Patents by Inventor Johannes FROMMANN

Johannes FROMMANN 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: 11885301
    Abstract: Provided is a method for identifying a blade malposition of a rotor blade of a wind power installation having one rotor and at least three rotor blades which in terms of the blade angles thereof are individually adjustable. For each rotor blade an actual angle is detected as the actual value of the blade angle; and the blade malposition is identified as a function of a blade angle deviation of the rotor blade and a rotational progress of the rotor. The blade angle deviation describes a deviation of the actual angle from a reference angle, and the rotational progress is representative of an angle about which the rotor has rotated onward after a start criterion. Blade malpositions in rotor blades which in terms of the blade angles thereof are individually adjustable are identified rapidly and reliably.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes Frommann, Enno von Aswege, Stephan Vollack
  • Publication number: 20230296084
    Abstract: Provided is a method for identifying a blade malposition of a rotor blade of a wind power installation having one rotor and at least three rotor blades which in terms of the blade angles thereof are individually adjustable. For each rotor blade an actual angle is detected as the actual value of the blade angle; and the blade malposition is identified as a function of a blade angle deviation of the rotor blade and a rotational progress of the rotor. The blade angle deviation describes a deviation of the actual angle from a reference angle, and the rotational progress is representative of an angle about which the rotor has rotated onward after a start criterion. Blade malpositions in rotor blades which in terms of the blade angles thereof are individually adjustable are identified rapidly and reliably.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Johannes Frommann, Enno von Aswege, Stephan Vollack
  • Publication number: 20220397093
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of operating a wind turbine, a corresponding wind turbine, a method of controlling a wind farm and a corresponding wind farm. The method comprises the steps of: determining a target maximum active power to be fed by the wind turbine into a power grid, in particular into an electricity power grid; monitoring a current active power fed from the wind turbine into the power grid; determining a reference time period corresponding to the determined target maximum active power; deriving an average of the active power fed from the wind turbine into the power grid during the reference time period; comparing the average of the active power with the target maximum active power; and operating the wind turbine at a set operating point permitting active power above the target maximum active power in case the average of the active power is below the target maximum active power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Wolfgang de Boer, Enno von Aswege, Ulf Schaper, Johannes Frommann, Gnanasekaran Rengaraj
  • Publication number: 20220397092
    Abstract: Method for controlling a rotor speed of a rotor of a wind turbine at rated or curtailed operation conditions the rotor being an aerodynamic rotor having one or a plurality of rotor blades, and the wind turbine further having a tower and a generator wherein a pitch control provides a pitch angle set value depending on an actual rotor speed for setting a pitch angle of the rotor blades, a main control provides a main power or torque set value for controlling the power or torque of the generator, and an additional control provides an additional power or torque set value depending on the actual rotor speed , wherein the additional power or torque set value is provided as an offset value and is added to the main power or torque set value respectively, wherein the additional power or torque set value is calculated depending on a control deviation of the rotor speed, and optionally, in combination with the additional control, or instead of it, a maximum power control provides a maximum power value as a varying value
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Johannes Frommann, Enno von Aswege, Ulf Schaper, Gnanasekaran Rengaraj
  • Publication number: 20220356867
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for operating a wind power installation, in particular for identifying unusual oscillation events, and an associated wind power installation and a wind farm. The method comprises the steps of: providing a parametrized limit for a value of an observed oscillation of a component of the wind power installation; determining a current limit from the parametrized limit taking account of at least one current ambient parameter, in particular an ambient parameter that is indicative for the current incident flow; determining a current value of the observed oscillation of the component; comparing the current value of the observed oscillation of the component with the current limit; and operating the wind power installation on the basis of the result of the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Johannes FROMMANN, Enno VON ASWEGE, Christian SCHULTE