicle suspension apparatus and configured to generate electrical energy in response to the movement of the vehicle suspension apparatus; and a sensor mounted on... Agent: Gm Global Technology Operations, Inc.

20110084501 - Vehicle speed detection means for power generation system: A vehicle energy harvester including a subunit having an upper surface forming a roadway surface; a vehicle activated treadle on the subunit, the vehicle activated treadle moveable between a first position in which an upper surface of the treadle is at an angle with respect to the upper surface of... Agent:

20110084499 - Weather responsive treadle locking means for power generation system: A vehicle energy harvester including a subunit having an upper surface forming a roadway surface; a vehicle activated treadle on the subunit, the vehicle activated treadle moveable between a first position in which an upper surface of the treadle is at an angle with respect to the upper surface of... Agent:

20110084485 - Control method for a wind turbine: A method of controlling a wind turbine, where a control signal for a controllable parameter of the wind turbine is determined, and the rotor power coefficient, the torque coefficient, and/or a thrust coefficient of the wind turbine are estimated at time intervals. From this is determined a variation parameter reflecting... Agent: Vestas Wind Systems A/s

20110084486 - Off-shore wind turbine generator and off-shore wind farm: An object is to provide an off-shore wind turbine generator capable of obtaining accurate information about the situation of a wind turbine itself, surrounding weather conditions, and the like. The off-shore wind turbine generator of the present invention generates power by driving a generator mechanism through the rotation of a... Agent: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

20110084487 - Methods, apparatuses, and systems for the extensible and recyclable use of solid matter in the supply chain for the generation of electricity: A system that stabilizes or supplements the variable power output from an external energy source by producing power from aluminum alloys. The aluminum alloy produces hydrogen from water, and also releases heat. During this process, the aluminum alloy is oxidized to alumina mixture, which can be recycled in a smelting... Agent:

20110084488 - Wave energy converter and power take off system: A wave energy converter (WEC) includes a float tending to move in phase with the waves, a spar tending to move out of phase with the float and power take off device (PTO) coupled between the float and spar for converting their relative motion into useful energy. The PTO includes... Agent: Ocean Power Technologies, Inc.

20110084489 - Apparatus for harvesting energy from flow-unduced oscillations and method for the same: A device and method for harvesting electrical power from kinetic energy of a flow. The converter includes a generating cell comprising an appropriate vibration assembly and magnetic field source. The external gas or liquid flow causes a vibration of the assembly with integrated conductive element, producing electricity in proximity of... Agent:

20110084490 - Electrical mudline system: An electrical mudline system that includes a turbine-type power generation assembly that can be lowered by wireline and installed at the seabed or mudline. A generator may be installed on a wellhead for support and located on a lower part of the generation assembly or may be installed through a... Agent: Vetco Gray Inc.

20110084493 - Device and method for harvesting energy from flow-induced oscillations: A device and method utilizing a quasi-stationary oscillating process to generate electricity by using an interaction between a turbulent flow and an elastic oscillating structure comprising a conductor in the presence of a magnetic field, followed by rectification of thus generated electromotive force, and a combination of similar independent multiple... Agent:

20110084494 - Vertical axis hydro kinetic wind turbine: The turbine converts high pressure hydraulic kinetic energy stored in the high pressure reservoir into mechanical energy that drives a vertical axis linear generator with an independent free turning high powered magnetic translator stack. The high pressure reservoir, hydraulic pump motor, microprocessor controller and algorithm software and the fully levitated... Agent:

20110084495 - Vertical axis wind turbine: A vertical axis wind turbine has a stationary circular core and a rotor rotatably supported about the stationary core. The rotor has a radially extending rotor arm with a wind engaging blade locate at its distal end. The blade has at least two straight blade sections of which at least... Agent: Hopewell Wind Power Limited

20110084492 - Vertical propeller fluid energy capture with coordinated dynamic-orientation blades: A vertical propeller system for capturing wind energy includes a coupling module coupled to a drive shaft to impart rotational energy to the drive shaft. The drive shaft rotates about a substantially vertical main axis. A first blade couples to the coupling module and rotates about a first blade axis.... Agent: Just The 4 Of Us, LLC

20110084491 - Wind power turbine: A wind power turbine for producing electric energy has a pylon extending from a bottom end to a top end; a nacelle fitted to the top end of the pylon to rotate about a first axis; an electric generator fitted to the nacelle to produce electric energy; a blade assembly,... Agent: Wilic S.ar.l.

20110084496 - Wind turbine blade and wind power generator using the same: A wind turbine blade using a core member that is light and low-cost while maintaining strength and a wind power generator using the same are provided. A wind turbine blade (9) is formed of a fiber-reinforced plastic skin (13). The skin (13) or a main beam (15) uses a core... Agent: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

20110080005 - Fluid-driven electrical generator: The fluid-driven electrical generator utilizes internal driven fluid currents to generate a regular, mechanical oscillation that is used to generate electricity through electromagnetic induction. The fluid-driven electrical generator includes a base having opposed upper and lower surfaces. A linearly oscillating disc having opposed upper and lower surfaces and having a... Agent:

20110080006 - Method: A method for generating power from water by pressure retarded osmosis comprises the steps of: pumping sea water into a first pathway which is at least partially defined by a first face of a membrane, said membrane comprising a distinct electrically conductive porous nanotube layer; pumping fresh water into a... Agent:

20110080007 - Solar and wind energy converter: A system for converting wind and solar energy for use with an electrical generator, the system includes a wind powered subsystem including: a rotor for receiving wind to generate mechanical energy; and a first shaft for providing a permanent mechanical coupling between the rotor and the electrical generator for transferring... Agent:

20110080000 - Synchronous electrical machine: A synchronous electrical machine comprises a plurality of phases and detecting means arranged to detect an open-circuit fault in at least one of the phases of the synchronous electrical machine. Isolating means is arranged to isolate the at least one phase of the synchronous electrical machine with the fault. Phase... Agent: Rolls-royce PLC

20110080001 - Method for controlling a wind turbine at high thermal loads: A method of controlling a temperature of a component of a wind turbine is disclosed. A set point temperature of the component is defined. The actual temperature of the component is determined and compared with the defined set point temperature. The actual temperature of the component is controlled by controlling... Agent:

20110080002 - Controlled momentum hydro-electric system: A hydroelectric system in which by using a controlled environment within a large container filled with fluids, with means for controlling the dynamic velocity of the complete volume of fluids within the container. This is accomplished by moving the stagnant fluid from a plurality of regions through a plurality of... Agent:

20110080003 - Aerogenerator: An aerogenerator is provided. The aerogenerator includes an impeller which is rotated by the wind. A rotatable shaft, a rotatable plate and a rocker arm mount the impeller to a support structure so that the impeller is rotatable, and convert the rotating motion of the impeller into linear motion. A... Agent:

20110080004 - Renewable energy generation eco system: In one embodiment, a renewable energy generation eco system includes a magnetic guideway for the propulsion of a non contact levitating vehicle mounted with one or more wind turbines travelling at constant or at a variable speed; the incoming wind rotates the mounted turbine blades due to its kinetic energy... Agent: