Patents Assigned to WOBBEN PROPERTIES GMBH
  • Patent number: 10138868
    Abstract: A method for calculating a trailing edge that is to be produced for a rotor blade of an aerodynamic rotor of a wind power installation, wherein the rotor blade has radial positions with respect to the rotor, the rotor blade has a local blade profile that is a function of the radial positions with respect to the rotor and the trailing edge has a jagged profile having a plurality of spikes, wherein each spike has a spike height and a spike width, and the spike height and/or the spike width is calculated as a function of the radial position thereof and/or as a function of the local blade profile of the radial position thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventors: Andree Altmikus, Mohammad Kamruzzaman
  • Patent number: 10132294
    Abstract: Method for feeding electric power into an electric supply grid by means of a wind farm, wherein the wind farm feeds into the supply grid from an interconnecting network and via a transformer, with the first interconnecting network having a interconnecting network voltage and the supply grid having a grid voltage, wherein feeding takes place based on a virtual measured voltage and a voltage of a virtual measurement point is calculated as the virtual measured voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventors: Alfred Beekmann, Kai Busker
  • Patent number: 10132298
    Abstract: An aircraft beacon device of a wind power installation, to be arranged on a gondola of the wind power installation, comprising at least three omnidirectional emission sections arranged concentrically in a ring around a common mid-axis, each omnidirectional emission section comprising a lens section arranged concentrically in a ring around the mid-axis, with a beam plane defined perpendicularly to the mid-axis, and at least one lighting ring having lighting means arranged concentrically in a ring around the mid-axis in order to emit light through the lens section, wherein each lighting ring is configured in order to emit light with a central emission direction which makes an emission angle with the beam plane, and wherein the emission direction depends on an axial position of the lighting ring with respect to the lens section, wherein at least one omnidirectional emission section comprises at least two lighting rings offset axially with respect to one another for emission with different emission angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventor: Olaf Schultz
  • Patent number: 10119519
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lifting beam for lifting and handling a rotor blade of a wind energy plant, comprising a fastening means for fastening the lifting beam to a crane, at least one fastening means for fastening the lifting beam to the rotor blade a longitudinal pivoting means for pivoting the rotor blade which is supported by the lifting beam about a longitudinal axis of the rotor blade, and/or a transverse pivoting means for pivoting the rotor blade which is supported by the lifting beam about a transverse axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The invention further relates to a method for mounting rotor blades of a wind energy plant using a lifting beam according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Meyer, Gerrit Kuiper, Frank Knoop
  • Publication number: 20180304605
    Abstract: A composite component characterized by the following layer construction a layer which consists at least partly of polyethylene, a layer which consists at least partly of a polyurethane and/or an elastomer, at least one layer which consists at least partly of a plastic reinforced by fibers, or which consists at least partly of an adhesive, wherein the layer is disposed directly between the layer and the layer, wherein the layers have been joined in a first operation to form a laminate composite and the layer have been joined in a second operation onto the laminate composite comprising the layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventors: Marvin KUHN, Uwe RAHMANN, Christina BÄRTL, Daniel VINKE
  • Patent number: 10094114
    Abstract: A system for producing reinforcing cages for wind turbine tower segments, wherein a reinforcing cage has in each case substantially horizontally oriented ring segments and substantially vertically oriented stiffening elements. It is proposed that the system has a receiving area which is adapted so as to receive the preferably inner, substantially horizontally oriented ring segments of the reinforcing cage, a first handling robot for supplying and positioning the stiffening elements, and a second handling robot for connecting the ring elements to the stiffening elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventors: Georg Krüger, Ingo Meyer, Karsten Albers
  • Patent number: 10082129
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for mounting a rear edge ridge onto a rotor blade of a wind turbine, wherein the rotor blade has a pressure and a suction side and an essentially straight trailing edge. A tongue section projecting to the rear is provided at the trailing edge to form a step each to the pressure side and to the suction side in the area of the tongue section. The rear edge ridge or part thereof is then fitted onto the tongue section, so that it is flush with the suction side or pressure side, respectively, in the area of the step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventor: Andree Altmikus
  • Patent number: 10077757
    Abstract: A rotor blade of a wind power installation for fixing to a rotor hub and having a rotor blade longitudinal axis, including a rotor blade inner part towards the rotor hub, and a rotor blade outer part away from the rotor hub, wherein the rotor blade inner part and the rotor blade outer part are connected together by means of at least one connecting device and the connecting device includes at least one anchoring element anchored in the rotor blade outer part, at least one counterpart element anchored in the rotor blade inner part, and at least one connecting bolt which extends through the counterpart element and is fixed in the anchoring element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes Kannenberg, Alexander Hoffmann
  • Patent number: 10072634
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for feeding electrical power into an electrical supply network by means of at least a first and a second wind farm. A first electrical wind farm output is provided by the first wind farm to be fed into the electrical supply network and a second electrical wind farm output is provided by the second wind farm to be fed into the electrical supply network, and a total power output is generated from at least the first and second wind farm output and fed into the electrical supply network, wherein a central control unit for controlling the total power output that is fed in controls the provision of at least the first and second wind farm output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: WOBBEN PROPERTIES GMBH
    Inventor: Kai Busker
  • Patent number: 10066603
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for injecting electrical energy into an electrical, three-phase grid, comprising the steps of: injecting current by means of an injection unit at a grid connection point, detecting an asymmetry in the grid, in particular a negative sequence component in the grid, injecting an asymmetrical current portion into the grid for, at least, partial compensation of the detected asymmetry, with injection of the asymmetrical current portion taking place such that the injection unit behaves like a consumer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventor: Volker Diedrichs
  • Patent number: 10066602
    Abstract: A method of operating a wind power installation is disclosed. In the method, a network frequency of an electrical network is measured and an amount of power delivered to the electrical network is controlled by at least maintaining the amount of power delivered without changing the power when the network frequency is between a rated frequency for the electrical network and a deadband frequency. Further, the amount of power is increased by a first amount when the network frequency is between the deadband frequency and a control-band frequency, whereby the first amount is proportional to a difference between the network frequency and the deadband frequency. In addition, the amount of power delivered is increased by a second amount when the network frequency is less than the control-band frequency. The second amount is a preset amount of power that is determined based on a difference between the control-band and deadband frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventors: Alfred Beekmann, Wolfgang De Boer
  • Patent number: 10063060
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for feeding electric power from at least one wind power installation or of a wind farm into an electric supply system having a line voltage and a grid frequency, wherein the method for feeding electric active power and electric reactive power is prepared and the active power that is fed in can be adjusted by means of an active power control as a function of a grid state and/or the reactive power that is fed in can be adjusted by means of a reactive power control as a function of at least one grid state and the active power control or the reactive power control respectively specify a target value that is to be fed in, which value is adjusted by means of an adjustment function as a function of at least one grid state, wherein the adjustment function is specified with the help of points of support, which points are defined by pairs of values each of which comprise a value for the active power or the reactive power respectively, and a value for the grid state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventors: Alfred Beekmann, Kai Busker
  • Patent number: 10063093
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling a wind turbine that comprises a generator, is provided to feed electrical power into an electricity supply grid but has not yet been connected to the electricity supply grid, comprising the steps: generating electrical power using the generator and supplying electrical elements of the wind turbine with the power generated, and to a wind turbine for generating electrical power from the wind and for feeding the electrical power generated into an electricity supply grid, wherein a method according to one of the preceding claims is carried out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventor: Alfred Beekmann
  • Patent number: 10063061
    Abstract: A method for feeding electric power into an electric supply network by means of a wind park comprising several wind turbines. The method comprises the steps of feeding the electric power at a network connection point, recording at least one network state parameter at the network connection point by means of a park control unit, checking the supply network for the presence of a transient process and sending, and/or sending at an increased clock rate, the values measured by the park control unit and/or the control values determined by the park control unit to the wind turbines, once the presence of a transient process has been detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventor: Matthias Bartsch
  • Publication number: 20180238303
    Abstract: A method for operating a wind farm with a number of wind power installations is provided. Each wind power installation respectively has a nacelle with an aerodynamic rotor with one or more rotor blades and a generator. Each of the wind power installations is variable in its azimuth position and at least two of the wind power installations are so close together that, depending on the direction of the wind, they can influence one another by way of the wind. At least a first of the wind power installations is cut back in dependence on its azimuth position in order to positively influence the wind for a further wind power installation arranged downwind of the first.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang DE BOER, Tim MÜLLER, Harro HARMS
  • Patent number: 10047727
    Abstract: A wind turbine is provided, with a tower with a longitudinal axis, a nacelle on the tower, multiple power cables which extend from the nacelle into the tower and a transport unit. The transport unit is fastened inside the nacelle and serves to transport loads inside the tower to the nacelle. The transport unit has a cable guide unit with multiple rings, wherein the power cables are fastened to the circumference of the rings so that a region inside the rings is kept free for transporting the load. A top ring is fastened to the nacelle and a bottom ring is fastened non-rotatably in or on the tower. The bottom ring has a non-rotatable guide along the longitudinal axis of the tower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventors: Jochen Röer, Jan-Phillip Köhler
  • Patent number: 10035317
    Abstract: The invention concerns a process for the production of a mold core for the one-part production of wind power installation rotor blades. According to the invention the method includes the steps: providing a flexible hollow body, for example a film tube, inserting the hollow body between at least two mold portions which are so arranged relative to each other that they form a negative shape of the rotor blade to be produced, filling the hollow body with loose material prior to or after insertion of the hollow body between the mold portions, and producing a reduced pressure in the hollow body after it has been filled and inserted in such a way that the hollow body solidifies. The invention further concerns a process for producing a reduced pressure between mold portions and mold core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventors: Ingo Kamke, Rico Sanftleben
  • Patent number: 10024378
    Abstract: A vibration absorber module for a vibration-absorbing device, in particular for a vibration-absorbing device realized for suspended attachment of the vibration absorber module to a structural installation, having a bearing structure, a pendulum system, having a pendulum mass, and having a suspension system for suspending the pendulum mass on the bearing structure, the suspension system having a number of pendulum spring elements and having a pendulum mass suspension, which extends between the pendulum mass and the bearing suspension, in the direction of a suspension axis, and the pendulum mass suspension being fastened, by means of its suspension head, to the bearing structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventors: Malte Könitz, Martin Kraft
  • Patent number: 10023441
    Abstract: A gripping device for handling reinforcement cages for tower segments of a wind turbine, comprising a gripper arm holding fixture and multiple gripper arms arranged radially on the gripper arm holding fixture. In particular, it is proposed that there is a coupling mechanism that can be connected with the reinforcement cage on each gripper arm, the length of the gripper arms can be telescopically motor-adjusted, the gripping device can be coupled with a lifting device that can be moved horizontally and vertically, and is adapted to move a reinforcement cage from apparatus for manufacturing reinforcement cages and/or to put a reinforcement cage down in a casing for creating a tower segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: WOBBEN PROPERTIES GMBH
    Inventor: Ingo Meyer
  • Patent number: 10027266
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a method of controlling a wind power installation connected to an electric network having a generator with an aerodynamic rotor with an adjustable rotary speed, in which the wind power installation can be operated at an operating point which is optimum in relation to prevailing wind conditions at an optimum rotary speed, wherein the wind power installation is operated for a transitional period of time or lastingly at a non-optimum operating point at a non-optimum rotary speed and the non-optimum rotary speed is higher than the optimum rotary speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventors: Alfred Beekmann, Wolfgang de Boer