Patents by Inventor Henning Lutze

Henning Lutze has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9020650
    Abstract: A utility grid is provided, the utility grid including a centralized controller; an intermittent renewable energy source for generating electrical power; at least one further power generation system; and a local controller for controlling the total power output of the intermittent renewable energy source and the at least one further power generation system, wherein the centralized controller is connected with the local controller and adapted to request a desired total power output from the local controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Hans Henning Lütze, Andreas Bücker
  • Patent number: 7471007
    Abstract: The invention relates to Method of operating a wind turbine, wherein rotor windings of an induction generator, which comprises stator coils coupled to a voltage grid, fed with rotor currents by a feed-in unit are driven by a rotor of the wind turbine; wherein the frequencies of the fed-in rotor currents are controlled depending on the rotor rotation frequency and the feed-in unit is electrically decoupled from the rotor windings in the case predetermined variations of the grid voltage amplitude and the rotor current feed-in is resumed after the decoupling caused by the variation of the grid voltage amplitude, when the currents generated in the rotor windings by the variation have declined to a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Andreas Bücker, Wilhelm Janssen, Henning Lütze
  • Publication number: 20080195255
    Abstract: A utility grid is provided, the utility grid comprising a centralized control means, an intermittent renewable energy source for generating electrical power: at least one further power generation system; and at least one local controller for controlling the total power output of said intermittent renewable energy source and said as least one further power generation system, wherein the centralized control means is connected with the at least one local controller and adapted to request a desired total power output from the local controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: Hans Henning Lutze, Andreas Bucker
  • Publication number: 20080093854
    Abstract: The invention relates to Method of operating a wind turbine, wherein rotor windings of an induction generator, which comprises stator coils coupled to a voltage grid, fed with rotor currents by a feed-in unit are driven by a rotor of the wind turbine; wherein the frequencies of the fed-in rotor currents are controlled depending on the rotor rotation frequency and the feed-in unit is electrically decoupled from the rotor windings in the case predetermined variations of the grid voltage amplitude and the rotor current feed-in is resumed after the decoupling caused by the variation of the grid voltage amplitude, when the currents generated in the rotor windings by the variation have declined to a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Inventors: Andreas Bucker, Wilhelm Janssen, Henning Lutze
  • Patent number: 7321221
    Abstract: A method of operating a wind turbine, wherein the wind turbine may include rotor windings of an induction generator, which includes stator coils coupled to a voltage grid, fed with rotor currents by a feed-in unit are driven by a rotor of the wind turbine; wherein the frequencies of the fed-in rotor currents are controlled depending on the rotor rotation frequency and the feed-in unit is electrically decoupled from the rotor windings in the case predetermined variations of the grid voltage amplitude and the rotor current feed-in is resumed after the decoupling caused by the variation of the grid voltage amplitude, when the currents generated in the motor windings by the variation have declined to a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2008
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Andreas Bücker, Wilhelm Janssen, Henning Lütze
  • Publication number: 20060163881
    Abstract: The invention relates to Method of operating a wind turbine, wherein rotor windings of an induction generator, which comprises stator coils coupled to a voltage grid, fed with rotor currents by a feed-in unit are driven by a rotor of the wind turbine; wherein the frequencies of the fed-in rotor currents are controlled depending on the rotor rotation frequency and the feed-in unit is electrically decoupled from the rotor windings in the case predetermined variations of the grid voltage amplitude and the rotor current feed-in is resumed after the decoupling caused by the variation of the grid voltage amplitude, when the currents generated in the rotor windings by the variation have declined to a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2003
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Inventors: Andreas Bucker, Wilhelm Janssen, Henning Lutze
  • Patent number: 6783326
    Abstract: Two independent adjusting systems are recommended for each rotor blade (6) for blade angle adjustments of the rotor blades (6) of the rotor of a wind power plant, assuring full redundancy of the blade angle adjustment. By suitable control of the individual adjustment paths of the two adjustments systems, additional advantageous effects can be gained, such as good lubricant distribution and/or even load distribution over time (FIG. 1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Roland Weitkamp, Henning Lütze, André Riesberg, Jochen Anemüller
  • Publication number: 20030116970
    Abstract: Two independent adjusting systems are recommended for each rotor blade (6) for blade angle adjustment of the rotor blades (6) of the rotor of a wind power plant, assuring full redundancy of the blade angle adjustment. By suitable control of the individual adjustment paths of the two adjustment systems, additional advantageous effects can be gained, such as good lubricant distribution and/or even load distribution over time (FIG. 1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2002
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventors: Roland Weitkamp, Henning Lutze, Andre Riesberg, Jochen Anemuller