Patents by Inventor Martin Von Mutius

Martin Von Mutius 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).

  • Publication number: 20220056882
    Abstract: A method of parameterizing a controller of a first wind energy installation wherein the controller sets a manipulated variable of the wind energy installation as a function of an input variable. An artificial intelligence determines at least one value of a parameter of the controller for at least one state/degree of being iced up of the wind energy installation based on a power curve, load, and/or downstream flow of the wind energy installation predicted with a mathematical model of the wind energy installation for at least one state/degree of being iced up, and/or determines at least one value of a parameter of the controller for at least one state/degree of being iced up of the wind energy installation, based on at least one determined state/degree of being iced up and a power, load, and/or downstream flow of the wind energy installation and/or at least one second wind energy installation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventor: Martin Von Mutius
  • Patent number: 9181925
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for the determination of an azimuth angle for servicing purposes (?w) of a wind power plant with a machinery housing that is rotatable on a tower through an azimuth angle (?) and a rotor that is rotatable on a machinery housing through a rotor angle (?) such that a plurality of combinations of rotor angles (?) and azimuth angles (?) is adjusted, that are determined at the rotor subject to the influence of a turbulent wind field, which is effecting torques, for the adjusted combinations of rotor angles (?) and azimuth angles (?) and the associated azimuth angle (?), a torque envelope of the torque-azimuth angle associations is determined, surrounding areas (U(?)) with comparable sector sizes of the azimuth angle (?) are generated and associated magnitude values of the torque envelope are determined, a surrounding area (U(?w)) with magnitude-wise smaller torque envelope values than the neighboring surrounding areas is selected and the azimuth angle for servicing purposes (?w) is
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: R E power Systems AG
    Inventors: Martin von Mutius, Dirk Steudel
  • Patent number: 9074583
    Abstract: A method for operating a wind energy installation (10) with a rotor (12) and at least one rotor blade (14), which can be adjusted in terms of its angle of attack. The rotor blade (14) is accelerated by virtue of at least five repeated adjustment operations of the angle of attack about its longitudinal axis (15), wherein a rotor blade bending vibration with a vibration amplitude and a vibration frequency is excited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: SENVION SE
    Inventor: Martin Von Mutius
  • Patent number: 8922040
    Abstract: A wind energy plant comprising a rotor having blades and a generator driven by said rotor for generating electric energy. The pitch of the blades can be adjusted and a pitch system for adjusting the pitch angle of the blades is provided, which is supplied by a hub power source. An additional electric load is provided on the hub. A pitch power control device is provided which dynamically distributes the power of the hub power source between the pitch system and the additional electric load and further acts on the pitch system such that its power consumption during high-load operation is reduced. Thus, the power consumption of the pitch system during high-load operation can be reduced and additional power provided for operating the additional load. Even large additional loads, such as a blade heater, can be operated in this way, without having to boost the hub power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Senvion SE
    Inventors: Matthias Peters, Martin von Mutius
  • Patent number: 8764393
    Abstract: A method for operating a wind power plant (WEA) before or during the performance of maintenance work on the wind power plant (WEA). At least one physical condition of the surroundings outside the wind power plant (WEA) induced by wind movement outside the wind power plant (WEA) is detected as an external physical condition. At least one physical condition of a component of the wind power plant (WEA) influenced by wind movement outside the wind power plant (WEA) is detected as an internal physical condition. The at least one external physical condition and/or at least one internal physical condition are evaluated. The at least one external physical condition is compared with a predetermined reference value for the external physical condition. The at least one internal physical condition is compared with a predetermined reference value for the internal physical condition. Depending on the comparison, at least one warning message is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Senvion SE
    Inventors: Martin Von Mutius, Jens Altemark, Alf Trede
  • Publication number: 20130026757
    Abstract: A wind energy plant comprising a rotor having blades and a generator driven by said rotor for generating electric energy. The pitch of the blades can be adjusted and a pitch system for adjusting the pitch angle of the blades is provided, which is supplied by a hub power source. An additional electric load is provided on the hub. A pitch power control device is provided which dynamically distributes the power of the hub power source between the pitch system and the additional electric load and further acts on the pitch system such that the power consumption thereof during high-load operation is reduced. Thus, the power consumption of the pitch system during high-load operation can be reduced and additional power provided for operating the additional load. Even high-performance additional loads, such as a blade heater, can be operated in this way, without having to boost the hub power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: REpower Systems SE
    Inventors: Matthias Peters, Martin von Mutius
  • Patent number: 8335594
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of operating a wind farm intended for connection to an electric power network, which wind farm includes at least three wind turbine generator systems. At least one actual value for a wind speed or a parameter associated with wind speed is determined for each wind turbine generator system which are divided at least temporarily into predetermined groups. A first disconnect value is assigned to one group of wind turbine generator systems and a second different disconnect value is assigned to a second group of wind turbine generator systems. Actual values are assigned to disconnect values, and compared thereto. When the actual value exceeds the disconnect value the associated group of wind turbine generator systems is automatically disconnected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: REpower Systems AG
    Inventors: Jens Altemark, Martin von Mutius, Dirk Steudel
  • Publication number: 20120301295
    Abstract: A method for operating a wind energy installation (10) with a rotor (12) and at least one rotor blade (14), which can be adjusted in terms of its angle of attack. The rotor blade (14) is accelerated by virtue of at least five repeated adjustment operations of the angle of attack about its longitudinal axis (15), wherein a rotor blade bending vibration with a vibration amplitude and a vibration frequency is excited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: REPOWER SYSTEMS SE
    Inventor: Martin Von Mutius
  • Patent number: 8247913
    Abstract: A method for operating a wind energy installation and a system for implementing the method. An oblique incident flow value, which represents the difference between the wind direction and the direction of a rotor axis of the wind energy installation, and a load value, which represents the load state of the wind energy installation, are determined. A total load value is determined based on the load value and the oblique incident flow value. The rotor rotation speed is reduced when the total load value is above a first limit value. The wind energy installation is shut down when, in addition, a second limit value is exceeded. The method makes it possible to react objectively to oblique incident flows and can reduce a load on a wind energy installation without causing large yield losses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: REpower Systems AG
    Inventors: Martin von Mutius, Roland Weitkamp, Jochen Anemueller
  • Patent number: 8146320
    Abstract: The modular kit for a tower has a height ranging between a minimum height and a maximum height, in particular for a wind energy turbine, comprises a first conical tower segment (10) comprising a steel tube having a predetermined length (11), a second conical tower segment (12) comprising a steel tube having a predetermined length (12), and a first cylindrical tower segment (14) comprising a steel tube having a length between a predetermined minimum length and a predetermined maximum length. The length of the first cylindrical tower segment (14) can be adapted to the necessary height of the tower between its minimum height and its maximum height. The minimum height is the sum of the predetermined lengths (11,12) of the first and second conical tower segments (10,12) and the minimum length of the first cylindrical tower segment (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Marc Seidel, Martin Von Mutius, Ulrich Uphues
  • Patent number: 8143734
    Abstract: A method for the operation of a wind power plant 10) with a rotor (12), which has at least one angle-adjustable rotor blade (14), wherein the wind power plant (10) is operated in a first operating mode (71) and/or a second operating mode (75). In the first operating mode (71) a braking process of the rotor (12) is initiated when a rotational speed of the rotor (12) is exceeded, which lies above a first rotational speed threshold value. Also, a method for the operation of a wind power plant (10) with a rotor (12), which has at least one angle-adjustable rotor blade (14), wherein an operating parameter is monitored and a braking process of the rotor (12) is initiated when an operating parameter threshold value is reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Repower Systems AG
    Inventors: Dirk Steudel, Martin Von Mutius
  • Publication number: 20110288817
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for the determination of an azimuth angle for servicing purposes (?w) of a wind power plant with a machinery housing that is rotatable on a tower through an azimuth angle (?) and a rotor that is rotatable on a machinery housing through a rotor angle (?) such that a plurality of combinations of rotor angles (?) and azimuth angles (?) is adjusted, that are determined at the rotor subject to the influence of a turbulent wind field, which is effecting torques, for the adjusted combinations of rotor angles (?) and azimuth angles (?) and the associated azimuth angle (?), a torque envelope of the torque-azimuth angle associations is determined, surrounding areas (U(?)) with comparable sector sizes of the azimuth angle (?) are generated and associated magnitude values of the torque envelope are determined, a surrounding area (U(?w)) with magnitude-wise smaller torque envelope values than the neighboring surrounding areas is selected and the azimuth angle for servicing purposes (?w) is
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: REPOWER SYSTEMS AG
    Inventors: Martin Von Mutius, Dirk Steudel
  • Patent number: 8057158
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wind turbine and a method for operating the wind turbine planted in the floor of a body of water. The wind turbine includes a support structure and a rotor, which is arranged on the support structure. The rotor has a rotor blade. The wind turbine operates in a trundle mode in order to reduce the oscillations in the support structure created through mechanical impacts on the support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Repower Systems AG
    Inventors: Marc Seidel, Martin Von Mutius, Dirk Steudel
  • Patent number: 7939955
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a wind energy installation (10), in which the wind energy installation (10) has a rotor (12, 13, 22), at least one rotor blade (14) with an adjustable angle, a mechanical brake device (19) for braking the rotor (14), an operational control device (15, 15?) and a safety system (16, 20). The invention also relates to a corresponding wind energy installation (10). The method according to the invention is defined by the following method steps: braking of the rotor (12, 13, 22) by means of an angular adjustment (28) with an average angular adjustment rate of less than 8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Repower Systems AG
    Inventors: Stefan Steiner, Martin Von Mutius
  • Publication number: 20100183440
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for operating a wind power plant (WEA), preferably before or during the performance of maintenance work on the wind power plant (WEA), wherein —at least one physical condition of the surroundings outside the wind power plant (WEA) induced by wind movement outside the wind power plant (WEA) is detected as an external physical condition, and/or at least one physical condition of a component of the wind power plant (WEA) influenced by wind movement outside the wind power plant (WEA) is detected as an internal physical condition; —the at least one external physical condition and/or at least one internal physical condition are evaluated; —the at least one external physical condition is compared with a predetermined reference value for the external physical condition, and/or the at least one internal physical condition is compared with a predetermined reference value for the internal physical condition; —depending on the comparison at least one warning message is generated, in partic
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: REPOWER SYSTEMS AG
    Inventors: Martin Von Mutius, Jens Altemark, Alf Trede
  • Publication number: 20090295161
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a wind energy installation (10), in which the wind energy installation (10) has a rotor (12, 13, 22), at least one rotor blade (14) with an adjustable angle, a mechanical brake device (19) for braking the rotor (14), an operational control device (15, 15?) and a safety system (16, 20). The invention also relates to a corresponding wind energy installation (10). The method according to the invention is defined by the following method steps: braking of the rotor (12, 13, 22) by means of an angular adjustment (28) with an average angular adjustment rate of less than 8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2007
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: REPOWER SYSTEMS AG
    Inventors: Stefan Steiner, Martin Von Mutius
  • Publication number: 20090261588
    Abstract: A method for operating a wind energy installation and a system for implementing the method. An oblique incident flow value, which represents the difference between the wind direction and the direction of a rotor axis of the wind energy installation, and a load value, which represents the load state of the wind energy installation, are determined. A total load value is determined based on the load value and the oblique incident flow value. The rotor rotation speed is reduced when the total load value is above a first limit value. The wind energy installation is shut down when, in addition, a second limit value is exceeded. The method makes it possible to react objectively to oblique incident flows and can reduce a load on a wind energy installation without causing large yield losses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: REpower Systems AG
    Inventors: Martin VON MUTIUS, Roland WEITKAMP, Jochen ANEMUELLER
  • Publication number: 20090224543
    Abstract: A method for the operation of a wind power plant (10) with a rotor (12), which has at least one angle-adjustable rotor blade (14), wherein the wind power plant (10) is operated in a first operating mode (71) and/or a second operating mode (75). In the first operating mode (71) a braking process of the rotor (12) is initiated when a rotational speed of the rotor (12) is exceeded, which lies above a first rotational speed threshold value. Also, a method for the operation of a wind power plant (10) with a rotor (12), which has at least one angle-adjustable rotor blade (14), wherein an operating parameter is monitored and a braking process of the rotor (12) is initiated when an operating parameter threshold value is reached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: REPOWER SYSTEMS AG
    Inventors: Dirk Steudel, Martin Von Mutius
  • Publication number: 20090102195
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of operating a wind farm intended for connection to an electric power network, which wind farm includes at least two wind turbine generator systems (WEA1, WEA2, WEA3, WEA4, WEA5). At least one actual value (vt1(WEA1), . . . , vt3(WEA5)) for a wind speed or a parameter associated with wind speed is determined for each of the at least two wind turbine generator systems (WEA1, WEA2, . . . , WEA5), and the at least two wind turbine generator systems (WEA1, WEA2, WEA3, WEA4, WEA5) are divided at least temporarily into at least two predeterminable groups (G1, G2, G3). At least one first disconnect value (At1(G1), At2(G1), At3(G1)) is assigned to each wind turbine generator system of the first group (G1), and at least one second disconnect value (At1(G2), At2(G2), At3(G2)), which is different from the at least one first disconnect value (At1(G1), At2(G1), At3(G1)), is assigned to each wind turbine generator system of the second group (G2). The at least one actual value (vt1(WEA1), .
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2007
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventors: Jens Altemark, Martin von Mutius, Dirk Steudel
  • Patent number: 7393180
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a wind power plant with a rotor and with at least two rotor blades rotatable about a common rotor axis in a rotor blade plane, whereof each can be swivelled about a swivel axis which is roughly parallel to its longitudinal axis approximately perpendicular to the rotor axis, in which the setting or pitch angels of the rotor blades are set with respect to the rotor blade plane as a function of the operating and in particular wind conditions, in which the pitch angels of at least two rotor blades in a parking position of the rotor, in which rotor rotation about the rotor axis is decelerated, are set to different values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Martin Von Mutius