WOBBEN PROPERTIES GMBH Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160069099 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ERECTING A TOWER FOR A WIND ENERGY PLANT - The present invention concerns a lifting apparatus, in particular a cross lifting beam, for lifting a first pylon segment of a concrete pylon of a wind power installation by means of a crane, including at least one fixing means for fixing the pylon segment to the lifting apparatus, and at least one release apparatus for releasing a connection between the lifting apparatus and the pylon segment. | 03-10-2016 |
20160036273 | SYNCHRONOUS-GENERATOR POLE STACK - A synchronous generator rotor pole pack having a plurality of pole pack laminations which are offset with respect to one another, a pole shank, a pole head with at least three pole head sections is provided. A front edge of each of the at least three pole head sections is arranged at an angle with respect to the pole shank. | 02-04-2016 |
20150292475 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A ROTOR BLADE - The invention relates to a method for producing a rotor blade of a wind turbine in a two-story producing building with a ground floor level for the production of a first part of a rotor blade, and an upper floor level, which is disposed above the ground floor level, for the production of a second part, for example semifinished products for the rotor blade. | 10-15-2015 |
20150290752 | FORMING PROCESS FOR HOT FORMING A STEEL SHEET OF A ROTOR BLADE TO BE PRODUCED FOR A WIND ENERGY PLANT - The present invention concerns a forming process for hot forming of a steel sheet of a rotor blade to be produced of a wind power installation, including the steps heating the steel sheet in a furnace while the steel sheet is lying on a hearth bogie, displacing the heated steel sheet with the hearth bogie from the furnace into a pressing apparatus for the hot forming operation, transloading the heated steel sheet in the pressing apparatus from the hearth bogie on to a form bogie having a counterpart form and pressing the steel sheet by at least one pressing punch which presses on the steel sheet in such a way that it is formed between the pressing punch and the counterpart form and in particular assumes the shape of the pressing punch and the counterpart form. | 10-15-2015 |
20150280629 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FEEDING ELECTRIC ENERGY INTO AN ELECTRIC SUPPLY GRID - The invention relates to a method for controlling a generator of electric energy that is connected to an electric supply grid on a grid connection point, comprising the following steps: incorporating at least one grid characteristic of the electric supply grid related to the grid connection point, and controlling the generator in such way that it feeds power into the electric supply grid depending on the incorporated grid characteristic. | 10-01-2015 |
20150231844 | PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF WIND POWER INSTALLATION ROTOR BLADES AND FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A MOLD CORE FOR SAME - The invention concerns a process for the production of a mold core for the one-part production of wind power installation rotor blades. According to the invention the method includes the steps: providing a flexible hollow body, for example a film tube, inserting the hollow body between at least two mold portions which are so arranged relative to each other that they form a negative shape of the rotor blade to be produced, filling the hollow body with loose material prior to or after insertion of the hollow body between the mold portions, and producing a reduced pressure in the hollow body after it has been filled and inserted in such a way that the hollow body solidifies. The invention further concerns a process for producing a reduced pressure between mold portions and mold core. | 08-20-2015 |
20150198145 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRIC GENERATOR - The invention relates to a method for controlling a generator of electric energy that is connected to an electrical supply grid on a grid connection point, comprising the following steps: feeding electrical power into the electrical supply grid, whereby the generator is operated in a first operating point, interrupting the feeding so that no power is fed into the supply grid if a fault in the electrical supply grid or a fault of the feeding into the electrical supply grid exists or is displayed, resuming the feeding so that electrical power is again fed into the supply grid, whereby the generator resumes the feeding in a second operating point or is gradually increased in said second operating point, and the second operating point is designed in such a way that it feeds into the supply grid with a higher stability reserve than the first operating point. | 07-16-2015 |
20150180288 | OPTIMIZED SYNCHRONOUS GENERATOR OF A GEARLESS WIND POWER PLANT - The invention relates to a synchronous generator of a gearless wind power plant, comprising an external rotor and a Stator, wherein the synchronous generator has a generator outside diameter and the Stator has a Stator outside diameter, and a ratio of the stator outside diameter to the generator outside diameter is greater than 0.86, in particular greater than 0.9, and in particular greater than 0.92. | 06-25-2015 |
20150159633 | MONITORED COMPONENT CONNECTION, WIND POWER INSTALLATION, METHOD OF MONITORING A COMPONENT CONNECTION FOR UNWANTED RELEASE OF THE COMPONENT CONNECTION IN THE CONNECTED CONDITION - The invention concerns a monitored component connection comprising a first component forming a holding portion, a second component forming a receiving portion, and a connecting portion which holds the second component to the first component in the connected condition, wherein the connecting portion engages into a connection receiving means of the receiving portion. According to the invention it is proposed that for monitoring for an unwanted connection weakness in the component connection in the connected condition the connection receiving means can be acted upon with a testing pressure, and the testing pressure can be monitored for a defect deviation which is sufficient to indicate a connection weakness in the component connection in the connected condition. | 06-11-2015 |
20150147175 | WIND TURBINE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A WIND TURBINE OR A WIND FARM - The invention concerns a wind power installation comprising a pod, a rotor, a first and/or second microwave technology and/or radar technology measuring unit for emitting microwaves and/or radar waves and for detecting the reflections of the microwaves and/or radar waves to acquire wind data and/or meteorological data or information in respect of a wind field in front of and/or behind the wind power installation, and a control means of the wind power installation, which controls operation of the wind power installation in dependence on the data detected by the first and/or second measuring unit. | 05-28-2015 |
20150105923 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANT, AND COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANT - The invention relates to a method for operating a power-to-gas arrangement that is to say an arrangement which generates a gas, for example hydrogen and/or methane and/or the like, from electrical energy, wherein the power-to-gas unit for generating the gas draws electrical energy from an electrical grid, to which the power-to-gas unit is connected, wherein the grid has a predetermined setpoint frequency or a setpoint frequency range, wherein the power-to-gas unit reduces the consumption of electrical power by a predetermined value or consumes no electrical power when the grid frequency of the electrical grid is below the desired setpoint frequency of the grid by a predetermined frequency value and/or when the grid frequency drops with a frequency gradient, specifically with a change over time (Δf/Δt), of which the magnitude exceeds a predetermined magnitude of change. | 04-16-2015 |
20150102605 | GENERATOR FOR A GEARLESS WIND POWER INSTALLATION - The invention concerns a generator for a gearless wind power installation, with a stator and a runner, whereby the stator and/or the runner have windings made of aluminum. | 04-16-2015 |
20150054280 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A WIND TURBINE - The invention concerns a method of operating a wind power installation for generating electrical power from wind, wherein the wind power installation is operated selectively in a first or a second operating mode, and the wind power installation in the first operating mode generates as much electrical power as is possible on the basis of the prevailing wind and the design of the wind power installation, and the wind power installation in the second operating mode generates less electrical power than in the first operating mode, wherein the wind power installation is controlled in the first operating mode with a first adjustment parameter set and in the second operating mode with a second adjustment parameter set different from the first adjustment parameter set, and when the wind power installation is operated in the second operating mode the power which can be generated at a maximum with the first adjustment parameter set or a differential power as the difference between that maximum power which can be generated and the power currently generated in the second operating mode, in dependence on the second adjustment parameter set, is ascertained, and/or the second adjustment parameter set is selected in dependence on a desired power reduction by which a power to be generated by the wind power installation is to be lower with respect to the power which can be generated at the maximum by the wind power installation in the first operating mode. | 02-26-2015 |
20140369837 | TURBINE FOR A HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT AND HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT - There is provided a turbine for a hydroelectric power plant comprising a hub, a plurality of turbine blades provided on the hub, a pitch angle adjusting unit coupled to the turbine blades for adjusting the pitch angle of the turbine blades, a double-acting hydraulic cylinder and a piston rod connected thereto. The piston rod is coupled to the pitch angle adjusting unit in such a way that the pitch angle adjusting unit performs a rotational movement when the piston rod is moved in the longitudinal direction. The double-acting hydraulic cylinder is provided in a hydraulic chamber coupled by way of a first and a second hydraulic line so that the double-acting hydraulic cylinder is displaceable by feed of a hydraulic fluid through the first or second hydraulic line and thus leads to adjustment of the pitch angle of the turbine blades by way of the coupling to the piston rod and the pitch angle adjusting unit. | 12-18-2014 |
20140322027 | WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADE AND A METHOD FOR DEICING A WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADE - There is provided a wind power installation rotor blade comprising a rotor blade nose, a rotor blade trailing edge, a rotor blade root region for fixing the rotor blade to a hub of a wind power installation and a rotor blade tip. The rotor blade extends from the rotor blade root region along a longitudinal axis to the rotor blade tip. The rotor blade further has an air distribution unit having an adjusting member for directing an air flow into the rotor blade nose region and/or a rotor blade trailing edge region. | 10-30-2014 |
20140283478 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING A CONCRETE TOWER SEGMENT OF A WIND TURBINE - The invention concerns a processing apparatus for processing an upper segment edge of a pylon segment of a concrete pylon for preparing the pylon segment for placement thereon of at least one further pylon segment. According to the invention it is proposed that the processing apparatus includes a processing means for processing the segment edge, and a carrier apparatus to be fixed in the region of the segment edge for displaceably carrying and guiding the processing means along the segment edge. | 09-25-2014 |
20140254216 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FEEDING ELECTRICAL CURRENT INTO AN ELECTRICAL POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - The invention relates to a method for feeding electrical current into an electrical, three-phase power supply system having a first phase, a second phase and a third phase with a first voltage, a second voltage and a third voltage at a power supply system frequency, comprising the steps of: measuring the first, second and third voltages, transforming the first, second and third voltages into a positive phase-sequence voltage system and a negative phase-sequence voltage system according to the method of symmetrical components, calculating a first desired current, a second desired current and a third desired current for feeding into the first, second and third phases of the power supply system, wherein the first, second and third desired currents are calculated on the basis of at least one value of the positive phase-sequence voltage system and/or the negative phase-sequence voltage system. | 09-11-2014 |
20140246857 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A WIND TURBINE - One embodiment of the invention relates to a method for controlling a wind turbine, having the steps of detecting an internal fault signal which is generated in the first wind turbine and which indicates a disruption of the first wind turbine; receiving at least one external fault signal which is generated outside of the first wind turbine and which indicates a disruption of another wind turbine; and evaluating the internal fault signal dependent on the at least one external fault signal. | 09-04-2014 |
20140245580 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MOUNTING A ROTOR OF A WIND ENERGY PLANT - The invention relates to a lifting beam for lifting and handling a rotor blade of a wind energy plant, comprising a fastening means for fastening the lifting beam to a crane, at least one fastening means for fastening the lifting beam to the rotor blade a longitudinal pivoting means for pivoting the rotor blade which is supported by the lifting beam about a longitudinal axis of the rotor blade, and/or a transverse pivoting means for pivoting the rotor blade which is supported by the lifting beam about a transverse axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The invention further relates to a method for mounting rotor blades of a wind energy plant using a lifting beam according to the invention. | 09-04-2014 |
20140208665 | PRODUCTION OF A TOWER - The present invention relates to a method for producing a tower segment of a concrete tower of a wind energy installation, comprising the steps: providing a segment mold having at least one formwork for defining a mold of the tower segment that is to be produced and for filling with concrete; filling the segment mold with concrete in order to form the tower segment by the subsequent hardening of the concrete; measuring the tower segment thus hardened for creating a three-dimensional, virtual actual model of said tower segment; producing said three-dimensional actual model; comparing the three-dimensional actual model with a predefined mold, in particular a stored three-dimensional, virtual target model; and determining a deviation between both virtual models and changing the segment mold, in particular changing the at least one formwork when the deviation exceeds a first predefined threshold value. | 07-31-2014 |
20140199171 | LARGE ROLLING BEARING - The invention concerns a large-size rolling bearing which is in the form of a multi-row ball-bearing rotary joint for carrying axial loads, radial loads and tilting moments. The large-size rolling bearing has an outer race, an inner race, a first ball row and a second ball row. The first ball row and the second ball row are respectively arranged in axially mutually spaced relationship in a four-point bearing configuration, associated with the first ball row are four raceway portions and associated with the second ball row are four raceway portions. The invention concerns in particular a large-size rolling bearing in which a surface of a respective raceway portion provided in the inner race is larger than the surface of the respectively adjacent raceway portion provided in the inner race and equal to the surface of the respectively diametrally oppositely disposed raceway portion provided in the outer race. | 07-17-2014 |
20140190115 | WIND ENERGY PLANT TOWER - There is provided a wind power installation pylon comprising a plurality of pylon segments which respectively have an upper and a lower horizontal flange. At least one of the plurality of the pylon segments has at least two longitudinal flanges. Each longitudinal flange has a first side for bearing against a first side of a further longitudinal flange and a second side to which the peripheral surface is welded, wherein the second side is opposite to the first side. | 07-10-2014 |
20140184174 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A WIND TURBINE - The present invention concerns a method of controlling a wind power installation having a generator with a stator, a pole wheel with at least two rotor poles with a respective pole winding for producing a magnetic field guided in the respective rotor pole, and an air gap between the stator and the pole wheel, including the steps— controlling a respective exciter current through each pole winding,— varying at least one of the exciter currents relative to at least one further one of the exciter currents, and/or— varying at least one of the exciter currents in dependence on the position of the pole wheel in relation to the stator. | 07-03-2014 |
20140183989 | LAMINATED CORE ASSEMBLY - The invention relates to a laminated core assembly of an electric generator, in particular of a generator of a gearless wind turbine. The laminated core assembly comprises at least one laminated core, at least one winding arranged around the laminated core, and an electrical insulating means arranged between the laminated core and the winding, wherein the insulating means has a composite material for conducting the heat arising in the winding. | 07-03-2014 |
20140161318 | ASSESSMENT OF ROTOR BLADES - The present invention concerns a method of optically assessing a wind power installation or a part thereof, in particular a rotor blade, including the steps: orienting a camera on to a region to be assessed, recording a photograph of the region to be assessed with the camera, detecting the position of the photographed region, and associating the ascertained position with the photographed region. | 06-12-2014 |
20140137781 | SHIP - There is provided a ship, in particular a cargo ship. It has a plurality of Magnus rotors, wherein associated with each of the plurality of Magnus rotors is an individually actuable electric motor (M) for rotating the Magnus rotor, wherein associated with each electric motor (M) is a converter (U) for controlling the rotary speed and/or the rotary direction of the electric motor (M). | 05-22-2014 |
20140132108 | ELECTRIC MACHINE, SYNCHRONOUS GENERATOR-FIELD POLE, SYNCHRONOUS GENERATOR-ROTOR COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF FIELD POLES AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SYNCHRONOUS GENERATOR-FIELD POLE OF AN ELECTRIC MACHINE - There is provided a synchronous generator rotor pole assembly having a plurality of mutually displaced pole assembly segments which respectively have a plurality of identical pole assembly plates. Each pole assembly plate has a pole shank having a first center line, and a pole head having a second center line. The first and second center lines can be different from each other in adjacent pole assembly segments. | 05-15-2014 |
20140127025 | WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADE AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING A WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADE - There is provided a wind power installation rotor blade having a rotor blade root, a rotor blade tip, a rotor blade leading edge, a rotor blade trailing edge, a pressure side and a suction side. The rotor blade further has a rotor blade outer casing with at least one opening in the pressure and/or suction side for receiving handling means for fitting or removing the rotor blade. The rotor blade also has at least one fixing unit for fixing the handling means which are introduced through the at least one opening. The fixing unit is arranged in the interior of the rotor blade outer casing between the pressure side and the suction side. | 05-08-2014 |
20140110949 | WIND TURBINE - There is provided a wind power installation comprising a rotor to which rotor blades can be fitted, an electric generator having a generator stator and a generator rotor, and a plurality of displacement units. The first end of the displacement unit is fastened to the generator stator and the second end of the displacement unit is releasably fastened to the generator rotor. The displacement units each have a respective hydraulic cylinder, the deflection of which is controllable so that by actuation of the displacement unit the generator rotor is displaced relative to the generator stator. | 04-24-2014 |
20140103029 | DEVICE FOR INDUCTIVELY REMOVING THE INSULATION FROM WIRES AND/OR CONDUCTIVE STRUCTURES - Thus there is provided a device for stripping insulation from wires and/or conductive structures having a lacquer or plastic coating. The device has a receiving portion for receiving the ends of the wires and/or conductive structures from which insulation is to be stripped, at least one induction coil in the region of the receiving portion for inductively generating heat to vaporize or thermally remove the coating on the wires within the receiving portion and at least one suction removal hose connected to the receiving portion for removing the vaporized or thermally removed coating of the wires and/or conductive structures in the region of the receiving portion. | 04-17-2014 |
20140091650 | POLE SHOE - The invention relates to a pole shoe of an electrical machine, in particular a rotor of an electrical generator of a wind turbine generator system, comprising a pole shoe body for conducting a magnetic field and for receiving a winding for conducting an electrical current, in particular an excitation current, for producing the magnetic field, and at least one heat sink, entirely or partially surrounding the pole shoe body, for cooling the pole shoe, wherein the heat sink is arranged between the pole shoe body and the winding. | 04-03-2014 |
20140084742 | POLE SHOE OF A GENERATOR, PREFERABLY A GENERATOR OF A WIND TURBINE GENERATOR SYSTEM - The invention concerns a pole shoe, in particular of a generator, comprising a pole assembly which is of a laminated configuration, at least one winding arranged around the pole assembly, and a body which passes through the laminated pole assembly in the longitudinal direction and which has a plurality of transversely directed engagement locations, preferably at most three transversely directed engagement locations, into which a respective holding means can engage to fasten the pole shoe on a support, in particular the rotor or stator of a generator. The present invention further concerns a pole shoe, in particular of a generator, comprising a pole assembly which is of a laminated configuration, at least one winding arranged around the pole assembly, and an insulating means arranged between the pole assembly and the winding, wherein the insulating means has a fiber composite material. | 03-27-2014 |
20140084587 | WIND TURBINE GENERATOR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A WIND TURBINE GENERATOR SYSTEM - The present invention concerns a method of controlling a wind power installation connected to an electric network having a generator with an aerodynamic rotor with an adjustable rotary speed, in which the wind power installation can be operated at an operating point which is optimum in relation to prevailing wind conditions at an optimum rotary speed, wherein the wind power installation is operated for a transitional period of time or lastingly at a non-optimum operating point at a non-optimum rotary speed and the non-optimum rotary speed is higher than the optimum rotary speed. | 03-27-2014 |
20140072460 | SHIP - The invention concerns a ship comprising at least one electric motor for driving a ship and a cooling device for cooling the at least one electric motor by means at least one coolant. It is further according to the invention that the cooling device has a heat exchanger adapted to cool the at least one coolant by means of sea water. | 03-13-2014 |
20140070537 | WIND TURBINE - There is provided a wind power installation having a component to be monitored and a crack detection unit. In that case the crack detection unit has at least one thread or fiber which is fastened directly on the component to be monitored. The crack detection unit further has a crack detector which serves to detect whether the thread or fiber is or is not cracked. | 03-13-2014 |
20140039811 | METHOD OF DETERMINING UNCOLLECTED ENERGY - The present invention concerns a method of producing a data base which includes a plurality of correlation laws, in particular correlation factors, for determining lost energy, which during a stoppage or throttling of a first wind power installation cannot be converted thereby into electrical energy, from the recorded power of at least one reference wind power installation operated in throttled or unthrottled mode, comprising the steps of simultaneously detecting instantaneous power of the first wind power installation and at least one reference wind power installation in the throttled or unthrottled mode, determining a respective correlation law, in particular correlation factor, describing a relationship between the power of the first wind power installation and the power of the at least one reference wind power installation, and storing the at least one correlation law or correlation factor in dependence on at least one boundary condition. | 02-06-2014 |
20140034419 | SAFETY HARNESS - There is provided a full body harness comprising a chest strap, an abdomen strap and a damping unit between the chest strap and the abdomen strap. The damping unit is adapted in the event of a fall to limit the maximum loading acting on the wearer of the harness. The damping unit has a connection for connection to an external runner. | 02-06-2014 |
20130334819 | WIND POWER PLANT - The present invention concerns a module carrier for fixing electric modules provided for controlling one or more pitch drives of a wind power installation to a rotor hub of the wind power installation comprising a main body for carrying the electric modules, wherein the rotor hub is adapted to rotate about a substantially horizontal rotor axis, and the main body is adapted to be fixed in front of the rotor hub in the axial direction of the rotor axis. | 12-19-2013 |
20130323055 | ADJUSTMENT DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING AN ANGLE OF INCIDENCE OF A ROTOR BLADE OF A WIND POWER PLANT - The invention concerns an adjusting device for adjusting the pitch angle of a rotor blade of a wind power installation including an adjusting motor for moving the rotor blade through the pitch angle, an actuating unit for actuating the adjusting motor with electric current, wherein the actuating unit is connected to an electric power supply network, and an emergency power supply device for supplying and actuating the adjusting motor with electric current in the event of a failure of the electric power supply network, wherein the emergency power supply device has an electric storage means for storing electric energy to provide the electric current for actuation of the adjusting motor and wherein the actuating unit is adapted to charge up the electric storage means of the emergency power supply device with electric energy. | 12-05-2013 |
20130313835 | GENERATOR - The invention relates to an electrical generator comprising a stator which has windings lying in grooves formed by metal sheets and which has a predetermined diameter and a predetermined depth. The metal sheets form a laminated core which is penetrated by threaded bolts, the front and rear end of the laminated core being mounted on a ring of the stator. According to the invention, an additional mounting point for the laminated core is formed on the stator ring, said mounting point being located approximately in the center of the stator ring. | 11-28-2013 |
20130309092 | ROTOR BLADE WITH HEATING DEVICE FOR A WIND TURBINE - There is provided a wind power installation rotor blade comprising at least one electrically operable heating mat which is fixed in the interior of the rotor blade. | 11-21-2013 |
20130302164 | MAGNUS ROTOR WITH BALANCING WEIGHTS AND METHOD FOR BALANCING A BODY OF REVOLUTION - The invention relates to a Magnus rotor comprising a cylindrical body of revolution for converting wind power into a feed force using the Magnus effect. The Magnus rotor comprises: a rotational shaft about which the body of revolution rotates; a support member on which the body of revolution is mounted; and a body of revolution which has means for the reinforcement thereof. The body of revolution is primed in at least two planes arranged at a mutual spacing in the axial direction perpendicular to the rotational shaft of the body of revolution in order to accommodate balancing weights. The invention further relates to a method for balancing a body of revolution according to the invention. | 11-14-2013 |
20130298634 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A WIND POWER PLANT - The present invention concerns a method of operating a wind power installation, wherein the wind power installation has an aerodynamic rotor in the form of a horizontal-axis rotor having a hub with at least one rotor blade, and provided on the rotor is at least one load measuring means for detecting a wind loading on the rotor, the method includes the steps: rotating the rotor of the wind power installation without or with a slight wind loading for calibration of the load measuring means and in that case recording a load measurement with the load measuring means, and calibrating the load measuring means based on the load measurement and previously known weight forces occurring at the rotor. | 11-14-2013 |
20130291775 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A SHIP, IN PARTICULAR A CARGO SHIP, WITH AT LEAST ONE MAGNUS ROTOR - The invention relates to a method for operating a ship, in particular a cargo ship, with at least one Magnus rotor, comprising a step of detecting the direction of a wind. Furthermore, the at least one Magnus rotor is operated with one direction of rotation, so that by means of the interaction between the wind and the Magnus rotor a force is generated which is directed substantially opposite the forward direction of the ship. | 11-07-2013 |
20130277983 | WIND ENERGY INSTALLATION HAVING A SYNCHRONOUS GENERATOR, AND SLOWLY ROTATING SYNCHRONOUS GENERATOR - There is provided a wind power installation comprising a synchronous generator which has a generator stator and a generator rotor for producing electric energy. The wind power installation further has a fluid cooling system for cooling the generator rotor. | 10-24-2013 |
20130264167 | DOOR LOCK - The invention relates to a device for controlling the locking of the opening of a door preferably located between the stationary part and the rotary part of a wind power plant. According to the invention, means are provided for immobilising or stopping the rotary part, and the door between the rotary part and the stationary part of the wind power plant comprises a lock that allows unlocking and then if required opening the door when the immobilising or stopping means have immobilised or stopped the rotary part of the wind power plant. | 10-10-2013 |
20130260620 | SHIP HAVING AN OPENING FOR REMOVING A POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - The invention relates to a ship, in particular a cargo ship, having a power supply system. The invention relates in particular to a ship having a plurality of diesel electric systems for providing electrical power that are disposed within the ship, wherein a plurality of diesel electric systems are each associated with a common opening for removing the diesel electric systems. The invention further relates to a power supply system for a ship and to a method for controlling the power supply system of a ship. | 10-03-2013 |
20130259633 | METHOD FOR REPLACING A TRANSFORMER IN A WIND ENERGY INSTALLATION - There is provided a method of replacing a generator of a wind power installation. In that case the generator is provided in the interior of a pylon of a wind power installation and the pylon has a door opening. An exchanging cross beam is fixed by way of a first fastening point to a crane hook of a mobile crane. A first end of the cross beam is introduced with a second fastening point through the door opening into the pylon. The transformer to be replaced is fixed to the second fastening point of the first end. A compensating weight is fixed at the second fastening point to the second end of the cross beam. The second end of the cross beam is tilted or inclined until the transformer is at the height of the door opening and the crane hook is moved until the transformer to be replaced is outside the door opening. | 10-03-2013 |
20130243593 | MAGNUS ROTOR - The present invention concerns a Magnus rotor comprising a carrier arranged in the interior of the Magnus rotor, a rotor which in operation of the Magnus rotor rotates about the carrier, a bearing which carries the rotor on the carrier and a heating device provided for producing heated air in the interior of the carrier. The carrier has at least one opening at its outside, which connects the internal space in the carrier to the intermediate space between the carrier and the rotor in such a way that air can pass through between those two spaces. | 09-19-2013 |
20130243592 | MAGNUS ROTOR - The present invention concerns a Magnus rotor comprising a carrier arranged in the interior of the Magnus rotor, a rotor which rotates about the carrier in operation of the Magnus rotor, a plate which horizontally closes off the rotor, and a bearing which carries the rotor on the carrier. The rotor has at least one opening in the plate. The carrier has at least one fixing point for lifting the Magnus rotor by means of at least one fixing means and a lifting apparatus. | 09-19-2013 |
20130239859 | MAGNUS ROTOR COMPRISING A GUIDE ROLLER COVER - The present invention concerns a Magnus rotor comprising a guide roller which is arranged at the lower outer periphery of the Magnus rotor and which bears against the Magnus rotor in play-free relationship, a walkway surface arranged beneath the guide roller, and a cover which covers the guide roller and the walkway surface. In an opened condition the cover exposes the guide roller and the walkway surface so that a person on the walkway surface can perform working operations at the guide roller. | 09-19-2013 |
20130236321 | REMOVABLE ROTOR BLADE TIP - One or more embodiments are directed to a rotor blade tip for a rotor blade, in particular for a rotor blade of a wind power installation, which is in the form of an independent portion which can be connected to the rotor blade and has a first connecting surface directed in the direction of the rotor blade to be connected. For making the connection to the rotor blade provided at the connecting surface are first guide means with a guide direction when making the connection to the rotor blade and first locking means for fixing the rotor blade tip to the rotor blade as first component parts of a connecting mechanism. | 09-12-2013 |
20130236313 | MAGNUS ROTOR - The invention relates to a Magnus rotor comprising a support that is arranged inside the Magnus rotor, a rotor that rotates about the support during operation of the Magnus rotor, a bearing that supports the rotor on the support, and a shaft that penetrates the bearing and is connected to the rotor above the bearing. | 09-12-2013 |
20130233230 | ELECTRIC MOTOR EXCHANGE - The invention concerns a ship comprising at least one motor for driving the ship and at least one crane. To lift the motor at least one crane can be brought into engagement with the at least one motor through at least one closable opening. The invention further concerns a ship drive for driving a ship as well as a method of exchanging ship motors arranged within a ship for driving the ship together with peripheral devices. The invention further concerns the use of a wind power installation generator. | 09-12-2013 |
20130233227 | SHIP COMPRISING FASTENING MEANS ARRANGED IN A GRID OVER THE CARGO AREA - The invention concerns a ship, in particular a cargo ship, having a load surface for receiving load items, in particular piece goods. The invention concerns in particular a ship whose load surface has a plurality of receiving means which can be connected to fixing means and which are distributed in a grid over the load surface. The invention further concerns a floor element for a ship, in particular a cargo ship, and a securing element. | 09-12-2013 |
20130233223 | SHIP COMPRISING A MAGNUS ROTOR AND FORCE-MEASURING DEVICE - The invention concerns a ship, in particular a cargo ship, comprising at least one Magnus rotor for driving the ship, which has a stationary carrier. The invention concerns in particular a ship in which arranged on the carrier is a measuring device for determining a flexural loading on the carrier. | 09-12-2013 |
20130230399 | MAGNUS-ROTOR - The present invention concerns a Magnus rotor comprising a carrier, and a rotary body mounted rotatably to the carrier, as well as a drive device for driving the rotary body. The carrier has at least one opening which connects an internal space in the carrier with an external space in such a way that air can pass through between those two spaces. The invention further concerns a method of cooling elements of a Magnus rotor, a method of heating a rotary body of a Magnus rotor and a ship. | 09-05-2013 |
20130228110 | SHIP AND GANGWAY FOR THE SAME - The invention relates to a ship, in particular a freight ship, comprising an outer wall and a gangway for embarking and disembarking the ship, which can be moved backwards and forwards between an embarking/disembarking position and a stored position when the ship is being driven. The invention also relates to a ship in which the gangway comprises a base having a lower surface which, when said gangway is in the stored position, is flush with the surface of the outer wall. The invention also relates to a gangway for embarking and disembarking a ship, which is embodied according to the claimed invention for use on a ship. | 09-05-2013 |
20130220199 | SHIP COMPRISING A VENTILATION DEVICE - The invention concerns a ship comprising at least one hold, and at least one ventilation apparatus for ventilation of the hold, which has at least one air inlet and at least one air outlet connected to the air inlet by means of a passage. In particular the invention concerns a ship having a ventilation apparatus, wherein the passage has at least one portion arranged above the air inlet. The invention further concerns a ventilation apparatus for ventilation of the hold of a ship. | 08-29-2013 |
20130220191 | SHIP, IN PARTICULAR FREIGHT SHIP, WITH A MAGNUS ROTOR - The invention relates to a ship comprising a plurality of Magnus rotors. Each Magnus rotor is associated with an electric motor which can be controlled individually and which is used to rotate the Magnus rotor. Each electric motor is associated with a converter in order to control the rotational speed and/or the rotational direction of the electric motor. The ship also comprises a central control unit which is connected to the converters, to control the individual converters, in order to control the rotational speed and/or the rotational direction of the Magnus rotors, independently from the other Magnus rotors. The ship also comprises an electric motor as the main drive of the ship, a converter for controlling the electric motor is associated with the electric motor. Said control unit controls the Magnus rotor in a first operational mode in such a manner that a maximal drive force is reached. | 08-29-2013 |
20130213983 | PROTECTIVE FOOT FOR A UNIT LOAD, IN PARTICULAR CONCRETE TOWER SEGMENTS - A protective foot is provided for a piece goods item, in particular a pylon section segment or a concrete pylon segment of a wind power installation. The protective foot has a bottom plate for receiving an end of the item and a fixing unit for releasable fixing to the end of the item. | 08-22-2013 |
20130213286 | "SHIP WITH ADJUSTABLE PANEL AT THE BOW" - The invention relates to a ship, in particular a ship comprising at least one sail rotor. According to the invention, the ship has a front part that has a height-adjustable and/or pivotable panel. | 08-22-2013 |
20130213232 | FLUID DEGASSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DEGASSING FLUIDS - The invention concerns a fluid degassing device for degassing fluids, in particular resins. The device has a fluid supply element for supply of the fluid and a fluid discharge element for discharge of the fluid. Between the supply element and the discharge element there is at least one structural element for breaking down bubbles in the fluid as it flows through the structural element. In addition or alternatively there may be provided at least one profile element, over which the fluid must flow. | 08-22-2013 |
20130199876 | WIND ENERGY INSTALLATION WORKING GANTRY AND WIND ENERGY INSTALLATION - The present invention concerns a wind power installation working gallery comprising a working platform and a railing arranged on the working platform, wherein the railing can be closed off by means of a closure element and the closure element is arranged in a transfer region to a lift. | 08-08-2013 |
20130141951 | METHOD FOR FEEDING ELECTRICAL POWER INTO A THREE-PHASE AC VOLTAGE SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method for feeding an unbalanced, three-phase current into a three-phase AC voltage system, comprising the steps of: producing a positive phase-sequence system for the current to be fed in, producing a negative phase-sequence system for the current to be fed in, superimposing the positive phase-sequence system and the negative phase-sequence system to form the current to be fed in and feeding the current composed in this manner into the three-phase AC voltage system. | 06-06-2013 |
20130129474 | WIND POWER PLANT FOUNDATION AND WIND POWER PLANT - There is provided a wind power installation foundation having a reinforcement comprising a plurality of steel bars and radial steel bars and a lower pylon segment having a plurality of holes in the wall of the pylon segment for receiving the bars or radial bars. In addition there is provided a concrete body which covers the reinforcement and the lower portion of the pylon segment. The foundation has a plurality of holders for holding the bars or radial bars of the reinforcement. The holder has an upper bracket for fixing to the pylon segment and a lower foot for receiving the bars or radial bars of the reinforcement. The length of the holder is adapted to be variable. | 05-23-2013 |
20130121780 | TRANSPORT VEHICLE FOR ROTOR BLADES AND/OR TOWER SEGMENTS OF WIND POWER PLANTS AND TRANSPORT RACK FOR A TRANSPORT VEHICLE - There is provided a transport vehicle for transporting wind power installation rotor blades and/or pylon segments. The transport vehicle has a transport support structure having a main frame, a receiving frame fixedly connected to the main frame at a first angle, and a rotary displacement unit which is fixed with one end to the receiving frame and which at its second end has a blade adaptor for receiving a rotor blade or a pylon segment. The main frame spans a main plane. The rotary displacement unit has at least one first rotary mounting, wherein there is provided a second angle between the second rotary plane of the second rotary mounting. | 05-16-2013 |
20130106108 | METHOD FOR THE OPERATION OF A WIND TURBINE | 05-02-2013 |
20130098527 | ROTOR BLADE FORM FOR PRODUCING A ROTOR BLADE OF A WIND POWER PLANT - The present invention concerns a rotor blade mold for producing a rotor blade of a wind power installation or a part thereof comprising a heatable mold portion having a shaping surface for shaping the rotor blade surface and wherein the heatable mold portion has at least two heating portions and each heating portion includes at least one electrical resistance heating element arranged at or beneath the shaping surface and a supply unit for supplying the at least one resistance heating element with electrical heating current. | 04-25-2013 |
20130084182 | WIND ENERGY INSTALLATION AZIMUTH OR PITCH DRIVE - There is provided a wind power installation azimuth or pitch drive having a travelling wave drive. | 04-04-2013 |
20130064675 | WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADE - The invention concerns a wind power installation rotor blade. The rotor blade has a rotor blade root, a rotor blade tip, a rotor blade leading edge and a rotor blade trailing edge. The rotor blade further has a pressure side and a suction side as well as at least one web at least partially between the suction and pressure sides. The rotor blade has a longitudinal direction between the rotor blade root and the rotor blade tip. The web is of a wave-shaped configuration in the longitudinal direction of the rotor blade. | 03-14-2013 |
20130058754 | LIFTING UNIT FOR LIFTING A ROTOR OF A WIND ENERGY INSTALLATION - There is provided a lifting unit for lifting a rotor of a wind power installation. The lifting unit has at least one first sling for looping around a region of a rotor blade on a rotor of the wind power installation, which region is near the rotor blade root, at least one transverse strut, at least one first and second strut or sling portion, and at least one first and second hinge unit. The at least one first and second struts or sling portions extend between the at least one first and second hinge units and the transverse strut. The lifting unit further has at least one second sling having first and second sling portions and a strut. The first ends of the first and second sling portions are fixed to the first and second hinge units. The second sling is adapted to be arranged around a rotor blade stub. | 03-07-2013 |
20130039775 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING WIND POWER PLANT ROTOR BLADES AND A WIND POWER PLANT ROTOR BLADE - The present invention concerns a process for the production of a wind power installation rotor blade. To permit more economical manufacture at high quality the following steps are provided: providing at least one mold, placing a layered fiber composite having at least one core in the mold, wherein the core has a top side with first channel portions and an underside with second channel portions, and connecting portions between the first and second channel portions, and feeding resin, in particular through the first and/or second channel portions, until the layered fiber composite is adequately saturated. | 02-14-2013 |