Patents by Inventor Fabian Weigand

Fabian Weigand 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).

  • Publication number: 20230246451
    Abstract: A generating unit, GU, with an asynchronous generator with a direct connecting branch to a power grid; a measuring device for determining the profiles of a GU grid voltage and an GU grid current at the power grid; and power electronics connected in parallel with the asynchronous generator and the power grid. The power electronics including an inverter with an inverter output for direct connection to the generator power grid branch; an intermediate circuit energy storage device; and a control unit. Based on the grid current measured and the grid voltage measured, the control unit can determine a phase shift angle and the value of the grid current and, based on this, actuate the inverter such that the value and phase shift angle of the output current of the power electronics assume values that, together with the current of the asynchronous generator, result in a target phase shift angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Alexander Bischoff, Fabian Weigand
  • Patent number: 11035258
    Abstract: The invention refers to a method for controlling a thermodynamic cycle process apparatus, in particular an ORC apparatus, wherein the thermodynamic cycle process apparatus comprises an evaporator, an expansion machine, a condenser and a feed pump, and the expansion machine is coupled to an external apparatus in normal operation, and wherein the method comprises the following steps: measuring an exhaust steam pressure downstream of the expansion machine; and setting a volume flow of the feed pump in accordance with a computer-implemented control model of the thermodynamic cycle process apparatus according to the measured exhaust steam pressure and a target rotational speed of the expansion machine as input variables of the control model and with the volume flow of the feed pump as an output variable of the control model. The invention further refers to a corresponding thermodynamic cycle process apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: ORCAN ENERGY AG
    Inventors: Andreas Schuster, Roy Langer, Jens-Patrick Springer, Fabian Weigand
  • Patent number: 11022070
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an ORC container comprising the following components: a container, in particular an ISO container, having arranged therein an ORC device for converting heat energy into electrical or mechanical energy, wherein the ORC device comprises a working medium; a heat introduction device provided on the ISO container and used for supplying heat energy from an aggregate container; and a spacer device arranged on the container, wherein the spacer device is suitable for providing an intermediate space between the ORC container and the aggregate container. The present invention additionally relates to a system comprising an ORC container and an aggregate container as well as to a method for installing such a system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: ORGAN ENERGY AG
    Inventors: Richard Aumann, Fabian Weigand
  • Publication number: 20200200123
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an ORC container comprising the following components: a container, in particular an ISO container, having arranged therein an ORC device for converting heat energy into electrical or mechanical energy, wherein the ORC device comprises a working medium; a heat introduction device provided on the ISO container and used for supplying heat energy from an aggregate container; and a spacer device arranged on the container, wherein the spacer device is suitable for providing an intermediate space between the ORC container and the aggregate container. The present invention additionally relates to a system comprising an ORC container and an aggregate container as well as to a method for installing such a system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: ORCAN ENERGY AG
    Inventors: Richard Aumann, Fabian Weigand