Patents by Inventor Malte Laubrock

Malte Laubrock 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: 8686581
    Abstract: A method for operating a wind turbine when a grid fault with a voltage drop occurs. The turbine has a rotor with a rotor blade having an adjustable blade pitch angle, a generator connected to the rotor for generating power for a power grid and a converter connected to the generator and the power grid. The grid fault is identified and a present value of a turbine variable representing a power is detected and a hold setpoint for the variable representing a power of the turbine is preset. A maximum and/or minimum permissible setpoint for the variable of the turbine is determined. The setpoint is increased or reduced once the hold time has elapsed. The turbine is driven with a setpoint preset which corresponds to the rotational speed. A presetting of the maximum permissible setpoint is ended when the rotational speed-dependent setpoint is lower than the maximum permissible setpoint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Nordex Energy GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Harms, Malte Laubrock
  • Publication number: 20130043845
    Abstract: A method for operating a wind turbine when a grid fault with a voltage drop occurs. The turbine has a rotor with a rotor blade having an adjustable blade pitch angle, a generator connected to the rotor for generating power for a power grid and a converter connected to the generator and the power grid. The grid fault is identified and a present value of a turbine variable representing a power is detected and a hold setpoint for the variable representing a power of the turbine is preset. A maximum and/or minimum permissible setpoint for the variable of the turbine is determined. The setpoint is increased or reduced once the hold time has elapsed. The turbine is driven with a setpoint preset which corresponds to the rotational speed. A presetting of the maximum permissible setpoint is ended when the rotational speed-dependent setpoint is lower than the maximum permissible setpoint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Inventors: Ulrich Harms, Malte Laubrock
  • Patent number: 7501798
    Abstract: A method for the active damping of a drive train in wind energy plant, with the following steps: the actual value of the generator rotational speed is acquired and amplified via an oscillatory delay element, the oscillatory delay element has a predetermined natural oscillation frequency (?E), which is smaller than the smallest natural frequency of the drive train, and a difference between the actual value of the rotational speed and the amplified value for the rotational speed is connected to a controller as actuating variable, which determines a correction moment for a generator control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: Nordex Energy GmbH
    Inventors: Malte Laubrock, Thomas Paul Woldmann, Soren Bilges
  • Publication number: 20080265846
    Abstract: A method for the active damping of a drive train in wind energy plant, with the following steps: the actual value of the generator rotational speed is acquired and amplified via an oscillatory delay element, the oscillatory delay element has a predetermined natural oscillation frequency (?E), which is smaller than the smallest natural frequency of the drive train, and a difference between the actual value of the rotational speed and the amplified value for the rotational speed is connected to a controller as actuating variable, which determines a correction moment for a generator control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2007
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: Nordex Energy GmbH
    Inventors: Malte Laubrock, Thomas Paul Woldmann, Soren Bilges