Patents by Inventor Mark Jurkat

Mark Jurkat 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: 11549487
    Abstract: A method for operating a wind farm having a plurality of wind turbines, each of which is assigned a minimum power limit (CMPLj), wherein a power setpoint value (SPP) for a power which is to be fed in is specified for the wind farm, in dependence on which power setpoint value (SPP), individual wind turbines are activated or shut down, wherein the activation or shut-down of one or more wind turbines in the wind farm takes place in dependence on the respectively assigned minimum power limits (CMPLj), wherein each wind turbine of the wind farm is assigned a current value for its minimum power limit, and wherein the value takes into account variable operating conditions and/or ambient conditions of the respective wind turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Nordex Energy SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Georg Grosseholz, Mark Jurkat
  • Publication number: 20210215136
    Abstract: A method for operating a wind farm having a plurality of wind turbines, each of which is assigned a minimum power limit (CMPLj), wherein a power setpoint value (SPP) for a power which is to be fed in is specified for the wind farm, in dependence on which power setpoint value (SPP) individual wind turbines are activated or shut down, wherein the activation or shut-down of one or more wind turbines in the wind farm takes place in dependence on the respectively assigned minimum power limits (CMPLj), wherein each wind turbine of the wind farm is assigned a current value for its minimum power limit, wherein the value takes into account variable operating conditions and/or ambient conditions of the respective wind turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Georg Grosseholz, Mark Jurkat
  • Patent number: 8332076
    Abstract: A wind farm with plural wind turbines which are connectible to a farm grid that is in turn connectible to an electricity supply mains via a connection point, wherein the wind farm features the following: a central control system, which determines a correction value for a local desired value for one or plural wind turbines by way of a first regulator, depending on an actual value of an electric variable before or after the connection point, and a turbine control for at least one wind turbine, which determines a local desired value for an electric variable to be generated by the wind turbine by way of a second regulator, depending on an actual value of an electric variable measured in the farm grid, wherein the turbine control determines the sum of the local desired value and the correction value as the total desired value for the electric variable of the wind turbine to be generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Nordex Energy GmbH
    Inventors: Kurt Fischle, Ulrich Harms, Mark Jurkat, Kay Richter
  • Patent number: 8190300
    Abstract: A method for the operation of a wind farm having two or more wind energy plants, which has a farm control which presets a desired value for an electric variable of the wind farm which has to be generated, wherein the farm control calculates an average increase of the real values of the electric variable for at least one time interval continuously, and compares it with a maximum value for the increase of the electric variable in the respective time interval, the farm control determines a proposal of a desired value for each predetermined time interval, based on a real value of the electric variable which was averaged continuously over the time interval, and in the case that the average increase in the at least one time interval is smaller than the maximum value in the corresponding time interval, the farm control determines a new desired value of the electric variable of the wind farm, with a selection of the desired value as the smallest of several proposals for a desired value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Nordex Energy GmbH
    Inventor: Mark Jurkat
  • Patent number: 8148835
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a method for controlling a wind energy plant with plural control units, which perform control tasks in the wind energy plant, comprising the following steps: a) one priority at a time is assigned to the control units, depending on the control tasks they must perform, b) during the operation of the wind energy plant, the control units communicate continuously with each other and/or with a central communication unit, c) in case that there is a failure of a first control unit of the wind energy plant, a second control unit of the wind energy plant takes over the control tasks of the defective control unit, wherein the second control unit is selected depending on the priority assigned thereto and has the same as or a lower priority than the defective control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Nordex Energy GmbH
    Inventor: Mark Jurkat
  • Patent number: 7949434
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a method for controlling a wind energy park with plural wind energy plants and plural control units, which perform control tasks in the wind energy park, comprising the following steps: a) one priority at a time is assigned to the control units, depending on the control tasks they must perform, b) during the operation of the wind energy park, the control units communicate continuously with each other and/or with a central communication unit, c) in case that a failure of a first control unit of the wind energy park takes place, a second control unit of the wind energy park takes over the control tasks of the defective control unit, wherein the second control unit is selected depending on the priority assigned thereto and has the same as or a lower priority than the defective control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Nordex Energy GmbH
    Inventor: Mark Jurkat
  • Patent number: 7826988
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a method for determining a characteristic curve (9) for an electric variable (Pel, Q, ?, cos ?, IP, IQ) of a wind energy plant (1). According to the present invention, it is provided that at least one characteristic value of the electric variable (Pel, Q, ?, cos ?, IP, IQ) is measured for at least one value of the wind (vW), and for the at least one value of the wind (vW), a characteristic value of the electric variable (Pel, Q, ?, cos ?, IP, IQ) is adapted from a predetermined characteristic curve (7) containing characteristic values of the electric variable (Pel, Q, ?, cos ?, IP, IQ) as a function of different values of the wind (vW), taking into account the characteristic value measured for the at least one value of the wind (vW).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Nordex Energy GmbH
    Inventors: Mark Jurkat, Ulrich Harms
  • Patent number: 7805222
    Abstract: A method for the determination of a control reserve of one or plural wind energy plants, for the operation of which a desired value for at least one electric variable is preset, and for which a control unit is provided which has a power curve, which contains a maximum value of the electric variable depending on values of the wind, the method having the following steps: the control unit determines a maximum value of the electric variable from the actual value of the wind and subtracts a current value of the electric variable from the same, the control unit transmits the determined maximum value and/or the difference as a control reserve to a higher order control unit and/or an external utility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Nordex Energy GmbH
    Inventor: Mark Jurkat
  • Publication number: 20100191384
    Abstract: A method for the operation of a wind farm having two or more wind energy plants, which has a farm control which presets a desired value for an electric variable of the wind farm which has to be generated, wherein the farm control calculates an average increase of the real values of the electric variable for at least one time interval continuously, and compares it with a maximum value for the increase of the electric variable in the respective time interval, the farm control determines a proposal of a desired value for each predetermined time interval, based on a real value of the electric variable which was averaged continuously over the time interval, and in the case that the average increase in the at least one time interval is smaller than the maximum value in the corresponding time interval, the farm control determines a new desired value of the electric variable of the wind farm, with a selection of the desired value as the smallest of several proposals for a desired value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2009
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: Nordex Energy GmbH
    Inventor: Mark Jurkat
  • Patent number: 7756609
    Abstract: A method for the operation of a wind park with a plurality of wind energy plants, which each one have one control unit at a time, which can control and/or adjust the wind energy plant in response to a received desired value for an electric variable, the method having the following steps: a higher order control calculates and/or receives a currently permitted maximum value for the electric variable which the wind park is allowed to provide, the higher order control determines a desired value for the electric variable for each wind energy plant and forwards the same to the wind energy plants, characterized in that the higher order control determines the desired value for each one of the wind energy plants depending on the currently maximum and/or minimum available values of all the wind energy plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Nordex Energy GmbH
    Inventors: Mark Jurkat, Ulrich Harms
  • Patent number: 7714458
    Abstract: A method for operating a wind energy plant having a rotor with at least one rotor blade which has an adjustable pitch angle and a generator coupled to the rotor, and a regulation means which, if a there is a deviation of the rotation speed of the generator or rotor from a rotation speed set point, adjusts the pitch angle of the at least one rotor blade such that the rotation speed set point is reached again, wherein an electrical quantity provided by the wind energy plant by means of a generator and fed into a grid is reduced to a predetermined value in a short time by a reduction of a preset value for the generator, wherein prior to the regulation means noticing a deviation of the rotation speed of the rotor or generator from the rotation speed set point effected by the reduction of the preset value, an adjustment of the at least one rotor blade to a new pitch angle is initiated, wherein at the new pitch angle the rotation speed of the rotor or the generator reaches the rotation speed set point at the reduce
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Nordex Energy GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Harms, Wolfgang Kabatzke, Mark Jurkat
  • Patent number: 7663260
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for operating a wind energy plant with a rotor blade control, a torque control and a control unit. A power limited mode of operation presets a desired value for the fed power, which is smaller than the rated value for the plant. On a threshold rotational speed, the torque is lowered through the torque control such that the preset desired value for the power is not exceeded. The threshold rotational speed, depending on the preset desired value for the moment (Mdesired), is set to a value smaller than the rated value for the rotational speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Nordex Energy GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Kabatzke, Mark Jurkat, Ulrich Harms
  • Patent number: 7649282
    Abstract: A wind park with a plurality of wind energy plants, which each have one plant control, which presets a desired value for the active power to its wind energy plant, and with a park control, which presets a desired value for the active power to be generated for each plant control and limits the active power fed by the wind park to a preset value, by shutting down a first group of wind energy plants and presetting a desired value for the active power to a second group of wind energy plants at a time, characterised in that the park control starts the wind energy plants of the first group again when the sum of the actual values of the active power of the wind energy plants of the second group has reached the preset desired value and/or a predetermined time duration has elapsed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Nordex Energy GmbH
    Inventors: Mark Jurkat, Robert Hester
  • Patent number: 7638984
    Abstract: A method for the operation of a wind energy plant, with control of a reactive electric variable which is to be provided, wherein a desired value for the reactive electric variable is determined as follows: a first upper and/or a first lower limit value of the grid voltage is defined for the grid voltage, when the real value of the grid voltage exceeds the first upper limit value and/or the real value of the grid voltage falls below the first lower limit value, the desired value of the reactive electric variable is increased or diminished such that the deviation of the real value of the grid voltage from its desired value is counter-acted, wherein the desired value of the reactive electric variable is continuously increased or diminished further over the time, as long as the real value of the grid voltage exceeds the first upper limit value or falls below the first lower limit value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Nordex Energy GmbH
    Inventors: Mark Jurkat, Kay Richter, Ralf Harder
  • Publication number: 20090309360
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a method for controlling a wind energy plant with plural control units, which perform control tasks in the wind energy plant, comprising the following steps: a) one priority at a time is assigned to the control units, depending on the control tasks they must perform, b) during the operation of the wind energy plant, the control units communicate continuously with each other and/or with a central communication unit, c) in case that there is a failure of a first control unit of the wind energy plant, a second control unit of the wind energy plant takes over the control tasks of the defective control unit, wherein the second control unit is selected depending on the priority assigned thereto and has the same as or a lower priority than the defective control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: Nordex Energy GmbH
    Inventor: Mark Jurkat
  • Publication number: 20090309361
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a method for controlling a wind energy park with plural wind energy plants and plural control units, which perform control tasks in the wind energy park, comprising the following steps: a) one priority at a time is assigned to the control units, depending on the control tasks they must perform, b) during the operation of the wind energy park, the control units communicate continuously with each other and/or with a central communication unit, c) in case that a failure of a first control unit of the wind energy park takes place, a second control unit of the wind energy park takes over the control tasks of the defective control unit, wherein the second control unit is selected depending on the priority assigned thereto and has the same as or a lower priority than the defective control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: Nordex Energy GmbH
    Inventor: Mark Jurkat
  • Publication number: 20090212566
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a wind energy plant, the wind energy plant having a rotor with at least one rotor blade which has an adjustable pitch angle, the wind energy plant having a generator coupled to the rotor, and a regulation means which, if a there is a deviation of the rotation speed of the generator or rotor from a rotation speed set point, adjusts the pitch angle of the at least one rotor blade such that the rotation speed set point is reached again, wherein an electrical quantity provided by the wind energy plant by means of a generator and fed into a grid is reduced to a predetermined value in a short time by a reduction of a preset value for the generator, wherein prior to the regulation means noticing a deviation of the rotation speed of the rotor or generator from the rotation speed set point effected by the reduction of the preset value, an adjustment of the at least one rotor blade to a new pitch angle is initiated, wherein at the new pitch angle the rotation speed of the
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: Nordex Energy GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Harms, Wolfgang Kabatzke, Mark Jurkat
  • Patent number: 7557457
    Abstract: Method for the operation of a wind power plant with controllable effective power, wherein an idle power interval defined by a minimum idle power and a maximum idle power is assigned to each value of the effective power and the actual idle power can be controlled within this interval, characterized in that the effective power is reduced when a target idle power lies outside of the idle power interval assigned to the current effective power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Nordex Energy GmbH
    Inventors: Kay Richter, Thomas Paul Woldmann, Mark Jurkat
  • Publication number: 20090140704
    Abstract: A method for the operation of a wind energy plant, with control of a reactive electric variable which is to be provided, wherein a desired value for the reactive electric variable is determined as follows: a first upper and/or a first lower limit value of the grid voltage is defined for the grid voltage, when the real value of the grid voltage exceeds the first upper limit value and/or the real value of the grid voltage falls below the first lower limit value, the desired value of the reactive electric variable is increased or diminished such that the deviation of the real value of the grid voltage from its desired value is counter-acted, wherein the desired value of the reactive electric variable is continuously increased or diminished further over the time, as long as the real value of the grid voltage exceeds the first upper limit value or falls below the first lower limit value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: Nordex Energy GmbH
    Inventors: Mark Jurkat, Kay Richter, Ralf Harder
  • Patent number: RE44464
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a method for determining a characteristic curve (9) for an electric variable (Pel, Q, ?, cos ?, IP, IQ) of a wind energy plant (1). According to the present invention, it is provided that at least one characteristic value of the electric variable (Pel, Q, ?, cos ?, IP, IQ) is measured for at least one value of the wind (vW), and for the at least one value of the wind (vW), a characteristic value of the electric variable (Pel, Q, ?, cos ?, IP, IQ) is adapted from a predetermined characteristic curve (7) containing characteristic values of the electric variable (Pel, Q, ?, cos ?, IP, IQ) as a function of different values of the wind (vW), taking into account the characteristic value measured for the at least one value of the wind (vW).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Nordex Energy GmbH
    Inventors: Mark Jurkat, Ulrich Harms