Patents Assigned to WOBBEN PROPERTIES GMBH
  • Patent number: 11705737
    Abstract: A method for feeding electrical power into an electrical supply network using an inverter-controlled infeed unit is provided. The infeed unit has an inverter arrangement with a plurality of inverters to generate an output power and feed same into the network. Each inverter has an associated isolating switch to galvanically isolate the respective inverter from the network. Each inverter has a circuit composed of switches to generate an output current using pulsed actuation. Each inverter generates a variable partial power, and the output power is a sum of all partial powers. Depending on the output power, one or more of the inverters are operated as active inverters that respectively generates a partial power. The other inverters are operated as passive inverters that do not generate a partial power. One or more of the passive inverters are operated as blocked inverters and remain galvanically connected to the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes Brombach, Tobias Fredewess
  • Patent number: 11705733
    Abstract: A method for controlling an exchange of power between a charging infrastructure and an electricity supply grid is provided. A number of power units are formed as electric vehicle. Each power unit has a variable state of charge. From the individual states of charge of the power units, an overall state of charge can be determined. For the overall state of charge, a flexibility range in dependence on time can be predefined for a control time period. The flexibility range is spanned by a progression over time of an upper limit of the overall state of charge and a progression over time of a lower limit of the overall state of charge for the control time period. The flexibility range has range points which can be defined by a value of the overall state of charge and a point in time in the control time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventor: Johannes Brombach
  • Patent number: 11703029
    Abstract: A rotor blade for a rotor, in particular of a wind power installation, having a rotor-blade length constituted between a root region and a rotor-blade tip, a rotor-blade depth constituted between a leading edge and a blunt trailing edge, a rotor-blade thickness constituted between a pressure side and a suction side, a suction-side trailing-edge region extending on the suction side and/or a pressure-side trailing-edge region extending on the pressure side, the suction-side trailing-edge region and/or the pressure-side trailing-edge region extending from the blunt trailing edge in the direction of the leading edge with an extent of less than 30%, in particular less than 20%, of the chord, and the suction-side trailing-edge region and/or the pressure-side trailing-edge region having at least one eddy generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventors: Henry Knobbe Eschen, Jochen Stemberg
  • Patent number: 11705734
    Abstract: A wind farm, having a nominal power, for feeding electrical power into a supply network, comprising: wind power installations, a wind farm network and a stabilization unit connected to the wind farm network and arranged between the installations and the supply network. The stabilization unit increases a stability of the wind farm and comprises: an energy storage device which is set up to provide an electrical power, an intermediate circuit which is connected to the storage device and which is set up to conduct at least the electrical power provided by the storage device, an inverter connected to the intermediate circuit and set up to form at least the electrical power provided by the storage device, and a control unit set up to control at least the inverter such that the stabilization unit at the wind farm appears, statically as well as dynamically, like an electromechanical synchronous machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventors: Roberto Rosso, Sönke Engelken, Marco Liserre
  • Patent number: 11697354
    Abstract: A charging station for charging electric vehicles and the charging station comprises a network connection point for exchanging electrical power with an electrical supply network, at least one charging terminal, in each case for charging an electric vehicle, and a control device for controlling the charging station, wherein the control device is set up to determine an equivalent storage capacity and to transmit it to a receiver outside the charging station, in particular to an operator of the electrical supply network, a network controller and/or a direct marketer, wherein the equivalent storage capacity describes a value which corresponds to a storage capacity of an equivalent electrical storage device which can absorb or emit as much energy as the charging station can absorb or emit by changing its absorbed or emitted power for a predetermined support period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventor: Johannes Brombach
  • Patent number: 11698057
    Abstract: A wind turbine rotary connection for two wind turbine components which are rotatable relative to each other, having a combined axial-radial bearing, wherein the axial-radial bearing has an axial bearing component and a separate radial bearing component. In particular it is proposed that the axial bearing component is in the form of a plain bearing component having a first convexly curved bearing surface and a corresponding second concavely curved bearing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventor: Samer Mtauweg
  • Patent number: 11695349
    Abstract: A method for controlling a power converter, which in particular has partial power converters connected in parallel, is provided. The method includes determining a nominal voltage for the power converter; and dividing an output voltage for the power converter into a number of, in particular equal, voltage ranges. The voltage ranges are limited by a discrete upper voltage limit and a discrete lower voltage limit and the voltage ranges can be adjusted by switching the power converter, in particular the partial power converters. The method includes allocating the nominal voltage a voltage range with a discrete upper and lower voltage limits; allocating a first switch setting to the lower voltage limit; allocating a second switch setting to the upper voltage limit; and switching between the first switch setting and the second switch setting so that the power converter generates an actual voltage corresponding to the nominal voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventors: Yves Hein, Hans-Günter Eckel
  • Patent number: 11695277
    Abstract: A method for feeding electrical power into an electrical supply network having a network voltage with a network frequency by means of a converter-based generator, in particular by means of a wind power system, is provided. The method includes estimating a converter proportion of a network section of the electrical supply network. The converter proportion denotes a ratio of power fed in by means of converters to total power fed in. The method includes feeding the electrical power into the electrical supply network in a normal mode depending on the estimated converter proportion, activating a first support mode depending on the estimated converter proportion in accordance with a first activation condition, and activating a second support mode depending on the estimated converter proportion in accordance with a second activation condition, which is different than the first activation condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventor: Johannes Brombach
  • Patent number: 11692529
    Abstract: A method for mounting rotor blades of a wind turbine is provided. The wind turbine has a rotor hub with three rotor blade ports. A rotor blade is to be mounted to each of the three rotor blade ports. A mounting arm is fastened to a first rotor blade port. The mounting arm has a first section and a second section, which are coupled with each other via a hinge, so that the angle between the first and second sections can be varied. The hub is turned until the first rotor blade port is in a 90° position. A first end of the first section of the mounting arm is fastened to the first rotor blade port of the rotor hub. The rotor hub is turned with the help of the mounting arm, until the second rotor blade port is in a 270° position. The angle between the first and second sections of the mounting arm is varied while turning the rotor hub. A first rotor blade is lifted, so that the first rotor blade is horizontally mounted to the second rotor blade port of the rotor hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Siebelts, Dirk Ressel
  • Patent number: 11695278
    Abstract: Provided is a method for feeding electric power into an electricity supply grid via a connection node by way of a converter-controlled infeed unit, in particular by way of a wind power installation or a wind farm. The grid has a grid voltage and a grid frequency and is characterized by a grid nominal voltage and a grid nominal frequency. The grid voltage of the grid is acquired, a delayed differential angle is ascertained on the basis of the acquired grid voltage. The delayed differential angle corresponds to a difference between an acquired phase signal that indicates a temporal profile of a phase angle of the grid voltage and a phase signal that is delayed with respect to the acquired phase signal. A grid impedance effective for the connection node is acquired, and an infeed power is predefined based on the delayed differential angle and based on the impedance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventor: Johannes Brombach
  • Patent number: 11686287
    Abstract: A method of operating at least one wind turbine including: receiving a first signal which is indicative of a level of a remuneration for electrical energy, which is fed currently and/or in the future into a grid to which the wind turbine is connected, producing a control signal dependent on the first signal, and controlling the wind turbine with the control signal for generating power of the wind turbine, that is dependent on the control signal. A wind turbine and a central control for carrying out such a method and a system comprising a central control and a plurality of wind turbines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes Brombach, Swantje Amelsberg, Christoph Klein
  • Patent number: 11682953
    Abstract: A system for assembling a generator, preferably a permanently excited generator of a wind turbine, comprising a rotor and a stator. A vertical assembly device connectable to the rotor and the stator is proposed, for guiding the rotor in parallel and coaxially aligned to the stator during assembly, the vertical assembly device comprising a first assembly element being connectable to the rotor, a second assembly element being connectable to the stator, and guiding means for guiding the first assembly element coaxially aligned to the second assembly element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventors: Gerbert Weenink, Robert van Hofwegen, Bernd Cyrus
  • Patent number: 11674499
    Abstract: A coupling device for coupling tower segments, which are arranged on one another, of a tubular tower of a wind power installation, having a coupling plate for contact against a circumferential surface of the tower segments, which are arranged on one another, in an abutting region, comprising a fastening portion having a first contact surface for arranging on a circumferential surface of a first tower segment and a connecting portion having a second contact surface for arranging on a circumferential surface of a second tower segment, and at least one through-opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Lütkemeyer, Frank Knoop, Ihno Coordes, Jan-Ulfert Smit, Ronald Lange
  • Patent number: 11668281
    Abstract: A method for designing and operating a wind power installation for generating electrical power from wind, wherein the wind power installation has an aerodynamic rotor with rotor blades of which the blade pitch angle can be adjusted, wherein the rotor blades are populated with a plurality of vortex generators between the rotor blade root and the rotor blade tip, characterized in that a radius position up to which the population with the vortex generators in the longitudinal direction of the respective rotor blade is carried out is determined depending on a sound power level to be set at a site of the wind power installation. A rotor blade of a wind power installation, to an associated wind power installation and to a wind farm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventor: Ralf Messing
  • Patent number: 11655797
    Abstract: A rotor blade for a wind turbine having an aerodynamic profile which extends from a blade root up to a blade tip and has a leading edge and a trailing edge. An adjustable aerodynamic flap, which can be adjusted between a retracted and a deployed position by means of a flap drive, is provided on the rotor blade. The flap drive comprises a passive control system which controls a flap position depending on rotation speed. The passive control system of the flap drive is low-maintenance and does not interfere with the safety concept of a wind turbine. In comparison with a reference rotor blade without a flap, the rotor blade has increased lift at low wind speeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventor: Alexander Hoffmann
  • Patent number: 11658490
    Abstract: Provided is a method for identifying low-frequency oscillations, in particular subsynchronous resonances, in an electrical supply network, wherein the electrical supply network has a line voltage with a nominal line frequency, comprising the steps: detecting at least one electrical signal of the electrical supply network as at least one test signal and filtering and/or transforming the at least one detected test signal into at least one check signal, temporal derivation of the at least one check signal or difference formation of temporally separated values of the check signal, in order to obtain a gradient signal in each case, identifying the presence of a low-frequency oscillation if the gradient signal or at least one of the gradient signals meets a predetermined check criterion, in particular at least one predetermined check limit is exceeded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventors: Kai Busker, Angelo Mendonca, Aramis Schwanka Trevisan
  • Patent number: 11644007
    Abstract: A rotor blade, with a suction side and a pressure side, for a wind turbine, having a rotor blade root of a hub region for attaching the rotor blade to a rotor hub, a rotor blade tip, which is arranged on a side, facing away from the rotor blade root, of a tip region, at least one vortex generator, which is arranged between the rotor blade root and the rotor blade tip, wherein the at least one vortex generator comprises swirl elements with a length and a height, which are arranged one next to the other in a longitudinal direction of the rotor blade and are in each case oriented at an angle to a main flow direction of the rotor blade, wherein, in the longitudinal direction of the rotor blade, the swirl elements have a lateral spacing to one another. A variation in the geometry of the swirl elements is realized in a manner dependent on a respective distance between the arrangement of the swirl elements and the rotor blade root.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Messing, Jochen Stemberg
  • Patent number: 11646583
    Abstract: A wind farm for supplying electrical power into a supply grid. The farm includes wind power installations, a farm grid connecting the installations, and a power flow control device. The power flow control device is configured to connect the farm grid and the supply grid such that an electrical power generated by the installations can be supplied into the supply grid. The power flow control device has at least: a DC link configured to conduct at least the electrical power generated by the installations, an electrical energy store connected to the DC link, an inverter connected to the DC link and configured to inject at least the electrical power generated by the installations into the supply grid, and a controller configured to drive the inverter in such a way that the farm, at the supply grid, in the steady state appears to be dynamic like an electromechanical synchronous machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventors: Roberto Rosso, Sönke Engelken, Marco Liserre
  • Patent number: 11639709
    Abstract: Provided is a wind turbine rotor blade with a longitudinal direction, at least one first rotor blade section with a first front side and one second rotor blade section with a second front side and a separation point between the first and second rotor blade sections. The first and second front sides abut against each other at the separation point. The first front side has a plurality of first recesses, and the second front side has a plurality of second recesses. Further provided is a fastening unit, which is designed to fasten the first and second rotor blade sections to each other at the separation point. The fastening unit has a plurality of first inserts made out of metal, which are arranged in the first recesses, and a plurality of second inserts made out of metal, which are arranged in the second recesses. The first inserts each have a first end and a second end. The second inserts each have a first end and a second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventors: Rasmus Börchers, Renato Ciapanna
  • Patent number: 11641115
    Abstract: Provided is a method for feeding electrical power into an electrical supply network having a network voltage with a network frequency by means of a converter-based generator, in particular by means of a wind power system, comprising the following steps: estimating a converter proportion, representing a ratio of power fed in by means of converters to total power fed in, of a network section of the electrical supply network, feeding electrical power into the electrical supply network in a normal mode, and activating at least one support control for supporting the electrical supply network. The activating is effected depending on the converter proportion, the at least one support control is adjustable in each case by way of a degree of activation, and the degree of activation of the at least one support control is dependent in each case on the estimated converter proportion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventor: Johannes Brombach