Absstract of: WO2026022222A1
The invention relates to a wind or hydroelectric power plant (1) comprising a housing (2), a turbine and a generator (4) driven by the turbine, wherein the housing (2) has an inlet opening (12) for the wind or the water to flow into the turbine and an outlet opening (15) for the wind or the water to flow out from the turbine, wherein the housing (2) has a flow-conducting housing part, designed as a wind or water receiving surface (10), in order to compress the air and to increase the wind or water velocity used for driving the turbine, and wherein the entire turbine is arranged within the housing (2), and wherein the turbine is in the form of a worm shaft (20). It is essential here for inlet wings (11) to be formed on the housing (2), in order to adjust the size of the inlet opening (12).
Absstract of: WO2026022201A1
The present invention relates to a system (1) for detecting icing conditions. The system (1) comprises a plurality of piezoelectric crystals (2, 2', 2''), a vector network analyser (3), and a processing means (4). A pair of electrodes (5) is connected to each piezoelectric crystal (2, 2', 2''). The piezoelectric crystals (2, 2', 2''), by means of the electrode (5) pairs thereof, are connected in parallel to each other and to the vector network analyser (3). The vector network analyser (3) is configured to scan the response of the piezoelectric crystals in the frequency domain by generating electric signals suitable for producing acoustic waves in each piezoelectric crystal (2, 2', 2''), and by periodically measuring a set of resonance data for each piezoelectric crystal and to send the sets of resonance data to the processor (4). The processor (4) is configured to receive, from the vector network analyser (3), the sets of resonance data and to calculate, using the sets of resonance data, an indicator of ice accretion, a value of ice accretion rate, an indicator of the severity of the ice event and an indicator of the droplet size.
Absstract of: WO2026021707A1
According to an embodiment, the method is for operating a wind turbine having (100) a rotatable component (1 to 4) and at least one drive (di) for rotating the rotatable component by exerting torque. The method comprises a step of providing first information (I1) which is representative of an operational variable (OV) of the wind turbine. The method further comprises a step of determining second information (I2) depending on the first information, wherein the second information is representative of a variable gain factor (K), the value of which depends on the operational variable. Furthermore, an operating setpoint (OS_i) for the at least one drive is determined depending on the second information. The operating setpoint is determined with the help of a controller (P1 to P4) which uses the variable gain factor.
Absstract of: DE102024121235A1
Die Erfindung betrifft eine Wind- oder Wasserkraftanlage (1), umfassend ein Gehäuse (2), eine Turbine und einen von der Turbine angetriebenen Generator (4), wobei das Gehäuse (2) eine Einlassöffnung (12) zum Einströmen des Windes oder des Wassers zur Turbine aufweist und eine Auslassöffnung (15) zum Ausströmen des Windes oder des Wassers von der Turbine aufweist. Wesentlich dabei ist, dass das Gehäuse (2) einen strömungsleitenden Gehäuseteil aufweist, der als Wind- oder Wasseraufnahmefläche (10) ausgebildet ist, um die Luft zu verdichten und die Wind- oder Wassergeschwindigkeit zu erhöhen, welche zum Antrieb der Turbine verwendet wird, und dass die Turbine vollständig innerhalb des Gehäuses (2) angeordnet ist, und dass die Turbine als Schneckenwelle (20) ausgebildet ist.
Absstract of: WO2024157036A1
An ice fall protection system for at least one moving objects monitoring device and/or at least one moving objects collision prevention device installed on the tower of a wind turbine, wherein said system comprises: a mounting base (1) adapted to be fastened to the tower and comprising a flat surface (A) in a quadrilateral shape and at least one pair of opposite walls (2, 2'), at least one cover (10) comprising an ice repulsion surface (B) adapted to be installed on the tower to cover said devices and protect them from ice fall, wherein the mounting base (1) and the cover (10) are adapted to be removably connected to each other such that a removable installation of the cover (10) on the tower is achieved, with the repulsion surface (B) to present an inclination with respect to the surface of the tower, thereby repulsing the ice striking onto it.
Absstract of: US20260022688A1
The present disclosure is related to a torque transmission system (203) for a slip ring unit (200) The slip ring unit (200) is configured for being mounted along a rotational axis (30) of the wind turbine rotor (18). The slip ring unit (200) comprises an encoder, a rotating part (201) configured for connection to a rotating component of the wind turbine and a static part (202) configured for connection to a static component of the wind turbine. The torque transmission system (203) is configured for connecting the rotating part (201) of the slip ring unit (200) to the rotating component of the wind turbine while having a degree of freedom in an axial and/or in a radial direction. Furthermore, the torque transmission system (203) is configured to prevent relative displacement between the rotating part (201) of the slip ring unit (200) and the rotating component of the wind turbine in a tangential direction. The present disclosure also relates to methods (100) of assembly of a slip ring unit (200) in a wind turbine.
Absstract of: JP2026013275A
【課題】簡易な構造で容易に風力発電装置の地上からの高さを高くすることができるとともに、十分な耐震性能を有した風力発電用タワー構造を提供する。【解決手段】風力発電用タワー構造100は、下部構造10と上部構造90とを具備する。下部構造10は、地盤103内に打設された地中基礎95と接続されることにより、地盤103に固定される。上部構造90は、下部構造10の上部に接合され、その上部に風力発電装置93が配置される。下部構造10には、振動エネルギーを吸収する制震構造5が配置される。【選択図】図1
Absstract of: JP2026013048A
【課題】タワーを大口径にする必要なく、陸上風力発電装置を大型化・高層化できる陸上風車支持物のブレース構造を提供する。【解決手段】地盤に支持される基礎部2と、基礎部2に支持されるタワー3と、基礎部2とタワー3とを接合するブレース4と、を有する。【選択図】図1
Absstract of: JP2026013145A
【課題】輸送時のタワーを大口径にする必要なく、陸上風力発電装置を大型化・高層化できる陸上風力発電装置および陸上風力発電装置の施工方法を提供する。【解決手段】地盤Gに支持されるタワー3と、タワー3の下部側を囲繞しタワー3と一体化に設けられるコンクリート巻き立て部4と、を有する。【選択図】図1
Absstract of: CN120883500A
There is described a method of controlling a fractional slot motor (865), in particular a fractional slot motor of a wind turbine, for processing at least one fractional harmonic oscillation, the fractional slot motor comprising a stator and a rotor rotatable relative to the stator, the method comprises: determining a fractional harmonic electrical angular position (theta h) of the rotor corresponding to the fractional harmonic; the motor (865) is controlled based on the fractional harmonic angular position (theta h).
Absstract of: CN120457621A
A superconducting machine includes a vacuum vessel, at least one superconducting coil disposed within the vacuum vessel, and a cooling system for cooling the at least one superconducting coil. The cooling system includes a torque transmitting member secured to an inner wall of the vacuum vessel, at least one superconducting coil secured to the torque transmitting member. The cooling system also includes a cryocooler external to the vacuum vessel, the cryocooler including a forced flow cooling system. The cooling system also includes at least two cooling tubes for supply and return of refrigerant, the at least two cooling tubes being thermally coupled between the cryocooler and the at least one superconducting coil. By operating the cooling system, the cryocooler supplies refrigerant to the at least one superconducting coil via the at least two cooling tubes.
Absstract of: GB2700357A
A floating wind turbine platform 200 includes a floatable structure having multiple semisubmersible columns 202, 204, 206, interconnected by pontoons 210, which are adapted to contain a ballast. The floating wind turbine platform further includes a ballast distribution system (300, Fig 3), with pumps 214 for controlling a flow of ballast in the pontoons and a sensor 302 that is usable to detect an inclination of the floatable structure in a body of water. A controller 304 of the ballast distribution system, in communication with the pumps, can balance the floatable structure in response to a signal from the sensor by operating the pumps to distribute the ballast within spaced apart ballast compartments 210b and 210c in each of the pontoons. A method of balancing a floating platform and a ballast distribution system for a floating platform are also disclosed. Figure 2
Absstract of: GB2642892A
The present invention provides an electric vehicle chargeable by wind energy, enabling travel using electricity generated by wind power generation. The electric vehicle includes an air inlet that is formed on the front of the electric vehicle travelled by rotating a wheel by an electric motor to allow wind to flow in during traveling, a turbine that is formed at a rear end of the air inlet and rotated by wind power, a power generation unit that includes a rotor coupled to a rotating shaft extended from the turbine and a stator disposed in a ring shape on the outside of the rotor and generates power by rotation of the rotor, a power supply unit that converts power from the power generation unit into a chargeable voltage to charge a battery and supplies a driving voltage from the battery to the electric motor, and a controller that electrically connects the battery and the electric motor through an electrical system and controls charging from the power generation unit to the battery.
Absstract of: GB2642825A
A de-icing structure 300 comprising a heater layer 310, with a plurality of heater regions 202-214 and a heatable parting region 220 separating adjacent heater regions, and an erosion shield layer 305 disposed over the heater layer. At least one region of the erosion shied layer that disposed over at least one heater area is substantially insulated from the parting region or parting strip. The structure may be used in an aircraft (100, fig 1), on an aerofoil or the aircraft wing 104. The section of the erosion protection layer over the heater region may be separated from the area over the parting section, by a channel (422, fig 4) in the erosion shield layer. The channel may be filled with thermally insulating filler material. Alternatively, there may be a gap between the portion of the erosion shield layer over the heater region and the portion over the parting region; the gap may be bridged with thermally insulating bridge material (562, fig 5).
Absstract of: EP4685347A1
According to an embodiment, the method is for operating a wind turbine having (100) a rotatable component (1 to 4) and at least one drive (di) for rotating the rotatable component by exerting torque. The method comprises a step of providing first information (I1) which is representative of an operational variable (OV) of the wind turbine. The method further comprises a step of determining second information (12) depending on the first information, wherein the second information is representative of a variable gain factor (K), the value of which depends on the operational variable. Furthermore, an operating setpoint (OS_i) for the at least one drive is determined depending on the second information. The operating setpoint is determined with the help of a controller (P1 to P4) which uses the variable gain factor.
Absstract of: EP4685477A1
The present invention relates to a system (1) for detecting icing conditions. The system (1) comprises a plurality of piezoelectric crystals (2, 2', 2"), a vector network analyser (3), and a processing means (4). A pair of electrodes (5) is connected to each piezoelectric crystal (2, 2', 2"). The piezoelectric crystals (2, 2', 2"), by means of the electrode (5) pairs thereof, are connected in parallel to each other and to the vector network analyser (3). The vector network analyser (3) is configured to scan the response of the piezoelectric crystals in the frequency domain by generating electric signals suitable for producing acoustic waves in each piezoelectric crystal (2, 2', 2"), and by periodically measuring a set of resonance data for each piezoelectric crystal and to send the sets of resonance data to the processor (4). The processor (4) is configured to receive, from the vector network analyser (3), the sets of resonance data and to calculate, using the sets of resonance data, an indicator of ice accretion, a value of ice accretion rate, an indicator of the severity of the ice event and an indicator of the droplet size.
Absstract of: CN120882969A
According to the present invention, there is provided a pitch controlled wind turbine comprising a tower, a nacelle mounted on the tower, and a rotor rotatably mounted to the nacelle. The rotor defines a rotor axis and a rotor plane perpendicular to the rotor axis. The rotor includes a hub and a plurality of wind turbine blades, each blade extending in a spanwise direction between a blade root defined by an inboard portion of the blade and a blade tip defined by an outboard portion of the blade. Each blade is rotatably connected to the hub via a respective pitch mechanism such that each blade is rotatable about a pitch axis. Further, each blade includes a windward side and a leeward side that meet at a leading edge and a trailing edge to define an airfoil profile. The airfoil profile has a chord, which is a distance between the leading edge and the trailing edge, and a flapping direction thickness, which is a distance between the windward side and the leeward side in a flapping direction orthogonal to the chord. The pitch controlled wind turbine is configured to reduce the loading of the inboard portion of each wind turbine blade in use. Therefore, each blade further comprises a connection position located between the blade root and the blade tip at a radial distance r from the rotor axis. The connection location defines an inboard end of the outboard portion and an outboard end of the inboard portion. The turbine further includes a plurality of blade connection members, and
Absstract of: CN120858240A
A transmission includes a fixed ring gear, a first drive member defining a plurality of bores, each bore housing a tooth element. The second drive member extends within the first drive member and defines a cam surface or profile that engages each of the plurality of tooth elements. The body region of the tooth element includes: a substantially cylindrical first body portion proximate the tooth tip region; a substantially cylindrical second body portion remote from the tooth tip region wherein the first body portion and the second body portion are spaced apart along a body axis (A); and a mass reduction portion between the first body portion and the second body portion. The mass reducing portion includes an outer surface. An imaginary cylindrical surface extends between the substantially cylindrical first body portion and the substantially cylindrical second body portion, and wherein an outer surface of the mass reduction portion shares less than 95% of its surface area with the imaginary cylindrical surface.
Absstract of: WO2024193977A1
The invention relates to an offshore hydrogen production system (100, 200), comprising a plurality of offshore hydrogen production wind turbines (102, 202, 240), in each case comprising a wind turbine (106, 206) and a micro-electrolysis system (104, 204), at least one first central offshore treatment structure (108, 208), comprising at least one water treatment plant (110, 210) designed to treat water for hydrogen production, and at least one interconnected medium network (118, 218) arranged between the plurality of offshore hydrogen production wind turbines (102, 202, 240) and the first central offshore treatment structure (108, 208). The interconnected medium network (118, 218) comprises at least one water supply network (120, 220) designed to supply the micro-electrolysis systems (104, 204) with the treated water.
Absstract of: WO2024193987A1
The invention relates to a method for monitoring the health condition of a wind turbine system, the method comprising the steps of: a) measuring a first and a second dynamic signal of a component of the wind turbine system; b) sampling the first and the second dynamic signals with a given sampling frequency (fs) for receiving a first sampled signal and a second sampled signal, where the sampling is executed by a processing unit; c) processing the first and the second sampled signals by establishing at least one differential value between the first sampled signal and the second sampled signal, where the at least one differential value is used for health condition of the wind turbine system or one of its components; The method is characterized in that the first and the second dynamic signals are fed to the processing unit without undergoing signal shaping before being sampled, and that the first and the second dynamic signals are measured with the same sensor at different points in time.
Absstract of: EP4685348A2
In order to allow for a safe and cost-efficient lifting of components from a service vessel to a location on an off-shore wind turbine generator or lowering of components from a location on an off-shore wind turbine generator to a service vessel a method involving the use of a handshake-tool is provided my means of which the component to be lifted or lowered can easily be transferred from one crane to another.
Absstract of: CN223839263U
本实用新型提供一种风机出风口法兰结构,包括密封结构,其包括密封环、组合片和转动轴,所述密封环的顶部和底部设置有充气圈,所述充气圈的外壁设置有贴合环,所述贴合环与贴合槽连接。本实用新型设计合理,通过在法兰本体与风机和其他设备的连接位置设置有充气圈,当法兰本体与其连接之后,对充气圈的内部进行充气,从而对连接位置进行密封,当风机启动时风机后侧排出的气体使法兰本体内部的气压增加可以推动多个密封片之间打开,将气体排出,反之密封片相互贴合,从而可以实现其密封,避免水汽进入到风机的内部。
Absstract of: CN223836976U
本实用新型公开了风力发电技术领域的一种风力发电机组叶轮吊装缆风系统,包括吊机,所述吊机的一侧吊装有风机叶片,所述风机叶片背离吊机一侧的端部安装有监测传感器,所述风机叶片靠近监测传感器的一侧连接有缆风绳,所述缆风绳背离风机叶片的一端设置有缆风绳控制器,所述缆风绳控制器远离风机叶片的一侧设置有控制终端。本实用新型通过监测传感器在风机叶片吊装过程中实时监测风机叶片的位置与状态,监测数据无线传输至控制终端并进行显示,便于操作人员在进行缆风操作过程中进行查看,同时通过缆风绳控制器控制缆风绳对风机叶片状态进行实时调整,以保证吊装的顺利进行。
Absstract of: CN223839269U
本实用新型属于风力发电技术领域,尤其是涉及一种风力发电机组封闭式全静压滑动偏航轴承。技术包括竖直设置的塔架,所述塔架顶部水平固定有固定部,固定部的外侧壁向内开设有滑槽,滑槽内套装有与之呈滑动配合的转动部,固定部的内侧壁水平固定有内齿圈,内齿圈内设置有与之啮合的齿轮,转动部顶部水平固定有主机座,主机座内安装有偏航驱动组件,齿轮安装在偏航驱动组件的动力输出端,滑槽的水平槽底上安装有若干组径向静压导轨,滑槽的竖直槽壁上安装有若干组轴向静压导轨,固定部内开设有储油空腔,储油空腔开设有与滑槽相通的油孔。全静压滑动偏航轴承的轴向、径向、防倾覆定位支撑均为封闭式的静压导轨结构,受力稳定。
Nº publicación: CN223839258U 27/01/2026
Applicant:
广州大学
Absstract of: CN223839258U
本实用新型公开了海上风电高强度不锈钢‑高强钢复合钢塔筒结构,涉及土木工程技术领域,包括塔筒本体、上法兰板、下法兰板和螺旋加劲肋,塔筒本体为圆台状筒体,塔筒本体内顶部设置有上法兰板,塔筒本体内底部设置有下法兰板,螺旋加劲肋设置于塔筒本体内侧,且螺旋加劲肋顶端连接至上法兰板上,螺旋加劲肋底端连接至下法兰板上,螺旋加劲肋上均匀设置有两个以上的焊接点,且螺旋加劲肋通过焊接点与塔筒本体的筒壁焊接固定。本实用新型提出的海上风电高强度不锈钢‑高强钢复合钢塔筒结构,能够提高普通钢结构的承载性能、耐久性能和在海洋工程中的适用性。