Patents Assigned to KK Wind Solutions A/S
  • Patent number: 12230998
    Abstract: The application relates to a high power uninterruptible power supply connected to a stationary electric system. The high power uninterruptible power supply includes an electric cabinet includes a battery string with a controllable current path therethrough including at least one battery module. A first output electrically connected to a first end of the battery string and which is connectable to a first load of the stationary electric system. A second output electrically connected to the battery string so as to facilitate supplying a load with the voltage of at least one battery module. A string controller configured for controlling the current path through the battery string and thereby the voltage level of at least one of the first and second uninterruptible power supply output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: KK Wind Solutions A/S
    Inventors: Anders Eggert Maarbjerg, Dorrit Zenner Torp, Lóránd Bede
  • Patent number: 12155218
    Abstract: A battery storage and/or a wind turbine including the battery storage. A generator for generation of an electric current. An electric flow path configured for conducting the electric current to an electric grid via a power converter, the power converter. The battery storage electrically connected to the electric flow path, the battery storage comprising a plurality of battery cells, each battery cell comprising at least one battery element and at least two semiconductor switches. A controller is configured for selectively controlling the voltage over the battery storage by controlling the status of the at least two semiconductor switches of a plurality of the battery cells, and thereby whether a current path through the battery storage is bypassing the at least one battery element or passing through the at least one battery element of one or more of the plurality of battery cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: KK Wind Solutions A/S
    Inventors: Chris Damgaard, Lorand Bede, Anders Eggert Maarbjerg
  • Patent number: 12126216
    Abstract: The application relates to an energy storage including a plurality of energy modules arranged in one or more energy module strings. A string controller is configured for controlling a current path through the energy module strings by controlling the status of a plurality of semiconductor switches. A first end of a current path is electrically connectable to a first electric system of a first electric bus via a first bus switch and to a second electric system of a second electric bus via a second bus switch. A second end of the current path is electrically connectable to a first reference potential being the same as the reference potential of the electric systems connected to the first end of the current path. An energy storage controller is configured for controlling the status of the first bus switch and of the second bus switch in dependency of the received power status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: KK WIND SOLUTIONS A/S
    Inventors: Lóránd Bede, Anders Eggert Maarbjerg, Paw Rosenvard
  • Patent number: 11990834
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for operating a three-phase inverter on a three-phase load. The three-phase inverter has a direct voltage intermediate circuit, at least one three-phase bridge circuit, and at least one control unit for controlling the bridge circuit. In the at least one bridge circuit, at least two power switches per phase are provided, which are connected in series parallel to the direct voltage intermediate circuit. Depending on predefined target voltage values of the three phases of the inverter, the power switches of each individual phase are actuated via the control unit such that a three-phase alternating voltage is generated on the three-phase load via switching operations of the power switches. Very good dynamic control behaviour can be achieved despite cost-effective dimensioning of the IGBT power switches of the three-phase bridge circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: KK Wind Solutions A/S
    Inventors: Jörg Kretschmann, Stephan Engelhardt
  • Patent number: 11955607
    Abstract: The invention relates to an energy storage comprising a plurality of series connectable energy modules connected to a string via a plurality of switches. Wherein a string controller controls which of the energy modules that are part of a current path through the string by control of the status of the switches. An energy storage monitoring system is monitoring an energy storage element operating parameter of an energy module, the energy storage monitoring system comprises: a current sensor and a plurality of energy module print. The plurality of energy module prints establishes an energy module operating parameter of the associated energy module. The current sensor establishes the current in the current path. The string controller is configured for by-passing an energy module based on information of status of the switches, the measured current in the current path and the battery operating parameter measured at the energy modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: KK WIND SOLUTIONS A/S
    Inventors: Anders Eggert Maarbjerg, Lóránd Bede
  • Publication number: 20240097551
    Abstract: A circuit arrangement for providing electrical power for at least one DC load from at least one alternating current source having a primary DC intermediate voltage circuit. The primary DC intermediate voltage circuit is supplied with electrical power of the alternating current source via two rectifiers connected in series such that a centre point tap is provided, means for limiting the DC output voltage of the associated rectifier are provided between the centre point tap of the primary DC intermediate voltage circuit and at least one DC potential of the primary DC intermediate voltage circuit, which can limit the DC output voltage of at least one of the rectifiers connected in series in the event of a fault state in the DC load, in the secondary DC intermediate voltage circuit and/or in at least one of the DC/DC converters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: KK Wind Solutions A/S
    Inventors: Eric Hartmann, Karsten Wenzel
  • Patent number: 11742669
    Abstract: A battery storage and/or a wind turbine including the battery storage. A generator for generation of an electric current. An electric flow path configured for conducting the electric current to an electric grid via a power converter, the power converter. The battery storage electrically connected to the electric flow path, the battery storage comprising a plurality of battery cells, each battery cell comprising at least one battery element and at least two semiconductor switches. A controller is configured for selectively controlling the voltage over the battery storage by controlling the status of the at least two semiconductor switches of a plurality of the battery cells, and thereby whether a current path through the battery storage is bypassing the at least one battery element or passing through the at least one battery element of one or more of the plurality of battery cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: KK Wind Solutions A/S
    Inventors: Chris Damgaard, Lorand Bede, Anders Maarbjerg
  • Patent number: 11563327
    Abstract: The application relates to an electric converter for converting AC or DC input into an electric AC or DC output. A swap circuit with controllable electric switches serves to selectively swap connection of a plurality of DC power banks (DCBs) between an input terminal and an output terminal, thus selectively connecting the DCBs to an electric source or an electric load. The DCBs are formed as series of interconnected submodules (SMs) each having electric energy storage elements (ESEs) and a switching circuit for selectively by-passing or connecting the ESEs. By properly controlling the swap circuit and the switching of the SMs, the converter can be used for DC-AC, DC-DC, AC-DC, or AC-AC conversion, allowing multilevel output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: KK WIND SOLUTIONS A/S
    Inventors: Dezso Sera, Laszlo Mathe, Mattia Ricco
  • Patent number: 11549491
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for monitoring wind turbine components including an independent data processing environment adapted to: receive a first category of data input related to operation of the wind turbine, process the received data input by one or more component specific monitoring algorithms adapted to establish an estimated component value related to a component to be monitored based on received first category data input having at least indirectly impact on the component, wherein the component specific monitoring algorithm is adapted to establish a component residual as the difference between the estimated component value and received first category of data input of the component to be monitored, and wherein the component specific monitoring algorithm furthermore is adapted to establish a component specific health value of the component to be monitored based on the established residual and put the health value at disposal for data processors outside the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: KK WIND SOLUTIONS A/S
    Inventors: Chris Damgaard, Per Bisgaard
  • Patent number: 11510491
    Abstract: The application relates to a method of establishing four profiles which when releasably mounted together are forming a cabinet frame. The profiles are having folding areas comprising cutout parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: KK WIND SOLUTIONS A/S
    Inventors: Poul Thing, Jørgen Dahl Vestergaard
  • Publication number: 20220345030
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for operating a three-phase inverter on a three-phase load. The three-phase inverter has a direct voltage intermediate circuit, at least one three-phase bridge circuit, and at least one control unit for controlling the bridge circuit. In the at least one bridge circuit, at least two power switches per phase are provided, which are connected in series parallel to the direct voltage intermediate circuit. Depending on predefined target voltage values of the three phases of the inverter, the power switches of each individual phase are actuated via the control unit such that a three-phase alternating voltage is generated on the three-phase load via switching operations of the power switches. Very good dynamic control behaviour can be achieved despite cost-effective dimensioning of the IGBT power switches of the three-phase bridge circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: KK Wind Solutions A/S
    Inventors: Jörg Kretschmann, Stephan Engelhardt
  • Patent number: 11248586
    Abstract: The application relates to a battery storage and a wind turbine including a generator for generation of an electric current. An electric flow path configured for conducting the electric current to an electric grid via a power converter, the power converter. A battery storage electrically connected to the electric flow path, the battery storage including a plurality of battery cells, each battery cell including at least one battery element and at least two semiconductor switches. Wherein a controller is configured for selectively controlling the voltage over the battery storage by controlling the status of the at least two semiconductor switches of a plurality of the battery cells and thereby if a current path through the battery storage is bypassing the at least one battery element or passing through the at least one battery element of one or more of the plurality of battery cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: KK Wind Solutions A/S
    Inventors: Chris Damgaard, Lóránd Bede, Anders Eggert Maarbjerg
  • Patent number: 10969440
    Abstract: The invention relates to a monitoring unit configured for monitoring a power converter of a wind turbine, the monitoring unit comprising: electric connection means configured for connecting the monitoring unit to one or more electric converter components, a cold area comprising a data communication interface, and one or more hot areas dedicated to obtain measurements from the one or more electric converter components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: KK WIND SOLUTIONS A/S
    Inventor: Bjørn Rannestad
  • Patent number: 9899999
    Abstract: An intelligent gate drive unit and related method for controlling one or more semiconductor switches of one or more power modules, the intelligent gate drive unit comprises at least a gate driver and an analog measuring circuit, wherein the gate driver facilitates control of the one or more semiconductor switches and wherein the analog measuring circuit facilitates measuring the switch voltage when the one or more semiconductor switches are in a conducting mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: KK Wind Solutions A/S
    Inventor: Bjørn Rannestad
  • Patent number: 9810200
    Abstract: The invention regards an apparatus or method for controlling the profile of a blade on a wind turbine having at least a first blade and a second blade, the first blade comprise at least one first sensor system adapted to determine a first blade state and the second blade comprise at least one second sensor system adapted to determine a second blade state, wherein the profile of the second blade is controlled based on the determined first blade state and the determined second blade state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: KK WIND SOLUTIONS A/S
    Inventor: Peter Fogh Odgaard
  • Patent number: 9529037
    Abstract: The invention regards an method for estimating the end of lifetime for a power semiconductor device, such as an IGBT power module, comprising the steps of; establishing the temperature of the power semiconductor device, determining the voltage drop over the power semiconductor device for at least one predetermined current where the current is applied when the power semiconductor device is not in operation, wherein the end of lifetime is established dependent on the change in a plurality of determined voltage drops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: KK Wind Solutions A/S
    Inventors: Paul Bach Thøgersen, Bjørn Rannestad
  • Patent number: 9276488
    Abstract: A control system for one or more power stacks in a power converter is disclosed, each power stack comprising a plurality of electronic switches, said control system comprising one or more controllers, wherein a distributed clock signal from a real-time communication system is used as synchronization means for the switches in the power stacks. One or more controllers controlling the switching times of the switches in one or more power stacks may be connected directly to one or more real-time communication buses of the real-time communication system, using the distributed clock signal for synchronization of pulses when using the one or more power stacks for pulse-width modulation of a desired AC output voltage. Furthermore, a power converter comprising such a control system and a wind turbine comprising such a power converter are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: KK WIND SOLUTIONS A/S
    Inventors: Anders Eriksen, Rasmus Nielsen
  • Publication number: 20150078895
    Abstract: The invention regards an apparatus or method for controlling the profile of a blade on a wind turbine having at least a first blade and a second blade, the first blade comprise at least one first sensor system adapted to determine a first blade state and the second blade comprise at least one second sensor system adapted to determine a second blade state, wherein the profile of the second blade is controlled based on the determined first blade state and the determined second blade state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: KK Wind Solutions A/S
    Inventor: Peter Fogh Odgaard
  • Publication number: 20150066468
    Abstract: The invention relates to a data acquisition system configured for acquiring operational data from one or more wind turbine components of a wind turbine, the data acquisition system comprising: a setup arrangement configured for establishing one or more data acquisition tasks, a user interface configured for allowing a user to access said setup arrangement, a wind turbine interface configured so that the setup arrangement can communicate with the wind turbine, wherein said user interface is configured for enabling the user to establish the one or more data acquisition tasks wherein the setup arrangement is configured for communicating one or more of the one or more data acquisition tasks to the wind turbine, and wherein said data set to be acquired is configured for being acquired from said data storage arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: KK Wind Solutions A/S
    Inventor: Chris Damgaard