Patents by Inventor Jorn Runge

Jorn Runge 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: 11772755
    Abstract: The application relates to a floatable offshore wind turbine with at least one floatable foundation. The floatable foundation includes at least one floating body. The floatable offshore wind turbine includes at least one anchoring arrangement configured to fix the offshore wind turbine to an underwater ground while the offshore wind turbine is in its anchoring state. Further, the floatable offshore wind turbine includes at least one height adjustment device configured to change the vertical distance of the floatable foundation to an underwater ground surface of the underwater ground and/or to a water surface during the anchoring state based on at least one specific meteorological environmental parameter of the offshore wind turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: RWE Renewables GmbH
    Inventor: Jörn Runge
  • Publication number: 20230219661
    Abstract: The application relates to a floatable offshore wind turbine with at least one floatable foundation. The floatable foundation includes at least one floating body. The floatable offshore wind turbine includes at least one anchoring arrangement configured to fix the offshore wind turbine to an underwater ground while the offshore wind turbine is in its anchoring state. Further, the floatable offshore wind turbine includes at least one height adjustment device configured to change the vertical distance of the floatable foundation to an underwater ground surface of the underwater ground and/or to a water surface during the anchoring state based on at least one specific meteorological environmental parameter of the offshore wind turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: RWE Renewables GmbH
    Inventor: Jörn Runge
  • Publication number: 20230192241
    Abstract: A floatable offshore structure, in particular a floatable offshore wind turbine, includes at least one floatable foundation with at least one floating body. The offshore structure further includes at least one anchoring arrangement configured to fix the offshore structure to an underwater ground in an anchoring state of the offshore structure. The anchoring arrangement includes at least one anchor connection between an anchor and the floatable foundation and at least one position stabilization device configured to change the length of the anchor connection between the anchor and the floatable foundation in the anchoring state based on at least one attitude parameter of the offshore structure and at least one attitude set point parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: RWE Renewables GmbH
    Inventor: Jörn Runge
  • Patent number: 11679953
    Abstract: A power cable arrangement, in particular marine power cable, for offshore wind farms, including at least one cable drum device with a cable drum. The power cable arrangement includes at least one power cable wound on the cable drum with at least one cable end configured to pre-installing at a cable connection of a wind energy device. The power cable is wound on the cable drum such that a first section of the power cable is wound inversely to a further section of the power cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: RWE Renewables GmbH
    Inventors: Jörn Runge, Daniel Bartminn
  • Patent number: 11585095
    Abstract: A hollow structural element of a wind energy plant, in particular an offshore wind energy plant which includes a hollow structural element, and a cable arrangement extending along the hollow structural element. A shading element is arranged on the hollow structural element at a distance from the cable arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: RWE Renewables GmbH
    Inventor: Jörn Runge
  • Publication number: 20220294229
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for operating a stand-alone grid, in which at least one participant of the stand-alone grid is coupled to a stabilization controller and an impedance between an output of the stabilization controller and a grid node of the stand-alone grid is determined. Further, a nominal voltage at the grid node is regulated by means of the stabilization controller depending on the determined impedance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: RWE Renewables GmbH
    Inventors: Jörn Runge, Christian Feltes
  • Patent number: 11374408
    Abstract: A method performed by one or more devices is disclosed in which network topology information indicative of a function of a power network is gathered at a predetermined nominal frequency. The nominal frequency is influenced by a power input, a power output, a rotational speed, a torque, a modulation angle, and/or a phase angle of components included in the power network. Harmonic information indicative of one or more harmonic levels is determined from the components of the power network or from one or more network nodes. The harmonic information is determined based on the network topology information. Evaluation information indicative of an occurrence of one or more resonances and/or harmonic level increases in the power network is determined. The evaluation information is determined based on the determined harmonic information. The determined evaluation information is output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: innogy SE
    Inventor: Jörn Runge
  • Patent number: 11326581
    Abstract: A wind turbine, in particular an offshore wind turbine includes at least one hollow structural element, at least one cable inlet arranged in a bottom region of the hollow structural element. A first platform is arranged inside the hollow structural element, above the bottom region. At least one flow opening is arranged in the shell surface of the hollow structural element and penetrating the shell surface. At least one active control element is flow-connected to the flow opening to affect a media exchange between the interior of the hollow structural element and the exterior of the hollow structural element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: RWE Renewables GmbH
    Inventors: Sebastian Obermeyer, Jürgen Klugkist, Thorsten Schlüter, Jörn Runge
  • Publication number: 20220135363
    Abstract: A power cable arrangement, in particular marine power cable, for offshore wind farms, including at least one cable drum device with a cable drum. The power cable arrangement includes at least one power cable wound on the cable drum with at least one cable end configured to pre-installing at a cable connection of a wind energy device. The power cable is wound on the cable drum such that a first section of the power cable is wound inversely to a further section of the power cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: RWE Renewables GmbH
    Inventors: Jörn Runge, Daniel Bartminn
  • Publication number: 20220081911
    Abstract: A hollow structural element of a wind energy plant, in particular an offshore wind energy plant which includes a hollow structural element, and a cable arrangement extending along the hollow structural element. A shading element is arranged on the hollow structural element at a distance from the cable arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: RWE Renewables GmbH
    Inventor: Jörn Runge
  • Publication number: 20210222679
    Abstract: A wind turbine, in particular an offshore wind turbine includes at least one hollow structural element, at least one cable inlet arranged in a bottom region of the hollow structural element. A first platform is arranged inside the hollow structural element, above the bottom region. At least one flow opening is arranged in the shell surface of the hollow structural element and penetrating the shell surface. At least one active control element is flow-connected to the flow opening to affect a media exchange between the interior of the hollow structural element and the exterior of the hollow structural element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: RWE Renewables GmbH
    Inventors: Sebastian Obermeyer, Jürgen Klugkist, Thorsten Schlüter, Jörn Runge
  • Publication number: 20210011061
    Abstract: The subject-matter relates to a method, performed by at least one apparatus, including: determining of a correction factor for at least one first voltage transformer arranged in a power grid, the correction factor being indicative of a correction for obtaining correct measured values measured by the at least one first voltage transformer, wherein the determining of the correction factor of the at least one first voltage transformer being performed at least partially based on a first measured voltage of the at least one first voltage transformer and a second measured voltage of the at least one first voltage transformer, wherein the second voltage of the at least one first voltage transformer is determined at least partially based on a known transfer function of at least one second voltage transformer and the first voltage of the at least one first voltage transformer is determined without taking into account the known transfer function of the at least one second voltage transformer; determining a calibration
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventor: Jörn Runge
  • Publication number: 20200381920
    Abstract: A method performed by one or more devices is disclosed in which network topology information indicative of a function of a power network is gathered at a predetermined nominal frequency. The nominal frequency is influenced by a power input, a power output, a rotational speed, a torque, a modulation angle, and/or a phase angle of components included in the power network. Harmonic information indicative of one or more harmonic levels is determined from the components of the power network or from one or more network nodes. The harmonic information is determined based on the network topology information. Evaluation information indicative of an occurrence of one or more resonances and/or harmonic level increases in the power network is determined. The evaluation information is determined based on the determined harmonic information. The determined evaluation information is output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: innogy SE
    Inventor: Jörn Runge
  • Patent number: 10854369
    Abstract: A transformer station, in particular, an offshore transformer station including at least one transformer and at least one transformer cooling unit arranged on at least one side wall of the transformer station or a roof of the transformer station and configured to cool the at least one transformer. The transformer station also includes at least one air deflecting unit arranged on at least one roof edge of the transformer station and/or at least one air deflecting unit arranged on at least one side edge of the transformer station. The air deflecting unit is arranged such that an air movement is deflectable in the direction of the transformer cooling unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: innogy SE
    Inventor: Jörn Runge
  • Patent number: 10801472
    Abstract: A method of controlling a power value of an offshore wind energy system in which a power set point is provided. The power set point is a power factor set point and/or a reactive power set point. At least one instantaneous reactive power state factor of the offshore wind energy system is provided, and an active power correction value is determined as a function of the provided power set point and the provided instantaneous reactive power state factor. The active power of the offshore wind energy system is controlled as a function of the determined active power correction value in such a way that the provided power set point is at least complied with.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: innogy SE
    Inventors: Christian Feltes, Jörn Runge
  • Publication number: 20200132049
    Abstract: Provided are embodiments of a wind energy system. The system includes a plurality of wind turbines connected to at least one cable network. The cable network is configured to transmit the electrical power fed-in by the connected wind turbines. The system also includes at least one control apparatus configured to control the power fed into the cable network by at least one of the wind turbine by providing at least one power set point. At least one temperature detecting device is configured to detect the temperature of the cable network. At least one condition detecting device is configured to detect the condition of the wind energy system, and the control apparatus includes at least one control device configured to determine the power set point based on the detected temperature and the detected condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: innogy SE
    Inventors: Christian Feltes, Christian Jahn, Nils Thomsen, Jörn Runge
  • Patent number: 10622798
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for subsequently expanding the electrical transmission capacity of an overhead-line pylon system as part of an electrical high-voltage network, which comprises at least two overhead-line pylons, wherein the line cables stretched between the overhead-line pylons have a total transmission capacity and a total line cross-section, wherein the method provides for an increase in the total transmission capacity between the overhead-line pylons by recabling and/or an increase in the load-bearing capacity of the overhead-line pylons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: INNOGY SE
    Inventors: Daniel Bartminn, Friedrich Koch, Jorn Runge
  • Publication number: 20190311834
    Abstract: A transformer station, in particular, an offshore transformer station including at least one transformer and at least one transformer cooling unit arranged on at least one side wall of the transformer station or a roof of the transformer station and configured to cool the at least one transformer. The transformer station also includes at least one air deflecting unit arranged on at least one roof edge of the transformer station and/or at least one air deflecting unit arranged on at least one side edge of the transformer station. The air deflecting unit is arranged such that an air movement is deflectable in the direction of the transformer cooling unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: innogy SE
    Inventor: Jörn Runge
  • Publication number: 20190277258
    Abstract: A method of controlling a power value of an offshore wind energy system in which a power set point is provided. The power set point is a power factor set point and/or a reactive power set point. At least one instantaneous reactive power state factor of the offshore wind energy system is provided, and an active power correction value is determined as a function of the provided power set point and the provided instantaneous reactive power state factor. The active power of the offshore wind energy system is controlled as a function of the determined active power correction value in such a way that the provided power set point is at least complied with.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: innogy SE
    Inventors: Christian Feltes, Jörn Runge
  • Publication number: 20190115740
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for subsequently expanding the electrical transmission capacity of an overhead-line pylon system as part of an electrical high-voltage network, which comprises at least two overhead-line pylons, wherein the line cables stretched between the overhead-line pylons have a total transmission capacity and a total line cross-section, wherein the method provides for an increase in the total transmission capacity between the overhead-line pylons by recabling and/or an increase in the load-bearing capacity of the overhead-line pylons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: INNOGY SE
    Inventors: Daniel Bartminn, Friedrich Koch, Jorn Runge