Patents by Inventor Soren Bilges

Soren Bilges 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: 10167848
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a system for monitoring an individual blade adjustment of a wind turbine which includes a tower, a rotor which is arranged on the tower and has at least two rotor blades whose blade angle can be adjusted individually, and a blade adjustment system, wherein the blade adjustment system includes a blade controller and sensors for sensing individual actual blade angles of the at least two rotor blades, wherein an individual blade controller is included which receives a collective set point blade angle from the blade controller and which actuates at least two rotor blades with respectively individual set point blade angles, as well as a corresponding wind turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Senvion GmbH
    Inventors: Karsten Warfen, Lothar Hendus, Sören Bilges, Henning Leweke
  • Publication number: 20160003220
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a system for monitoring an individual blade adjustment of a wind turbine which includes a tower, a rotor which is arranged on the tower and has at least two rotor blades whose blade angle can be adjusted individually, and a blade adjustment system, wherein the blade adjustment system includes a blade controller and sensors for sensing individual actual blade angles of the at least two rotor blades, wherein an individual blade controller is included which receives a collective set point blade angle from the blade controller and which actuates at least two rotor blades with respectively individual set point blade angles, as well as a corresponding wind turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Karsten Warfen, Lothar Wittekind, Sören Bilges, Henning Leweke
  • Patent number: 8102067
    Abstract: A method for the operation of a wind energy plant, which features a wind velocity measurement device and a device for the detection of a mechanical load, with the following steps: measuring a wind velocity with the wind velocity measurement device, detecting a mechanical load with the device for the detection of a mechanical load, determining an estimated value for the wind velocity, based on the determined mechanical load, comparing the wind velocity measured by means of the wind velocity measurement device with the estimated value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Nordex Energy GmbH
    Inventors: Sören Bilges, Holger Schwarze
  • Publication number: 20100052321
    Abstract: A method for the operation of a wind energy plant, which features a wind velocity measurement device and a device for the detection of a mechanical load, with the following steps: measuring a wind velocity with the wind velocity measurement device, detecting a mechanical load with the device for the detection of a mechanical load, determining an estimated value for the wind velocity, based on the determined mechanical load, comparing the wind velocity measured by means of the wind velocity measurement device with the estimated value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: Nordex Energy GmbH
    Inventors: Soren Bilges, Holger Schwarze
  • 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