Patents by Inventor Kai Kruppa

Kai Kruppa 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: 12012932
    Abstract: This disclosure is directed to a method for operating a wind farm having a plurality of wind turbines and to a control system for a wind farm. The wind farm is connected to an electrical grid. The wind turbines are operated to supply electrical power to the electrical grid in accordance with at least one setpoint value for a power related electrical variable. In the event that an available reactive power of the wind farm is smaller than a setpoint for a reactive power to be supplied by the wind farm, a required increase of reactive power is determined for each wind turbine of the wind farm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Nordex Energy SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Georg Grosseholz, Sören Schröter, Kai Kruppa, Simon De Rijcke
  • Publication number: 20230167802
    Abstract: This disclosure is directed to a method for operating a wind farm having a plurality of wind turbines and to a control system for a wind farm. The wind farm is connected to an electrical grid. The wind turbines are operated to supply electrical power to the electrical grid in accordance with at least one setpoint value for a power related electrical variable. In the event that an available reactive power of the wind farm is smaller than a setpoint for a reactive power to be supplied by the wind farm, a required increase of reactive power is determined for each wind turbine of the wind farm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Georg Grosseholz, Sören Schröter, Kai Kruppa, Simon De Rijcke