Patents by Inventor Alfred Beekmann

Alfred Beekmann 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).

  • Patent number: 11870265
    Abstract: Provided is a method for feeding electrical power into an electrical supply network having a network voltage using a wind turbine having an inverter, which has a DC voltage intermediate circuit having an intermediate circuit voltage and a chopper circuit connected to the intermediate circuit for discharging electrical energy from the intermediate circuit. The method includes feeding electrical power into the network in a normal operation if no network fault has been detected, detecting a fault if the network voltage falls below an undervoltage value, interrupting or reducing the feed if the fault has been detected, and ending the interruption or reduction if the end of a network fault is detected. During the fault and/or from the end of the fault, the fed-in power is limited to a limit, and, to limit the power, the intermediate circuit voltage is limited using the chopper circuit depending upon the limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventors: Alfred Beekmann, Ingo MacKensen, Kai Busker
  • Patent number: 11855547
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for feeding electrical power into an electrical supply grid. The method includes rectifying a first AC voltage of an electrical power, produced by a generator, into a first DC voltage and increasing the first DC voltage to a second DC voltage such that the second DC voltage has a step-up ratio in relation to the first DC voltage. Alternatively, the method includes rectifying the first AC voltage into the second DC voltage without producing the first DC voltage. The method includes inverting the second DC voltage into a second AC voltage for feeding electrical power into the electrical supply grid depending on an feed setpoint value and setting the second DC voltage depending on the feed setpoint value and actual value. The second DC voltage is increased depending on an increase in the feed setpoint voltage or actual value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventors: Alfred Beekmann, Ingo Mackensen, Kai Busker
  • Patent number: 11527893
    Abstract: A method for assisting control of an electrical supply grid) or a portion thereof is provided. The method includes recording system states of the grid and/or influencing the grid, transmitting the states to a central evaluation and/or control unit and/or between other subscribers, including wind turbines and/or wind farms that supply the grid, for use in controlling their supply to the grid. The method includes controlling the grid on the basis of the transmitted states. Fundamentally identical states are simultaneously recorded at multiple recording locations associated with the grid and the recording of at least one of the states at a respective recording location is performed by a turbine and/or farm and the turbine or farm recording a state at one recording location and the turbine or farm recording a state at another recording location are independent at least such that they supply to the grid at different points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventors: Alfred Beekmann, Marcel Kruse
  • Publication number: 20220185141
    Abstract: A charging station for charging electric vehicles is provided. The charging station includes a plurality of AC charging terminals, each for charging an electric vehicle by means of alternating current. Each of the AC charging terminals is connected to a three-phase power supply via a respective phase-change device in order to be supplied thereby with three-phase electric current. The power supply has three supply lines for providing three voltage phases, and each AC charging terminal has three connection lines for connection to the three supply lines, for applying the three voltage phases to the connection lines. Each phase-change device is set up to change a connection assignment between the three supply lines and the three connection lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Johannes BROMBACH, Christian STRAFIEL, Alfred BEEKMANN
  • Patent number: 11353004
    Abstract: A method and a wind turbine are provided. The wind turbine includes a gearless generator that is a synchronous generator and includes a stator and a generator rotor. The wind turbine includes a generator filter with modifiable filter properties that is coupled to the stator and configured to filter a stator current. The wind turbine includes a filter controller configured to control the generator filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventors: Alfred Beekmann, Wojciech Giengiel, Simon Schrobsdorff
  • Publication number: 20220094167
    Abstract: Provided is a method for feeding electrical power into an electrical supply network having a network voltage using a wind turbine having an inverter, which has a DC voltage intermediate circuit having an intermediate circuit voltage and a chopper circuit connected to the intermediate circuit for discharging electrical energy from the intermediate circuit. The method includes feeding electrical power into the network in a normal operation if no network fault has been detected, detecting a fault if the network voltage falls below an undervoltage value, interrupting or reducing the feed if the fault has been detected, and ending the interruption or reduction if the end of a network fault is detected. During the fault and/or from the end of the fault, the fed-in power is limited to a limit, and, to limit the power, the intermediate circuit voltage is limited using the chopper circuit depending upon the limit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Alfred BEEKMANN, Ingo MACKENSEN, Kai BUSKER
  • Publication number: 20210175718
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for feeding electrical power into an electrical supply grid. The method includes rectifying a first AC voltage of an electrical power, produced by a generator, into a first DC voltage and increasing the first DC voltage to a second DC voltage such that the second DC voltage has a step-up ratio in relation to the first DC voltage. Alternatively, the method includes rectifying the first AC voltage into the second DC voltage without producing the first DC voltage. The method includes inverting the second DC voltage into a second AC voltage for feeding electrical power into the electrical supply grid depending on an feed setpoint value and setting the second DC voltage depending on the feed setpoint value and actual value. The second DC voltage is increased depending on an increase in the feed setpoint voltage or actual value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Alfred BEEKMANN, Ingo MACKENSEN, Kai BUSKER
  • Publication number: 20200392944
    Abstract: A method for assisting control of an electrical supply grid) or a portion thereof is provided. The method includes recording system states of the grid and/or influencing the grid, transmitting the states to a central evaluation and/or control unit and/or between other subscribers, including wind turbines and/or wind farms that supply the grid, for use in controlling their supply to the grid. The method includes controlling the grid on the basis of the transmitted states. Fundamentally identical states are simultaneously recorded at multiple recording locations associated with the grid and the recording of at least one of the states at a respective recording location is performed by a turbine and/or farm and the turbine or farm recording a state at one recording location and the turbine or farm recording a state at another recording location are independent at least such that they supply to the grid at different points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Alfred BEEKMANN, Marcel KRUSE
  • Patent number: 10724500
    Abstract: A method for supplying electrical energy into an electrical supply network by means of a wind power plant or wind farm, where the wind power plant or wind farm converts kinetic energy from wind with variable speed to electrical energy, the wind power plant or wind farm is prepared for supplying active power and reactive power and the reactive power to be fed in is set based on the wind velocity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventor: Alfred Beekmann
  • Publication number: 20200124023
    Abstract: A method and a wind turbine are provided. The wind turbine includes a gearless generator that is a synchronous generator and includes a stator and a generator rotor. The wind turbine includes a generator filter with modifiable filter properties that is coupled to the stator and configured to filter a stator current. The wind turbine includes a filter controller configured to control the generator filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Alfred Beekmann, Wojciech Giengiel, Simon Schrobsdorff
  • Patent number: 10566799
    Abstract: A method for feeding electrical power into an electrical supply network by means of at least one wind farm respectively connected to the supply network via a network connection point, wherein the supply network is to be operated at a network frequency, and each wind farm has a plurality of wind power installations, comprising the steps of determining whether the electrical supply network is operating, starting the at least one wind farm in a black-start mode for the purpose of producing electrical power for feeding into the supply network if the supply network is not operating, operating the at least one wind farm in black-start operation in which electrical power is fed into the supply network and the supply network is operated thereby, wherein the network frequency is specified by the feeding-in of the electrical power in the black-start mode and/or during black-start operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventors: Alfred Beekmann, Matthias Bartsch, Marcel Kruse
  • Patent number: 10502185
    Abstract: A method for operating a wind turbine is disclosed. The rotational speed and power of the wind turbine are reduced when the prevailing wind speed exceeds a predetermined first limit value. The rotational speed and power are reduced further with an increasing wind speed until the rotational speed reaches a predetermined minimum rotational speed and/or the power reaches a predetermined minimum power. The wind energy turbine maintains the minimum rotational speed, or the minimum power, if the wind speed increases even further.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventors: Alfred Beekmann, Marcel Kruse
  • Patent number: 10505372
    Abstract: A method for supplying electrical power to an electrical supply grid from at least one wind power installation is provided. The supply of electrical power is controlled such that changes in the supplied electrical power are limited based on at least one limit gradient. The at least one limit gradient specifies a magnitude of a maximum change of the supplied electrical power. The least one limit gradient is set based on a property and/or an instantaneous state of the supply grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventor: Alfred Beekmann
  • Patent number: 10487801
    Abstract: A method for operating a wind turbine comprising an aerodynamic rotor with an approximately horizontal axis of rotation, an electrical generator and operating devices is disclosed, wherein the wind turbine is intended for feeding electrical energy into an electrical supply grid, and is kept in a starting state for starting the generator while the wind turbine cannot be completely put into operation, in particular the generator cannot be started.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventors: Alfred Beekmann, Marcel Kruse
  • Patent number: 10479210
    Abstract: An electric vehicle charging station is provided. The electric vehicle charging station includes an interface, by way of which the charging station receives energy from an electrical energy supply grid, an energy intermediate storage device for intermediate storage of energy received or transmitted by way of the interface from the electrical energy supply grid, a plurality of output connections for charging electric vehicles and a control unit for controlling the energy intermediate storage in the energy intermediate storage device and for controlling the delivery of energy by way of the plurality of output connections. The control unit is configured to pass energy from the energy intermediate storage device to the plurality of output connections when the energy drawn at the output connections cannot be made available completely using the interface to the electrical energy supply grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventor: Alfred Beekmann
  • Patent number: 10320315
    Abstract: A method for feeding electrical energy into an electrical supply grid by means of a wind turbine or wind farm, where the wind turbine or wind farm converts kinetic energy from wind with variable speed to electrical energy, a wind speed is predicted based on a wind forecast and a reactive power to be fed in is calculated as predicted reactive power based on the predicted wind speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventor: Alfred Beekmann
  • Patent number: 10270287
    Abstract: A method for operating a plurality of wind energy installations configured for supplying electric power to an electrical supply system, that each have an aerodynamic rotor with rotor blades and an electrical generator and also operating equipment, is disclosed. The wind energy installations are operated while they are not connected to the electrical supply system, where at least one of the wind energy installations produces electric power and inputs the electric power into a local DC voltage system that connects the wind energy installations if the at least one of the wind energy installations currently produces more power than needed for supplying its own operating equipment. Additionally or alternatively, the operating equipment is supplied totally or in part with power from the local DC voltage system if the at least one of the wind energy installations currently produces less power than needed for supplying its operating equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventor: Alfred Beekmann
  • Publication number: 20190036344
    Abstract: A method for feeding electrical power into an electrical supply network by means of at least one wind farm respectively connected to the supply network via a network connection point, wherein the supply network is to be operated at a network frequency, and each wind farm has a plurality of wind power installations, comprising the steps of determining whether the electrical supply network is operating, starting the at least one wind farm in a black-start mode for the purpose of producing electrical power for feeding into the supply network if the supply network is not operating, operating the at least one wind farm in black-start operation in which electrical power is fed into the supply network and the supply network is operated thereby, wherein the network frequency is specified by the feeding-in of the electrical power in the black-start mode and/or during black-start operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Alfred BEEKMANN, Matthias BARTSCH, Marcel KRUSE
  • Publication number: 20190020198
    Abstract: A method for supplying electrical power to an electrical supply grid from at least one wind power installation is provided. The supply of electrical power is controlled such that changes in the supplied electrical power are limited based on at least one limit gradient. The at least one limit gradient specifies a magnitude of a maximum change of the supplied electrical power. The least one limit gradient is set based on a property and/or an instantaneous state of the supply grid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventor: Alfred BEEKMANN
  • Patent number: 10161385
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for supplying the electric power of a wind park comprising several wind turbines into an electric power supply grid, wherein each of the wind turbines provides an electric turbine output and the sum of all provided turbine outputs is supplied to the electric power supply grid as wind park output, and a turbine target value is specified for each of the wind turbines as a specification of the turbine output that is to be provided, and the turbine target value is controlled via a controller based on a control deviation, as a comparison of the supplied wind park output and a target value of the wind park output that is to be supplied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventors: Kai Busker, Alfred Beekmann