Patents by Inventor Reinhard Brügger

Reinhard Brügger 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).

  • System and method for controlling a wind turbine system
    Patent number: 9863400
    Abstract: A method for controlling a wind turbine system may generally include controlling a wind turbine to operate at a speed and torque setting within a permissible operating region defined between maximum and minimum operating curves, receiving a speed de-rate request and/or a torque de-rate request to de-rate the wind turbine based on a limiting constraint of the wind turbine system, determining an adjusted speed setting and/or an adjusted torque setting for the wind turbine based on the speed de-rate request and/or the torque de-rate request, determining whether an adjustment of the wind turbine operation to the adjusted speed setting and/or the adjusted torque setting would place the turbine outside the permissible operating region and, if the adjustment would place the operation outside the permissible operating region, adjusting the speed setting and/or the torque setting to a new speed and/or torque setting defined along the maximum or minimum operating curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Edward Wayne Hardwicke, Jr., Anthony Michael Klodowski, Jignesh Govindlal Gandhi, Sidney Allen Barker, Thomas Ernst Dinjus, Reinhard Bruegger
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A WIND TURBINE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150159625
    Abstract: A method for controlling a wind turbine system may generally include controlling a wind turbine to operate at a speed and torque setting within a permissible operating region defined between maximum and minimum operating curves, receiving a speed de-rate request and/or a torque de-rate request to de-rate the wind turbine based on a limiting constraint of the wind turbine system, determining an adjusted speed setting and/or an adjusted torque setting for the wind turbine based on the speed de-rate request and/or the torque de-rate request, determining whether an adjustment of the wind turbine operation to the adjusted speed setting and/or the adjusted torque setting would place the turbine outside the permissible operating region and, if the adjustment would place the operation outside the permissible operating region, adjusting the speed setting and/or the torque setting to a new speed and/or torque setting defined along the maximum or minimum operating curve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Edward Wayne Hardwicke, Jr., Anthony Michael Klodowski, Jignesh Govindlal Gandhi, Sidney Allen Barker, Thomas Ernst Dinjus, Reinhard Bruegger
  • Systems and methods for controlling a ramp rate of a wind farm
    Patent number: 7613548
    Abstract: A method for controlling a ramp rate of a wind farm is described. The method includes predicting an initial predicted power to be output by a wind farm including a wind turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Mark Edward Cardinal, Reinhard Brügger, Andreas Kirchner