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José Miguel Bermúdez Miquel, Piera ES

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20120132117SET OF STOWABLE RIGID SAILS - A set of rigid sails that have an aerodynamic profile and that may be secured to a boat.05-31-2012

José Miguel Garate Álvaro, Barcelona ES

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20120059638Method And System For Predicting The Occurrence Of A Wind Gust At A Wind Turbine - A method of predicting the occurrence of a wind gust at a wind turbine is described. The values of at least one parameter measured for the wind turbine as input data are obtained on a predetermined frequency. A group of input data of predetermined size that was most recently obtained is selected. The probability of the occurrence of a wind gust is calculated based on the selected group of input data. The calculated probability that a wind gust will occur is verified to be above a predetermined probability level. And the occurrence of the wind gust is predicted.03-08-2012

José Miguel García Sayes, Sarriguren (navarra) ES

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20110156389WIND TURBINE CONTROL METHOD - The present disclosure relates to a method for controlling a wind turbine of the type including a rotor, a generator, a frequency converter, a control unit and means for connecting to a wind farm grid, using means for receiving a local voltage reference value (V06-30-2011

José Miguel García Sayes, Sarriguren ES

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20100241280WIND TURBINE CONTROL - Wind turbine control may be provided. First, a control parameter indicative of foreseeable fluctuations in a rotational speed of a rotor due to wind turbulence may be obtained. The first control parameter may be calculated based on a first signal indicative of a wind power and a second signal indicative of wind turbulence intensity. Then, the control parameter may be compared with a threshold value. Next, a maximum power to be generated by the wind turbine may be reduced if the control parameter exceeds said threshold.09-23-2010

José Miguel GarcÍa SayÉs, Sarriguren ES

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20100219634WIND TURBINE CONTROL METHOD, CONTROL UNIT AND WIND TURBINE - A wind turbine control method for dampening vibrations of a transmission system, even in the presence of voltage dips and in any event that is susceptible to reducing active current generation capacity, is provided. First, for example, an initial torque or power instruction may be calculated based on a turbine operating state. Next, a torque or power adjustment term associated with dampening vibration modes of a turbine transmission system may be calculated. Then, a final torque or power instruction may be calculated by, for example, applying the adjustment term to the initial instruction. Finally, the final torque or power instruction may be transformed into a current instruction for controlling the wind turbine.09-02-2010
20100237834POWER GENERATION PLANT VOLTAGE CONTROL - A method for controlling a power generation plant may be provided. First, an equivalent grid voltage may be estimated based on electric magnitudes measured at a connection point of the power generation plant and an equivalent model of a power grid to which the power generation plant is connected. Then, on the basis of said estimated equivalent voltage, a command indicative of reactive power to be produced by the power generation plant may be generated.09-23-2010
20100241280WIND TURBINE CONTROL - Wind turbine control may be provided. First, a control parameter indicative of foreseeable fluctuations in a rotational speed of a rotor due to wind turbulence may be obtained. The first control parameter may be calculated based on a first signal indicative of a wind power and a second signal indicative of wind turbulence intensity. Then, the control parameter may be compared with a threshold value. Next, a maximum power to be generated by the wind turbine may be reduced if the control parameter exceeds said threshold.09-23-2010
20100325986SYSTEM FOR JOINING A GONDOLA TO THE CONCRETE TOWER OF AN AEROGENERATOR - The present disclosure describes a system for joining a gondola to the concrete tower of an aerogenerator, wherein the concrete tower is formed by a lower annular section, one or several intermediate annular sections and an upper annular section, including a flat annular support which is inserted between an upper surface of the upper annular section of the tower and the lower surface of a yaw bearing that supports the gondola, the flat annular support comprising orifices wherethrough a plurality of joining means pass, each of which is fixed to the bottom of the upper annular section of the tower and to the bottom of the yaw bearing.12-30-2010
20110239563WIND GENERATOR TOWER AND PROCESS FOR ASSEMBLY THEREOF - The present invention provides a wind generator tower and a process for assembly thereof. A truncated conical tower assembled from reinforced concrete modules disposes of a tensioning system which provides greater resistance to the same and, in turn, the joints defined between the modules which form the tower are sealed.10-06-2011

José Miguel GarcÍa SayÉs, Sarrigurren ES

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20110142645WIND TURBINE BLADE BEARING AND WIND TURBINE THAT MAKES USE THEREOF - It discloses a wind turbine blade bearing that makes it possible to avoid the collision of the blade with the wind turbine tower by providing a separation thereof via the disposal of the blades at an angle with respect to the wind turbine hub; where said angle is given by the bearing of the blade pitch change system.06-16-2011

José Miguel GarcÍa SayÉs, Sarriguren ES

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100219634WIND TURBINE CONTROL METHOD, CONTROL UNIT AND WIND TURBINE - A wind turbine control method for dampening vibrations of a transmission system, even in the presence of voltage dips and in any event that is susceptible to reducing active current generation capacity, is provided. First, for example, an initial torque or power instruction may be calculated based on a turbine operating state. Next, a torque or power adjustment term associated with dampening vibration modes of a turbine transmission system may be calculated. Then, a final torque or power instruction may be calculated by, for example, applying the adjustment term to the initial instruction. Finally, the final torque or power instruction may be transformed into a current instruction for controlling the wind turbine.09-02-2010
20100325986SYSTEM FOR JOINING A GONDOLA TO THE CONCRETE TOWER OF AN AEROGENERATOR - The present disclosure describes a system for joining a gondola to the concrete tower of an aerogenerator, wherein the concrete tower is formed by a lower annular section, one or several intermediate annular sections and an upper annular section, including a flat annular support which is inserted between an upper surface of the upper annular section of the tower and the lower surface of a yaw bearing that supports the gondola, the flat annular support comprising orifices wherethrough a plurality of joining means pass, each of which is fixed to the bottom of the upper annular section of the tower and to the bottom of the yaw bearing.12-30-2010
20120038169ELECTRIC GENERATOR AND PROCESS FOR ASSEMBLING A WIND TURBINE EQUIPPED WITH SAID GENERATOR - Disclosed herein is a generator having a rotor which comprises rotor excitation element-carrying modules, for example magnets, radially movable in relation to the generator shaft in such a manner, when in their retracted position, as to significantly ease generator transport and assembly. The use of these movable magnet-carrying modules is particularly useful in direct drive-type generators which do not require a multiplier. Another object of the invention is an assembly process which comprises a generator equipped with said radially movable magnet-carrying modules.02-16-2012

José Miguel Guillermo, Madrid ES

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100086905SIMULATION SYSTEM FOR ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY TRAINING - The invention relates to a simulator for training in arthroscopic surgery on a joint of a simulated patient, comprising: a data processing unit (04-08-2010

José Miguel Lopez Novoa, Salamanca ES

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20120129721URINARY GM2 ACTIVATOR PROTEIN AS A MARKER OF ACUTE RENAL FAILURE OR THE RISK OF DEVELOPING ACUTE RENAL FAILURE - The invention relates to a method of determining the risk of developing acute renal failure (ARF) in an individual, or of determining an ARF, and a method of predicting the progression of an ARF, by detecting and/or quantifying the protein Ganglioside GM2 Activator Protein (GM2AP). The failure can be due to the administration of at least one nephrotoxic agent, wherein the nephrotoxic agent can be an aminoglycoside antibiotic as for example gentamicin.05-24-2012

José Miguel Mulet Salort, Valencia ES

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20110061133PLANTS HAVING INCREASED YIELD-RELATED TRAITS AND A METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for increasing various plant yield-related traits by increasing expression in a plant of a nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of: GRF polypeptide, RAA1-like polypeptide, SYR polypeptide, ARKL polypeptide, and YTP polypeptide. The present invention also concerns plants having increased expression of a nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of: GRF polypeptide, RAA1-like polypeptide, SYR polypeptide, ARKL polypeptide, and YTP polypeptide, which plants have increased yield-related traits relative to control plants. The invention also provides constructs useful in the methods of the invention.03-10-2011

José Miguel Mulet Salort, Valencia ES

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110061133PLANTS HAVING INCREASED YIELD-RELATED TRAITS AND A METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for increasing various plant yield-related traits by increasing expression in a plant of a nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of: GRF polypeptide, RAA1-like polypeptide, SYR polypeptide, ARKL polypeptide, and YTP polypeptide. The present invention also concerns plants having increased expression of a nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of: GRF polypeptide, RAA1-like polypeptide, SYR polypeptide, ARKL polypeptide, and YTP polypeptide, which plants have increased yield-related traits relative to control plants. The invention also provides constructs useful in the methods of the invention.03-10-2011

José Miguel Oliva Dominguez, Madrid SE

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20100151550METHOD FOR RECOVERING ENERGY FROM THE ORGANIC FRACTION OF SOLID URBAN WASTE AND ASSOCIATED FACILITY - The invention relates to a method for recovering energy from the organic fraction of urban solid waste comprising the following steps: a) the organic fraction is pre treated with mineral acids, preferably sulfuric acid, during which the fraction is heated by an outer thermal jacket with no steam injection or steam explosion, thereby producing a first slurry containing an insoluble solid susceptible to enzymatic attack by cellulases; b) a step comprising enzymatic hydrolysis using cellulases and simultaneous fermentation, using an ethanologenic microorganism, of the first slurry in order to obtain a second slurry containing diluted ethanol; and c) distillation of the second slurry such as to obtain wet ethanol, a recyclable liquid effluent and a solid.06-17-2010

José Miguel Oliva Dominguez, Madrid SE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100151550METHOD FOR RECOVERING ENERGY FROM THE ORGANIC FRACTION OF SOLID URBAN WASTE AND ASSOCIATED FACILITY - The invention relates to a method for recovering energy from the organic fraction of urban solid waste comprising the following steps: a) the organic fraction is pre treated with mineral acids, preferably sulfuric acid, during which the fraction is heated by an outer thermal jacket with no steam injection or steam explosion, thereby producing a first slurry containing an insoluble solid susceptible to enzymatic attack by cellulases; b) a step comprising enzymatic hydrolysis using cellulases and simultaneous fermentation, using an ethanologenic microorganism, of the first slurry in order to obtain a second slurry containing diluted ethanol; and c) distillation of the second slurry such as to obtain wet ethanol, a recyclable liquid effluent and a solid.06-17-2010

José Miguel Ramalho Ribeiro Dos Santos, Lisboa PT

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20090296569Ring network and method for automatic protection swicthing - A method for automatic protection switching in a ring network detects a link failure at a first interface of a node, generates a first link down message and sends the first link down message along the second direction of the ring network. Upon generation or receipt of the first link down message by the redundancy manager, the redundancy manager is unblocked such that non-control frames of the at least one automatic protection switching domain are no longer blocked by the redundancy manager. Upon generation or receipt of the first link down message by one of the nodes, the node having at least one entry assigning an address to the second interface IF12-03-2009

José Miguel Ramalho Ribeiro Dos Santos, Lisboa PT

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080279203Method of Operating a Node in a Communications Network - There is described a method of operating a node in a ring network. A first loop avoidance protocol, for example, a Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) is run at the node together with a protocol adaptation process. The protocol adaptation process performs processes that enable the first loop avoidance protocol to run over a second loop avoidance protocol, for example, the Ethernet Ring Protection Protocol (ERP), operating in the ring. This makes it easier for network operators to incorporate in networks running STP, equipment manufactured to run ERP.11-13-2008
20090245141Ethernet Ring Protection-resource Usage Optimization Methods - Reconfiguring a ring network having N nodes and S spans that prevents a maximum usage parameter to be exceeded. The network is configured by selecting a span as a protection span to remain idle. An effect of the configuration on the network that causes the network to exceed a maximum usage parameter is calculated. The network is reconfigured by selecting a different span as a protection span to remain idle based on a result of the step of calculating that a previous span selected as the protection span to remain idle causes the network to exceed a maximum usage parameter such that the maximum usage parameter of the reconfigured network is not exceeded.10-01-2009
20090296569Ring network and method for automatic protection swicthing - A method for automatic protection switching in a ring network detects a link failure at a first interface of a node, generates a first link down message and sends the first link down message along the second direction of the ring network. Upon generation or receipt of the first link down message by the redundancy manager, the redundancy manager is unblocked such that non-control frames of the at least one automatic protection switching domain are no longer blocked by the redundancy manager. Upon generation or receipt of the first link down message by one of the nodes, the node having at least one entry assigning an address to the second interface IF12-03-2009

Patent applications by José Miguel Ramalho Ribeiro Dos Santos, Lisboa PT