IP Library Granted Patent US 7,291,937
Granted Patent B2
US 7,291,937 · App. 10/527,205 · Granted Nov 6, 2007

Operating method for a wind turbine with a supersynchronous cascade

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Patent No.
US 7,291,937
App. No.
10/527,205
Granted
Nov 6, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a wind energy system having a rotor that can be driven by the wind, preferably having one or more rotor blades that can be adjusted in angle, a generator directly or indirectly connected with the rotor, to generate electric energy, which is configured as an asynchronous generator having a super-synchronous converter cascade in the rotor circuit, for slip-variable generator operation, so that power output of the generator is possible at variable speeds of rotation of the rotor, and an operation guide system that is configured to regulate the speed of rotation of the rotor, within a predetermined wind speed range. To improve the energy yield, it is provided that the super-synchronous rectifier cascade is configured in the rotor circuit for feeding the slip power into the network. For this purpose, the super-synchronous converter cascade has a DC voltage intermediate circuit having a high-set element. These are configured to switch, as IGBT switches, with a 180 degree phase shift relative to the rotor voltage. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for regulating the power output of the wind energy system, in that the slip is regulated, whereby the slip power is fed into the network.

Claims (25)

1. Wind energy system comprising

a rotor that can be driven by the wind, having one or more rotor blades that can be adjusted in angle,

a generator connected with the rotor, to generate electric energy, which is configured as an asynchronous generator having a super-synchronous converter cascade in the rotor circuit, for slip-variable generator operation, so that power output of the generator is possible at different speeds of rotation of the rotor, and

an operation guide system that is configured to regulate the speed of rotation of the rotor, within a predetermined wind speed range,

wherein the super-synchronous converter cascade is configured in the rotor circuit for feeding the slip power into the network.

2. Wind energy system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the super-synchronous converter cascade has a DC voltage intermediate circuit that is configured as a high-set element.

3. Wind energy system according to claim 2 ,

wherein the high-set element is configured to switch at a frequency that is a multiple, of the network frequency.

4. Wind energy system according to claim 2 ,

wherein the high-set element has pulse-width modulation.

5. Wind energy system according to claim 2 ,

wherein the high-set element is configured to switch, with IGBT switches having variable frequency.

6. Wind energy system according to claim 5 ,

wherein the IGBT switches of the two high-set elements are configured to switch at a phase offset of 180 degrees relative to one another.

7. Wind energy system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the stator is configured to short-circuit at a low wind speed, and to cut off from the network.

8. Wind energy system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the generator is connected with the rotor selected from the group consisting of directly connected and indirectly connected.

9. Wind energy system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the operation guide system that is configured to regulate the speed of rotation of the rotor, within a predetermined wind speed range, with adjustment of the rotor blade angles.

10. Wind energy system according to claim 3 ,

wherein the high-set element is configured to switch at a frequency that is a multiple of 10× to 100× of the network frequency.

11. Wind energy system according to claim 7 ,

wherein the stator is configured to short-circuit at a low wind speed by way of a three-phase slip resistor.

Assignments (5)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 25, 2010
From: DEWIND, INC.
To: DEWIND CO.
Reel/Frame 024434/0085 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 11, 2010
From: DEWIND, INC.
To: DEWIND TURBINE CO.
Reel/Frame 024358/0831 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 8, 2009
From: DEWIND LTD.
To: DEWIND, INC.
Reel/Frame 023208/0079 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 4, 2009
From: DEWIND GMBH
To: DEWIND LTD.
Reel/Frame 022248/0874 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 24, 2005
From: WILLISCH, WOLF; MULLER, ROBERT
To: DEWIND GMBH
Reel/Frame 017602/0968 →