Patents Assigned to Zenergy Power GmbH
  • Patent number: 8154144
    Abstract: A linear generator for power generation in a wave-driven power station is provided. The linear generator includes a primary part which has a plurality of annular primary coils, which are arranged concentrically with respect to an axis and are separated from one another by intermediate elements, and a secondary part which has a plurality of secondary coils, to which direct current can be applied. The secondary coils are arranged axially alongside one another with alternating polarity and have superconductor windings. The the arrangement of the primary coils in the primary part is in the form of an air-gap winding with intermediate elements composed of non-magnetizable material. The primary part or the secondary part is moved parallel to the axis, in an externally operated manner, by a buoy and the current which is induced in the primary coils by the relative movement between the primary part and the secondary part can be tapped off for power generation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Zenergy Power GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Müller, Jan Wiezoreck, Ingolf Hahn, Carsten Bührer
  • Patent number: 8154157
    Abstract: The invention relates to a primary part of a linear motor having a receptacle for a secondary part which can move along an axis in the receptacle, having a plurality of annular coils which are arranged coaxially with respect to the receptacle, and having a yoke, with teeth which are composed of a soft-magnetic material being arranged or formed between the end faces of adjacent coils. In order to provide a primary part or a linear motor which has a high power density in a compact form and allows good cooling with coolant, cooling gaps in which spacers are arranged are formed between the end faces of the coils and the teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Zenergy Power GmbH
    Inventors: Jan Wiezoreck, Carsten Bührer
  • Patent number: 8058764
    Abstract: A winding former with a winding support between a first plate and a second plate for a saddle coil winding made up from a thin layer HTSC, which is destined for a cylindrical armature of an electrical machine, and which has two longitudinal legs parallel to the armature axis between two winding ends, wherein the winding support for each winding end has a bearing surface, which enables the thin layer HTSC to be wound to form a saddle coil without damaging the HTSC thin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Zenergy Power GmbH
    Inventor: Jan Wiezoreck
  • Patent number: 7964533
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a high temperature superconductor (HTSC) from a strip including an upper side precursor layer and which, for continuous sintering of the precursor layer within a furnace in the presence of a fed-in reaction gas, is drawn across a support. A furnace for performing the method is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Zenergy Power GmbH
    Inventor: Michael Baecker
  • Patent number: 7884050
    Abstract: A band-shaped high-temperature superconductor (HTSL) with high critical current density can be produced economically in a wet-chemical process. In the process, a first precursor solution is applied to a carrier, dried, and annealed. Additional precursor solutions may then be applied, with the first precursor solution contain little or no pinning centers, and any subsequent precursor solutions contains a higher concentration of pinning centers than the first precursor solutions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Zenergy Power GmbH
    Inventor: Michael Bäcker
  • Patent number: 7843292
    Abstract: The invention relates to a coil for producing a magnetic field having at least one winding (12), which is manufactured from a superconductor, is cast into a plastic and whose winding end (19) which is arranged at the circumference (13) of the winding (12) is used for making contact with an electrical conductor (15). In order to provide coils with windings (12) consisting of superconductors which make robust contact-making possible given simple production, an electrically conductive connection piece (30) with a base region (31), which is connected to the winding end (19), and a top region (32) for connecting the conductor (15) is provided for contact-making purposes, the base region (31) of said connection piece (30) being covered partially in the radial direction by a reinforcing insert (14), which is cast into the plastic (20) and at least partially surrounds the winding (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Zenergy Power GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Remke, Thomas Braun, Jan Wiezoreck
  • Patent number: 7763569
    Abstract: A wet-chemical method for producing strip-shaped high-temperature superconductors with a substrate, optionally with a buffer layer and with a high-temperature superconductive layer is improved by increasing the texturing and the layer thickness of the high-temperature superconductive layer. To this end, precursor solutions are applied in layers to the substrate, of which the first is low in fluorine or does not contain fluorine, and the following have a fluorine concentration that increases with each layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Zenergy Power GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Bäcker, Brigitte Schlobach, Kerstin Knoth, Barbara Schüpp-Niewa, Bernhard Holzapfel, Martina Falter
  • Patent number: 7750513
    Abstract: The invention relates to a linear motor and in particular a primary part of the linear motor for the movement of a secondary part, with a plurality of coils for inducing a magnetic field transmitting force along an axis between the primary part and the secondary part and with teeth, which are made from a magnetizable material, are arranged between adjacent coils and have a base section remote from the axis and an end section facing the axis, the teeth on the end section being wider than on the base section. In order to provide a primary part or a linear motor which also allow for high force densities given a compact design, the coils also extend in the interspace between the end sections of adjacent teeth so as to increase the magnetic flux density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Zenergy Power GmbH
    Inventors: Werner Witte, Carsten Bührer
  • Patent number: 7727579
    Abstract: The formation of band-shaped HTSL on a metal substrate is disclosed. The HTSL includes at least one buffer layer comprising zirconates and/or rare-earth oxides. The HTSL layer is formed on the buffer layer. The buffer layer has a texturing that in the case of a RHEED measurement results in discrete reflexes and not only in diffraction rings. In particular, the buffer layer may be textured along its interface with the HTSL layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Zenergy Power GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Backer, Brigitte Schlobach, Kerstin Knoth, Barbara Schupp-Niewa, Ruben Huhne, Martina Falter
  • Patent number: 7531750
    Abstract: A power supply line for connecting a superconducting consumer system to a current delivery point, which is at a higher temperature than the consumer system, includes a carrier and a plurality of band-shaped, mechanically and electrically parallel high-temperature superconductors (HTSL). To achieve a high critical current density with simultaneously low heat-conducting capacity of the power supply line, the carrier includes at least one elongated plate that includes a sparingly (low) heat-conducting material, with a ratio of width to thickness of at least 3:1 and band-shaped HTSL that are arranged parallel adjacent to one another on the carrier. Each band-shaped HTSL also has a normally conducting current path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Zenergy Power GmbH
    Inventors: Jürgen Kellers, Thomas Braun, Jan Wiezoreck