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Prime-mover dynamo plants October categorized by USPTO classification 10/12

20120267898 - Integrated rankine-cycle machine: Machine operating on the Rankine cycle for converting thermal energy into electric energy by making use of low-temperature heat sources for the production of electric energy, comprising a cylinder and a related piston, which a related main shaft is associated to, a direct-voltage power generator, which comprises a rotor and... Agent: Newcomen S.r.l.

20120267901 - Combination photovoltaic and wind power generation installation: A combination photovoltaic and wind power generation installation comprising at least one wind turbine and a plurality of photovoltaic arrays, wherein the photovoltaic arrays may be disposed around the at least one wind turbine such that the photovoltaic arrays are at least partially shaded a portion of the day by... Agent: Miasole

20120267900 - Energy harvesting device including mems composite transducer: An energy harvesting device includes a MEMS composite transducer. The MEMS composite transducer includes a substrate. Portions of the substrate define an outer boundary of a cavity. A MEMS transducing member includes a beam having a first end and a second end. The first end is anchored to the substrate... Agent:

20120267899 - Energy harvesting using mems composite transducer: A method of harvesting energy from the environment includes providing an energy harvesting device. The energy harvesting device includes a MEMS composite transducer. The MEMS composite transducer includes a substrate. Portions of the substrate define an outer boundary of a cavity. A MEMS transducing member includes a beam having a... Agent:

20120267902 - Power converting device for hybrid: The present disclosure prevents an inrush current generated when one side is completely discharged, or charged voltages are different from one another because a DC link capacitor and an ultra-capacitor are directly connected to each other, by driving a load motor after completing initial charging by making each voltage the... Agent: Doosan Infracore Co., Ltd.

20120267892 - Wind power generating system: According to the present invention, there is provided a wind power generating system, having a plurality of plasma airflow generating units, each including a first electrode and a second electrode arranged being separated from the first electrode with a dielectric film and generating plasma airflow owing to dielectric barrier discharge... Agent: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

20120267893 - Electricity generation using electromagnetic radiation: In general, in one aspect, the invention relates to a system to create vapor for generating electric power. The system includes a vessel comprising a fluid and a complex and a turbine. The vessel of the system is configured to concentrate EM radiation received from an EM radiation source. The... Agent: William Marsh Rice University

20120267895 - Power generator: A power generation apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a rotor adapted for rotation about a rotation axis, the rotor comprising a blade assembly including a plurality of blades operatively mounted to the rotor and extending therefrom from and adapted to be acted upon by flowing water from a direction... Agent: Atlantis Resources Corporation Pte Limited

20120267894 - Wave current plant and method thereof: A water current power plant (10) for placement under water is described, comprising several sails or wings (12) that are fastened to a rotary endless chain (14) running between opposite facing, respective turning discs (24), with the endless chain (14) being forced round by thrust of the wings (12) under... Agent: Aqua Energy Solutions As

20120267897 - Floating wind farm: A floating wind farm having wind machines positioned on a generally V-shaped floating platform, the platform being tethered to an anchor such that the platform is free to be repositioned by the wind for optimum production. The wind machines power air compressors and the floating platform itself comprises a large... Agent:

20120267896 - Network protection for power spot networks: A power supply system having a spot network is disclosed. The spot network may include first and second power output lines, and first and second accessory power circuits connected in parallel to the first and the second power output lines, respectively. Each of the first and the second accessory power... Agent: Clipper Windpower, Inc.

20120261916 - Power-generation motor control system: A power-generation motor control system is a control system that controls a power-generation motor provided with an armature and a magnetic-field winding, and is characterized in that when the power-generation motor is operated as a motor, before a power source energizes the armature, a preliminary excitation current, with the value... Agent: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

20120261927 - Power transfer system for a generator: A system for transferring power includes an internal combustion engine and a generator driven by the engine. The system further includes a primary conductor coupled to the generator and a secondary conductor. The secondary conductor is physically independent from the primary conductor and configured to receive energy from the primary... Agent: Briggs & Stratton Corporation

20120261918 - Atmospheric energy extraction devices and methods: An apparatus for producing electricity includes a tower capable of adding moisture at the top of the tower to hot-dry air so as to generate a downdraft of wind within the interior of the tower, vanes coupled to the exterior of the tower that at least partially define elongated pockets... Agent:

20120261917 - Black start of wind turbine devices: A wind turbine device having in one embodiment a diesel generator to initialize a black start in case of a blackout of an electricity network is disclosed. For performing the black start, the diesel generator provides a predetermined voltage to a power output of the wind turbine device in order... Agent:

20120261919 - 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.

20120261920 - Rotary motor actuator and horizontal axis wind turbine: A base 22, a table 21, a stator 25 and a rotor 26 of a rotary motor 31 and a first member 12 and a second member 14 of a guide mechanism 24 have a plurality of base segments 22a, a plurality of table segments 21a, a plurality of stator... Agent: Thk Co., Ltd.

20120261921 - Pressure powered impeller system and related method of use: This invention is directed to a system that generates a sufficient level of electricity through access to a municipal water supply line to run a furnace during below freezing temperatures. The system includes an inlet that draws water from a water supply line. A first conduit, in communication with the... Agent:

20120261922 - Fossil-fueled power station comprising a carbon dioxide separation device and method for operating a fossil-fueled power station: A fossil-fueled power station including a steam generator is provided. A steam turbine is mounted downstream of the steam generator via a hot intermediate superheater line and a carbon dioxide separation device. The carbon dioxide separation device is connected to the hot intermediate superheater line via a process steam line... Agent:

20120261923 - Device of a power plant: A power plant device for the production of energy in the waves by the use of float devices, the motion of which is used to power generator to produce energy, and means of conveyance of energy to further use, the device having a rig that is directed to float in... Agent:

20120261924 - System, method and apparatus for capturing kinetic energy: A kinetic energy capture device consisting of one or more wings having a high coefficient of lift and which leading edge of the wing or wings faces substantially in the direction of the wind or gas passing around the wing. The wing is designed to have a very high coefficient... Agent:

20120261926 - Energy generation system and related methods: An energy generation system includes an inner tower, an outer tower and a plurality of wind turbines. The outer shell defines a wind or fluid amplifying surface. The plurality of wind turbines is carried by the outer shell and disposed relative to the wind amplifying surface to harness wind deflected... Agent: Design Protom Inc.

20120261925 - Wind turbine shroud and wind turbine system using the shroud: A wind energy system includes an annular wind shroud surrounding the rotatable blades of a wind turbine. The shroud is configured to enhance the wind power delivered to the rotatable blades of the wind turbine by generating an efficient pressure differential between the blade upstream and downstream wind flows. A... Agent:

20120256426 - Drive train and wind turbine: A drive train for harnessing the energy of a fluid flow includes a rotor configured to be driven by the fluid flow, a transmission that is connected to the rotor at the input end, either directly or indirectly via the rotor shaft or other components, and a generator that is... Agent: Robert Bosch Gmbh

20120256427 - Temperature-activated voltage generator: An illustrative embodiment of a temperature-activated voltage generator includes a generator housing having housing interior; a flexible, temperature-sensitive bimetallic element disposed in the housing interior; and a piezoelectric element carried by the generator housing. The bimetallic element is positional between first position wherein the bimetallic element disengages the piezoelectric element,... Agent: The Boeing Company

20120256419 - Combination heater and electrical generator system and related methods: The invention is directed to a combination heater and electrical generator designed to allow continual use of the heating system in the absence of an external source of electricity. The system shares fuel and electrical inputs and also shares exhaust outputs so to facilitate ease of use installation as well... Agent:

20120256421 - Fossil-fueled power station comprising a carbon dioxide separation device and method for operating a fossil-fueled power station: A fossil-fueled power station including a steam turbine is provided. A steam generator is mounted downstream of the steam turbine via a steam return line and a carbon dioxide separation device. The carbon dioxide separation device is connected to the steam return line via a process steam line and a... Agent:

20120256420 - Saturated steam thermodynamic cycle for a turbine and an associated installation: A saturated steam or weakly superheated steam thermodynamic cycle in an electricity generating plant includes at least a nuclear energy source and a turbine having at least a high-pressure module, a medium-pressure module and a low-pressure module. The steam flows successively through the high-pressure, medium-pressure and low-pressure modules. The steam... Agent: Alstom Technology Ltd

20120256422 - Broad-speed-range generator variations: A brushless generator with permanent-magnet multi-pole rotor disks and stator winding disks in their axial magnetic field includes integral electronics to efficiently generate regulated DC current and voltage from mechanical input power over a broad speed range. All power for the electronics is provided by rectifier diodes from its stator... Agent:

20120256424 - Controlled, diffused, and augmented wind energy generation apparatus and system: An apparatus and system for increasing power output for wind energy generation through a diffusing mechanism. An apparatus and system for mixing the wake and external flow, thereby permitting increasing mass-flux for wind energy generation. An apparatus to control and energize the boundary layer associated with wind energy generation by... Agent: Awr Energy, Inc.

20120256423 - Device of floating wind turbine capable of counterbalancing torques therein: A device of floating wind turbines comprises a floating foundation, the wind turbine mounted on the floating foundation, and a seabed anchor attached to the floating foundation, wherein the floating foundation is installed with two wind turbines and is attached to the seabed anchor by a tether, the two wind... Agent:

20120256425 - Wind power generating apparatus: A wind power generating apparatus provided with heat exhausting measures for an in-rotor-head device is provided. In a wind power generating apparatus in which a rotor head that rotates upon receiving wind power on a wind turbine blade drives a generator that is installed inside a nacelle and thereby generates... Agent: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

20120248783 - Electric generator with economy mode operation: An electric generator including: a prime mover; an alternator; a first drive shaft connected to the prime mover; a second drive shaft connected to the alternator; and an overdrive assembly including: a speed conversion assembly connected to the first drive shaft; and a centrifugal clutch connected to the speed conversion... Agent:

20120248784 - Conversion of bio-energy into electrical energy: Devices and methods for converting movement into electrical energy. The electrical energy produced by the device can, for example, be stored in a storage device and used to power an electrical appliance. By using the devices, it is possible to provide a portable electrical device with a stable power supply... Agent: Empire Technology Development LLC

20120248787 - Conveying device for producing energy: A conveying device for producing energy, including a circulating conveying member of containers, which have a load strand and a return strand, the conveying device being equipped in such a way that the conveying device slides or rolls downward by means of the load strand on a inclined plane having... Agent: Wrh Walter Reist Holding Ag

20120248786 - Cryogenic pressurized liquefied gas expander: The present disclosure provides an improved multistage cryogenic liquefied gas expander for transforming the energy of a pressurized liquefied gas into electric energy, capable of operating at variable speeds, the improvement being a multistage cryogenic liquefied gas expander having at least two stages where only the first stage has a... Agent: Ebara International Corporation

20120248788 - System for converting potential or kinetic energy of a body weighing upon or travelling over a support or transit plane into useful energy: The present invention refers to a system (1) for converting potential and/or kinetic energy of a body weighing upon and/or travelling over a support and/or transit plane into useful energy that comprises: a fixed framework (2) with which at least one footboard (3) is associated in a mobile manner, through... Agent: Underground Power S.r.l.

20120248785 - System including an electromagnetically energized piston motor designed to convert chemical and electrical energy to mechanical energy: An energy conversion and free hydrogen producing system including a electromagnetically energized reciprocating piston motor, a plurality of lead acid flow through batteries, each consisting of a plurality of individual flow through lead acid cells, and a hydrogen burning internal combustion engine. With concentrated sulfuric acid as the primary fluid,... Agent:

20120248769 - Tuned rolling wave energy extractor: An apparatus for extracting wave energy may include a watercraft, a pendulum and an energy converter. The watercraft may be configured to roll in response to wave action and may have roll characteristics that are tunable to characteristics of the wave action. The pendulum may be supported by the watercraft... Agent: Huntington Ingalls, Inc.

20120248772 - Control device of wind turbine generator, wind turbine generator, wind farm, and control method for wind turbine generator: An object is to rapidly recover from a voltage drop in a power grid. When the value of a grid voltage detected by a grid voltage detection unit has fluctuated so as to satisfy a condition set in advance for a reference value, a control device controls a wind turbine... Agent: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

20120248770 - High altitude wind power generator with kite and dual purpose circular fan: Disclosed apparatus enables us to harvest wind power in high altitude atmosphere by taking advantage of kite, airfoil and dual purpose circular fan. The kite keeps the wind power turbines floated at high altitude when wind power is sufficient enough to sustain them. With help of stepping motor, the circular... Agent:

20120248771 - Ice detection method and system for wind turbine generators using sun radiation sensors: The present invention defines a system and method aiming at measuring the direct solar radiation received by a wind turbine generator in order to detect ice formation. The measured value is subsequently compared to a theoretical radiation curve wherein measured values on a cloudy day will be well below theoretical... Agent: Gamesa Innovation & Technology, S.l.

20120248773 - Power equipment apparatus having flywheel assembly: A power equipment apparatus includes an engine, a starter switch, a battery, a flywheel assembly, a power regulator, and a controller. The engine includes a crankshaft. The starter switch is configured for selective actuation by an operator. The flywheel assembly comprises a rotor and a stator. The power regulator is... Agent:

20120248775 - Multi-mode wave energy converter devices and systems: A wave energy converter (WEC) system includes WEC devices which can function to produce useful energy (power) efficiently in response to heave motion and/or pitch motion and/or roll motion. Pitch responsive devices are deployed around the outer periphery of a container and one (or more) heave responsive device is located... Agent:

20120248774 - Pitch driven wave energy converter devices and systems: A wave energy converter (WEC) buoy includes at least one pitch-driven WEC (“PDWEC”) device. Each PDWEC device includes two reaction masses which are placed at diametrically opposite ends of a container designed to float along the surface of a body of water and to move in response to the pitching... Agent:

20120248776 - Wave energy extraction system using an oscillating water column attached to the columns of an offshore platform: An offshore platform includes a support structure for supporting a workstation in a body of water at an offshore location. The support structure has a mounting formation and at least one duct is mounted to the mounting formation. The duct is configured to receive an oscillating water column from the... Agent: Oceanlinx Ltd.

20120248777 - Device for power generation with large flow rate by small water-level difference: As for the floodgate which it flows into one-way from a tide level, the High Water Source flowing in is made, and the Low Water Source flowing out is made. A tank is located between these Water Sources, repetition of the feed water from a high-water level, and the drain... Agent:

20120248778 - Hydroelectric generator: A hydroelectric generator includes a body and an electromechanical apparatus cabin. The body has a tube penetrating the body and a first flow channel. The tube has a tapering segment and a throat portion communicating with the first tapering segment. One end portion of the first flow channel is located... Agent:

20120248779 - Water current power generating device: There is provided a water current power generating device for generating electric power from water current power, the device comprising: a sway vibrating body which bends in response to a fluid force exerted on a circumference surface thereof by a water current, sways in a bending state, and generates tension... Agent: Nec Corporation

20120248782 - Flying-magnet-dynamo applied in electrical energy generation from wind, marine or mechanical energy transformation: The vertical windmill turbine generator is a combination of three distinct previously defined inventions by the same inventor and one new invention. It is designed to take advantage of the increased, wind speed caused by the up welling or downward sliding of winds found at walls, fences, or roofs and... Agent:

20120248781 - Wind turbine: A wind turbine having an electric machine in turn having a stator, and a rotor which rotates about an axis of rotation with respect to the stator; the rotor having a number of magnetized modules, and a number of supports for supporting the magnetized modules and arranged about the axis... Agent: Wilic S.ar.l.

20120248780 - Wind turbine rotary electric machine: A wind turbine rotary electric machine having a rotor, which rotates about a designated axis and has a rotary body; a plurality of permanent magnets fitted to the rotary body; a plurality of cooling channels close to the permanent magnets; and a plurality of heat-conducting bodies, each located partly contacting... Agent: Wilic S.ar.l.