Patents by Inventor Philip Richard Jacobsen Carne Kjaer

Philip Richard Jacobsen Carne Kjaer 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: 9306473
    Abstract: The invention relates to a variable rotor speed wind turbine transmitting AC electric power to a utility grid. The wind turbine includes at least one AC generator and at least two power electronic converter units. Further, it includes means for transforming at least one nominal output value of the generator to at least one different nominal input value of the at least two power electronic converter units. The invention also relates to a wind park and a method of transmitting AC electric power to a utility grid from a variable rotor speed wind turbine as well as a method of servicing or inspecting a variable rotor speed wind turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
    Inventors: Philip Richard Jacobsen Carne Kjaer, Lars Helle
  • Patent number: 8468681
    Abstract: A method for establishing a wind turbine generator with one or more Permanent Magnet (PM) rotors. The method comprises the steps of: manufacturing a generator prepared for taking one or more PM rotors, manufacturing one or more rotors comprising a plurality of holding means prepared for retaining PM material, mounting substantially non-magnetized PM material prepared for magnetization in said holding means before or after said one or more rotors are mounted in said generator, connecting a magnetization system for magnetizing said PM material in the generator, and magnetizing said PM material with said magnetization system. The invention also relates to a wind turbine nacelle, a wind turbine comprising said wind turbine nacelle and use of a wind turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
    Inventors: Lars Helle, Philip Richard Jacobsen Carne Kjaer, Morten Lindholm, Flemming Buus Bendixen, Ion Boldea
  • Patent number: 8365391
    Abstract: A method for establishing a wind turbine generator with one or more Permanent Magnet (PM) rotors. The method comprises the steps of: manufacturing a generator prepared for taking one or more PM rotors, manufacturing one or more rotors comprising a plurality of holding means prepared for retaining PM material, mounting substantially non-magnetized PM material prepared for magnetization in said holding means before or after said one or more rotors are mounted in said generator, connecting a magnetization system for magnetizing said PM material in the generator, and magnetizing said PM material with said magnetization system. The invention also relates to a wind turbine nacelle, a wind turbine comprising said wind turbine nacelle and use of a wind turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
    Inventors: Lars Helle, Philip Richard Jacobsen Carne Kjaer, Morten Lindholm, Flemming Buus Bendixen, Ion Boldea
  • Publication number: 20100274401
    Abstract: The invention relates a method for controlling a common output from at least two wind turbines comprising the steps of receiving at a central wind turbine control system at least one set point value of a set point parameter from a utility grid operator, and at least one operational value of a operational parameter from at least one of said wind turbines Furthermore the method comprises the steps of stablishing a cost function equation comprising at least one function variable reflecting an operational parameter of said wind turbines and said received set point parameter, solving the cost function equation with respect to said at least one function variable to find an extremum for said cost function, calculating weighted operational parameter set points for each of said wind turbines from the obtained solution, and controlling at least one of said wind turbines in relation to said weighted operational parameter set points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S
    Inventors: Philip Richard Jacobsen Carne Kjaer, Jorge Martinez Garcia
  • Publication number: 20100011567
    Abstract: A method for establishing a wind turbine generator with one or more Permanent Magnet (PM) rotors. The method comprises the steps of: manufacturing a generator prepared for taking one or more PM rotors, manufacturing one or more rotors comprising a plurality of holding means prepared for retaining PM material, mounting substantially non-magnetized PM material prepared for magnetization in said holding means before or after said one or more rotors are mounted in said generator, connecting a magnetization system for magnetizing said PM material in the generator, and magnetizing said PM material with said magnetization system. The invention also relates to a wind turbine nacelle, a wind turbine comprising said wind turbine nacelle and use of a wind turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Inventors: Lars Helle, Philip Richard Jacobsen Carne Kjaer, Morten Lindholm, Flemming Buus Bendixen, Ion Boldea