Patents by Inventor Stefan Winternheimer

Stefan Winternheimer 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: 9667071
    Abstract: A method for providing control power for an electricity network in which at least one energy store connected to the electricity network supplies energy to the electricity network as required and/or takes up energy from the electricity network as required, the control power being delivered in dependence on a frequency deviation from a setpoint value of a network frequency, a tolerance with respect to the frequency deviation being used to set a charging state of the energy store at a same time as providing the control power by the energy store. A device for carrying out such a method includes a control system and an energy store, the device being connected or connectable to an electricity network, the control system being connected to the energy store and controlling the control power that is given off and/or taken up by the energy store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignees: Evonik Degussa GmbH, STEAG Power Saar GmbH
    Inventors: Georg Markowz, Wolfgang Schweissthal, Carsten Kolligs, Holger Brezski, Wolfgang Deis, Michael Igel, Anna Flemming, Dennis Gamrad, Sebastien Cochet, Stefan Winternheimer
  • Publication number: 20140327404
    Abstract: A method for providing control power for an electricity network in which at least one energy store connected to the electricity network supplies energy to the electricity network as required and/or takes up energy from the electricity network as required, the control power being delivered in dependence on a frequency deviation from a setpoint value of a network frequency, a tolerance with respect to the frequency deviation being used to set a charging state of the energy store at a same time as providing the control power by the energy store. A device for carrying out such a method includes a control system and an energy store, the device being connected or connectable to an electricity network, the control system being connected to the energy store and controlling the control power that is given off and/or taken up by the energy store.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicants: Evonik Industries AG, Evonik Degussa GmbH, STEAG Power Saar GmbH
    Inventors: Georg Markowz, Wolfgang Schweissthal, Carsten Kolligs, Holger Brezski, Wolfgang Deis, Michael Igel, Anna Flemming, Dennis Gamrad, Sebastien Cochet, Stefan Winternheimer
  • Publication number: 20140324243
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for delivering control power to stabilize an AC electricity network, the AC electricity network operating at a set frequency, comprising an energy store that can take up and deliver electrical energy, the energy store being connected to at least one unit for charging and/or discharging the energy store, the unit for charging and/or discharging the energy store drawing energy from the energy store or supplying energy to the energy store with a power of at most less than or equal to 20% of the contracted maximum power of the energy store.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicants: Evonik Industries AG, Evonik Degussa GmbH, STEAG Power Saar GmbH
    Inventors: Georg Markowz, Wolfgang Schweissthal, Carsten Kolligs, Holger Brezski, Wolfgang Deis, Michael Igel, Anna Flemming, Dennis Gamrad, Sebastien Cochet, Stefan Winternheimer
  • Publication number: 20140316601
    Abstract: A method for providing control power for an electricity network in which at least one energy store connected to the electricity network supplies energy to the electricity network as required and/or takes up energy from the electricity network as required, such that, when there is a change of required control power, a time after a change from which a changed control power is provided by the energy store is chosen in dependence on a charging state at a given time of the energy store. A device for carrying out such a method includes at least one energy store and a control system for controlling power of the energy store in an open-loop and/or closed-loop manner, the energy store being connected to an electricity network such that energy can be fed into the electricity network and can be removed from the electricity network by the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicants: Evonik Industries AG, Evonik Degussa GmbH, STEAG Power Saar GmbH
    Inventors: Georg Markowz, Wolfgang Schweissthal, Carsten Kolligs, Holger Brezski, Wolfgang Deis, Michael Igel, Anna Flemming, Dennis Gamrad, Sebastien Cochet, Stefan Winternheimer
  • Publication number: 20140309801
    Abstract: Method for the provision of control power for a power supply network, wherein the level of the control power provided is determined depending on a deviation of the actual alternating current frequency from a nominal alternating current frequency of the power supply network, wherein the control power is provided in a pulsed manner in order to increase the efficiency, wherein the control energy provided in a specific time period from the pulsed operation corresponds to the control energy to be provided in the same time period in the case of a continuous operation of a control power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicants: Evonik Industries AG, Evonik Degussa GmbH, STEAG Power Saar GmbH
    Inventors: Georg Markowz, Wolfgang Schweissthal, Carsten Kolligs, Wolfgang Deis, Anna Flemming, Michael Igel, Stefan Winternheimer, Dennis Gamrad, Sebastien Cochet