Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110223028 | Arrangement and method to retrofit a wind turbine - A blade of the wind turbine is prepared to be connected with the hub of the wind turbine. An extension unit is designed and prepared to elongate the blade. The extension unit is connected with the tip of the blade by a pressure, which is applied between the tip of the blade and the extension unit. The applied pressure is a low-pressure in relation to the ambient barometric pressure. | 09-15-2011 |
20110314984 | Method of producing test components by a hot wire cutter - A method is provided for controlling an operation of a hot wire cutter for forming a three dimensional profile component out of a raw material block. The hot wire cutter includes a wire extending between a first attachment point and a second attachment point, wherein by movement of the hot wire cutter, the wire cuts material from the raw material block. The method includes determining a first offset and a second offset, wherein each offset defines a distance between one of the attachment points and a respective reference point at a perimeter of a cross-section of the component to be formed. Thus, the method includes controlling a movement of the first attachment point and the second attachment point depending on the determined first offset and the determined second offset. | 12-29-2011 |
20120013038 | NEGATIVE MOLD COMPRISING PREDEFINED FOAM BLOCKS FOR CASTING A COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE NEGATIVE MOLD - A negative mold for casting a component such as a blade of a wind turbine is described The negative mold includes a support structure and a plurality of foam blocks, which are mounted to the support structure in such a manner, that a common surface contour of the plurality of foam blocks defines an outer surface of the component, which is to be casted. Each foam block of the plurality of foam blocks is taken from a predetermined number of different types of foam blocks, each type of foam block is defined by a predetermined foam block size and foam block shape. A method for producing such a negative mold is also described. | 01-19-2012 |
20120099993 | WIND TURBINE MAIN BEARING - A wind turbine main bearing realized to bear a shaft of a wind turbine, which shaft is caused to rotate by a number of blades connected to the shaft is disclosed. The wind turbine main bearing includes a fluid bearing with a plurality of bearing pads arranged about the shaft. Also disclosed is a wind turbine with a number of blades connected to a shaft and realized to rotate the shaft, which wind turbine includes as main bearing a wind turbine main bearing. Further described is a method of performing maintenance on a wind turbine, including the steps of halting a rotation of the shaft, operating a lifting arrangement to raise the shaft, and removing a bearing pad of the wind turbine main bearing from the bearing housing of the wind turbine main bearing. | 04-26-2012 |
20120121430 | Arrangement and method to retrofit a wind turbine - An arrangement and a method to retrofit a wind turbine is provided. The wind turbine is retrofitted by at least one of its blades. The blade is prepared for a connection with the hub of the wind turbine. An extension unit is designed and prepared to increase the surface-area of the blade. The extension unit and the blade are designed and arranged to interact with each other by an opening. Thus the opening might be arranged inside the blade and/or inside the extension unit. The extension unit is connected with the blade by an adhesive, which is applied at least partly within the opening. | 05-17-2012 |
20120181724 | DIRECT PRODUCTION OF A NEGATIVE MOLD FOR PRODUCING WIND TURBINE BLADES - A method for producing a negative mold for casting a wind turbine blade is provided. The described method comprises directly producing the negative mold based on three dimensional data of the negative mold, wherein for producing the negative mold a milling machine is used. It is further described a manufacturing method for a wind turbine blade by means of the described negative mold. Further, it is described such a negative mold and a wind turbine blade, which has been produced with such a negative mold. | 07-19-2012 |
20120189455 | WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADE ELEMENT AND WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADE - A wind turbine rotor blade element includes a first portion and a second portion connected to each other is described. The first portion includes a rear surface for facing a surface of a wind turbine rotor blade and the second portion includes a top surface which includes an angle between 90° and 180° with the rear surface of the first portion. | 07-26-2012 |
20120230830 | ARRANGEMENT TO IMPROVE THE SURFACE OF A WIND TURBINE BLADE - An arrangement to improve a surface of a wind turbine blade is proposed. A plastic tape is arranged at a specific location of the blade to reinforce the blade surface there. The plastic tape shows a sandwich structure with at least two layers. The plastic tape has a first layer, which has a carbon fiber. The carbon fiber is used for reinforcement purposes of the plastic tape. The plastic tape has a second layer on a first side of the plastic tape, which is connected with the first layer. The second layer has a pure thermoplastic fluoropolymer. | 09-13-2012 |
20120230832 | WINGLET FOR A BLADE OF A WIND TURBINE - A winglet for a blade of a wind turbine is disclosed. The winglet contains a core with a predetermined water absorption-rate to reduce or even avoid the absorption of water in the core. This may be achieved via different variations on the core material and/or core cover material including composition, density and thickness. | 09-13-2012 |
20120269644 | Spoiler for a wind turbine rotor blade - A spoiler for a rotor blade of a wind turbine includes a spoiler body and at least one mounting band arranged along a longitudinal edge of the spoiler body for mounting the spoiler onto a surface of the rotor blade. The at least one mounting band adapts to a curvature of the rotor blade surface. The spoiler body and the at least one mounting band are formed as a single entity. Further, a rotor blade for a wind turbine includes such a spoiler mounted onto a surface of the rotor blade. Further, a wind turbine includes a number of rotor blades attached to a hub, wherein at least one rotor blade includes such a spoiler mounted onto a surface of the rotor blade. | 10-25-2012 |
20120300059 | Method to inspect components of a wind turbine - An unmanned aerial vehicle is guided to the component for the inspection. A certain predefined distance between the unmanned aerial vehicle and the component is chosen in a way that high resolution images of the component are gathered by the unmanned aerial vehicle. The images are gathered by an image acquisition system. The inspection is done remote controlled and based on the images, which are gathered by the unmanned aerial vehicle. | 11-29-2012 |
20120300986 | Method to determine a site for a wind turbine - According to the method an unmanned aerial vehicle is guided along a predetermined flight path. The flight-path is chosen in a way that high resolution images of the surrounding of a potential wind turbine site are gathered by the unmanned aerial vehicle. The images are used to obtain an actual digital surface model of the surrounding of the potential wind turbine site. The potential wind turbine site is evaluated based on the actual digital surface model to determine, if the potential wind turbine site is an optimum wind turbine site. | 11-29-2012 |
20120313291 | METHOD OF MODIFYING THE SURFACE SHAPE OF A WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADE AND TOOL FOR USE IN THIS METHOD - A method of modifying the surface shape of a wind turbine rotor blade is provided in which a shape modifying element is cast on a surface of the wind turbine rotor blade. A mould includes an inner mould surface, the shape of which is defined according to a result of subtracting an unmodified surface shape of the wind turbine rotor blade from a desired modified surface shape. | 12-13-2012 |
20130050400 | Arrangement and Method to Prevent a Collision of a Flying Animal with a Wind Turbine - An arrangement and method to prevent a collision of a flying animal with a wind turbine is provided. A camera-system is arranged at the wind turbine and the camera-system generate images of the environment of the wind turbine. An evaluation system is coupled with the camera-system and the evaluation system evaluates the images to detect a flying animal within the environment of the wind turbine. A warning system is coupled with the evaluation system and the warning system generates a warning signal if the flying animal is detected by the evaluation system. The camera-system is configured to generate at least panoramic images of the wind turbine environment for the evaluation. | 02-28-2013 |
20130236307 | ROTOR BLADE PITCHING ARRANGEMENT - A rotor blade pitching arrangement for a two-part rotor blade of a wind turbine is provided. The arrangement has a bearing realised to connect a tip blade part of the two-part wind turbine rotor blade to a main blade part of the two-part wind turbine rotor blade such that the tip blade part is rotatable relative to the main blade part about an axis of rotation. The arrangement has a pitch angle adjusting device for obtaining a specific pitching angle of the tip blade part to increase and decrease a rotational speed of a rotor of the wind turbine. | 09-12-2013 |
20130241117 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ARTICLE BY MOLDING - A method of manufacturing a component by molding is provided. A mold has a mold surface representing a negative image of the component. The mold has openings in the mold surface. Flow channels extending from the openings in the mold surface and are connectable to a suction device. Further, the mold has a periphery delimiting the mold surface. A bag is fixed to the periphery of the mold. The bag is inflated to a pressure level above ambient pressure. The pressure is released from the bag while sucking the bag to the mold surface using the suction device. Fabrics are layered onto the bag while the bag is kept sucked to the mold surface. Resin is introduced into the fabrics and then the resin is cured. | 09-19-2013 |
20140186189 | WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADE - A wind turbine rotor blade is provided. The wind turbine rotor blade includes at least two blade sections and a connector for connecting adjacent blade sections, which connector has an inner connecting part of a first blade section and an outer connecting part of a second blade section, wherein the outer connecting part is adapted to enclose the inner connecting part; and a first seal arranged about a connecting part such that an outer surface of the inner connecting part, an inner surface of the outer connecting part, and the first seal form a mould; and an adhesive layer introduced to fill the mould. A wind turbine having a number of such rotor blades as well as a method of constructing such a wind turbine rotor blade are also provided. | 07-03-2014 |
20150132141 | ROTOR BLADE OF A WIND TURBINE - A rotor blade of a wind turbine with a raked tip portion is provided. The tip portion is raked, i.e. curved, in a rotor blade plane comprising the tip base chord and a line which is parallel to the pitch axis of the rotor blade. Additionally, the orientation of the chords with reference to the chord at the tip base changes between the tip base and the tip. In other words, the trailing edge of the tip portion is twisted. Optionally, the tip portion is additionally swept out of the rotor blade plane, which is characterized by a cant angle. | 05-14-2015 |
20150174834 | MOLD FOR MANUFACTURING A COMPONENT - A mold for manufacturing a component is provided. A mold has a mold surface representing a negative image of the component. The mold has openings in the mold surface. Flow channels extending from the openings in the mold surface and are connectable to a suction device. Further, the mold has a periphery delimiting the mold surface. A bag is fixed to the periphery of the mold. The bag is inflated to a pressure level above ambient pressure. The pressure is released from the bag while sucking the bag to the mold surface using the suction device. Fabrics are layered onto the bag while the bag is kept sucked to the mold surface. Resin is introduced into the fabrics and then the resin is cured. | 06-25-2015 |
20150260167 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD TO ALIGN TWO COMPONENTS - An arrangement and a method to align a first component and a second component is provided. The first component includes guiding means and the second component includes guiding means, while these guiding means are prepared and arranged to interact with each other. The guiding means of the components are prepared and arranged to align the components to each other while the components are moved towards each other for their final connection. The guiding means of the first component includes an optical camera system, which is used to monitor the change of the position of the guiding means of the second component in reference to the position of the guiding means of the first component. The optical camera system is connected with a remote display enabling working personnel to direct the movement of the components based on the monitored position changes. | 09-17-2015 |
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20090007300 | SYNTHETIC ZINC FINGER PROTEIN ENCODING SEQUENCES AND METHODS OF PRODUCING THE SAME - The invention relates to the field of plant and agricultural technology. More specifically, the invention relates to the use of zinc finger proteins and fusions of said proteins to regulate gene expression and metabolic pathways in plants. | 01-01-2009 |
20100189706 | ENZYMES FOR THE TREATMENT OF LIGNOCELLULOSICS, NUCLEIC ACIDS ENCODING THEM AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THEM - The invention provides polypeptides having a lignocellulolytic activity, e.g., a glycosyl hydrolase, a cellulase, an endoglucanase, a cellobiohydrolase, a beta-glucosidase, a xylanase, a mannanse, a xylosidase (e.g., a β-xylosidase), an arabinofuranosidase, and/or a glucose oxidase activity, polynucleotides encoding these polypeptides, and methods of making and using these polynucleotides and polypeptides. In one aspect, the invention provides polypeptides that can enzymatically process (hydrolyze) sugarcane bagasse, i.e., for sugarcane bagasse degradation, or for biomass processing, and polynucleotides encoding these enzymes, and making and using these polynucleotides and polypeptides. In one embodiment, the invention provides thermostable and thermotolerant forms of polypeptides of the invention. The polypeptides of the invention can be used in a variety of pharmaceutical, agricultural and industrial contexts; for example, the invention provides a multi-enzyme system that can hydrolyze polysaccharides in a bagasse component of sugarcane processed in sugar mills. The invention provides enzymes for the bioconversion of lignocellulosic residues into fermentable sugars; and these sugars can be used as a chemical feedstock for the production of ethanol and fuels, including biofuels such as bioethanol, biopropanol, biobutanol and biodiesels. | 07-29-2010 |
20130203128 | VARIANT CBH I POLYPEPTIDES - In alternative embodiments, the invention provides polypeptides having a lignocellulolytic (lignocellulosic) activity, e.g., a ligninolytic and cellulolytic activity, including, e.g., a glycosyl hydrolase, a cellulase, an endoglucanase, a cellobiohydrolase (cbhl) (e.g., an exo-cellobiohydrolase, e.g., having an “exo” activity that can processively release cellobiose units β-1,4 glucose-glucose disaccharide), a beta-glucosidase, a xylanase, a mannanse, a xylosidase (e.g., a (β-xylosidase) and/or an arabinofuranosidase activity, polynucleotides encoding these polypeptides, and methods of making and using these polynucleotides and polypeptides. In one embodiment, the invention provides thermostable and thermotolerant forms of polypeptides of the invention. The polypeptides and nucleic acids of the invention are used in a variety of pharmaceutical, agricultural and industrial contexts; for example, as enzymes for the bioconversion of a biomass, e.g., lignocellulosic residues, into fermentable sugars, where in one aspect these sugars are used as a chemical feedstock for the production of ethanol and fuels, e.g., biofuels, e.g., synthetic liquid or gas fuels, including ethanol, methanol and the like. | 08-08-2013 |
20130244292 | Polypeptides Having Endoglucanase Activity - The present invention relates to a family 5 glycoside hydrolase variant having endoglucanase activity, polynucleotides encoding the family 5 glycoside hydrolase variant, vectors, host cells comprising the polynucleotides, and methods for using the family 5 glycoside hydrolase variant. | 09-19-2013 |
20140004571 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR BIOMASS LIQUEFACTION | 01-02-2014 |
20140147894 | VARIANT CBH I POLYPEPTIDES WITH REDUCED PRODUCT INHIBITION - The present disclosure relates to variant CBH I polypeptides that have reduced product inhibition, and compositions, e.g., cellulase compositions, comprising variant CBH I polypeptides. The variant CBH I polypeptides and related compositions can be used in variety of agricultural and industrial applications. The present disclosure further relates to nucleic acids encoding variant CBH I polypeptides and host cells that recombinantly express the variant CBH I polypeptides. | 05-29-2014 |
20140223602 | ENZYMES FOR THE TREATMENT OF LIGNOCELLULOSICS, NUCLEIC ACIDS ENCODING THEM AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THEM - The invention provides polypeptides having a lignocellulolytic activity, e.g., a glycosyl hydrolase, a cellulase, an endoglucanase, a cellobiohydrolase, a beta-glucosidase, a xylanase, a mannanse, a xylosidase (e.g., a β-xylosidase), an arabinofuranosidase, and/or a glucose oxidase activity, polynucleotides encoding these polypeptides, and methods of making and using these polynucleotides and polypeptides. In one aspect, the invention provides polypeptides that can enzymatically process (hydrolyze) sugarcane bagasse, i.e., for sugarcane bagasse degradation, or for biomass processing, and polynucleotides encoding these enzymes, and making and using these polynucleotides and polypeptides. In one embodiment, the invention provides thermostable and thermotolerant forms of polypeptides of the invention. | 08-07-2014 |
20140287471 | VARIANT CBH I POLYPEPTIDES WITH REDUCED PRODUCT INHIBITION - The present disclosure relates to variant CBH I polypeptides that have reduced product inhibition, and compositions, e.g., cellulase compositions, comprising variant CBH I polypeptides. The variant CBH I polypeptides and related compositions can be used in variety of agricultural and industrial applications. The present disclosure further relates to nucleic acids encoding variant CBH I polypeptides and host cells that recombinantly express the variant CBH I polypeptides. | 09-25-2014 |
20150329880 | VARIANT CBH I POLYPEPTIDES WITH REDUCED PRODUCT INHIBITION - The present disclosure relates to variant CBH I polypeptides that have reduced product inhibition, and compositions, e.g., cellulase compositions, comprising variant CBH I polypeptides. The variant CBH I polypeptides and related compositions can be used in variety of agricultural and industrial applications. The present disclosure further relates to nucleic acids encoding variant CBH I polypeptides and host cells that recombinantly express the variant CBH I polypeptides. | 11-19-2015 |