Abstract: An arrangement forming a lubricant circuit includes at least one lubricant line, at least one line branching that branches the lubricant line into a first branch and a second branch. The arrangement further includes at least one lubricant reservoir integrated into the first branch, and at least one line junction where the first branch and the second branch merge. The first branch is lockable and releasable.

Abstract: A system includes a bearing, a lubricant line, a vessel and a sensor. The lubricant line is designed to introduce lubricant from a bearing gap of the bearing into the vessel. The sensor is designed to measure at least one physical variable of lubricant that is situated in the vessel. The vessel includes an outlet or overflow. The system includes a lubricant sump and a device for introducing lubricant from the sump into the bearing gap of the bearing.

Abstract: A system includes a bearing, a lubricant line, a vessel and a sensor. The lubricant line is designed to introduce lubricant from a bearing gap of the bearing into the vessel. The sensor is designed to measure at least one physical variable of lubricant that is situated in the vessel. The vessel includes an outlet or overflow. The system includes a lubricant sump and a device for introducing lubricant from the sump into the bearing gap of the bearing.

Abstract: An arrangement forming a lubricant circuit includes at least one lubricant line, at least one line branching that branches the lubricant line into a first branch and a second branch. The arrangement further includes at least one lubricant reservoir integrated into the first branch, and at least one line junction where the first branch and the second branch merge. The first branch is lockable and releasable.

Abstract: A transmission designed to transmit a torque flow from a driving device to a driven device. The transmission includes an actuator including a rotor and a stator. The transmission further includes an output or an input shaft. The rotor is connected non-rotatably to the output shaft or to the input shaft, and the actuator and the driven device are arranged at different ends of the output shaft or the input shaft. The actuator is different from the driving device and the driven device.

Abstract: A method for determining an operating condition of at least one plain bearing includes measuring, by a sensor, structure-borne noise arising from a toothed engagement of a first gear and a second gear, wherein the first gear is rotatably mounted via the plain bearing and meshes with the second gear. The method further includes assigning, to a signal of the sensor, a variable that correlates with the operating condition of the plain bearing.

Abstract: Adjustable spring support comprising a spring plate which is axially adjustable by an annular actuator, wherein the actuator is supplied with pressure medium via a pressure medium supply system, wherein the annular actuator has a pressure medium connection to the pressure medium supply system, and the housing of the actuator is connected directly to a housing of the pressure medium supply system.

Abstract: A method of determining at least one of a rotational angle position and a rotational speed of a rotating element of a drive train includes arranging at least two sensors in an offset manner in a circumferential direction of the rotating element, recording a measured value indicative of a characteristic of a rotation of the rotating element with each sensor, and determining at least one of a rotational angle position and a rotational speed with reference to the measured values and a distance between the at least two sensors in the circumferential direction.

Abstract: Adjustable spring support comprising a spring plate which is axially adjustable by means of an annular actuator, wherein the actuator is supplied with pressure medium via a pressure medium supply system, wherein adjustable spring support comprising a spring plate which is axially adjustable by means of an annular actuator, wherein the actuator is supplied with pressure medium via a pressure medium supply system, wherein the annular actuator has a pressure medium connection to the pressure medium supply system, and the housing thereof is connected directly to a housing of the pressure medium supply system.

Abstract: A management system for a wind energy plant including at least one control unit, and a method using the management system are disclosed. The management system is used to coordinate component modules of the wind energy plant with vibration damping modules and/or load reduction modules, wherein a sensor system supplies data of the operating states of the component modules for a system analysis. For this purpose, reactive vibrations and/or predictive forecasts of vibrations of the wind energy plant, and predictive disturbance variables are registered, and the vibration damping modules and/or load reduction modules in the control unit are activated, wherein an actuator carries out damping measures and/or load reduction measures on the component modules in accordance with the vibration damping modules and/or load reduction modules of the control unit.

Abstract: An arrangement for connecting chassis parts, in particular a screw connection, between a structure made of a fiber-plastic composite and a metallic load-introducing element, designed as a traction member. The structure is double-walled having a first wall and at least a second wall spaced from the first wall. The first and second walls have each coaxially positioned recesses and a spacer, having a through hole, is positioned between the first and second walls. The load-introducing element extends through at least one recess and the hole of the spacer. The load-introducing element has a holding part assigned to it, and the load-introducing element and the holding part are connected to one another by a connecting segment. The connecting segment and/or the holding part essentially pass through the first and/or the second wall.

Abstract: A turbine power plant is disclosed for generating electrical energy from a fluid flow, comprising a gondola rotatably mounted on a pedestal, particularly a tower, comprising a drivetrain, designed for converting the energy applied to the rotor into electrical energy by a rotor driven by the fluid flow and by means of functional components designed for supporting the rotor and/or for supporting the gearbox and/or for converting energy. At least one of the functional components listed above has an operationally fixed connection for transmitting static and dynamic loads from the drivetrain to the tower.

Abstract: A drive train of a fluid flow power plant, in particular of a wind power plant or of a tidal power plant, includes a rotor hub that bears at least one rotor blade and a transmission that has a plurality of planetary stages. The transmission is configured to transmit a rotational movement of a rotor shaft connected to the rotor hub to a drive of a downstream generator in a stepped-up fashion. The rotor hub, the transmission, and the generator are arranged coaxially with respect to one another. The transmission is embodied as a power-split transmission with three planetary stages so as to form a suitable transmission ratio of a rotational movement of the rotor shaft on the drive of the generator in a compact fashion.

Abstract: A method for damping torsional oscillations in a power production plant includes a drive train, a rotor fitted to a rotor-side end of the drive train, and a generator driven via the drive train and fitted to a generator-side end of the drive train. By using at least one angular position of the drive train at the generator-side end thereof, a torsional moment acting on the drive train is determined and used to control the generator.

Abstract: A method of determining at least one of a rotational angle position and a rotational speed of a rotating element of a drive train includes arranging at least two sensors in an offset manner in a circumferential direction of the rotating element, recording a measured value indicative of a characteristic of a rotation of the rotating element with each sensor, and determining at least one of a rotational angle position and a rotational speed with reference to the measured values and a distance between the at least two sensors in the circumferential direction.

Abstract: A stationary energy generation plant includes a control device that serves to control current and energy flow. The energy generation plant includes at least one mechanically driven rotor and a generator mechanically coupled to the rotor. To this end, power electronics operationally connected to the generator enable variable energy flow from the rotor through the generator and the power electronics to a load. In order to compensate for vibrational loads on the generator side, at least one current control is made possible by means of a first intermediate circuit storage of the power electronics. In order to compensate for mechanical vibrational loads and transients of a drivetrain, an energy flow control is provided by means of at least one additional second intermediate circuit storage disposed in the power electronics and having a multiple of the storage capacity of the first intermediate circuit storage.

Abstract: A method for damping torsional oscillations in a drive train component, in particular a gearbox, in particular in a power production plant, includes adjusting a load on the output side in the drive train as a function of a difference between a rotational speed of an input shaft of the drive train component and a rotational speed of an output shaft of the drive train component.

Abstract: A drive train of a fluid flow power plant, in particular of a wind power plant or of a tidal power plant, includes a rotor hub that bears at least one rotor blade and a transmission that has a plurality of planetary stages. The transmission is configured to transmit a rotational movement of a rotor shaft connected to the rotor hub to a drive of a downstream generator in a stepped-up fashion. The rotor hub, the transmission, and the generator are arranged coaxially with respect to one another. The transmission is embodied as a power-split transmission with three planetary stages so as to form a suitable transmission ratio of a rotational movement of the rotor shaft on the drive of the generator in a compact fashion.

Abstract: A method for damping torsional oscillations in a drive train component, in particular a gearbox, in particular in a power production plant, includes adjusting a load on the output side in the drive train as a function of a difference between a rotational speed of an input shaft of the drive train component and a rotational speed of an output shaft of the drive train component.

Abstract: A system for variation of the pitch angle position of rotor blades of a wind energy installation includes drive units, closed-loop control devices, and system control connections. The drive units are in each case individually associated with the rotor blades. The closed-loop control devices are in each case individually associated with the drive units. The system control connections are switchable by switching means. By way of the system control connections, in the event of a failure or a malfunction of at least one closed-loop control device a drive unit which is associated with the at least one closed-loop control device is operated in parallel with and at the same time as another drive unit, by means of a closed-loop control device which is associated with the other drive unit.