Patents by Inventor Henning Leweke

Henning Leweke 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: 10167848
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a system for monitoring an individual blade adjustment of a wind turbine which includes a tower, a rotor which is arranged on the tower and has at least two rotor blades whose blade angle can be adjusted individually, and a blade adjustment system, wherein the blade adjustment system includes a blade controller and sensors for sensing individual actual blade angles of the at least two rotor blades, wherein an individual blade controller is included which receives a collective set point blade angle from the blade controller and which actuates at least two rotor blades with respectively individual set point blade angles, as well as a corresponding wind turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Senvion GmbH
    Inventors: Karsten Warfen, Lothar Hendus, Sören Bilges, Henning Leweke
  • Patent number: 9938961
    Abstract: A method for operating a wind energy installation having a tower, a nacelle arranged on the tower, the azimuth of which can be adjusted, and a rotor having at least one rotor blade, the blade angle of which can be adjusted, in which tower oscillations are detected and monitored during operation using at least one measuring apparatus and power operation is switched off if a sliding average of the tower oscillations exceeds a tower oscillation limit value. The tower oscillation limit value is defined, at least during load operation of the wind energy installation, as at least one limit value function which is dependent on a sliding average of prevailing wind speed and/or a parameter associated therewith, and has different functional dependencies in a plurality of different value ranges of the prevailing wind speed or the parameter associated therewith. The invention also relates to a wind energy installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Senvion SE
    Inventors: Henning Leweke, Karsten Warfen
  • Patent number: 9309866
    Abstract: A method for the operation of a wind power plant (11) with a rotor (9), which has at least one rotor blade (10), wherein at least one part of the rotor blade (10) will be or is rotated around a longitudinal axis of the rotor blade (10) by a blade angle () wherein the rotation of the at least one part of the rotor blade (10) occurs with a pre-settable blade angle adjustment rate (?), wherein the rotor (9) is operated speed variably and wherein the blade angle adjustment rate () is restricted by a pre-settable blade angle adjustment rate limit (G, G?, G1-G4). Furthermore, a wind power plant (11) with a rotor (9), which receives at least one rotor blade (10), wherein at least one part of the rotor blade (10) is rotatable around a longitudinal axis of the rotor blade (10) by a blade angle (), wherein a blade angle adjustment rate is pre-settable and the blade angle adjustment rate () is restricted by a blade angle adjustment rate limit (G, G?, G1-G4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: SENVION SE
    Inventors: Karsten Warfen, Henning Leweke
  • Publication number: 20160003220
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a system for monitoring an individual blade adjustment of a wind turbine which includes a tower, a rotor which is arranged on the tower and has at least two rotor blades whose blade angle can be adjusted individually, and a blade adjustment system, wherein the blade adjustment system includes a blade controller and sensors for sensing individual actual blade angles of the at least two rotor blades, wherein an individual blade controller is included which receives a collective set point blade angle from the blade controller and which actuates at least two rotor blades with respectively individual set point blade angles, as well as a corresponding wind turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Karsten Warfen, Lothar Wittekind, Sören Bilges, Henning Leweke
  • Publication number: 20150260157
    Abstract: A method for operating a wind energy installation having a tower, a nacelle arranged on the tower, the azimuth of which can be adjusted, and a rotor having at least one rotor blade, the blade angle of which can be adjusted, in which tower oscillations are detected and monitored during operation using at least one measuring apparatus and power operation is switched off if a sliding average of the tower oscillations exceeds a tower oscillation limit value. The tower oscillation limit value is defined, at least during load operation of the wind energy installation, as at least one limit value function which is dependent on a sliding average of prevailing wind speed and/or a parameter associated therewith, and has different functional dependencies in a plurality of different value ranges of the prevailing wind speed or the parameter associated therewith. The invention also relates to a wind energy installation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Henning Leweke, Karsten Warfen
  • Publication number: 20110037263
    Abstract: A method for the operation of a wind power plant (11) with a rotor (9), which has at least one rotor blade (10), wherein at least one part of the rotor blade (10) will be or is rotated around a longitudinal axis of the rotor blade (10) by a blade angle () wherein the rotation of the at least one part of the rotor blade (10) occurs with a pre-settable blade angle adjustment rate (?), wherein the rotor (9) is operated speed variably and wherein the blade angle adjustment rate () is restricted by a pre-settable blade angle adjustment rate limit (G, G?, G1-G4). Furthermore, a wind power plant (11) with a rotor (9), which receives at least one rotor blade (10), wherein at least one part of the rotor blade (10) is rotatable around a longitudinal axis of the rotor blade (10) by a blade angle (), wherein a blade angle adjustment rate is pre-settable and the blade angle adjustment rate () is restricted by a blade angle adjustment rate limit (G, G?, G1-G4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2009
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: REPOWER SYSTEMS AG
    Inventors: Karsten Warfen, Henning Leweke