Patents by Inventor Anders Rebsdorf

Anders Rebsdorf 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: 8408870
    Abstract: A wind turbine having at least a blade comprising a first component having an aerodynamic profile with a leading edge, a trailing edge, and suction and pressure sides between the leading edge and the trailing edge, and a second component, attached to the trailing edge and/or to the leading edge of the first component in at least a part of the blade, comprising one or several upwards and/or downwards deflectable flaps that allow changing the flow over the blade, in which a device for deflecting each of the flaps comprises an actuating force or torque provided by scaling devices connected to a predetermined location in the outer surface of the blade, through a duct, so that the changes in the wind pressure at this location can be scaled to the actuating force or torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Gamesa Innovation & Technology, S.L.
    Inventors: Anders Rebsdorf, Christian Medgaard
  • Patent number: 8398369
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a system for operating a Wind Turbine (WTG), which WTG comprises a rotor comprising at least two blades, which blades are pitch regulated, where the rotor is connected to a shaft, which shaft is supported by bearings, and which shaft drives at least one generator, where the WTG uses a load regulation system for regulating the individual pitch of at least two blades. The object of the invention is to compensate for asymmetric load on the rotor in a wind turbine, a second object is to reduce wearing at shaft bearings in the wind turbine, and a third object is to increase the power production of a wind turbine. This can be achieved if the load regulation system measures the actual rotor load by at least one displacement sensor, which displacement sensor is measuring the bending of the main shaft, where the load regulation system based on the shaft bending regulates the individual pitch of the blades for compensating asymmetric load at the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Gamesa Innovation & Technology, S.L.
    Inventors: Anders Rebsdorf, Henrik Glent-Madsen
  • Patent number: 8087888
    Abstract: A wind turbine having at least a blade comprising a first component (11) having an aerodynamic profile with a leading edge (5), a trailing edge (7) and suction and pressure sides between the leading edge (5) and the trailing edge (7) and a second component (13) attached to the trailing edge (7) and/or to the leading edge (5) of the first component (11) in at least a part of the blade, in which the second component (13) comprises an upwards and/or downwards deflectable flap (15) that allows changing the flow over the blade and in which the means for deflecting the flap (15) comprise a stiff plate (31) inserted between the first component (11) and the flap (15) and stiff plate actuating means (33, 43).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Gamesa Innovation & Technology, S.L.
    Inventors: Anders Rebsdorf, Michael Friedrich, Christian Meldgaard
  • Publication number: 20100047070
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optimised wind turbine blade including: a first component (7) having an aerodynamic profile with a leading edge (11), a blunt trailing edge (13) with a thickness T greater than 2 mm and suction and pressure sides (17, 19) between the leading edge (11) and the blunt trailing edge (13); and a second component (9, 12) for reducing the noise from the blunt trailing edge, having a constant cross-section along the radius of the blade, which is securely joined to the blunt trailing edge (13) of the first component (7) in at least part of the wind turbine blade using coupling means that enable same to be replaced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Mark Olaf Slot, Alvaro Matesanz Gil, Michael Friederich, Anders Rebsdorf
  • Patent number: 7605488
    Abstract: Method for operating a wind turbine comprising a drive train driving one or more electrical generators that supply power to an electric grid, by which, in events that can create a load inversion in the gearbox, a drive train dump load is activated for ensuring that the drive train torque has a constant direction, avoiding the impact of backlashes in the gearbox, the dump load including of power absorbed by one or several systems specifically dedicated to the absorption of the dump load and present at the wind turbine for other purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Gamesa Innovation & Technology, S.L.
    Inventor: Anders Rebsdorf
  • Publication number: 20090129924
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a system for operating a Wind Turbine (WTG), which WTG comprises a rotor comprising at least two blades, which blades are pitch regulated, where the rotor is connected to a shaft, which shaft is supported by bearings, and which shaft drives at least one generator, where the WTG uses a load regulation system for regulating the individual pitch of at least two blades. The object of the invention is to compensate for asymmetric load on the rotor in a wind turbine, a second object is to reduce wearing at shaft bearings in the wind turbine, and a third object is to increase the power production of a wind turbine. This can be achieved if the load regulation system measures the actual rotor load by at least one displacement sensor, which displacement sensor is measuring the bending of the main shaft, where the load regulation system based on the shaft bending regulates the individual pitch of the blades for compensating asymmetric load at the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: Gamesa Innovation & Technology, S.L.
    Inventors: Anders Rebsdorf, Henrik Glent-Madsen
  • Publication number: 20090074573
    Abstract: A wind turbine having at least a blade comprising a first component (11) having an aerodynamic profile with a leading edge, a trailing edge and suction and pressure sides between the leading edge and the trailing edge, and a second component (13), attached to the trailing edge and/or to the leading edge of the first component (11) in at least a part of the blade, comprising one or several upwards and/or downwards deflectable flaps (15, 15?) that allow changing the flow over the blade, in which the means for deflecting each of said flaps (15, 15?) comprise an actuating force or torque provided by scaling devices (21) connected to a predetermined location (17) in the outer surface of the blade, through a duct (19), so that the changes in the wind pressure at said location (17) can be scaled to said actuating force or torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventors: Anders Rebsdorf, Christian Medgaard
  • Publication number: 20090028704
    Abstract: A wind turbine having at least a blade comprising a first component (11) having an aerodynamic profile with a leading edge (5), a trailing edge (7) and suction and pressure sides between the leading edge (5) and the trailing edge (7) and a second component (13) attached to the trailing edge (7) and/or to the leading edge (5) of the first component (11) in at least a part of the blade, in which the second component (13) comprises an upwards and/or downwards deflectable flap (15) that allows changing the flow over the blade and in which the means for deflecting the flap (15) comprise a stiff plate (31) inserted between the first component (11) and the flap (15) and stiff plate actuating means (33, 43).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: ANDERS REBSDORF, Michael Friedrich, Christian Meldgaard
  • Publication number: 20080179886
    Abstract: Method for operating a wind turbine comprising a drive train driving one or more electrical generators (23, 31) that supply power to an electric grid (11), by which, in events that can create a load inversion in the gearbox (17), a drive train dump load (5) is activated for ensuring that the drive train torque has a constant direction, avoiding the impact of backlashes in the gearbox (17), said dump load (5) consisting of power absorbed by one or several means chosen among means specifically dedicated to the absorption of said dump load (5) and means present at the wind turbine for other purposes. The invention also refers to a wind turbine for implementing said method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventor: Anders Rebsdorf