Patents by Inventor Elena MENÉNDEZ ÁLVAREZ

Elena MENÉNDEZ ÁLVAREZ 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).

  • Detecting a wake situation in a wind farm
    Patent number: 9086337
    Abstract: In a first aspect, the present invention provides a method for detecting a wake situation in a wind farm comprising a plurality of wind turbines theoretically distributed according to a theoretical layout, one or more of the wind turbines having one or more load sensors. The method comprises obtaining, for one or more of the wind turbines with load sensors, load measurements from the load sensors during a predefined time interval. The method further comprises obtaining a qualified layout by qualifying in the layout each wind turbine for which load measurements have been obtained as overloaded or non-overloaded according to its load measurements. Finally, the obtained qualified layout is used to detect the wake situation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: ALSTOM RENOVABLES ESPANA, S.L.
    Inventors: Sara Mérida, Elena Menéndez Álvarez
  • OFFSHORE WIND TURBINE
    Publication number: 20150044045
    Abstract: An offshore wind turbine comprising a buoyancy structure intended to provide a buoyancy force to support the wind turbine, wherein said buoyancy structure comprises at least one floater tank which, in use, contains a pressurized gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: ALSTOM RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventor: Elena Menéndez Álvarez
  • Detecting a Wake Situation in a Wind Farm
    Publication number: 20130255363
    Abstract: In a first aspect, the present invention provides a method for detecting a wake situation in a wind farm comprising a plurality of wind turbines theoretically distributed according to a theoretical layout, one or more of the wind turbines having one or more load sensors. The method comprises obtaining, for one or more of the wind turbines with load sensors, load measurements from the load sensors during a predefined time interval. The method further comprises obtaining a qualified layout by qualifying in the layout each wind turbine for which load measurements have been obtained as overloaded or non-overloaded according to its load measurements. Finally, the obtained qualified layout is used to detect the wake situation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: ALSTOM WIND, S.L.U.
    Inventors: Sara MÉRIDA, Elena MENÉNDEZ ÁLVAREZ