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20120074713 - Methods and systems for power generation by changing density of a fluid: A method for generating energy from low-density fluids is provided. The method includes placing a first object in a first portion of fluid having a first density, injecting low-density fluids into the first portion of fluid in order to reduce the density thereof to a second density less than the... Agent: Hopper Energy Systems, Inc.

20120074698 - Power control methods: In an oscillating water column (OWC) assembly power may be generated based on a power reference that is derived from an estimate of the available mechanical power in the air turbine 2 or a measured pressure drop across the turbine. The power reference is used to derive a power control... Agent: Converteam Technology Ltd.

20120074700 - System and assembly for power transmission and generation in a wind turbine: Various power transmission and generation systems and assemblies are provided for a wind turbine. In one embodiment, a power generation system is provided including a transmission having an input axially aligned with an output, the input configured to receive rotary motion generated by a wind driven rotor head, the input... Agent: General Electric Company

20120074699 - Wind energy plant and energy transmission device for a wind energy plant: A wind energy plant has a rotor with a rotor hub mounted on a pod and a plurality of rotor blades adjustable by corresponding electrical drives. An electrical generator is connected to the rotor for supplying energy to electrical loads arranged in the rotor hub. A primary part of a... Agent: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

20120074701 - Ridge cap wind generation system: A wind generating system for a residential home comprising: at least one mounting plate; a plurality of wind turbines mounted on the at least one mounting plate; a riser, where said riser supports the mounting plate; and a tubing, where said tubing attaches to a ridge cap of a roof... Agent:

20120074702 - Appratus generating electricity to marine vehicle: An apparatus for producing electrical usable energy to be deployed on a solid ground or on a vessel while the vessel is in stationary position or in motion, moving from one place to another. The apparatus converts two or three dimensional reciprocating linear mechanical motions into rotational motion and thus... Agent:

20120074703 - Circulating electric generator: A circulating electric generator of the present invention includes a case, a waterwheel mechanism, a drawing pipe, a generating mechanism and a pump. A partition is firmly disposed in the case. An upper space and a lower space are defined by the case and the partition. The partition is formed... Agent:

20120074704 - Single moored offshore horizontal turbine train: The invention is directed to a single moored offshore marine turbine assembly having a central control vessel which includes a main vessel tethered to a control buoy. The main vessel having a first cap, a corresponding second cap and a tubular shell positioned between both the first cap and second... Agent:

20120074705 - Counter rotating wind turbine power generation: According to the invention, a system for generating electricity from wind is disclosed. The system may include a vertical mounting pole, a generator, a first vertical axis wind turbine (“VAWT”), and a second VAWT. The generator may include a rotor, stator, and frame, fixedly coupled with the stator, and rotatably... Agent: Renewable Green Products Inc.

20120074708 - Generator for an electrical machine: A generator for an electrical machine having a stator and a rotor is provided. The rotor is rotatable around a centre axis and relatively to the stator. The stator is built of a stator stack with a number of adjacently disposed metal plates and the stator further includes a number... Agent:

20120074709 - Method and apparatus for rotor cooling in an electromechanical machine: An apparatus and method for cooling the rotor in an electromechanical machine such as a wind turbine generator is disclosed. Fluid cooling passages may be formed in the rotor, defined at least in part by a support member for magnets mounted on the rotor. Cooling fluid intake may be through... Agent: Northern Power Systems, Inc.

20120074712 - Multi-rotor fluid turbine drive with speed converter: Compact and highly efficient multi-rotor fluid turbine drive with speed converter for provision of a coaxial arrangement of multiple rotors driving one or more input shafts of the turbine. The relative speed of the various rotors can be predetermined and regulated during operation. Synkdrives are used with the blades to... Agent: Synkinetics,inc.

20120074706 - Mutual-rotating power system: A mutual-rotating power system for converting solar energy and wind energy into kinetic energy includes a plurality of rotary power mechanisms. Each of the rotary power mechanisms includes an upright fixed shaft, and a rotary device including a plurality of spaced-apart outer blades that surround rotatably the fixed shaft. Each... Agent:

20120074707 - Permanent magnet machine with two stators: A permanent magnet machine includes two stationary stators and a rotating rotor. Electromagnetic fields occurring in one stator are displaced by an angle of thirty electrical degrees with respect to electromagnetic fields occurring in the other stator due to currents fed to the stators.... Agent:

20120074710 - Wind power generator: This wind power generator is a wind power generator that comprises a rotor 10 that is driven by wind power, a generator 20 that is rotated and driven by the rotor, a transformer 30 that raises the output voltage from the generator 20, and a nacelle 40 that is located... Agent: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

20120074711 - Wind turbine generating apparatus: In a wind turbine generating apparatus, a heat generating device is provided inside the rotor head and has a hermetically-sealed structure from outside. A rotor head cooling air passage is formed through the periphery of the heat generating device to the inside of a wind turbine blade. A cooling air... Agent: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

20120068471 - Energy conversion system: A system of hardware and controls, know as a Hydrogen Hub, that absorbs electric power from any source, including hydropower, wind, solar, and other energy resources, chemically stores the power in hydrogen-dense anhydrous ammonia, then reshapes the stored energy to the power grid with zero emissions by using anhydrous ammonia... Agent:

20120068472 - Electrical machines, wind turbines, and methods for operating an electrical machine: Electrical machines, wind turbines, and methods of operating an electrical machine. The electrical machine includes first and second rotatable members that are configured to convert mechanical energy received from the wind turbine rotor into electrical energy. The first rotatable member is coupled with the wind turbine rotor and the second... Agent: Vestas Wind Systems A/s

20120068473 - Roadway arrangement for power generation: A roadway arrangement comprises a first road segment; an upper bridge mounted for rotational movement about a pivot axis relative to the first road segment; a lower bridge, including one or more upwardly extending segments; and a second road segment. As a vehicle travels from the first road segment and... Agent:

20120068474 - Microsystems for converting pressures and compression: The invention relates to a microsystem for converting a difference in pressures in a fluid into mechanical movement, this microsystem comprising:—an inlet nozzle (6) for compressed fluid and an outlet nozzle (8) for expanded fluid,—at least two arms (12, 14), at least one of which is hinged and between which... Agent: Commissariat A L'energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives

20120068475 - Starter motor assembly with soft start solenoid: A solenoid for a vehicle starter comprises a pull-in coil and a hold-in coil positioned axially adjacent to the pull-in coil. A plunger is positioned within the pull-in coil and configured to move in an axial direction when the pull-in coil is energized. The plunger is separated from a plunger... Agent: Remy International, Inc.

20120068477 - Starter solenoid with rectangular coil winding: A solenoid for a vehicle starter includes a pull-in coil made of a length of rectangular wire and a hold-in coil adjacent to the pull-in coil. A plunger is configured to move in an axial direction when the pull-in coil made of rectangular wire is energized. The pull-in coil and... Agent: Remy International, Inc.

20120068476 - Starter solenoid with spool for retaining coils: A solenoid for a vehicle starter comprises a spool including a first coil bay, a second coil bay, and an interior passage defining an axial direction. A first coil is positioned in the first coil bay of the spool, and a second coil positioned in the second coil bay of... Agent: Remy International, Inc.

20120068460 - Convertible bearing for a wind turbine and method for operating same: A bearing assembly for a wind turbine includes a bearing housing and a bearing surface defining a passageway configured to receive a shaft. The bearing surface includes a stationary portion and a movable portion, the movable portion being defined by a movable member coupled to the bearing housing. The movable... Agent: Vestas Wind Systems A/s

20120068462 - Method of and device for determining a common blade frequency of a rotor of a wind turbine, and method of operating a wind turbine: A method of determining a common blade frequency of a rotor of a wind turbine is provided. The method includes measuring a vibration quantity representative of a vibration of a component of the wind turbine, and determining the common blade frequency based the measured vibration quantity.... Agent:

20120068461 - Wind energy system: The invention relates to a wind energy system having a support (5), a rotor (6) that is rotatably supported on the support (5) about a rotor axis (7), said rotor having multiple rotor blades (9, 10) and being driven or drivable by means of wind energy (15), an electric generator... Agent:

20120068463 - Wind turbine apparatus, systems and methods: A wind turbine is disclosed. The wind turbine includes comprising an inflatable portion comprising one or more blades and a device for rotatably driving the inflatable portion at a predetermined rate for a predetermined time.... Agent: Deka Products Limited Partnership

20120068464 - Hydroelectric in-pipe turbine blades: The special circumstances of working with hydroelectric turbines in pipes require innovations in blade shapes and systems that are presented here. An example is streamlining of the blades greater than that found in traditional hydroelectric turbines.... Agent:

20120068466 - Energy recovery system for exhaust energy capture and electrical generation with generator built into fan: An exhaust energy recovery and electrical generation system includes 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 and wherein the conduit is configured... Agent:

20120068470 - Manufacture of wind turbine enhancement systems: Aspects of the manufacturing of Flow Deflection Devices (FDDs) for wind turbines are presented as a system that requires adjustments in order to improve power output and adjust for changes in different conditions yet provides stability of shape.... Agent:

20120068468 - System for integrated thermal management: A compact transformer-power converter assembly includes: a transformer immersed in oil and a cooling fluid path through a power converter system for extracting heat from the power converter system and the oil.... Agent: General Electric Company

20120068465 - Vertical axis wind turbine generator with sails: Wind energy converter that uses a metal ring rotating around on a vertically anchored mast. Sails are raised and lowered in sequence by wires to catch wind and rotate ring. A 150 m height vertical axis sail system as describe will generate 500 kw in 10 m/s wind velocity.... Agent:

20120068469 - Wind turbine rotor blade: A wind turbine blade extending in a longitudinal direction from a root end to a tip end and defining an aerodynamic airfoil cross-section between a leading edge and a trailing edge in a chordwise direction transverse to the longitudinal direction, the aerodynamic airfoil cross-section having an effective camber in the... Agent: Vestas Wind Systems A/s

20120068467 - Wind-driven electricity generation device with segmented rotor: A vertical wind-driven electricity generation device is described, which, in one embodiment, utilizes a segmented Savonius rotor and which is easily handled, transported, assembled and maintained, even by a single person. The blades of the rotor are segmented into a plurality of modest size blade segments, each of which comprises... Agent:

20120061973 - Method and apparatus for compressed gas energy storage in offshore wind farms: A method and apparatus for compressed gas energy storage using underwater tanks for storing and releasing compressed gas in offshore wind farms has been disclosed.... Agent:

20120061962 - Blade pitch control system, wind turbine generator, and blade pitch control method: A wind turbine generator generates power through rotation of a rotor to which a plurality of blades are pivotally coupled and includes a pitch-angle control section that outputs a pitch-angle command value that indicates the amount of change in the pitch angle of each of the blades, hydraulic cylinders each... Agent: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

20120061957 - Method for operating a wind turbine in a power-reduced mode of operation: A method of operating a wind turbine. A rain sensor and a control unit are configured to control the operation of the wind turbine. The wind turbine has a power-reduced mode of operation and a non-power-reduced mode of operation. In the power-reduced mode of operation a noise emitted by the... Agent:

20120061959 - Output control method and output control unit for wind power plant: A control method for a wind turbine generator and storage battery unit connected to a power grid in parallel, includes calculating total active power and total reactive power, and switching between: a first mode in which the generator outputs turbine required active power and reactive power that can be outputted... Agent: Mitsubishi Heavy Industires, Ltd.

20120061964 - Power plant control system and method for influencing high voltage characteristics: A control system for a power plant is provided, configured to influence actual HV characteristics of an HV power line at a point-of-interconnection to a grid. The control system includes an MV-compliant measurement system configured for connection with an MV power line of the power plant, and an evaluation unit.... Agent:

20120061963 - Power system frequency inertia for power generation system: A power generation system is provided. The power generation system including a power generation unit operable to supply electrical power to an utility system; a synchronous machine coupled to the utility system; a grid measurement device arranged for measuring the current and power that is exchanged between the synchronous machine... Agent:

20120061965 - Vertical axis wind turbine with electronically controlled assisted start mechanism and controlled airflow: A wind turbine generator includes: a rotor including a vertical shaft and blades radially extending from the shaft, the rotor is characterized by a breakaway torque that is greater than the torque required to maintain rotation; a generator operationally coupled to the rotor shaft; a rotatable airfoil shaped housing enclosing... Agent:

20120061966 - Wind power generation control device and wind power generation control method: A wind power generation control device which controls a wind power generator using a wind turbine blade having a fixed pitch angle is provided. The wind power generation control device which controls the wind power generator in which an output current value outputted by the wind power generator is detected,... Agent: Zephyr Corporation C/o Zephyr Corporation

20120061958 - Wind turbine generator: An object of the present invention is to provide a wind turbine generator and an operation control method thereof, which takes measures against issues such as noise, bird strike and a friction heat of a bearing shaft. The wind turbine generator 1 comprises a hydraulic pump 12 of a variable... Agent: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

20120061961 - Wind turbine generator and method of controlling the same: An object of the present invention is to, if a frequency decrease has occurred in a power system, avoid a trip in a wind turbine generator and reliably contribute to recovery of the frequency of the power system. The present invention provides a wind turbine generator that, if a predetermined... Agent: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

20120061960 - Wind turbine generator system and wind turbine generator: An object of the present invention is to make use of wind energy as effectively as possible and increase the amount of generated energy that is supplied to a power system. A power storage apparatus is interposed between and electrically connected to a wind turbine generator and a power system.... Agent: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

20120061967 - Ocean water run and vertical drop is green power generation: Head varies generation varies. Means for regulating the flow of water are provided including at least one water pump to expel the water from the bottom to the top and above the mean sea level into a canal to join the water body, with the combination of various engineering department... Agent:

20120061968 - Burrell compound axial windmill: A plurality of sail assemblies rotating on their axes rotate about the axis of the windmill hub to rotate a drive shaft. The drive shaft powers a generator, machine, pump, grind-stone or other load the mill is designed to operate. Fabric, metal, or plastic sails are fitted to the frame... Agent:

20120061970 - Shrouded wind turbine with integral generator: The invention provides a system for capturing moving air and extracting energy from the moving air, the system comprising. A rotor cone is provided having an outer surface, the rotor cone being rotatable about its central axis and having a plurality of veins affixed upon the outer surface of the... Agent:

20120061972 - Vertical-axis wind turbine: A vertical-axis wind turbine and methods for using the same are provided. The vertical-axis wind turbine has a substantially cylindrical rotor assembly having a lower circular frame member and a spaced upper circular frame member and a plurality of substantially vertical blades connected to and extending between the respective lower... Agent:

20120061971 - Wind turbine generator: An object of the present invention is to provide a wind turbine generator in which a communication channel can be added in communication between a hub and a nacelle, without making a modification to the design of a slip ring. The present invention provides a wind turbine generator in which... Agent: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

20120061969 - Wind turbine generator and tidal current generator: An object of the present invention is to provide a wind turbine generator and a tidal current generator equipped with a hydraulic transmission with a combination of a hydraulic pump and a hydraulic motor and which has a superior productivity and maintainability. The wind turbine generator 1 has the hydraulic... Agent: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

20120056436 - System and method to increase the overall system efficiency of internal combustion based electric generators: Disclosed are systems and methods to generate backup and remote electrical power, including operating an internal combustion engine to rotate a standard electrical generator. This approach can be based on a variety of engine types such as but not limited to diesel, gasoline, turbine and many other engine types. Each... Agent: Ultralife Corporation

20120056424 - Method and device for decelerating an underwater power station: The invention concerns a method for the operation of an underwater powerplant comprising a water turbine for purposes of absorbing kinetic energy from a flow of water; an electrical generator with converter feed, whose generator rotor is connected in a torsionally rigid manner with the water turbine, wherein the invention... Agent:

20120056426 - Control system and method for a wind turbine: A wind turbine has a rotor with a hub that houses a remote sensing device such as a Lidar for each blade. Each Lidar has one or more look directions that extend generally radially along the respective blade in front of the blade. The Lidar has multiple range gates and... Agent:

20120056427 - Method for controlling the rotational speed of a wind turbine: A method controls the rotational speed of a wind turbine having a tower, a nacelle mounted on the tower and a drive train which includes a rotor having at least one rotor blade. The rotor is rotatably mounted about a rotor axis in the nacelle. The drive train further includes... Agent:

20120056429 - Method of operating a rotor blade adjustment drive: Disclosed is a method for operating a rotor blade adjustment drive for a wind turbine, in which an electric working load (23) is powered by an electric primary power supply (26) and, in case of a failure of said primary power supply (26), by an electricity accumulator (20). The accumulator... Agent: Ssb Wind Systems Gmbh & Co. Kg

20120056425 - Stand alone operation system for use with utility grade synchronous wind turbine generators: Methods and system are provided for operating an energy producing device when a utility grid is unavailable. The energy producing device includes a power system receiving power from a generator of the energy producing device. The power system includes a main power component and an accessory power component, where the... Agent: Clipper Windpower, Inc.

20120056428 - Vehicle wind turbine: Systems and methods of capturing and channeling air through a wind turbine mounted atop a truck (or vehicle roof) are disclosed. The air can be channeled through a specially designed truck roof into an inlet of a wind turbine. In other aspects, ductwork can be used to channel and direct... Agent: Cvg Management Corporation

20120056431 - Efficient low rank coal gasification, combustion, and processing systems and methods: Efficient coal pre-processing systems (69) integrated with gasification, oxy-combustion, and power plant systems include a drying chamber (28), a volatile metal removal chamber (30), recirculated gases, including recycled carbon dioxide (21), nitrogen (6), and gaseous exhaust (60) for increasing the efficiencies and lowering emissions in various coal processing systems.... Agent: The University Of Wyoming Research Corporation D/b/a Western Research Institute

20120056430 - Generating hydroenergy: A method of recovering energy from the potential energy of water in a body of water includes providing a reservoir at least partly below a surface of a body of water, leading water from the body of water in the reservoir, and storing potential energy by removing water from the... Agent:

20120056432 - Wave energy harvester with improved performance: An apparatus for harvesting electrical power from hydrodynamic energy, the apparatus including a buoy or other water flotation device connected to an anchor by a tether and a magnetostrictive component having an internal pre-stressed magnetostrictive core that experiences at least a part of load changes experienced by the tether. The... Agent: Oscilla Power Inc.

20120056434 - Energy converter for flowing fluids and gases: An electrical machine, e.g. water turbine or bow propeller, includes a ring shaped stator ring and inside it a rotatable rotor ring with to it mounted blades flown around by the fluid. Magnetic elements generate axial directed magnetic forces between rotor and stator. Stabilizing elements keep the rotor during operation... Agent: Hydroring Capital B.v.

20120056433 - Techniques for the efficient generation of electric current by translation of force through hydraulic coupling: Techniques for efficient generation of electric current from force remote from the generation apparatus and where the operative force for the generation apparatus may be readily directed through hydraulic coupling from the force due to the mass of vehicles acting on a surface to operate the moving component member of... Agent: Intium Technologies Pty Ltd

20120056435 - Wind turbine and a direct-drive generator: A wind turbine of the horizontal axis, direct-drive type, comprises a hub provided with one or more blades, a generator with a centerline that is technically horizontal, the generator comprising an inner rotor which is driven by the hub and an outer stator, the stator comprising a front plate, a... Agent: Xemc Darwind B.v.

20120049537 - Energy conversion system and method: An efficient energy conversion system and method for converting a gas product produced by electrolysis into electricity. The system may include an electrolysis fuel cell, an engine and a generator. In an exemplary embodiment, the generator may be a superconducting generator and may be cooled using a refrigeration system.... Agent:

20120049538 - Simple generator: Electricity is the vital energy that we are dependant upon. To produce electricity there are several methods. This electrical generator converts weight energy into electrical energy through a system that has a static magnet with the coil of wire that can rotate within the magnetic field. This coil is attached... Agent:

20120049539 - Cart: A cart includes a rotor (9, 7) which cooperates with a stator (7, 9) arranged in the ground, such that they conjointly constitute a dynamoelectric machine. The rotor (9, 7) has an essentially flat lower surface arranged on the cart near the ground surface. The cart includes a control device... Agent: Ostergotlands Fastighetsservice Samt El Och Larm I Norrkoping Ab

20120049522 - Method for controlling of at least one element of a first component of a wind turbine, control device and use of the control device: A control device is provided. The control device not permanently belonging to the wind turbine wherein the control device is connected to a communication interface of the first component for supporting the mounting of the first component and a second component of the wind turbine with each other and/or for... Agent:

20120049520 - Method for wind turbine yaw control: A method for yaw control for a wind turbine comprising a rotor with a rotor blade, the rotor defining a rotor axis and a rotor plane to which the rotor axis is perpendicular, in which the rotor axis is turned to minimise the yaw angle between the ambient wind direction... Agent:

20120049516 - Method, system, and computer program product to optimize power plant output and operation: Method, power plant, and computer program product for use in optimizing power plant power and operation. The power plant includes a wind farm, an energy storage system, and a supervisory controller implementing a control algorithm that receives information on the wind farm and on the energy storage and, based on... Agent: Vestas Wind Systems A/s

20120049519 - Pole wheel for a wind turbine: In the case of a rotor of a generator of a wind power installation or of a wind energy installation having a pole wheel which rotates in a stator or around a stator and has a pole wheel housing (1, 9), the aim is to create a solution which provides... Agent: Avantis Ltd.

20120049518 - Switchgear cubicle arrangement: In the case of a rotor of a generator of a wind power installation or of a wind energy installation having a pole wheel which rotates in a stator or around a stator and has a pole wheel housing (1, 9), the aim is to create a solution which provides... Agent: Avantis Ltd

20120049523 - Wind jet turbine ii: A wind jet turbine with fan blades located on an inner and outer surface of a cylinder allowing wind or liquid to pass through the inner and outer blades and results in increased power generation efficiency in a first embodiment, a wind jet turbine is disclosed, comprising a first set... Agent:

20120049517 - Wind turbine generator and output power control method: A wind turbine generator derives the gradient of a change in output power of a generator that generates power by rotation of a wind turbine rotor, and determines an increase/decrease in the output power of the generator on the basis of the derived gradient of the change in output power.... Agent: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

20120049521 - Wind turbine generator system: To shorten a startup interval to reach a synchronizing condition, a phase difference and an amplitude difference between the grid voltage and the stator voltage of one phase of a winding are obtained. The difference in amplitude is decreased prior to or in parallel to synchronizing the stator voltage with... Agent: Hitachi, Ltd.

20120049524 - Electric generator: An electric generator includes a wheel coupled to an axle of a vehicle which includes battery. A rotator is fixedly mounted to the wheel and includes a series of magnets positioned so that the north pole of one magnet abuts the south pole of an adjacent magnet. A stator is... Agent:

20120049525 - System for a vehicle to capture energy from environmental air movement: A system for capturing energy may comprise a vehicle having a body with an interior and an exterior, and at least one aperture being formed in the exterior through which air enters. An energy capture apparatus comprises a primary guide duct positioned in the interior with an entrance adjacent to... Agent:

20120049526 - Energy recovery system (e.r.s.): The Energy Recovery System (E.R.S), is designed to use the following custom devices (rotor, keyed coupler, generator, housing unit) to extract small slices of work and use it's energy to ‘bank’ for future use. The general design is simple, and scalable for all current and future infrastructures that utilizes pressurized... Agent:

20120049527 - Secondary power generation employing micro-turbines in injection well of geothermal power generation system: A geothermal power generation system employs a primary power turbine & generator for power generation using geothermal heat provided by the geothermal resources pumped out of the production well, and a secondary power generation turbine & generator set for power generation using geothermal resources (such as water) being returned to... Agent:

20120049533 - Buoyant airbarge and spinnaker sail combinations for generating electric power from wind: Systems for generating electric power from wind are disclosed, which use buoyant aircraft and spinnaker sails to generate very large pulling forces, which will be used to drive electric generators. The buoyant aircraft, referred to as “airbarges”, will have large, wide, and flat shapes which combine various traits of kites,... Agent:

20120049528 - Energy converting system: An energy converting system for converting wind energy into kinetic energy has at least one energy converting mechanism that includes a fixed shaft unit including an upright fixed shaft, a windmill device, an air compartment, and a purifying device. The windmill device includes a windmill unit disposed rotatably around the... Agent:

20120049531 - Method and apparatus for a superconducting direct current generator driven by a wind turbine: A direct current generating including an annular armature connectable to rotate with a rotating component of a wind turbine and a stationary annular field winding coaxial to the armature and separated by a gap from the armature. The field winding is configured to include superconducting coil magnets and a support... Agent: General Electric Company

20120049529 - Tubular structure and wind turbine generator: An object of the invention is to propose a tubular structure and a wind turbine generator in which work on an outer surface of the tower structure can be performed easily. A tubular structure comprises: a plurality of tubular sections 21 that are stacked one on top of another in... Agent: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

20120049534 - Vertical axis wind turbine generator: A vertical axis wind turbine generator whose blade is allowed to stably operate according to a win force, with a simple structure. The generator is equipped with an arm whose proximal end is coupled to a rotating shaft and whose front edge is provided laterally to a rotating central axis... Agent:

20120049530 - Wind driven power generator with moveable cam: A wind driven generator includes a rotor disposed in a cylindrical duct and supported by a frame for rotation in response to wind flowing through the duct. The rotor includes plural circumferentially spaced paralleled rotor blades supported for rotation about a generally horizontal axis. Each blade is supported for pivotal... Agent:

20120049532 - Wind turbine: A wind turbine is provided. The wind turbine includes at least one unit to be cooled, a tower, an anchor structure arranged at a lower end of the tower, and a heat exchanger. The anchor structure is at least partially filled with a liquid. The heat exchanger is configured to... Agent:

20120049536 - Wind turbine: A vertical-axis wind turbine for use with an electrical generator for producing power by converting the energy of wind currents into mechanical rotational energy which is then used to operate the electrical generator. In an embodiment, a rotor is responsive to wind currents by imparting rotation upon a central vertical... Agent: Absolute Turn, Inc.

20120049535 - Wind turbine and a direct-drive generator: The invention relates to a wind turbine of the horizontal axis, direct-drive type, wherein the wind turbine comprises a hub provided with one or more blades, a generator with a centerline that is technically horizontal, the generator comprising an inner rotor which is driven by the hub and an outer... Agent: Xemc Darwind B.v.