Prime-mover dynamo plants inventions

20090267352 - Drive device: A drive device includes an input shaft connected to an engine; a first rotating electrical machine and a second rotating electrical machine; a differential gear unit including a first rotating element, a second rotating element, and a third rotating element; and a control device. The first rotating electrical machine and... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090267353 - Capacitor-compensation-type generator: In a capacitor-compensation-type generator having a rotor wound with a field winding, a stator wound with an output winding adapted to cross flux generated by the field winding to output AC power, and an internal combustion engine that drives the rotor to rotate relative to the stator, there are equipped... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090267347 - Pelatic sustainable energy system: The present invention provides a sustainable energy system for pelagic deployment that may comprise a frame, at least one wind turbine generator coupled to the frame, at least one pair of water turbine generators coupled to the frame, and a rotatable joint.... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (main)

20090267348 - Alternative energy generation systems for vehicles: A system for generating energy using the rotating wheels of a vehicle and for collecting such energy is provided. An alternative system for powering vehicle engines using relatively inexpensive fuel sources is also provided.... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20090267349 - Production processes, systems, methods, and apparatuses: The present disclosure provides production processes that can include exposing a carbon-based material to liquid media to form hydrocarbon fuel. Waste to fuel conversion processes as well as waste material processing reactors are provided that can be configured to convert waste to fuel. Heat exchangers, power generation processes and combustion... Agent: Wells St. John P.s.

20090267350 - High-rise building hydro-electric co-generation device & method: A method and a device are disclosed which are capable of collecting water at a high point of a high-rise building. The water can be stored until used. The water is allowed to run down by gravity past a hydroelectric generator to generate electricity for the occupants of the building,... Agent: Michael A. Shippey, Ph. D.

20090267351 - Apparatus for generating electrical energy: An apparatus for generating electrical energy includes at least one generator connected to a drive device. The drive device includes at least one guide element for transforming the energy of a flowing medium into a rotational movement. The guide element is arranged in the flow path of the heated exhaust... Agent: Friedrich Kueffner

20090261598 - Apparatus for actuating a locking element with an electrical generator: In an apparatus, for example key (25) or locking cylinder (26), for actuating a locking element (14), having a converter (13) for converting mechanical into electrical energy, comprising a magnetic circuit (5) and an induction coil (1) through which the magnetic flux from the magnetic circuit passes, wherein the magnetic... Agent: Chapman And Cutler

20090261586 - Dual channel power generation system: A dual channel power generation system comprises: a prime mover; a permanent magnet (PM) dynamoelectric machine that has a PM rotor coupled to the prime mover, two multiphase alternating current (AC) stators that develop electromotive force (EMF) in response to rotation of the PM rotor due to the magnetic flux... Agent: Stephen George Mican

20090261587 - Micro scale fischer-tropsch and oxygenate synthesis process startup unit: A mobile system for providing start-up electrical power to a micro scale liquid hydrocarbon and/or oxygenate synthesis plant is provided including a portable gas or liquid fueled electrical generator, a steam turbine, a plant generator mechanically coupled to the steam turbine, a plant power load; and means for synchronizing electrical... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP

20090261599 - Power generation system: A power generation system including an engine and an electrical generator driven to rotate at rotational speed by the engine. The generator is configured to supply an adjustable amount of required electrical power having a voltage and a current to at least one electrical load. The system also includes a... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090261588 - Method and system for operating a wind energy installation: A method for operating a wind energy installation and a system for implementing the method. An oblique incident flow value, which represents the difference between the wind direction and the direction of a rotor axis of the wind energy installation, and a load value, which represents the load state of... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20090261589 - Wind power generation system and operation method thereof: A wind power generation system wherein procedure for controlling the blade pitch is changed in accordance with the rate of decrease in the amplitude of the grid voltage, and when over current occurs in the grid-side power converter, the grid-side power converter is brought into the gate-blocked condition whereas the... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090261590 - Electrical energy generating system: The electrical energy generating system comprises a water electrolyzer using a wind power generator as the power source, a hydrogen combustion furnace including a water tank connected to the water electrolyzer, and a generator having a turbine connected to the hydrogen combustion furnace; wherein hydrogen and oxygen electrolyzed by the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090261592 - Solar energy conversion using brayton system: A modified Brayton Cycle Engine employs solar radiation to heat a compressible Brayton working fluid for driving a turbine to which an electric generator is coupled for converting solar radiation to electricity. A compressor, also coupled to the turbine, compresses the Brayton working fluid before it is heated by the... Agent: Levine & Mandelbaum

20090261591 - Solar steam generator: A solar power generation system includes a solar receiver disposed on a tower that receives radiant heat reflected from a field of solar collectors. The solar receiver includes an evaporator having a plurality of vertically oriented tubes to form a panel for receiving a fluid, such as water and/or steam,... Agent: Alstom Power Inc. Intellectual Property Law Dept.

20090261593 - Tidal pump generator: This invention relates to an apparatus which generates electricity from the power inherent in the ocean tides. It uses this power to operate a hydraulic pump during the rise and fall of the tide, the hydraulic pump transmits this power to an hydraulic motor which in turn operates an electric... Agent: Michael Klim Culjak

20090261595 - Apparatus for generating electric power using wind energy: An apparatus for generating electric power from wind energy includes an upright structural frame having a base frame portion, an upright rod extending vertically along a pivot axis that passes through a center of the structural frame, and having a lower end disposed in the base frame portion of the... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20090261597 - Reduced friction wind turbine apparatus and method: A fluid flow energy capture device for power generation has a rotor with a substantially vertical axis and a plurality of vanes. A mount for the rotor allows the rotor to rotate in response to fluid flow such as wind contacting the plurality of vanes, and the mount puts the... Agent: Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP

20090261594 - Wind motor with a holding device for a rotor shaft: Wind motor with a drive, the input of which is coupled with a rotor shaft, which has a separate mount, characterized in that a holding device is provided between the mount and the drive, which in its mounted state holds the rotor shaft in a predetermined position.... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.

20090261596 - Wind power generator: A wind power generator includes a wind collecting unit, a supporting unit, a wind controller and a generator unit. The wind collecting unit includes a blade set and a supporting frame. The blade set includes a shaft and a number of blades extending from the shaft in the same direction.... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090256363 - Electricity generating device: This invention is about a step-on electric current generation device. When a weight such as a human body steps on the device, the weight forces movement of the device and mechanical linkages converts mechanical energy into electrical energy via an electrical generator.... Agent: Haruo Okamoto

20090256361 - Energy harvester: An energy harvesting system and method includes a rotatable member with an electrically conductive coil mounted to the rotatable member and adapted to move with the rotatable member such that the movement of the coil through a magnetic field induces a voltage in the coil. An energy storage device is... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja

20090256362 - Method and apparatus for storing and transporting energy using a pipeline: A method and apparatus for storing and transporting energy in the form of compressed air energy via a pipeline shown. The method preferably consists of using at least one power source to drive a compressor to compress air into storage, wherein the pipeline can be adapted to reduce the pressure... Agent: Patent Office Of J. John Shimazaki, PLLC

20090256360 - Wind turbine: Especially designed for use in urban settings, on roofs, flat roofs and similar locations, as an element that looks static and with minimum effect on the appearance of the building, it consists of a static turbine and a vertical shaft based on an interior housing (2) and an exterior housing... Agent: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP Koda/androlia

20090256359 - Wind turbine and wind power installation: A wind power installation module comprising wind turbines arranged on a support body, each of the wind turbines comprises a rotor with a certain number of blades, a stator supporting the rotor in such a way that the rotor may rotate on the turbine axis for generating electric energy and... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090250940 - Self sufficient electro/magnet engine unit: P

20090250941 - System and method of increasing the output energy of an electrical motor by transferring the output energy through a plurality of hydraulic networks to create a continuous electrical cycle:

20090250942 - Engine starter: An electromagnetic controller includes an exciting coil unit that is provided with a coil main body and an exciting piece that is positioned at a tip end side of the coil main body so as to be magnetized according to an excitation of the coil main body; and a plunger... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090250943 - Systems and methods involving operating variable speed generators: A method for operating an asynchronous generator comprising receiving an indication that a power grid frequency is reduced. Responsive to the receiving the indication, reducing a speed of the asynchronous generator from a first speed to a second speed for a first time period, wherein the reduction of the speed... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090250931 - Method for operating a wind energy plant with a doubly-fed asynchronous machine and wind energy plant with a doubly-fed asynchronous machine: Method for operating a wind energy plant having a doubly-fed asynchronous machine, a grid-sided converter and a generator-sided converter both being controlled by a control means, the method comprising the following steps: in a regular operating mode the converters are controlled by the control means by means of command variables,... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.

20090250932 - Method of damping tower vibrations of a wind turbine and control system for wind turbines: A control system for a wind turbine is provided. A pitch-control unit establishes a pitch-reference signal representing a pitch to be set by the pitch-actuator system. A rotor-speed input receives a signal representing a speed of the rotor. A speed-reference input receives a speed-reference signal for the rotor speed. An... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090250933 - Turbo generator: A turbo generator having a turbine configured to be driven by exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine, and an electric generator having a rotor coupled to the turbine and a stator having an ironless coil arranged with the rotor to generate electric power when the rotor is rotated by... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090250934 - Plant for the production of electric power from the movement of waves: Plant for producing electric power from the movement of waves, characterized in that it comprises an offshore dam (17) for separating a section (20) of sea inside it, such as a port zone, from an open-sea section (22) and comprising towards this open-sea section (22) a submerged part which has,... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20090250937 - Relative wind vortex rotary turbine alternating current device (rwvt): The present invention is an RWVT for converting relative wind energy into electrical energy using a vortex that leads into an axial flow rotary turbine alternator which provides energy for operating a generator. The result is renewable energy that can be scaled for all energy requirements. Said axial flow rotary... Agent: Ronald J. Meetin, Attorney At Law

20090250935 - Rotor for wind turbine and assembling method thereof: Disclosed is a rotor for a wind turbine, which prevents permanent magnets from being separated from the rotor due to the melting of portions of the permanent magnets bonded to the rotor by a high temperature atmosphere without burying the permanent magnets in the rotor. The rotor includes a circular... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090250936 - System and method for efficiently harnessing and converting aircraft exhaust to electrical power: A system for converting aircraft exhaust to electrical energy is provided. In one example the system includes a plurality of mobile, modular, configurable turbine units. The units may be arranged in clusters, which may have any of a number of configurations depending on, for instance, the terrain where the cluster... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20090250938 - Wind turbine incorporated in an electric transmission tower: An electric generation device such as a vertical axis wind turbine is installed in existing structures like electric transmission towers to provide a source of “green” energy, without significantly impeding power generation and without creating additional impact on the landscape or environment, and without significantly obstructing the public view. This... Agent: Robert C. Curfiss

20090250939 - Wind-driven generation of power: Among other things, for wind-driven generation of electricity, a main shaft is rotated by a wind-driven rotor. A wheel having a diameter of at least 5 meters is mounted to rotate with the main shaft. An electrical generator is driven by the wheel. A yaw ring defines a plane around... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC