Patents by Inventor Helge Aagaard Madsen

Helge Aagaard Madsen 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: 8419363
    Abstract: A deformable trailing edge section (3) of a wind turbine blade (1), at least part of said section (3) being formed in a deformable material. The blade section (3) comprises one or more cavities (5) being in connection with or connectable to a fluid source in a way that allows fluid to stream from the fluid source to the cavity or cavities (5), so that the shape of the deformable trailing edge section (3) and thereby the camber of the blade cross-section (3) is changeable by the pressure of fluid in the cavity or cavities (5) with insignificant changes of the thickness and chord wise length of the deformable trailing edge section. Furthermore a wind turbine blade (1) is described, having at least one of such trailing edge section (s) (3) and to a system (11) for mounting a blade section (3) on a main blade (2) of a wind turbine. In addition a method of manufacturing a deformable trailing edge section (3) of a wind turbine blade (1) is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Danmarks Tekniske Universitet
    Inventors: Helge Aagaard Madsen, Flemming Rasmussen, Thomas Buhl, Morten Hartvig Hansen, Dan Christian Bak, Mac Gaunaa, Peter Bjørn Andersen
  • Patent number: 7632068
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a design concept by which the power, loads and/or stability of a wind turbine may be controlled by typically fast variation of the geometry of the blades using active geometry control (e.g. smart materials or by embedded mechanical actuators), or using passive geometry control (e.g. changes arising from loading and/or deformation of the blade) or by a combination of the two methods. The invention relates in particular to a wind turbine blade, a wind turbine and a method of controlling a wind turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Technical University of Denmark
    Inventors: Dan Christian Bak, Thomas Buhl, Peter Fuglsang, Helge Aagaard Madsen, Flemming Rasmussen
  • Publication number: 20090290982
    Abstract: A deformable trailing edge section (3) of a wind turbine blade (1), at least part of said section (3) being formed in a deformable material. The blade section (3) comprises one or more cavities (5) being in connection with or connectable to a fluid source in a way that allows fluid to stream from the fluid source to the cavity or cavities (5), so that the shape of the deformable trailing edge section (3) and thereby the camber of the blade cross-section (3) is changeable by the pressure of fluid in the cavity or cavities (5) with insignificant changes of the thickness and chord wise length of the deformable trailing edge section. Furthermore a wind turbine blade (1) is described, having at least one of such trailing edge section (s) (3) and to a system (11) for mounting a blade section (3) on a main blade (2) of a wind turbine. In addition a method of manufacturing a deformable trailing edge section (3) of a wind turbine blade (1) is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2007
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Inventors: Helge Aagaard Madsen, Flemming Rasmussen, Thomas Buhl, Morten Hartvig Hansen, Dan Christian Bak, Mac Gaunaa, Peter Bjørn Andersen
  • Patent number: 7445431
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of controlling the aerodynamic load of a wind turbine's blades individually in such a way that the dynamic aerodynamic loads on the turbine are reduced and power production is optimised. In general the present invention will improve the overall stability of the turbine leading to reduce fatigue loads, reduced extreme loads during operation and reduced risk of blade-tower interaction. In particular preferred embodiment of the invention, flow properties are measured locally on the different blades or in front of the blades and from these measurements the pitch angle settings are changed, in other ways changing the aerodynamic properties, for the blades through a control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Forskningscenter Riso
    Inventors: Torben Juul Larsen, Helge Aagaard Madsen, Kenneth Thomsen