Patents by Inventor Gloria Solà de las Fuentes

Gloria Solà de las Fuentes 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: 11243238
    Abstract: A method for warning about lightning activity in wind farms which is suitable for predicting the generation of upward lightning originating from the wind-driven power generators the wind farm and for warning about the possible generation is provided. To that end, in the method the presence or absence of a storm cell in the wind farm and/or in the vicinity thereof, within a radius of less than 400 km, is detected; the local electric field in the wind farm is measured, at least one atmospheric condition is identified or measured under given premises, and the probabilities of the generation of upward lightning originating from the wind-driven power generators of the wind farm are determined depending on the result of the measurements, identifications and detections, a warning signal being transmitted in the event that the determined probability exceeds a given threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Inventors: Joan Montanyá Puig, Gloria Solà de las Fuentes, Oscar A. Van der Velde, Victor March Nomen
  • Publication number: 20210231721
    Abstract: A method for warning about lightning activity in wind farms which is suitable for predicting the generation of upward lightning originating from the wind-driven power generators the wind farm and for warning about the possible generation is provided. To that end, in the method the presence or absence of a storm cell in the wind farm and/or in the vicinity thereof, within a radius of less than 400 km, is detected; the local electric field in the wind farm is measured, at least one atmospheric condition is identified or measured under given premises, and the probabilities of the generation of upward lightning originating from the wind-driven power generators of the wind farm are determined depending on the result of the measurements, identifications and detections, a warning signal being transmitted in the event that the determined probability exceeds a given threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Joan Montanyá Puig, Gloria Solà de las Fuentes, Oscar A. Van der Velde, Victor March Nomen