Resumen de: WO2024172430A1
The present invention relates to a three-dimensional wind power generator for generating electricity using wind power. According to the present invention, the three-dimensional wind power generator enables a coil unit (20), which is fixed to a fixing unit (30) installed on the ground or an object, to generate electricity through electromagnetic induction with a magnetic unit (10) by using the kinetic energy of wind.
Resumen de: AU2023200652A1
Abstract MULTIPLE WIND TURBINE, CORELESS PERMANENT MAGNET ALTERNATOR MAGLEV GENERATORS CAN INCREASE POWER WITH WIND CUBES OR WIND BOX REBATED WITH WIND CUBES. A CUBE HAS 8 VERTICES, UTILISING 4 SIDES OF THE CUBE WITH WINDCUBES A UPGRADED HIGH VOLTAGE TOWER WITH REBATED MOUNTING BRACKETS MAY ACHIEVE 4 TURBINES TO ONE CUBE FOR EXAMPLE. THEN 4 CUBES WITH 20 TURBINES PER HORIZONTAL LEVEL OF INCREASED ENERGY CAN BE MOUNTED DIRECTLY TO A HV POWER POLE. THEN PROCESS REPEATED ONTO A POLE, WITH HEIGHTS OF HV TRANSMISSION TOWER POLES VARYING, THIS WILL GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE WIND CUBES OF SIZES AND QUANTITY, INCREASING POWER OUTPUT ALSO MINIMIZING THE NEED TO BE OFF THE POWER GRID, ONLY TO BE REQUIRED TO RECONNECT AS A STAND ALONE WIND TURBINE DEVICE. THE WIND CUBES CAN STORE ENERGY AND ALSO HAVE ENERGY PLACED DIRECTLY ONTO THE GRID. THE WIND CUBES ARE DIRECTLY ONTO THE HIGH VOLTAGE TRANSMISSION TOWERS OR POLES. RATHER THAN A COMMON STAND ALONE SINGLE WIND TURBINE, WHICH REQUIRES TO BE CONNECTED TO THE GRID. WHERE AS THE WIND CUBE IS MOUNTED DIRECTLY TO THE HIGH VOLTAGE GRID OR A POLE, NOT REQUIRING LARGE DISTANCES OF CONNECTIONS TO A GRID NETWORK LIKE A STAND ALONE WIND TURBINE. THE WIND CUBE BEING A SOLID FRAME, IT IS A SOLUTION TO INCREASE POWER OF ELECTRICITY WITH WIND USING VOLUME OR QUANTITY ONTOASTRUCTURE. PROCESS OF MOUNTING MULTIPLE 'IND TURBINES WITH WIND CUBES NTO A POLE OR FRAME TO INCREASE UTPUT TO ONE POLE.
Resumen de: AU2023220774A1
The present invention relates to a wind turbine, comprising: - a foundation supporting a nacelle; - a rotor that is rotatable relative to the nacelle and that comprises a plurality of rotor blades; - a fluid connection configured to connect a water intake to one or more than one output arranged above sea level; and - a pump configured to pump seawater from the water intake to the one or more than one output to thereby eject seawater containing salt particles into ambient air surrounding the wind turbine to stimulate cloud formation. The invention further relates to a wind park, comprising a plurality of wind turbines and comprising one or more than one wind turbine according to the invention.
Resumen de: US2024278461A1
A carrier plate for a preform manufacturing arrangement for producing a preform element for a wind turbine blade is provided, adapted to receive either a mold element with preform building material on a receiving surface or to directly receive the preform building material on the receiving surface, with the carrier plate having a rectangular shape with a longer longitudinal axis and a shorter transverse axis, wherein the carrier plate is flexible around the longitudinal axis but stiffened against bending around the transverse axis, and stretchable along the transverse axis but stiff along the longitudinal axis.
Resumen de: WO2024170905A1
The disclosure relates to monitoring a wind turbine rotor shaft by measuring runout. Examples disclosed include a method of monitoring a rotor shaft (121) of a wind turbine (100), the method comprising: measuring a runout of the rotor shaft (121) during operation of the wind turbine (100) using a first displacement sensor (109) mounted to measure a radial distance to an outer surface of the rotor shaft (121); recording the measured runout over time; and determining if the measured runout exceeds a predetermined threshold.
Resumen de: WO2024172650A1
A hydraulic actuator for moving a gangway, comprising a cylinder and a cylindrical shaft protruding into a cylinder interior. The cylindrical shaft has an annular shaped partitioning element defining a hydraulically controlled primary and secondary chamber for moving said cylindrical shaft. The cylindrical shaft further protrudes into a hydraulically controlled tertiary chamber such that upon pressurizing the tertiary chamber the cylindrical shaft tends to move.
Resumen de: WO2024172655A1
A wind turbine rotor blade comprises an aerodynamic structure, for reducing noise, provided at the trailing-edge section, wherein the aerodynamic structure has a plurality of pressure communication channels between the suction-side surface and the pressure-side surface. At least one of the plurality of pressure communication channels may be provided with a hourglass channel configuration (HGCC), wherein the HGCC is formed by having a first surface area formed on the suction-side surface and having a first size; a second surface area formed on the pressure-side surface and having a second size; and a third minimal surface area having a third size formed within the pressure communication channel and located between the first surface are and the second surface area. The third size is smaller than the first size and the second size.
Resumen de: WO2024172662A1
The present invention relates to an offshore floating wind turbine foundation comprising at least two outer members arranged around a tower comprising a rotor- nacelle assembly with blades, wherein a number of pair of beams connect the center buoy and said at least two outer members, a pair of beams tapers from the tower towards each of said at least two outer members.
Resumen de: WO2024171044A1
The subject-matter of the invention is a wind turbine rotor (1) for the wind turbine with a vertical axis of rotation, the rotor comprising a plurality of rotor blades (2) equally spaced from one another. The rotor is essentially in the shape of a longitudinally pleated tube, whose pleats are blades (2), and each blade (2) is formed by a shorter wall (3) and a longer wall (4), with said shorter walls (3) and longer walls (4) of the blades (2) defining an inner space (14) of the wind turbine rotor (1), and the cross-section of the rotor (1) forms a closed figure. The subject-matter of the invention is also a wind turbine rotor (1) module com prising the wind turbine rotor (1) of the invention and a wind panel comprising at least three wind turbine rotor (1) modules of the invention. Further, the subject-matter of the invention is a method for manufacturing the wind turbine rotor (1) of the invention.
Resumen de: WO2024170423A1
The invention relates to a fluid dynamic machine (100) comprising a series of blades (101), each blade (101) having a mean camber line, i.e. the curved line that connects the leading edge to the trailing edge of the blade (101) and remains equidistant from the extrados (or rear side) and the intrados (or belly), which are fixedly connected to one another at their top and bottom ends by a plate (104, 105), wherein the at least one plate is connected to a vertical axis of rotation. According to the invention, the machine comprises a central channel (110) in the top plate for the outflow of air, wherein the top plate and/or the bottom plate drives a generator (103) and wherein the geometry of the blade (101) is determined depending on the diameter of the generator (D), which varies between 15 cm and 5 m.
Resumen de: WO2024172638A1
The invention relates to the wind turbines and wind turbine blades' maintenance devices, in particular, to the methods and devices for patching wind turbine blade surface. The claimed device comprises: a patching head, comprising: a frame enclosure open on one side; the frame enclosure having a patch placement area designed to be in the form of a UV-transparent membrane, configured to be substantially flat at least in its center and have a border that extends outward; the frame enclosure further comprising suction interface, configured to be applied to a surface of a wind turbine blade and to hold the frame enclosure in the place, in respect to the blade; a curtain with curtain holding arrangement. The curtain is designed to be UV-opaque and configured to be removably attached in front of the membrane, so to close the open side of the frame enclosure and to guard a patch from the ambient UV light exposure, when the patch is placed on the membrane. The frame enclosure further comprising a UV light source configured to expose a patch placed on the patch placement area to the UV light. The device further comprises a pump system, connected to the suction interface of the patching head; a robotic arm, designed to grip and position the patching head, to exert substantially perpendicular pressure onto the blade surface via the frame enclosure during activation of the vacuum pump system.
Resumen de: WO2024172660A1
There is described wind turbine apparatus, and related methods and products The apparatus in various examples includes at least one wind channelling body for channelling wind through a channel, and a rotor device which is rotatable about a vertical axis of rotation, where the rotor device comprises blades, and at least one hub to which the blades are coupled, and pitch adjuster means, and the blades are pitch variable with respect to the hub by operation of the pitch adjuster means, and where the rotor device is rotatable about the axis of rotation by wind acting upon the blades, and is arranged with respect to the wind channelling body so that the rotation is facilitated by channelled wind.
Resumen de: WO2024170631A1
The invention relates to a device (20) for reducing the aeroacoustic noise of a blade of a piece of aeraulic equipment comprising a blade body (10) extending between a blade root and a blade tip, a leading edge (12) and a trailing edge (14), characterised in that the noise reduction device (20) further comprises: means for attaching the device in the vicinity of the trailing edge of the blade; a serration made up of a plurality of adjacent teeth which extends from the attachment means, downstream of the trailing edge of the blade, each tooth having a profile comprising an odd number of peaks (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5) greater than or equal to 3 and an even number of troughs (C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6) each arranged between two adjacent peaks, wherein, once the device is mounted on the blade, at least two peaks of the tooth extend from the trailing edge of the blade over a distance referred to as the peak height, the heights being distinct from one another.
Resumen de: WO2024170556A1
The invention relates to a bearing unit (1) for attaching a rotor blade to a hub (150) of a wind turbine, the unit comprising: a first bearing ring (2) for attachment to the hub (150); a second bearing ring (4) for attachment to the rotor blade; at least one row of rolling bodies (7, 8); and an adjustment drive (9) for adjusting the angle of the two bearing rings (2, 4) relative to one another; wherein the first bearing ring (2) is formed in one piece with a rotor hub extension (10) which extends on the hub side in the axial direction (A) beyond the second bearing ring (4), wherein the adjustment drive (9) comprises at least one electric adjustment motor (11) and a shaft (12) which is driven by the adjustment motor (11) and has a drive pinion (13) which meshes with toothing (14) formed on the inside of the first bearing ring (2), wherein the adjustment motor (11) is arranged on the blade side on a reinforcing plate (15) mounted on the second bearing ring (4) and the shaft (12) extends through an eccentrically arranged recess (16) in the reinforcing plate (15). The invention also relates to a wind turbine having such a bearing unit.
Resumen de: WO2024170179A1
The invention relates to a drive assembly for a wind turbine, comprising a rotor shaft assembly (103, 105) consisting of a rotor shaft (103) and a planet carrier (105) which is connected to the rotor shaft (103) so as to rotate therewith; a first bearing assembly (107); a second bearing assembly (109); a housing assembly (111, 115) consisting of a transmission housing (115) and one or more torque supports (111) which are connected to the transmission housing (115) so as to rotate therewith; and means (201) which are secured to the nacelle; wherein the rotor shaft assembly (103, 105) is supported in the means (201) secured to the nacelle by means of the first bearing assembly (107) and in the transmission housing (115) by means of the second bearing assembly (109). The first bearing assembly (107) is designed as a fixed bearing, and the one or more torque supports (111) are fixed in the means (201) secured to the nacelle in an axially movable manner.
Resumen de: WO2024170118A1
Method for operating a cooling system (12) in a nacelle (9) of a wind turbine (1), wherein the wind turbine (1) comprises a generator (5) and at least one transformer (11) located in the nacelle (9), wherein the cooling system (12) comprises - an air-cooling subsystem (14) for cooling at least the generator (5), comprising an inflow unit (15) for drawing inflow ambient air (36) into the nacelle (9), - temperature sensors (33, 34, 35) for measuring the temperature of the ambient air and at least one temperature in the nacelle (9), and - a control device (31) for controlling the operation of the cooling system (12) using the measured temperatures, wherein the control device (31), - a temperature difference between the ambient air and at least a part of the components in the nacelle (9) is determined from measured temperature values of the temperature sensors (33, 34, 35), and - if the temperature difference fulfils a exchange criterion indicating possible condensation of air humidity on at least one of the part of the components in the nacelle (9), the cooling system (12) is controlled to temper the inflow ambient air (36) by exchanging heat between at least one of the components in the nacelle (9) and the ambient air to reduce the temperature difference.
Resumen de: WO2024168362A1
The invention relates to a device for measuring incident wind flow conditions of a moving test specimen (8) in harsh areas of use, said device comprising an ultrasonic anemometer (3) having at least one ultrasonic transmitter (4) and one ultrasonic receiver (5) which together form a measurement path (6). In order to obtain a robust device which, despite its compact dimensions, allows representative measurement of incident wind flow conditions of a moving test specimen without significantly affecting the incident wind flow conditions in the measurement range, according to the invention: the ultrasonic anemometer (3) is positioned in a housing tube (1) having an infeed cone (2); and the housing tube (1) has a mounting portion (7) for insertion into a test specimen (8).
Resumen de: WO2024172637A1
The invention relates to the wind turbines and wind turbine blades' maintenance devices, in particular, to the methods and devices for introducing a solidifying substance into the inner cavity of wind turbine blades. The method for introducing a solidifying substance into an inner cavity of a wind turbine blade, the method comprising the following steps: (i) drilling coaxial apertures in a wind turbine blade opposite walls by a filing means comprising a drilling means, a rod and a core fixed together, wherein the core is provided with a channel and one or more apertures connected with the channel and designed to allow supply of a liquid or semiliquid solidifying material through the channel and the apertures; wherein the rod is made from the same material as the wind turbine blade, or a material having equivalent properties; (ii) pushing out the drilling means through the created apertures so that the apertures in the core part of the filling means are located in the inner cavity of the blade; (iii) supplying a solidifying substance in the liquid or semiliquid form into the inner cavity of the blade through the channel and aperture or apertures of the core part of the filling means; (iv) partially pulling or pushing out the filling means so that only the rod part of the filling means remains within the inner cavity of the blade; (v) cutting away the ends of the rod of the filling means from the outer sides of the wind turbine blade, so that the rod part of the filling means r
Resumen de: US2024280085A1
A support apparatus for a shaft system. The shaft system comprises a first shaft (1), a second shaft (2), and a bearing (3) arranged between the first shaft (1) and the second shaft (2); the first shaft (1) is sleeved at an outer peripheral side of the second shaft (2) and is able to rotate relative to the second shaft (2) by means of the bearing (3). The support apparatus is used for arranging at a first end in an axial direction of the shaft system, and the support apparatus comprises: shaft end support members (8, 15), at least a portion of the shaft end support members (8, 15) being rotatably supported in an axial direction at an outer side of a shaft end face of a first end of the second shaft (2); and connection assemblies (17, 14), where the connection assemblies (17, 14) in the axial direction of the shaft system are used for being connected between a first end of the first shaft (1) and the shaft end support members (8, 15). Further disclosed is a wind turbine. The present support apparatus may enable a bearing of a shaft system to essentially not bear a load or reduce an axial load borne, and the service life of the bearing is prolonged.
Resumen de: US2024280075A1
A wind-speed accelerating wind turbine has the wind turbine installed in the nacelle, the nacelle has a front nacelle member having a cross-section area formed so as to linearly or curvilinearly contract from a wind inlet to an installed position of the wind turbine and has a rear nacelle member having the contracted cross-section area formed so as to linearly or curvilinearly expand or maintain the same cross-section area from the installed position of the wind turbine to a wind outlet, and a wind dispersion part or a wind dispersion shape is provided at the wind outlet of the rear nacelle member.
Resumen de: US2024280084A1
An example method includes receiving time-series vibration data for multiple components of multiple wind turbines. Based on the time-series vibration data, multiple groups of wind turbines are defined, as well as first and second vibration thresholds for each group. Time-series vibration data for a component of a particular wind turbine is received. A particular group that includes the particular wind turbine, as well as particular first and second vibration thresholds are identified. A vibration of the component has exceeded the particular first vibration threshold is determined. A forecast of at least one of a period of time before the vibration may exceed the particular second vibration threshold and a future date at which the vibration may exceed the particular second vibration threshold is generated. An alert that includes the particular wind turbine and at least one of the period of time and the future date is generated and provided.
Resumen de: US2024280080A1
An elastomer spring for an azimuth brake of an azimuth drive for tracking a nacelle having a rotor relative to a tower of a wind turbine, may include an elastomer body made in one piece and having upper and lower sides facing in a spring direction of the elastomer body for transmitting spring forces in the spring direction, and a preload component connecting the upper and lower sides and having a concavely curved lateral surface.
Resumen de: US2024280078A1
A drag-based wind turbine device is disclosed. The device is an improved wind turbine comprised of two sets of stacked and coupled, drag-based vertical axis wind turbines, wherein drag from the first turbine helps propel the second turbine. Additionally, the surface of the first turbine is convex to ensure wind is always deflected toward the second turbine, wherein the wind is then received by the concave side of the second turbine. Further, the blades are arranged in a horizontal and sloping manner. In the convex position, each slope blade deflects incoming wind to the other set of turbines in a concave direction. Additionally, the gap between two turbines can be adjusted for different wind/current speeds, viscosities, compressibility, and densities for the best efficiency.
Resumen de: US2024280081A1
EnergyMaster is an innovative floating hybrid tidal/wave/wind energy harvesting system based on vertical axis turbines for synergized tidal, wave and wind energy production in agriculture and aquaculture applications. EnergyMaster can continuously, and simultaneously, harvest wind and tidal energy in a wide range of wind and tidal current speeds, while providing excellent self-starting capability.
Nº publicación: US2024280079A1 22/08/2024
Solicitante:
WISP ENERGY LLC [US]
WISP ENERGY, LLC
Resumen de: US2024280079A1
A multi-axis electricity generator is provided which includes a support member, a hub assembly, a plurality of sails, and an electricity generator. The hub assembly includes a conveyor which includes a belt and a pair of pulleys. The belt forms a generally oval loop around the pulleys so that the belt loop includes two straight sections and two semicircular sections. Preferably, hub extends in generally a horizontal direction so that the belt's straight sections are substantially horizontal. Sails extend from the belt loop so that fluid movement (wind or water) pushes the sails and causes the belt to move and thus cause the pulley to rotate. The pulley is connected to the electric generator to provide electricity. Preferably, the sails are extendable when traveling with the wind and collapsible when traveling into the wind. Also preferably, the hub assembly is capable of rotating about a substantially vertical axis and tilting about a horizontal axis.