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20120133150 - Combination low spool generator and ram air turbine generator: A power generating apparatus for use with an aircraft gas turbine engine has a low pressure spool assembly which includes an electrical generator. The electrical generator includes a generator stator supported on a stationary structure of the engine and a generator rotor rotatable around the generator stator and mounted to... Agent: Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.

20120133151 - Device and relative method for scavenging energy: An energy scavenging device includes an electromagnetic transducer adapted to generate a current in response to accelerations impressed thereto. The device also includes a power switching stage input with the current generated by the electromagnetic transducer, having a network of controlled switches adapted to alternately deliver on output nodes of... Agent: Stmicroelectronics S.r.l.

20120133152 - Systems and methods for cooling electrical components of wind turbines: A cooling system for use in cooling an electrical component of a wind turbine is described herein. The cooling system includes a first heat exchange assembly that is coupled to the electrical component. The first heat exchange assembly is configured to transfer heat from the electrical component to a cooling... Agent:

20120133153 - Pedal power generating device: A pedal power generating device includes a base having two supporting arms upwardly extending therefrom. The base has a gearbox mounted thereon. A pedal assembly is mounted between the two supporting arms. The pedal assembly has a pedal, a supporter extending from the pedal, a connecting rod assembled with the... Agent:

20120133155 - Wind power plant and method for controlling the operation of a wind power plant: A wind power turbine with a wind rotor which operates at variable speeds, a generator that can operate at a constant speed and an electric machine that can operate at a variable speeds, which are each in driving connection with one another by way of a superimposition transmission, such that... Agent: Zf Friedrichshafen Ag

20120133154 - Wind turbine with single-stage compact drive train: A drive train for a wind turbine includes individual rotor blades connected to a rotor hub. The drive train includes a gearbox, with the rotor hub mounted directly to the gearbox. The gearbox further includes a stationary gear carrier mounted to a mainframe of the wind turbine such that the... Agent: General Electric Company

20120133136 - Adjustable wind-resistance windmill with indicia: A windmill having a substantially vertical tower to which a rotatable hub is mounted. At least three arms extend substantially horizontally from the hub and terminate in cones having louvers that can be opened and closed, such as by a servo motor and linkage. A computer receives a signal from... Agent: Windmarket, LLC

20120133134 - Method and apparatus for damping vibrations in a wind energy system: A method for influencing vibrations in an operating wind energy system is described. The wind energy system includes a tower including a tower top and an intermediate tower area; and a rotor and a generator arranged at the tower top. The method includes determining the vibration of the intermediate tower... Agent: General Electric Company

20120133133 - Method and system for controlling an electric device of a wind turbine: A method for controlling an electric device of a wind turbine is disclosed. The method includes: receiving a state signal of a utility grid electrically connected to the electric device; and controlling an operation of the electric device based on the state signal. Further, a system for controlling an electric... Agent:

20120133139 - Method for controlling wind turbines, and devices therefore: A wind turbine control master unit has a communication interface and a signal processing unit. The communication interface is configured to receive a rotor rotational speed of at least a first and a second wind turbine over a communication link. The signal processing unit is configured to determine a synchronized... Agent:

20120133138 - Plant power optimization: Embodiments of the invention are generally related to optimizing performance of a wind power plant. A controller may be configured to determine that a first wind turbine is in the wake of a second wind turbine and that power production at the first wind turbine can be increased by reducing... Agent: Vestas Wind Systems A/s

20120133135 - Wind turbine generator system vibration detecting device and method: A wind turbine generator system vibration detecting device and method are provided. The device comprises: a plurality of vibration sensors arranged on components of a wind turbine generator systems; at least one vibration switch arranged on a nacelle of the wind turbine generator system to detect a vibration signal of... Agent: Sinovel Wind Group Co., Ltd.

20120133137 - Wind turbine system comprising a doubly fed induction generator: A wind turbine includes a gearbox coupled to a rotatable shaft for increasing speed of the rotation of the rotatable shaft, a doubly fed induction generator for generating electrical power from the rotations of the rotatable shaft comprising a stator and a rotor wherein the stator and the rotor comprise... Agent: General Electric Company

20120133132 - Wind-power-station control apparatus and wind-power-station control method: A wind-power-station control apparatus is provided in a wind power station having a plurality of wind turbine generators. To reduce the electrical power supplied from the wind power station to the utility grid, the wind-power-station control apparatus performs, for a wind turbine generator whose actual output electrical power is small... Agent: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

20120133140 - Underwater power generator: A power generation apparatus for generating power from water flows is described. The power generation apparatus includes: a generator; a first blade set operatively mounted to the generator for rotation in a selected direction in response to flowing water from a selected direction; a second blade set operatively mounted to... Agent: Atlantis Resources Corporation Pte Limited

20120133146 - Detecting apparatus for detecting lightning strike, wind turbine blade equipped with the same, wind turbine generator, method for detecting lightning strike: A lightning-strike detecting apparatus comprises: receptors (lightning members) that are provided at a plurality of locations on a wind turbine blade; lightning conductors that extend from these receptors to guide lightning-strike current to ground; a plurality of optical-fiber current sensors that are provided on the respective lightning conductors, detect lightning-strike... Agent: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

20120133143 - Lightning strike detector for hollow structure, wind turbine rotor blade, and wind turbine generator equipped with the same: A lightning strike detector that can promptly detect a lightning strike to ensure safety and can accurately determine the position struck by the lightning with a simple, inexpensive, and highly reliable structure, is provided. The lightning strike detector includes an environment-detecting sensor member that detects a change in the environment... Agent: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

20120133147 - Turning device for wind turbine rotor and wind turbine generator including the same: A turning device includes a brake disc, functioning as a driven-side friction pulley, which is disposed on an output shaft of a gearbox and rotates together with the output shaft; a motor-side friction pulley, which can move between an engagement position, where the motor-side friction pulley frictionally engages with an... Agent: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

20120133144 - Unit for cable management and wind turbine: According to the present disclosure, a cable drip loop securement system that during operation of a wind turbine, including a nacelle supported by a tower prevents knurl formations beyond a specified area of at least one cable that is routed from the nacelle into the tower is provided. The cable... Agent:

20120133145 - Wind power generation systems including segmented stators: The present disclosure relates to wind power generation systems having a segmented stator with a structural element and a plurality of coils. The wind power generation systems also include a rotor adapted to be rotated by wind to induce current in the plurality of coils and a lamination stack having... Agent: General Electric Company

20120133149 - Wind turbine device: A wind turbine device that includes a three helix mono block blade rotor with a first blade, a second blade, a third blade, a central axis rotor and a vertical axis, a generator which provides current, a gearbox that amplifies movement of the rotor to the generator and a photo... Agent:

20120133142 - Wind turbine generator and wind turbine: According to the present disclosure, a wind turbine power generator (118) including a stator (120) comprising at least one stator segment (120, 121), a rotor (122) rotatably mounted in the stator (120, 121) and one or more conversion assemblies (210, 220, 222) is provided. The one or more power conversion... Agent:

20120133141 - Wind turbine power generation: A wind turbine power generation for generating electricity from a fluid may include a compression module housing to compress the fluid, a turbine module housing to convert the compressed fluid into electricity, and a lower pressure reduction module housing and a upper pressure reduction module housing to exhaust the fluid... Agent:

20120133148 - Wind turbine with compensated motor torque: COMPENSATED MOTOR TORQUE WIND TURBINE, constituted by a single blade (12) rotor (1) attached to a low speed shaft (3) with spindle (2) sustained in a nacelle (9), on gear bearing (7), at the end of the tower (8), being the power train elements: multiplier (5), generator (6) and brake... Agent: Tempero 2000 S.l.

20120126545 - Engine device: An engine device includes an engine, a power generating portion, a motor portion, and a transmission mechanism. The engine includes a piston and a cylinder, and the piston is arranged in the cylinder and moves back and forth between a top dead center and a bottom dead center. The power... Agent: Industrial Technology Research Institute

20120126543 - High-efficiency single-piston linear combustion engine: Various embodiments of the present invention are directed toward a linear combustion engine, comprising: a cylinder having a cylinder wall, the cylinder including a combustion section disposed in a lower portion of the cylinder; a piston assemblies adapted to move linearly within the cylinder, the piston assembly located above the... Agent:

20120126544 - High-efficiency two-piston linear combustion engine: Various embodiments of the present invention are directed toward a two-piston linear combustion engine, comprising: a cylinder having a cylinder wall and a pair of ends, the cylinder including a combustion section disposed in a center portion of the cylinder; a pair of opposed piston assemblies adapted to move linearly... Agent:

20120126546 - Electricity-generating unit and electrical motor vehicle: The aim of the invention is to produce an electricity-producing unit that enables a motor vehicle of any conceivable design to be equipped with said invention and thus to produce a motor vehicle that is driven purely by one or more electric motors, wherein the electricity-generating unit works pollutant-free during... Agent:

20120126536 - Cogeneration apparatus: A cogeneration apparatus includes an electrical generator, an engine for driving the generator, and a heat exchanger for using waste heat of the engine as a heat source, which are housed in a housing. The apparatus is provided with an internal fuel line for supplying fuel to the engine from... Agent: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

20120126537 - Cogeneration apparatus: A cogeneration apparatus includes a housing for accommodating an engine, a fuel line, an electrical generator, and a power converter part. The housing is partitioned into a power-generation compartment and an electrical-equipment compartment. Empty space in the housing is used to form a concave part, which is indented from the... Agent: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

20120126547 - Dc motor assembly with soft starting capability: A DC motor assembly (10) with soft starting capability is provided. The assembly (10) comprises a DC motor (12) including an armature (14) and a field winding (16) adapted to be excited separately from the armature; and circuitry configured to controllably increase current flow through the field winding of the... Agent: Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.

20120126538 - Regenerating generator also known as automatic energy saving machine: The main components of the machine are the Automatic Energy Saving Machine, charger, battery and DC/AC converter. The charger charges the battery; the battery is plugged into the DC/AC converter, which in turn, transforms the energy into usage household 110 or 220 electricity. This Automatic Energy Saving Machine will remap... Agent:

20120126539 - Turbine-generator systems and methods: A turbine-generator system includes a power source powered by renewable energy. The power source drives a compressor, which outputs compressed air to pressurized tanks. A turbine is connected to the tanks via one or more nozzles. The turbine includes turbine blade assemblies and a turbine flywheel, each rotatably mounted to... Agent:

20120126540 - Wave energy elecrical power generation: A wave energy electric power generation system has a buoyant body responsive to wave movement and an associated, relatively vertically stationary body, a compressor, a pressure regulator, and an impulse air turbine/generator set. The compressor has a piston that moves reciprocally relative to a cylinder to alternately compress air in... Agent:

20120126541 - Axial flux alternator with air gap maintaining arrangement: Axial flux alternator for a wind turbine arrangement includes at least one magnetic disk including magnets and at least one coil disk including electromagnetic assemblies. One or both disks are mounted to wind turbines such that adjacent disks rotate in opposite directions, or such that the magnets of a magnetic... Agent:

20120126542 - Vertical wind power generator: A vertical wind power generator comprises a tower column (1), at least one generator unit (2), at least two blades (3), an excitation control device (16), a rotation rectifying device (161), a bidirectional frequency converter (15), flanges (7-13), bearings (4-6), a cooling system, a crane (80) and a lift system.... Agent:

20120119508 - Gravity and buoyancy electricity generation system: P

20120119509 - Electromagnetic, continuously variable transmission power split turbo compound and engine and vehicle comprising such a turbo compound: An electromagnetic, continuously variable transmission power split turbo compound includes a turbo compound turbine driven by exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine, and a power split device comprising a magnetic gear arrangement. The magnetic gear arrangement includes a high speed rotor comprising a first quantity of permanent magnets, a... Agent: Volvo Technology Corporation

20120119510 - Pneumatic gearbox with variable speed transmission and associated systems and methods: The present technology is directed generally to pneumatic gearbox systems with variable speed transmission and associated systems and methods. In selected embodiments, pneumatic gearbox systems can include a variable input power source and a compressor operatively coupled thereto. The compressor can be configured to compress a fluid at a first... Agent:

20120119513 - Energy storage and generation systems and methods using coupled cylinder assemblies: In various embodiments, cylinder assemblies are coupled in series pneumatically, thereby reducing a range of force produced by or acting on the cylinder assemblies during expansion or compression of a gas.... Agent:

20120119511 - Heated-air conduit for energy conversion systems and methods: In an energy conversion system, a flexible conduit is disposed on the outside of a high rise of terrain drawing a stream of heated air through the conduit from a low to a higher elevation, a support structure supports the flexible conduit to maintain a substantially uniform cross-sectional area of... Agent:

20120119512 - Power plant and method of operation: A main air compressor delivers a compressed ambient gas flow with a compressed ambient gas flow rate to a turbine combustor. A fuel stream with a flow rate is delivered to the turbine combustor and mixed with the compressed ambient gas flow and an exhaust gas flow and burned with... Agent: General Electric Company

20120119514 - Storage of compressed air in wind turbine support structure: An energy storage and recovery system employs air compressed utilizing power from an operating wind turbine. This compressed air is stored within one or more chambers of a structure supporting the wind turbine above the ground. By functioning as both a physical support and as a vessel for storing compressed... Agent: Lightsail Energy Inc.

20120119515 - System for recovering energy in apparatuses for the handling of loads: System for recovering energy in apparatuses for handling loads wherein a load (2) is vertically moved by means of motor means (M) that, in relation to the operative state thereof, absorbs electric energy in a greater or smaller quantity that a preset value. The system comprises sensing means of the... Agent:

20120119492 - Engine-operated device for generating electricity and a method for such: The invention concerns an engine-operated device for generating electricity using an internal combustion engine. The internal combustion engine drives a generator to generate electricity. The exhaust-gas flow of the internal combustion engine is at least partially fed to a turbo generator, in which electricity is also generated. The thermal energy... Agent: Orc Energy Gmbh

20120119516 - Method and apparatus for limiting in-rush current to a starter motor of a vehicle: A system and method for limiting engine starting current of a starter motor of an engine is described. In one example, starter motor current is controlled according to vehicle speed. The method may allow vehicle system voltage to remain at a higher level during automatically initiated engine starts.... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

20120119517 - Device for starting an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle using an improved control unit: A device for starting an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle is described, which has a starter motor, an engaging relay, a starting current relay, a main current relay, a control unit and a switching module situated between the relays named and the control unit. The control unit is... Agent:

20120119518 - Auxiliary gas turbine engine assembly, aircraft component and controller: A non-aircraft-propelling auxiliary gas turbine engine assembly includes an auxiliary gas turbine engine and a mixing damper. The auxiliary engine and the mixing damper are installable in an aircraft having at least one aircraft-propelling main gas turbine engine. The auxiliary engine includes a compressor having a compressor inlet. The mixing... Agent:

20120119493 - Electrical power generating system: An electrical system for generating electrical energy from the wave motion in a body of water includes a lower tower disposed in a body in a body of water and an adjustable upper portion rising upwardly above the surface of the body of water. A rotateable fuselage includes a floating... Agent:

20120119494 - Method and device for harvesting energy from ocean waves: A method and device for generating electric power from ocean waves is described. The device includes at least one magnetostrictive element and at least one buoy. When the buoy is deployed in a body of liquid subject to wave motion, the buoy remains partially submerged during normal wave motion. The... Agent: Oscilla Power Inc.

20120119495 - Wind farm, wind power plant in a wind farm and operating control for this purpose: Wind farm and method of controlling operation of a wind farm. The wind farm including a plurality of wind power plants, each equipped in a same manner with a pivoted rotor structure and a control device for controlling the operation of the individual wind power plants. The control device is... Agent: Eads Deutschland Gmbh

20120119496 - Wind turbine having a device for minimizing loads: A wind turbine comprising a tower, an energy conversion unit arranged on the tower, a rotor, which is connected to the energy conversion unit and has two rotor blades fastened to a hub, a measuring system arranged in the hub for measuring the mechanical deformation of the hub, and an... Agent: Aerodyn Engineering Gmbh

20120119497 - Starting device for engines: An electromagnetic switch unit comprises a solenoid device that pushes out a pinion gear to a ring gear side of an engine, and an electromagnetic switch that opens and closes a main point of contact of a motor circuit. The solenoid device and the electromagnetic switch are arranged in series... Agent: Denso Corporation

20120119499 - Hydroelectric power generating equipment: Disclosed is hydroelectric power generating equipment wherein, since the equipment is employed in a mode in which all water turbine vanes are concurrently immersed, the immersed volume of a water turbine as a whole is greatly increased, and a considerable portion of the weight of the actual water turbine and... Agent: Eco Technology Co., Ltd.

20120119498 - Wind power generation device for electronic equipment: The present invention relates to a wind power generation device for electronic equipment comprising at least a heat dissipation module, a wind power generation module, and at least a reception module. The heat dissipation module includes a heat dissipation device with a plurality of heat dissipating fins, and a first... Agent:

20120119501 - System and method for fluid flow power generation: A system and method for fluid flow power generation is described which can provide a low cost and efficient means to generate electricity from fluid flow. The system comprises a flexible membrane belt which is mounted upon two moveable able cylindrical elements linked to a power generation means. The system... Agent:

20120119500 - Turbine system and method: Some embodiments of a turbine system described herein provide a turbine that rotates in response to off-axis fluid flow, such as water flowing in a generally horizontal direction that is generally perpendicular to a vertical axis of rotation. The rotation of the turbine can drive a generator to output electrical... Agent: Verterra Energy Inc.

20120119507 - Method and system of extracting energy from wind: Extracting energy from wind. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods including: directing a fluid flow across an aperture of an elongated cavity, the directing the fluid flow across the aperture at a non-right angle to a central axis defined by an entrance portion of the elongated cavity,... Agent: Windpipe Corporation

20120119506 - Method of determining a magnet arrangement: A method for arranging magnets of a rotor or stator of an electrical machine is provided. In this method a number of performance parameters of the electrical machine are identified. A plurality of neighboring magnets are assigned to a magnet group. The magnet group includes a reference magnet and at... Agent:

20120119503 - Submerged energy storage: A submerged energy storage system and method incorporates a pump having a helix screw coupled with a storage tank on the sea floor and motive means, such as wind driven impellers or wave motion produced by sliding buoys or driving the screw of the pump.... Agent:

20120119505 - Transformer for wind power station and/or wind power generating facilities installed with transformer for wind power station: The transformer comprises a transformer body and natural convection cooling type radiators for release of heat of the transformer body. The transformer body is accommodated in a wind power generating facility, and air outside the wind power generating facility comes into contact with the natural convection cooling type radiators to... Agent: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.

20120119502 - Vertical wind power generator with automatically unstretchable blades: A vertical wind power generator with automatically unstretchable blades is disclosed. The vertical wind power generator includes a generator, a linkage mechanism, a lifting type blade assembly, a resistance type blade assembly and a drive unit. The drive unit provides power for driving the linkage mechanism. The drive unit has... Agent:

20120119504 - Wind energy installation: The invention relates to the field of wind energy. The wind energy installation comprises at least one energy module (1) with a vertical axis of rotation, which energy module is designed to enable the vertical installation of at least one additional module. The energy module (1) comprises rotor blades (6)... Agent:

20120112467 - Free piston linear alternator utilizing opposed pistons with spring return: A free piston linear alternator includes a cylinder having a pair of outer chambers, a pair of opposed pistons and a combustion chamber disposed between the opposed pistons. Each outer chamber is disposed between respective ones of the pistons and a respective outer end of the cylinder. The pistons are... Agent: Gm Global Technology Operations LLC

20120112468 - Opposed free piston linear alternator: A free piston linear alternator includes a cylinder having a pair of bounce chambers, a pair of scavenging chambers, a pair of opposed pistons and a combustion chamber disposed between the opposed pistons. The pistons are axially opposed from each other and generate electric current when each of the pistons... Agent: Gm Global Technology Operations LLC

20120112469 - Turbocompound free piston linear alternator: A free piston linear alternator including a pair of pistons, each piston axially opposed from the other and generating electric current when linearly translating within the cylinder, a combustion chamber disposed between the pistons, a return mechanism configured to return the pistons to respective first positions from respective second positions... Agent: Gm Global Technology Operations LLC

20120112471 - Energy plant powered by air pressure: An energy plant includes a high pressure tube having one or more inputs and an output. An air intake is in fluid communication with at least a first input with one or more pumps being in fluid communication with the high pressure tube. A motor is in fluid communication with... Agent:

20120112472 - Energy storage devices and methods of using same: The invention is directed to various energy storage devices and methods of using the same. The energy storage device takes advantage of the height difference between the bottom and the surface of a body of water. The energy storage device utilizes the movement of a mass, such as weights or... Agent:

20120112470 - Portable power generator: A portable power generator employs high voltage DC, at standard AC voltages and using standard AC connectors. Since switching chargers immediately rectify the 120-240 Volt single phase AC input, a 120-240 Volt DC source is acceptable to drive these chargers. A high frequency conversion to AC and a step up... Agent:

20120112473 - Solar desalination system with reciprocating solar engine pumps: A solar desalination system includes a solar furnace for receiving seawater into a vessel and concentrating sunlight on the vessel to heat that water using solar energy to create desalinated steam. Water is input into the furnace via a pump that is powered by a reciprocating solar engine. The reciprocating... Agent: Kenergy Scientific, Inc.

20120112460 - Probing power optimization for wind farms: Embodiments of the invention are generally related to optimizing performance of a wind power plant. A controller may be configured to sequentially, for each wind turbine in a wind power plant, adjust the power production by a predefined amount, and determine whether the adjustment of power production from the wind... Agent: Vestas Wind Systems A/s

20120112459 - Vertical vane wind turbine having peripheral weight distribution: A wind turbine system includes a turbine having a plurality of semi-cylindrical vanes supported in a cylindrical array by rotatable top, center and bottom plates. The supporting plates are joined to a center shaft which in turn is rotatably supported. A plurality of alternators are driven by the center shaft... Agent:

20120112458 - Wind turbine generator and yaw rotation control method for wind turbine generator: There is provided a yaw rotation control method for a wind turbine generator that does not require a yaw motor and is advantageous for a reduction in cost and a reduction in size and weight of a nacelle. A control unit performs, according to a deviation between wind direction information... Agent: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

20120112461 - Dual use fan assembly for hvac systems and automotive systems to generate clean alternative elecric energy: A new energy production system 10 is provided having a dual use fan assembly 60 including a plurality of fan blades 62, 64, 66, 68 having fan blade tips; a series of rotating permanent magnets 30 are mounted within an inner rotating ring 90 connected to the rotating fan blade... Agent: Earth Sure Renewable Energy Corporation

20120112462 - Wave energy converter: Apparatus for converting the energy of ocean waves into electricity, comprises a buoyant body that floats on the surface of water and a submerged body suspended from the buoyant body by flexible cables at a depth where water is still. The submerged body comprises electric generators and horizontally-aligned rotors with... Agent:

20120112466 - Annular rotor for an electric machine: The invention relates to an annular rotor having a hollow shaft for an electric machine. In order to allow transport of such a machine, particularly for a very large model, the rotor is divided in the circumferential direction into a plurality of partial annular rotor segments (1). The rotor further... Agent:

20120112463 - Wind power turbine and method of removing a bearing from a wind power turbine: An electric energy producing wind power turbine having a nacelle, an electric generator having a stator and a rotor, a rotary assembly connected to the nacelle to rotate about an axis of rotation, and a bearing located between the rotary assembly and the nacelle, the nacelle having a first sector,... Agent: Wilic S.ar.l.

20120112465 - Wind turbine alternator module: A wind turbine alternator module having an enclosure, turbine and rotor assembly with peripheral magnets and multi-phase stator for the production of energy from air movement. A bi-directional symmetrical vane turbine and rotor assembly is suspended in the enclosure by guide bearings around the periphery to permit operation in all... Agent:

20120112464 - Wind turbine providing reduced radio frequency interaction and related methods: A wind turbine electrical generator may include a monopole tower extending upwardly from ground level. The wind turbine electrical generator may also include an electrical power generator carried by an upper end of the monopole tower and may include a horizontally extending drive shaft. The wind turbine electrical generator may... Agent: Harris Corporation

20120104765 - Device for generating electric power from small movements: This invention describes a device for the generation of electric energy from small movements which comprises: a magnet with the shape of a solid of revolution which comprises at least a couple of poles (N, S) placed around an axis of revolution; a tube whose transversal section is complementary to... Agent: Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas

20120104766 - Power generator utilizing circulated working fluid from a pulsed electrolysis system and method of using same: A power generating system (100) and a method of operating the same is provided, the system utilizing an electrolytic heating subsystem (103). The electrolytic heating subsystem is a pulsed electrolysis system that heats a working fluied contained within a circulation conduit (107) in thermal communication with an electrolysis tank (109)... Agent:

20120104767 - Methods and systems for engine starting: A system for improving engine starting is disclosed. In one example, an engine starting is improved by providing a predictable load to the engine during engine starting. The predictable load may be provided by controlling alternator field voltage during the engine start.... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

20120104768 - Methods and systems for improved engine speed control during engine starting: A system for improving engine starting is disclosed. In one example, an engine starting is improved by providing a variable load to the engine during engine starting. The variable load may be provided by controlling alternator field current during the engine start.... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

20120104769 - Starter having a switchable number of pole pairs: The invention relates to a starter (10) for an internal combustion engine, comprising a starter motor (12), which can be connected to a direct voltage network (30, 31) by means of a switching device (27). In order to improve the process of meshing a starter pinion (22) into a ring... Agent: Robert Bosch Gmbh

20120104770 - Regenerative power charging for electricity generation systems: An electricity generation system includes a generator, which comprises a rotor and a stator. Rotation of the rotor relative to the stator causes the generator to generate electricity. The rotational speed of the rotor is proportional to the power of the generated electricity. An excess power monitor is provided for... Agent:

20120104753 - Control system of wind power generator, wind farm, and method for controlling wind power generator: A wind power generator generates power through a rotation of a rotor and is interconnected, and operated with its power generation output previously limited in order to be able to further supply the power to a power system in response to a decrease in system frequency. Thus, a concentrated control... Agent: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

20120104758 - Method for automatically starting a wind turbine and a wind turbine for carrying out the method: A method automatically starts a wind turbine after an outage of an electrical supply grid. In the method, at least one measurement value is acquired as to a climatic variable in the wind turbine during the outage of the electrical supply grid. At least one acquired measurement value is recorded... Agent:

20120104756 - Method for operating a wind turbine: The invention concerns a method of operating a wind power installation. The wind power installation has a circuit for measuring the frequency prevailing in the electrical supply network connected to a control device for controlling operation of the wind power installation. It is proposed that the power delivered by the... Agent:

20120104759 - Multi directional augmenter and diffuser: This invention relates to an augmenter system for the increase of power generation primarily used for utilizing wind energy. The augmenter system includes an augmenter having a plurality of walls, such as flexible walls, connected to each other with supporting horizontal elongated members. The augmenter is used in conjunction with... Agent:

20120104755 - Wind farm control system, wind farm, and wind farm control method: To prevent disconnection of wind turbine generators due to changes in wind conditions even if the wind turbine generators is operated to limit the power output. A plurality of wind turbine generators that generate electric power by the rotation of rotors are provided in a wind farm are interconnected and... Agent: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

20120104752 - Wind turbine generator and tidal current generator and operation method thereof: An object of the invention is to provide a wind turbine generator or a tidal current generator which is equipped with a hydraulic transmission and achieves a superior power generation efficiency, and a operation method thereof. The wind turbine generator 1 comprises a hydraulic pump 12 of a variable displacement... Agent: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

20120104757 - Wind turbine having an active pitch angle control during an idling situation: Wind turbine comprising: a tower (13) and a nacelle (21) housing a generator (19) driven by a wind rotor; measuring devices of at least wind speed V, generator speed Ω, pitch angle θi of each blade, power P, wind turbine accelerations in two perpendicular directions Ax, Ay, yaw angle Yw;... Agent: Gamesa Innovation & Technology, S.l.

20120104754 - Wind turbine with lvrt capabilities: Systems and methods (“utility”) for providing Low Voltage Ride Through (LVRT) capabilities for wind turbines are disclosed. The utility includes a directly connected synchronous generator (214) that is designed to have a high dynamic pull-out torque. To remain connected to the power grid (224) during low voltage events, the utility... Agent:

20120104760 - Dynamoelectric machine support system: A support system for a dynamoelectric machine is disclosed. In one embodiment, the support system includes: a mounting pad having a first face and a second face, the second face including a pair of slots; a pair of spring bars welded or brazed to the mounting pad at the pair... Agent: General Electric Company

20120104761 - Ocean wave energy converter and method of power generation: s

20120104763 - Kite configuration and flight strategy for flight in high wind speeds: A crosswind kite system adapted to operate in an alternate mode in high winds. The system may operate at reduced efficiency in high winds in order to moderate loading on the system during those high winds. The system may use multi-element airfoils which are actuated to reduce the coefficient of... Agent:

20120104762 - Large floating vertical axis wind turbine: A large floating vertical axis wind turbine with a floating inner cylinder having rotor blades that rotate together as an assembly, and a floating outer cylinder with a central opening in which the floating inner cylinder rotates for support against tipping. Outriggers with floating devices on the ends extend out... Agent: Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc.

20120104764 - Wind power generator using an automatically foldable canopy: A wind power generator using an automatically foldable canopy is provided, which includes a steel tower unit which is supported on the ground and installed up to a predetermined height; a shank unit connected to the top of the steel tower and installed in the horizontal direction; a spreadable body... Agent: