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Prime-mover dynamo plants April category listing, related patent applications 04/12

20120098272 - Gravity-assisted geomagnetic generator: A geomagnetic power generating apparatus 100 has a guide means 20, one or more moving permanent magnets 10, a plurality of coils 40 and a battery 50 or series of batteries. The one or more moving permanent magnets 10, each permanent magnet 10 has a north polarity N at a... Agent:

20120098273 - Two-stroke gasoline engine equipped with a self-powering generator: A two-stroke gasoline engine equipped with a self-powering generator is disclosed. The two-stroke gasoline engine includes a housing, an engine bearer, a crank and a self-powering generator. The housing is provided on a side of the two-stroke gasoline engine and formed with a central part. The engine bearer is fixed... Agent:

20120098276 - Dry 3-way catalytic reduction of gas turbine nox: A power generation system capable of eliminating NO components in the exhaust gas by using a 3-way catalyst, comprising a gas compressor to increase the pressure of ambient air fed to the system; a combustor capable of oxidizing a mixture of fuel and compressed air to generate an expanded, high... Agent: General Electric Company

20120098274 - Method of and plant for storage and retrieval of electrical energy: A series of capacitors arranged in a way to prevent build up of electric flux between the plates of adjacent capacitors. The capacitors are electrically wired and provided with means to charge them by deriving electrical energy from a power source. The capacitors are also provided with means to discharge... Agent:

20120098275 - Plant for re-gasification of liquefied natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas in combination with production of electric power: A plant for the combined re-gasification of refrigerated liquid gas and the production of electric power, where both a unit for re-gasification of liquid gas and a unit for the production of electric power are installed on board a floating terminal comprising tanks for liquid gas, said power producing unit... Agent: Sevan Marine Asa

20120098277 - System and method for aquifer geo-cooling: A geo-cooling system of specified cooling capacity for cooling a known heat load is disclosed. The system includes a cool water aquifer, a cool water production well and a heated water injection well. The cool water production well is open to the cool water aquifer and in hydrologic communication with... Agent: Altarock Energy, Inc.

20120098260 - Ventilation outlet structure of cogeneration system: A ventilation outlet of a generation unit case installed outdoors and housing a generation unit including a generator and an internal combustion engine to drive the generator. The outlet comprise a maintenance box whose inside surfaces are attached with sound insulators and bored with an inlet hole at its upper... Agent: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

20120098261 - Systems and methods involving electrical start and power generation: A power generation system includes a prime mover, a generator mechanically connected to the prime mover, the generator including a field winding portion and an armature winding portion, a direct current bus node, a first variable frequency drive having an input electrically connected to the bus node and an output... Agent: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation

20120098262 - Energy production device from an omnidirectional bi-axial flow: p

20120098263 - Wind energy plant and drive device for adjusting a rotor blade: The invention relates to a wind energy plant comprising a rotor having a rotor hub which is mounted on a gondola and a plurality of rotor blades. An electric generator is connected to the rotor. The invention also relates to an electric drive device which is designed as a direct... Agent:

20120098264 - Augmented velocity hydro-electric turbine generator: This invention provides an augmented velocity hydraulic power generator comprised of an induced vortex in combination with other fluid velocity enhancement techniques to maximize power output enabling a minimal apparatus size and minimal or no environmental impact.... Agent:

20120098265 - Extracting wave energy in a wind turbine installation: A controller for a floating wind turbine is adapted to cause the wind turbine to extract energy from wave-induced motion of the turbine. The controller controls the rotor speed of the turbine by controlling the torque of the load presented to the rotor such that the rotor speed varies in... Agent: Hywind As

20120098266 - Leverage-maximizing vertical axis waterwheel rotor: The present invention relates in general to the field of rotor designs using blades with a specific freedom to rotate in order to produce maximum resistance when encountering water flow in one direction, and either minimum resistance, when encountering water flow in the opposite direction. It aims at utilizing the... Agent:

20120098267 - Pump storage arrangement, method of operating a pump storage arrangement and pump storage hydropower plant: A method of operating and a pump storage arrangement are disclosed. The arrangement includes a main flow machine arranged between an energy store and an energy sink such that a fluid medium is conveyed out of the energy sink through the main flow machine into the energy store during pump... Agent: Sulzer Pumpen (deutschland) Gmbh

20120098270 - External rotor generator of vertical axis wind turbine: A vertical axis wind turbine characterized in an external rotor generator comprising an external rotor generator and wind turbine arranged on the external rotor generator.... Agent: Urban Green Energy, Inc.

20120098269 - Grease composition: A grease composition includes a base oil and a thickener. The base oil includes a hydrocarbon-based synthetic oil at 40 mass % or more, and a component A at 20 mass % to 70 mass %, the component A having a kinematic viscosity of 70 mm2/s or less at 40... Agent: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.

20120098271 - Rotor and method for manufacturing a rotor of an electric machine: The invention relates to methods for manufacturing a rotor (14) for an electric machine (13), having the following method steps: a) manufacturing a magnetic element (8) by bonding permanent magnets (1, 1′, 1″, 1′″) by means of a first adhesive, each permanent magnet (1, 1′, 1″, 1′″) having a side... Agent:

20120098268 - Wind power turbine electric generator and wind power turbine equipped with an electric generator: A wind power turbine electric generator, the electric generator having a tubular first supporting structure extending about an axis of rotation; a second supporting structure extending about the axis of rotation, substantially coaxial with the first supporting structure, and fitted to the first supporting structure to rotate about the axis... Agent: Wilic S.ar.l.

20120091728 - Power module and electronic device using the same: A power module is configured to provide power to an electronic device. The module includes a rechargeable battery, an electrical generator, and a driving member. The electrical generator includes a rotor. The driving member is used to drive the rotor to rotate, and includes a mainspring, a receiver to receive... Agent: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (shenzhen) Co., Ltd.

20120091731 - Apparatus and method for charging and discharging a dual battery system: A dual battery charging and discharging system controls the configuration of multiple batteries arranged in multiple battery banks. The batteries within each bank are connected in series when powering an electrical load, such as a service motor, and are connected in parallel when charging. A microprocessor monitors the voltage levels... Agent:

20120091729 - Deep ocean energy system with full sea water air conditioning and utility waste heat utilization: An enhanced-air conditioning system for tropical and sub-tropical island sea coast environments having access to deep ocean sea water. Sea water from depths of at least about 1200 feet, at a temperature of 47° F. or lower, is utilized as a source for circulating chilled water loops providing district wide... Agent:

20120091730 - Energy supply system and operating method: An energy supply system is provided with an electricity generating device for regeneratively generating electrical energy that can be fed into an electricity supply grid. The energy supply system includes an electricity generating device for regeneratively generating electrical energy which can be fed into an electricity supply grid, a hydrogen... Agent: Zentrum Fuer Sonnenenegie-und Wasserstoff-forschun G Baden-wuertlemberg

20120091732 - Power generating apparatus with an annular turbine: The present invention concerns a power generating apparatus for generating power from a fluid flowing in a pipe (14). The apparatus includes a cylindrical body (13), and an annular turbine (4) for driving an electric generator. Fluid bearings (8, 9, 10) support the turbine (4). A central flow passage (17)... Agent:

20120091709 - Hydraulic wave energy converter with variable damping: A wave energy converter has a shell, a pendulum pivotally positioned in the shell, a pump linked to the pendulum and operable by a movement of the pendulum so as to pump a hydraulic fluid outwardly therefrom, a motor interconnected to the pump such that the hydraulic fluid from the... Agent:

20120091710 - Apparatus and method for co-generation: A co-generation apparatus for the generation of electricity from an external source of forced air is described in which the co-generation apparatus comprises a turbine, a generator, a co-generation control unit, and an adjustable standoff. The turbine is connected to the generator for the production of electricity. The generator interface... Agent:

20120091711 - Apparatus and method for producing electric power from injection of water into a downhole formation: An apparatus and method for generating electricity from a liquid flowing in a generally vertical direction down a borehole. There is a turbine disposed at a subsurface position and having an intake and a discharge, the turbine being mechanically coupled via an output shaft to an electric generator such that... Agent:

20120091713 - Method and system for adjusting a power parameter of a wind turbine: A method for adjusting a power parameter of a wind turbine is disclosed. The method includes determining a load parameter indicative of a mechanical load of the wind turbine; estimating a turbulence of a wind speed based on the determined load parameter; and adjusting the power parameter relating to a... Agent:

20120091715 - Vertical axis wind turbine with speed regulation and storm protection system: An embodiment of Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT) concept with vanes coupled to central shaft thorough supports that are connected in such a way that vanes can be moved closer or further away from the central shaft of the wind turbine. The rotational speed of the wind turbine can be... Agent:

20120091714 - Wind plant and method for increasing energy capture in a wind plant: Method for increasing energy capture in wind plants includes providing a plurality of wind turbines having a variable speed control system including an initial rotational speed set point value which is a maximum rotational speed set point for wind turbines. Method includes obtaining at least two measured operational parameters from... Agent: General Electric Company

20120091712 - Wind powered system for reducing energy consumption of a primary power source: Provided is a wind powered system for reducing energy consumption of a power source, such as an internal combustion engine or an electric motor. In one embodiment, the wind powered system comprises a wind turbine operatively connected to an internal combustion engine, for example via a direct mechanical connection, a... Agent:

20120091716 - Systems and methods for providing ac power from multiple turbine engine spools: Systems and methods for providing AC power from multiple turbine engine spools are disclosed. An aircraft system in a particular embodiment includes an engine having a first shaft connected and a second shaft. The aircraft system can further include a bus system and a first energy converter including a starter/generator,... Agent: The Boeing Company

20120091718 - Fluid power generator for extracting energy from a fluid flow: The invention provides a device for extracting energy from a fluid flow. The device has an air compression chamber and an array of valves, operable to open and close to regulate flow of the fluid through associated valve apertures. The valves are operable to close progressively as the fluid flow... Agent:

20120091717 - Marine energy hybrid: A marine energy hybrid includes a support structure locatable at or near the surface of a body of water and at least two of (a) a hubless upper carriage movable along an upper track of the support structure with at least one wind vane mounted at the upper carriage to... Agent:

20120091727 - Apparatus for generating electricity from wind power: An apparatus for generating electricity from wind power includes a turbine, a generator connected with the turbine and generating electricity in response to rotation of the turbine's impeller around a substantially upright axis under an action of wind, a wind guiding device guiding wind substantially upwardly toward the turbine, wherein... Agent:

20120091724 - Braking system of a generator of a wind turbine: The invention relates to a generator of a wind power station or a wind turbine comprising a stator (1) and a rotor (2) in addition to a disc brake. The aim of the invention is to provide a solution making it possible to provide a generator and a disc brake... Agent: Avantis Ltd.

20120091726 - Eolic generator: A vertical-axis eolic generator is described. The vertical-axis eolic generator may comprise a plurality of vanes and a driving shaft connected to a load bearing structure. The driving shaft may be coupled to the plurality of vanes.... Agent:

20120091722 - Generator in particular for a wind turbine: A generator in particular for a wind turbine is proposed. The generator has a rotor with a number of circumferentially arranged magnets. The generator has a stator with a lamination and conductors. The generator has a cooling device for cooling the stator. The cooling device has cooling pipes arranged along... Agent:

20120091723 - Generator, in particular for a wind turbine: A generator in particular for a wind turbine is proposed. The generator has a stator and a rotor with a number of magnets arranged in circumferential direction of a rotor yoke. A magnet is connected to a cooling fin on the outer side of the rotor yoke by a connection.... Agent:

20120091720 - Mechanically producing wind power to operate turbines: When a vehicle moves forward, the total wind power produced is expended uselessly causing a drag on the vehicle. What is new in this invention is that one uses this wind power before it hits the vehicle. This wind power is used to drive a turbine producing electrical energy. This... Agent:

20120091719 - Method and device for energy generation: A method and device for using radial relative displacement between a magnet and coil to generate electricity from fluid motion. The device includes a support structural component, a movable magnetic structure, a rotating structural component, and bearings. The movable magnetic structure is coupled to the support structural component. The rotating... Agent:

20120091721 - Wind turbine generator: In the wind turbine generator, a front wind rotor includes a blade designed, in an area outer than an intermediate of a rotation radius of the front wind rotor, to have a blade element comprised of an aerofoil being cambered in a cross-section along a rotational direction thereof, and is... Agent:

20120091725 - Wind turbine generator: A wind turbine generator including a low-cost drive train that allows for reduced weight and reduced length in the axial direction is provided. In a wind turbine generator that generates electricity by driving a generator coupled, by means of a drive train, to a rotor head that has wind-turbine rotor... Agent: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

20120086217 - Power generation apparatus: The invention relates to a power generation apparatus (1), in particular for expanding the range of an electrically operated vehicle, having an internal combustion engine (5) and a generator (6), which is situated coaxially to the output shaft (7) of the internal combustion engine (5), internal combustion engine (5) and... Agent: Avl List Gmbh

20120086218 - Method for generating electrical energy and use of a working substance: In a method for generating electrical energy by means of at least one low-temperature heat source (2), a VPT cyclic process (1, 10, 100) is carried out. Certain working substances are used to increase the efficiency of the VPT cyclic process.... Agent:

20120086219 - Circuit configuration for starting an internal combustion engine and method of a starter control: A circuit configuration is described, for starting an internal combustion engine, using at least one starter, which includes a starter motor, an engaging relay, a switching relay and a control relay, the control relay being able to be controlled by an ignition switch, the engaging relay being able to be... Agent: Robert Bosch Gmbh

20120086220 - Energy system for heavy equipment: An energy system for heavy equipment having an actuator for operating a tool includes a bus, an engine, a generator, an energy storage device, and a controller. The bus is for providing electricity to the actuator as a function of operation of the tool. The engine is for providing a... Agent: Bucyrus International, Inc.

20120086203 - Exhaust generator assembly: An apparatus for generating electricity from a relatively low velocity exhaust produced by a blower on a piece of machinery. The apparatus includes a fan assembly and a generator located inside an outer housing mounted on a base. Attached to the base and extending into the outer housing is a... Agent:

20120086204 - System and method for controlled hydroelectric power generation: A system for generating electricity in a water distribution network includes a hydroelectric generator in fluid communication with a pipeline or a valve of the network. A differential pressure control pilot limits differential pressure across the hydroelectric generator. A solenoid coupled to the differential control pilot controls water passage through... Agent: Cla-val Co.

20120086206 - Apparatus for converting wave, solar and wind energy: The various embodiments herein provide an apparatus for harnessing a wave energy, solar energy and wind energy. The apparatus comprises a floating frame, a base portion connected to the floating frame and at least two linkage units. The two linkage units are a basic linkage unit and a medium linkage... Agent:

20120086205 - 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:

20120086208 - Environmentally safe flowing water and air energy device with power output optimization: This invention is a device for transforming the energy of flowing water or air into useable energy. At a minimum, the device comprises one or more flow diversion structures, one or more paddlewheels, one or more generators and a means by which to control electrical load or otherwise control the... Agent:

20120086207 - Simplified paddlewheel energy device: This invention is a device for transforming the energy of flowing water into useable energy. The device comprises one or more paddlewheels, and one or more generators mounted on a paddlewheel, one or more mooring lines, and a means by which to hold the device in position relative to the... Agent:

20120086212 - Apparatus for wind collection: The present invention provides an omnidirectional wind collection apparatus. The wind collector includes an outer housing with a peripheral wind inlet circumferentially formed therein. An inner housing disposed within the outer housing has an inner surface with a first opening at a lower end thereof to guide the collected wind... Agent: Hong Kong Applied Science And Technology Research Institute Company Limited

20120086210 - Device for extracting energy from moving air or moving water: This invention is a device for transforming the energy of moving air or moving water into useable energy. The device comprises one or more rope or rope storage drums, one or more ropes, one or more generators, and a means by which to receive the force generated by moving air... Agent:

20120086213 - Electric power generator with ferrofluid bearings: An electric generator using ferrofluid bearings is provided. The generator includes stators having plural magnets separated by a yoke of magnetizable materials. A rotor configured to rotate in a horizontal plane is positioned between the stators. The rotor includes plural coils in which current is induced during rotation from passing... Agent: Hong Kong Applied Science And Technology Research Institute Company Limited

20120086216 - Fluid machine, wind turbine, and method for increasing velocity of internal flow of fluid machine, utilizing unsteady flow: A fluid machine, a wind turbine, and a method for increasing velocity of an internal flow is provided. A basic shape of the casing has a cycloid curve having a convex portion at a throat section between the front and rear edges. The throat section and a vortex generating face... Agent: Kyushu University, National University Corporation

20120086211 - Method and device for energy generation: A method and device for using magnetostriction to generate electricity from fluid motion. The device includes a first structural component, an outer housing, and a strain structure. The outer housing substantially circumscribes the first structural component and at least partially defines an annular space between the first structural component and... Agent:

20120086214 - Sail augmented wind turbine and arrays thereof: A wind powered energy generation apparatus, system and method. The apparatus may include a sail member having a windward surface and a leeward surface bounded by side edges and ends. The sail member may have a transverse width defined between the side edges and a longitudinal length defined between the... Agent: Windensity, Inc.

20120086209 - System for remote monitoring of aerodynamic flow conditions: A system (1) for monitoring aerodynamic flow conditions over an aerodynamic member is provided. The system (1) includes a cantilevered arm (16) having a first conductive lead (18) configured for movement relative to a second conductive lead (20) for selective contact therewith in alternative response to a presence or absence... Agent:

20120086215 - Wind turbine nacelle with cooler top: The present invention relates to a wind turbine nacelle having a top face with a longitudinal extension in a wind direction, comprising a cooling device extending from the top face of the nacelle and a cover having at least one inner face. The cooling device is enclosed by the top... Agent: Vestas Wind Systems A/s

20120080887 - System and method for storing energy and/or generating efficient energy: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for storing energy, such as wind energy, and/or generating generally efficient energy from hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). A method for creating electricity may include receiving hydrogen peroxide and decomposing the it to produce steam, which may be used to drive a steam engine.... Agent:

20120080889 - Arrangement to supply a sensor with electrical power: An arrangement to supply an active electrical component with electrical power is proposed. The component is arranged asides a wind turbine blade. A kinetic charger is connected with the component. The kinetic charger is designed and constructed to transform mechanical movements of the blade into electrical power, while the power... Agent:

20120080888 - Self-sustaining electric-power generator utilizing electrons of low inertial mass to magnify inductive energy: Electrical oscillations in a metallic “sending coil” radiate inductive photons toward one or more “energy-magnifying coils” comprised of a photoconductor or doped semiconductor coating a metallic conductor, or comprised of a superconductor. Electrons of low inertial mass in the energy-magnifying coil(s) receive from the sending coil a transverse force having... Agent: Levitronics, Inc.

20120080881 - System, device, and method for automated monitoring and operation of wind turbines: A method for use in operating one or more wind turbines is provided. An exception condition and, optionally, one or more parameters are received from a wind turbine controller. A correction is determined based at least in part on the exception condition and/or the parameters. The correction is applied, facilitating... Agent:

20120080882 - Electric generator utilizing high pressure fluid spray to rotate power generating: The inventor presents a new generator utilizing a new method to rotate power generating mechanisms within comprising a prior art a/c permanent magnet alternator affixed atop a cylindrical housing having its central rotor shaft penetrating down through central aperture through tank top within tank. A rotor wheel is coupled to... Agent:

20120080883 - Wave energy converter: A wave energy converter has a shell, a pendulum pivotally positioned in the shell and having either a magnet or a coil connected or interconnected thereto, a variable inductor for varying an inductive capacity and positioned in the shell, and a pendulum adjuster operatively connected to the pendulum so as... Agent:

20120080884 - Corner wind turbine for tall building: When the wind reach in angle a surface of a building, this wind will generally slide on this face to the end of it. As all the wind that come to that surface will run to the same ending point, there will be an important concentration of wind at this... Agent:

20120080885 - Rotor for a power generator, in particular for wind turbines: The invention relates to a rotor for fluid flow power generator comprising a plurality of blades obliquely oriented relative to the axis of the rotor, characterized in that it comprises means for varying the obliqueness of the blades.... Agent: Nheoils (societie Par Actions (simplifee)

20120080886 - Wind power converting apparatus: A wind power converting apparatus that includes a rotor unit. The rotor unit includes a rotary blade assembly and a cover. The rotary blade assembly has a rotary blade disposed in the longitudinal direction of the rotary shaft, and is rotated by the wind from the outside. The cover blocks... Agent: