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Prime-mover dynamo plants July category listing 07/12

20120187699 - Compressed air accumulation system for power generation: A compressed air generation system that provides compressed air for a variety of applications including generation electricity. An optional application is a water-based system that uses a submerged piston that, when moved through a cylinder via gravity, forces water through a turbine which in turn produces electricity. Compressed air is... Agent:

20120187700 - Electrolysis cell and electrical power unit incorporating same: Electrolysis cell (10) comprises a DC voltage source (12) with positive and negative terminals (14, 16) to alternating electrodes (18) and (20) respectively. The source (12) produces a voltage that cycles between a minimum voltage Vmin and a maximum voltage Vmax where Vmin≧0 volts, and Vmax=Vmin+Δ, where Δ>0 volts. Thus,... Agent: Craft Holdings Wa Pty Ltd.

20120187679 - Cogeneration apparatus: A cogeneration apparatus having a ventilation-introducing channel communicating an electrical-equipment compartment with a ventilation fan is disclosed. Driving the ventilation fan causes air to be led from an exterior of a cogeneration case through the electrical-equipment compartment to the interior of the ventilation-introducing channel. The air led to the interior... Agent: Honda Motor Co., Ltd

20120187680 - Electrical power conversion system and method: A system and method for electrical power conversion, with the system being intended for use in converting a high voltage DC power output from a turbine generator to an AC power signal that is suitable for connecting to an AC power grid. The system utilises a mechanical coupling between a... Agent: OpenhydroIPLimited

20120187684 - Device, system and method to lower starting torque for electrical system: The present disclosure describes lowering of the starting torque for an alternator or motor. The disclosure also describes the integrated torque management system, torque control logic and torque control method. The current process may be adopted for any motor or alternator that has to manage the starting torque for optimal... Agent:

20120187682 - Electro-hydrodynamic wind energy system: A system for electro-hydrodynamically extracting energy from wind includes an upstream collector that is biased at an electric potential and induces an electric field. An injector introduces a particle into the electric field. The wind drag on the particle is at least partially opposed by a force of the electric... Agent:

20120187683 - Method for the oscillation damping of a drive train in a wind turbine, wind turbine and use of a braking device: A method for the oscillation damping of a drive train in a wind turbine is proposed. The drive train connects a rotor to a generator. Parameter values representing an oscillation of the drive train are calculated and, on the basis of the calculated parameter values, damping forces which counteract the... Agent:

20120187681 - Wind turbine and a method for powering one or more hydraulic pitch actuators: A wind turbine for producing power to a utility grid includes a rotor having one or more blades, wherein the rotor further includes one or more hydraulic pitch actuators for actively controlling the pitch angle of one or more of the blades. The wind turbine also includes one or more... Agent: Vestas Wind Systems A/s

20120187685 - Air driven electric generator for charging a battery: An air driven electric generator with cylindrical rotors with blades longitudinally across most of the rotor used to charge a battery. Each rotor is connected to a generator/alternator that generates electricity as the rotor is rotated by airflow or wind. The rotors are positioned on a base and underneath a... Agent:

20120187686 - Hydroelectric generators: Hydroelectric generators, including liquid sources containing liquid, siphons extending from a first end positioned within the liquid source to a second end at a lower elevation than the first end, and generation units configured to receive liquid from the siphon pipe, either directly or through an intermediary collection body. The... Agent:

20120187687 - Hydroelectric generators: Hydroelectric generators for harnessing potential energy from a flowing liquid source with a varying surface level. Hydroelectric generators may comprise platforms with buoyancies selected to remain suspended in the liquid source at a selected depth. In some examples, generation units may be fixed to the platform, the generation unit including... Agent:

20120187688 - System and method to generate electricity: A split heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) arrangement including a first HRSG coupled to a turbine and thereby receptive of a portion of the exhaust gases to deliver the portion of the exhaust gases to a compressor, a second HRSG coupled to the turbine and thereby receptive of a remaining... Agent: General Electric Company

20120187689 - Wave energy conversion apparatus and method: A wave energy conversion apparatus comprises:-a mechanical element arranged in operation to move repeatedly in a cycle in response to wave motion, wherein the speed of the mechanical element varies between a maximum and a minimum during each cycle; power extraction means arranged to extract energy from the movement of... Agent: Aquamarine Power Limited

20120187694 - Converting kinetic energy using a hydrofoil: A method compressing a gas, advantageously air, is disclosed. The gas is compressed by disposing one or more hydrofoils in a liquid flow for the purpose of generating a downpull and thereafter a lift by altering the angle of attack on the hydrofoil relative to the flow of liquid, advantageously... Agent: Engervik Technology As

20120187690 - Hydroelectric generators: Hydroelectric generators for harnessing potential energy from a flowing liquid source with a varying surface level. Hydroelectric generators may comprise platforms with buoyancies selected to remain suspended in the liquid source at a selected depth. In some examples, generation units may be fixed to the platform, the generation unit including... Agent:

20120187692 - Hydroelectric generators: Hydroelectric generators for generating hydroelectric energy from a liquid drawn upstream of a cascading water feature, including an intake positioned upstream of the cascading water feature, a columnar conduit mounted substantially underground in fluid communication with the intake, the columnar conduit configured to collect a selected quantity of liquid from... Agent:

20120187693 - Hydrokinetic energy transfer device and method: A device configured for the production of hydrokinetic energy that allows the efficient capture of energy from fluid in motion, especially slow flowing fluids. The device features an innovative structural design and drive train system as well as redundancy, which allows the device to be deployed in position, placed in... Agent:

20120187691 - Source of electric green-energy extracted at the maximum potential point from discharged wastewater of residential and commercial buildings: The potential energy of wastewater is considered as source of electric green energy in the present invention. The total potential energy, spontaneous and stimulated, of wastewater discharged from residential and business buildings are collected at the maximum point before leaving the buildings. Hence the conversion of the potential energy of... Agent:

20120187697 - Jet streamer turbine: A jet streamer turbine comprises a top housing, a center housing, a bottom housing, a plurality of vacuum fan housing, a nose propeller housing and an exit air housing. The plurality of vacuum fan housing comprise a first vacuum fan housing and a second vacuum fan housing. The top housing... Agent:

20120187696 - Rotating electric machine and wind power generation system: This rotating electric machine includes a rotor including a rotating shaft portion, a rotor yoke surrounding the rotating shaft portion and a rotor core, arranged on the outer peripheral surface of the rotor yoke, having a plurality of permanent magnets circumferentially arranged thereon at intervals, and a stator arranged to... Agent: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki

20120187698 - Systems and methods to generate electricity using a flow of air: A system to generate electricity using a flow of air of the present disclosure, the system comprises a turbine assembly comprising a cylindrical blade drum comprising a plurality of vertical blades, a cone positioned at least substantially within the cylindrical blade drum, the cone defining an upper cone aperture and... Agent:

20120187695 - Wind-powered device for producing electrical energy: A wind-powered device for producing electrical energy includes an electric generator set (1) which works by converting mechanical energy into the electrical energy, a wind-powered set (3) designed to capture the energy of the wind and convert it into mechanical energy, a transmission (2) positioned between the wind-powered set (3)... Agent: Centre National D'etudes Spatiales (c.n.e.s.)

20120181795 - Air flow arrangement for two diesel generator sets in shipping container: A system includes a shipping container having air inlets at each end and an air outlet at a top and approximate center. The system includes two engines positioned one on each side of a center region, with two generators—each positioned between one of the engines and an end of the... Agent:

20120181794 - Magnetoelectric cogenerator: A magnetoelectric cogenerator uses a magnetic fuel cell stack to convert renewable energy for outputting, and works basing on the first law of thermodynamics to covert potential into kinetic energy through the known Hall Effect and enables out-coupling of electric energy. For DC output, the magnetic fuel cell stack is... Agent:

20120181796 - Method and system for energy harvesting: A power-recapture method and system converts mechanical energy, which would otherwise be dissipated, into available electrical energy. A plurality of computer-coordinated Electric Generators are arranged with salient sensors that detect appropriate motion then adjust the phasing and intensity of electromagnets of the Electric Generator to optimally convert variable mechanical motion... Agent: Energy Intelligence, LLC

20120181789 - Method and systems for detecting electrical discharges in a machine: A monitoring system for use in detecting an electrical discharge within at least one component of a machine includes at least one sensor coupled to the machine for measuring an operating condition of the at least one component. The monitoring system includes a signal analysis module configured to receive a... Agent:

20120181790 - Device for capturing energy from an oscillating drive member: Disclosed herein is a device (10) for capturing energy from ocean waves. The device (10) comprises a base (12) adapted for stationary mounting relative to a fluid flow generated by the ocean waves. A drive member (14) is movably connected relative to the base (12) and adapted to be driven... Agent: Biopower Systems Pty. Ltd.

20120181791 - Captured wind energy (cwe): An improved system that will revolutionize the use of wind turbines, make them more aesthetically appealing to the public thus making it easy to obtain permits from the local authorities for residential, commercial and industrial uses. The system should start with at least 400 watt 12-24- or 48 volt output... Agent:

20120181793 - Wind or water energy installation: A wind or water energy installation for generating electrical energy, an installation having at least one propeller and at least one generator having a rotor and a stator. The stator is formed by at least two mechanically and electrically independent stator modules that co-operate respectively with the rotor, each of... Agent: Venpower Gmbh

20120181792 - Wind turbine: A wind turbine comprising an integrated and segmented permanent magnet generator without the traditional end covers with bearings and shaft making it possible to manufacture and transport generator segments consisting of both generator stator and rotor segments as ready to assemble and already positioned to each other as easy transportable... Agent: Blaaster Wind Technologies As

20120175885 - Rotating impeller systems and methods of using same: The present disclosure provides rotating impeller systems comprising a shaft with a plurality of blades attached to its inner wall. In motor applications, the shaft serves as the electrical and mechanical elements of a pump or vacuum system. In particular, the shaft rotates when energized, and the attached blades create... Agent: Peese, Inc.

20120175886 - Gas turbine engine configurations: A system of dense packaging of turbomachinery in a gas turbine engine by means of close-coupling of components and by the ability to rotate various engine components with respect to other engine components is disclosed. In addition, spool shaft rotational direction may be reversed to suit the application. In multiple... Agent: Icr Turbine Engine Corporation

20120175889 - Gas turbine combined cycle power plant and method thereof: The present invention is a gas turbine combined cycle power plant which generates electricity by fueling a gas turbine with crude oil or heavy oil and which is provided with a vacuum distillation unit which distills and extracts a light oil fraction from crude oil or heavy oil by keeping... Agent: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

20120175888 - Municipal wastewater electrical power generation assembly and a method for generating electrical power: An electrical generating assembly 10 which may be selectively used in combination with and/or as part of a municipal wastewater treatment facility 12 and which allows the wastewater treatment facility 12 to generate electrical energy 48,62, 13 as received wastewater 14 is cleaned.... Agent:

20120175887 - Vehicle having two generators: A vehicle includes an engine having a crankshaft, a charging generator disposed on the crankshaft, a power-supplying generator driven by the engine and including a rotating shaft misaligned from the crankshaft, and a vehicle power generating apparatus. The power generating apparatus includes a clutch unit and a driving unit. The... Agent:

20120175890 - Control and method of a starter motor for a starter device: A control is described for a starter device of an internal combustion engine in a vehicle having a starter motor, a first current path and at least one additional second current path, which is connected in parallel to the first current path, for energizing the starter motor, the first current... Agent:

20120175876 - Control of an engine-driven generator to address transients of an electrical power grid connected thereto: A technique for providing electric power to an electric power utility grid includes driving an electric power alternator coupled to the grid with a spark-ignited or direct injection internal combustion engine; detecting a change in electrical loading of the alternator; in response to the change, adjusting parameters of the engine... Agent:

20120175877 - Enhanced method of controlling the output of a hydroelectric turbine generator: There is described a method for controlling the output of a tidal hydroelectric turbine generator from a remote location, with the need for control circuitry to be housed local to the generator. The rotational speed of the turbine, and consequently the output power level of the generator, is controlled by... Agent: OpenhydroIPLimited

20120175878 - wind power plant and a method of operating a wind power plant: A method for operating a wind power plant having turbine blades is provided. The method includes performing a monitoring operation to determine whether ice has formed on the turbine blades and, if there is ice on the turbine blades, removing the ice. To remove the ice, the turbine blades are... Agent:

20120175879 - Generator: A wind turbine assembly comprising, an elongate generally cylindrical rotor operable to rotate about an axis, an elongate rotor housing that houses the rotor and which is adapted to be secured to a roof, and a flow regulator adapted to regulate wind flow to the rotor, wherein the flow regulator... Agent: The Power Collective Ltd

20120175880 - Mechanisms for creating undulating motion, such as for propulsion, and for harnessing the energy of moving fluid: Mechanisms are described which receive and transfer forces via transducers having one or more persistent deformations in changeable locations. Actuator or propulsion embodiments are powered by elastic or variable length transducers that exert forces on the deformed members which in turn exert forces onto ambient fluid such as air or... Agent:

20120175881 - Ribbon drive power generation and method of use: The ribbon drive generation apparatus is comprised of a ribbon-like curved shape, composed either of metal or other suitable material, attached to a containment tube, peripheral rings, shaft, or porous central tube, with the complete apparatus being contained in a tube having a constant diameter for the length of the... Agent:

20120175883 - Hollow rotor core for generating a vortex in a wind turbine: A hollow rotor core assembly for a wind turbine with at least one set of cylindrical stacks having a plurality of guiding vanes on the internal surface of the cylindrical stacks, having at least one set of air openings to accept airflow into the hollow rotor core for creating when... Agent:

20120175882 - Injector venturi accelerated, wind turbine: An ambient wind Accelerating Wind Turbine is disclosed which exceeds the efficiency of prior wind turbines. Unique venturi with diffuser-injectors concepts are employed to speed up ambient wind flows into a high speed propeller for power generation improvements of 75% or greater. Applicants preferred Accelerating Wind Turbine embodiment comprises; an... Agent:

20120175884 - Wind or water energy installation: A wind or water energy installation for generating electrical energy, an installation having at least one propeller and at least one generator including at least one rotor, at least one stator and at least one magnetic circuit generating a magnetic flux. The at least one magnetic circuit has at least... Agent: Venpower Gmbh

20120169067 - Air condition system capable of converting waste heat into electricity: An air conditioning system includes an air conditioning unit and an electricity generating unit. The air conditioning unit includes an expansion valve, an evaporator, a compressor and a condenser that cooperate to form a first coolant circulating loop for circulation of a first coolant. The electricity generating unit includes a... Agent: Joy Ride Technology Co., Ltd.

20120169066 - Electric power generator and method of generating electric power: An electric power generator having two water tanks, and two chambers movable up and down inside the two water tanks respectively in opposite directions. Each chamber has a top wall having an air outlet covered by a pressure valve, and a bottom wall having a plurality of apertures serving as... Agent:

20120169069 - Electromagnetic device for generating electrical current and methods thereof: An AC current generator for generating an CA current and method therefor and includes a stator and a rotor. The stator includes an outer shell of non-magnetic material enclosing an evacuated chamber and having a distribution of a plurality of ferromagnets attached thereto. The rotor includes an inner core of... Agent:

20120169065 - Home energy systems: An energy system is provided that includes an engine disposed to produce electricity, a fuel storage disposed to hold fuel for use by the engine, a battery disposed to store the electricity produced by the engine, an electrical grid having electrical connectivity of a charging station from the engine or... Agent:

20120169068 - Kinetic energy atom-powered engine: A device for converting the kinetic energy of molecules into useful work includes an actuator configured to move within a fluid or gas due to collisions with the molecules of the fluid or gas. The actuator has dimensions that subject it to the Brownian motion of the surrounding molecules. The... Agent:

20120169064 - Systems and methods for harvesting vibrational energy from vehicles: Disclosed are methods, systems and apparatuses for harvesting vibrational energy from vehicles, as well as methods for locating vibrational energy on a vehicle. One harvesting apparatus comprises a vibrational energy harvester coupled to a substantially maximal vibrational displacement node of the structural element of a vehicle, and tuned to a... Agent: The Boeing Company

20120169049 - Gas pressure reduction generator: A Gas Pressure Reduction Generator (GPRG) System and a method for implementing a GPRG System is provided, where the GPRG System includes a gas inlet configured to receive a pressurized gas flow from a gas supply, at least one expander in flow communication with the gas inlet to receive the... Agent: Electra Therm

20120169050 - System and method for off-highway vehicle engine cranking: Methods and systems are provided for operating an engine, the engine coupled to a traction alternator for vehicle travelling. In one example, the method includes, in an off-highway vehicle running mode of operation, supplying current from the traction alternator to a traction motor via a traction inverter to propel the... Agent:

20120169053 - Atmospheric measurement system: A magnitude and direction, or a measure responsive thereto, of a velocity (V) of a first portion (17) of an atmosphere (20) are determined from at least first and second portions of scattered light (30) generated along a common beam of light (28) within the first portion (17) of the... Agent: Michigan Aerospace Corporation

20120169051 - Emergency adjustment device for blade pitch adjustment systems for wind energy installations: An adjusting device for rotor blades of a wind power plant is disclosed. An AC motor is provided for adjusting the angle setting of the rotor blades. An input serves for receiving an input alternating current. A frequency converter is provided for generating a second alternating current having a second... Agent:

20120169052 - Wind power plant with a plurality of wind power devices and method for controlling the wind power plant: A wind power plant for converting wind power of a wind field into electrical energy. The wind power plant includes at least one wind power device having a wind measurement device. Furthermore, the wind power plant comprises a central storage device in which wind profile patterns are stored in a... Agent: Robert Bosch Gmbh

20120169054 - Power conversion and energy storage device: Power conversion device including: a first fluid conduit; a diffuser attached thereto with at least one vane supporting a diffuser hub; a rotor supported by the diffuser hub and having a rotor blade, hub, and shroud at the periphery thereof with at least one magnet thereon; a housing surrounding the... Agent:

20120169055 - Novel electrical generators for use in unmoored buoys and the like platforms with low-frequency and time-varying oscillatory motions: A buoy for generating electrical energy from an roll/pitch motion resulting from a passing wave. The buoy including: a body; a pendulum member rotatably disposed on the body at a first end of the pendulum member; a pendulum mass disposed at a second end of the pendulum member; an exciter... Agent: Omnitek Partners LLC

20120169056 - System and method for energy generation: A system and method for generating electrical power from water waves includes a ship-mounted or structure-mounted wave amplification channel with a multiple permanent anchoring system, one or more radially expandable wave wheels paired with expandable transitional push walls, and a chain drive assembly and automated means to accommodate varying ocean... Agent:

20120169057 - Water power generators: An apparatus (2) for placement on or in a body of flowing water (8) for generating hydroelectric power. The apparatus comprises a generally horizontal rotor (6) driven by the water flowing (14) past it to generate electrical power. A method of generating hydroelectric power. The method comprises placing an apparatus... Agent: Design Technology & Innovation Limited

20120169062 - Direct-drive wind turbine generator: A direct-drive wind turbine generator is provided with: a main shaft having one end connected to a rotor head of a wind turbine rotor; a generator having a stator, a stator casing for supporting the stator, and the rotor connected to the other end of the main shaft; first and... Agent: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

20120169059 - Method and device for monitoring the state of a network: The present invention concerns a method of detecting electric variables of a three-phase AC network having a first, a second and a third phase, including the steps of measuring a respective voltage value of the first, second and third phases in relation to a neutral conductor at a first moment... Agent:

20120169063 - Permanent magnet generator: A new configuration for a double-sided rotor, radial flux, air-cored, permanent magnet electric generator (1) is disclosed. The generator (1) includes two radially spaced apart rotor portions (33, 35) defining an air gap between them and each having a plurality of alternating polarity permanent magnets (41) arranged on their inner... Agent: Stellenbosch University

20120169061 - Power generation system, power generator and method thereof: A power generation system and generator provided through a fluid flow energy source to generate electricity. The system comprising an energy source of one or more wind turbines; a motor; a transmission component comprising a pump, set of water circulators, set of water pipes, and set of transmission devices. Electricity... Agent:

20120169058 - Stator element for an electrical machine: A stator element for an electrical machine is disclosed. The stator element includes a yoke having at least two adjacently disposed axially extending slots for accommodating at least one stator winding, the stator winding being built of a number of strands stacked on top of each other in radial direction,... Agent:

20120169060 - Wind turbine rotor blade: A wind turbine blade is described, which extends in a spanwise direction from a root end to a tip end and defines an aerodynamic airfoil cross-section between a leading edge and a trailing edge in a chordwise direction transverse to the spanwise direction. The blade has a camber in the... Agent: Vestas Wind Systems A/s