Abstract: A wave power generator comprising a chain drive arrangement. The wave power generator comprising a float connected to one end of a retractable chain and a retractable device connected to an opposite end of the retractable chain.

Abstract: A control circuit for a dual fuel generator includes a primary fuel valve to control the supply of a primary fuel, a secondary fuel valve to control the supply of a secondary fuel, a primary fuel pressure switch to detect the primary fuel, a secondary fuel pressure switch to detect the secondary fuel, and a controller. The controller is configured to receive a primary signal for availability of the primary fuel from the primary fuel pressure switch and a secondary signal for availability of the secondary fuel from the secondary and operate the primary fuel valve and the secondary fuel valve in response to the primary signal and the secondary signal. When the secondary fuel valve is open so that the secondary fuel is provided to the dual fuel generator, the control circuit is configured to ground the primary signal by connecting the primary fuel pressure switch to ground.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling a wind turbine which comprises a transformer has a variable turns ratio such as an on load tap changer transformer. The adjustment of the turns ratio is possible when a primary side current or a secondary side current of the transformer is less than a switching current threshold. The method comprises operating the wind turbine so that the primary or secondary side current is above the switching current threshold. In response to obtaining a condition for changing the turns ratio of the transformer, the wind turbine is operated so that the primary or secondary side current is reduced below the switching current threshold so that the turns ratio can be changed during the temporary current reduction.

Abstract: A method and a device for storing electrical energy by means of conversion into thermal energy and reconversion into electrical energy are described. In a pipe system as a vapor container, there is produced overheated vapor by use of electrically produced heat, said vapor transmits in turn the heat to the walls of the walls of the vapor container (1) under-utilization a thermodynamic effect, said walls transmitting the heat to the storage medium (2) by use of additionally arranged welded plates.

Abstract: A reefer truck power unit employs a plurality of power sources including: a propulsion vehicle source driven mechanically by a diesel engine of the vehicle, and having an enhanced alternator configured for generation in excess of needs of a charging/starting system of the vehicle, in which the enhanced alternator has a pulley ratio increasing idle speed generation, and a passive vehicle source including a bank of solar panels disposed on the vehicle. The refrigeration system is configured for refrigerating a payload area of the vehicle utilizing power from the power sources, and employs a voltage converter for augmenting the power from the propulsion vehicle source for use with a native vehicle charging/starting system, and a transport load transformer for converting power from the power sources to 3 phase power for powering the refrigeration system. A bank of batteries stores power from the sources for subsequent dispersal to the refrigeration unit.

Abstract: A starter-generator device for a work vehicle having an engine. The device includes a gear set for transmitting power, first and second clutches having actuation pins and shiftable relative to the gear set, first and second actuator devices moving armatures only in a first direction, and first and second linkages having a coupling region coupled to the respective armature and a second end coupled to the actuation pin. The first actuator device moves the coupling region and second end of the first linkage in the first direction. The second actuator device moves the coupling region of the second linkage in the first direction and the second end in an opposite second direction. The clutches shift into engaged or disengaged positions by the second end of the respective linkage moving one of the directions, and shift into the other engaged or disengaged position by the second end moving the other direction.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wind turbine with an electrical machine wherein said electrical machine comprises a stator (702) with one or more electrical winding(s) (704), said electrical winding(s) being arranged to be connected to an electrical grid (760) by at least one cable (740) with at least one phase conductor (746), the at least one cable (740) comprises at least one return path (744) to conduct leakage currents, and at least one electrical shield (745), the stator being electrically isolated from a stator housing (701). The invention also relates to a method for minimizing stray currents in an electrical machine in a wind turbine.

Abstract: A power generating device for generating an electrical current from an updraft in a tower includes a tower, a rotor assembly, and a set of generators. The tower is hyperboloid type so that the tower is configured to generate a pressure differential between a base and a top of the tower. A set of openings that is positioned in the tower proximate to the base is configured to allow passage of air from the base through the top. The rotor assembly is coupled to and positioned in the tower so that a set of blades of the rotor assembly is configured to be rotated due to the air passing through the tower. Each generator is operationally coupled to a drive shaft of the rotor assembly so that the set of generators is configured to convert kinetic energy of the air to an electrical current as the drive shaft is rotated.

Abstract: A hydrodynamic electrification system that generates electricity from water moving from a high side to a low side and around a structure that divides the low side from the high side generally includes a water transport system that directs the water from the high side presenting a hydraulic head, over the structure, and to the low side. The system includes a power extraction system having a wheel that receives the water from said water transport system and a mounting system having a high side anchor that connects near an intake to the water transport system at the high side and having a low side anchor that connects to the power extraction system at the low side.

Abstract: An energy recovery module includes a manifold, a permanent magnet generator arranged within the manifold, and a thermal electric generator. The thermal electric generator is arranged within the manifold and is electrically connected to the permanent magnet generator to provide electrical power to a load using energy recovered from an expanded decomposition or combustion products traversing the manifold. Generator arrangements, unmanned aerial vehicles, and methods of generating electric power are also described.

Abstract: Power recovery turbines can be used debottlenecking of an existing plant, as well as recover electric power when revamping a plant. A process for recovering energy in a petroleum, petrochemical, or chemical plant is described. A fluid stream having a first control valve thereon is identified. A first power-recovery turbine is installed at the location of the first control valve, and at least a portion of the first fluid stream is directed through the first power-recovery turbine to generate electric power as direct current therefrom. The electric power is then recovered.

Abstract: A wind turbine apparatus including: a blade portion; a generator having a stator having a plurality of coils and a rotor having a plurality of magnets, the rotor being connected to the blade portion such that rotation of the blade portion and rotor generates a current within the coils.

Abstract: A method for controlling a dual-fed induction generator (DFIG) connected to a power grid in response to a high-voltage grid event includes receiving, via a controller, a frequency signal of the power grid. The method also includes filtering the frequency signal via a filtering assembly so as to determine whether certain types of grid conditions are present in the power grid. The filtering assembly includes a first filter connected in parallel with a second filter. The first filter has a bandwidth that is greater than the second filter. Further, the method also includes comparing output signals of the first and second filters of the filtering assembly to one or more frequency thresholds. Moreover, the method includes controlling the DFIG based on the comparison.

Abstract: A method for monitoring and detecting defects in a doubly-fed asynchronous machine including a stator and a rotor, said method implemented by computer means. The method comprises: a. receiving a current and a voltage measurement of the stator, and a measurement of relative rotation speed between the stator and the rotor; b. deducing a stat or power as a function of time; c. performing a harmonic analysis on the resulting stator power including applying a wavelet transform to the stator power; d. comparing the resulting harmonic representation to a reference harmonic representation, where said reference harmonic representation is selected as a function of the rotation speed measurement, so as to detect possible defects in said machine as a function of possible differences identified by the comparison.

Abstract: A method for controlling a wind power plant including a plurality of wind turbines that provide output power through a transmission line arrangement, wherein each wind turbine in the wind power plant has a nominal power limit setting. The method comprises determining spare capacity on the transmission line arrangement; and configuring one or more of the wind turbines in dependence on the determined spare capacity, such that said wind turbines are operable to exceed their respective nominal power limit setting in order to exploit the spare capacity on the transmission line arrangement. Aspects of the invention also relate to a power plant controller configured to implement the method.

Abstract: A power conversion system for a wind turbine generator, comprising a machine-side converter having an AC voltage input from a generator and a DC voltage output to a DC link, wherein the machine-side converter is a modular multi-level converter comprising one or more converter legs corresponding to a respective one or more electrical phases of the generator, each of the converter legs comprising a plurality of converter cells, the system further comprising: a converter control module which provides the machine-side converter with a gate signal, and an electrical frequency estimation module configured to estimate the mean electrical frequency of the generator; wherein the gate signal has at least one mean switching frequency corresponding to at least one electrical phase of the generator; wherein the converter control module is configured to modulate the mean switching frequency of the gate signal in dependence on the mean electrical frequency of the generator.

Abstract: Provided is a method for feeding electric power into an electricity supply grid having a grid voltage at a grid frequency having a grid nominal frequency. Feeding the electric power is performed by a converter-controlled feeding-in device, which may be a wind farm or a wind turbine. The feeding-in device feeds in an infeed current as electric AC current having a frequency, a phase, an infeed voltage and a fed-in power. The infeed voltage may be set. The method includes estimating a converter proportion in a grid section of the electricity supply grid that represents a ratio of power fed in by way of converters to overall fed-in power and controlling the infeed of the electric power depending on the estimated converter proportion.

Abstract: An energy system including a turbine wheel totally submerge including a rotary element and a wheel mounting enclosure. The wheel mounting enclosure including a cavity where a rotary element rest on said mounting enclosure exposing the upper end to the flowing body of fluid it is submerged. The wheel mounting enclosure comprising several configurations such as a tapered base for increasing the incident flow velocity.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include an apparatus comprising an electronic device, a first magnet, and an inductive coil surrounding a magnetically susceptible core, wherein movement of the first magnet relative to the magnetically susceptible core changes a magnetic flux in the magnetically susceptible core to produce a current in the inductive coil, and in accordance therewith, provide power to the electronic device.

Abstract: A water driven power generating system has a frame with a waterwheel carried within the frame in an upright manner having a plurality of water receiving elements for turning the waterwheel. A water discharge manifold is used to discharge water from a supply tank onto the water receiving elements. The water supply tank is supplied with water from an adjacent water reservoir, such as a stock tank. After passing over the water receiving elements of the water wheel, the discharge water is allowed to flow back to the water reservoir by gravity. The water used in the system is pumped from the reservoir to the supply tank by a truck mounted pump which is powered by the power take-off of the truck.