Systems and methods are disclosed herein for managing electric vehicle charging control that provide the reduction of the operational cost to charge an electric vehicle by an energy provider and the reduction of load power consumption. In some examples, a charging control unit can include at least one processor, at least one memory, and an energy cost program stored in the memory to provide calculations for one or more optimized charging windows based on the operational cost of providing electricity by the energy provider. The energy cost information can be acquired by performing a day-ahead web scrape of a publicly available energy cost aggregator for the day-ahead settlement point cost of electricity and the market price of electricity. The charging control unit can provide charge control commands to the EV via a vehicle application programming interface.
A system and method for improving computer functionality by retrieving answers/responses to questions/input from a cache such as those used with chatbots and generative Al systems. Disclosed is a multi-layered caching strategy that focuses on the relevance of a cache hit by improving the quality of the answer. The approach demonstrates that response latency is significantly reduced when using caching and how a caching strategy could be applied in various layers of increasing relevance for a simple Question-and- Answer system with the possibility of extending to more complex generative Al interactions.
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CACHING LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL (LLM) RESPONSES USING HYBRID RETRIEVAL AND RECIPROCAL RANK FUSION
A system and method for improving computer functionality by retrieving answers/responses to questions/input from a cache such as those used with chatbots and generative AI systems. Disclosed is a multi-layered caching strategy that focuses on the relevance of a cache hit by improving the quality of the answer. The approach demonstrates that response latency is significantly reduced when using caching and how a caching strategy could be applied in various layers of increasing relevance for a simple Question-and-Answer system with the possibility of extending to more complex generative AI interactions.
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A tower has an above ground portion and an embedded portion joined to the above ground portion. The above ground portion and the embedded portion have a respective plurality of modular sections where each respective modular section in each of the respective plurality of modular sections has a respective vertical height and a quadrilateral plan view cross section with equal plan view outer dimensions over the respective vertical height of the modular section. At least one lower modular section in the above ground portion comprises a stronger structure than a modular section that is above the at least one lower modular section. Each modular section in each of the respective plurality of modular sections has corner struts that are parallel to one another and modular sections in each of the respective plurality of modular sections are arranged in a linear sequence.
A system and method of monitoring equipment performance and predicting failures and required maintenance. One aspect of the present invention uses historical generator electro magnet interference (EMI) signature data and their corresponding generator operational modes (out-of-service and active power output) to generate a baseline library for each generator in the fleet. In this library, each baseline signature is the statistical leverage of all the historical EMI signatures when the generator outputs a certain amount of active power and when the generator is out-of-service. A normality zone associated with each baseline is also provided using the statistical distribution of each data point on the signature curve. So that engineers can use the most suitable baseline when identifying abnormality given certain generator output. The correspondence between EMI signature patterns and generator operational modes is also proved and demonstrated using real-world data.
G01R 21/133 - Dispositions pour procéder aux mesures de la puissance ou du facteur de puissance en utilisant des techniques numériques
G01R 13/02 - Dispositions pour la présentation de variables électriques ou de formes d'ondes pour la présentation sous forme numérique des variables électriques mesurées
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PRECONFIGURED WEATHER-RESISTANT ENCLOSURE ASSEMBLY FOR TERMINATING TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT
A preconfigured weather-resistant enclosure assembly for terminating telecommunication equipment that includes at least one access panel for gaining access to an interior portion, the interior portion of the weather-resistant enclosure including a backboard portion for mounting telecommunication equipment, and at least one internal bus bar to provide electrical ground. A set of one or more solar panels mechanically coupled to the weather-resistant enclosure. The solar panels are typically mechanically coupled to the top side of the weather-resistant enclosure. A renewable energy power management system that includes one or more outputs that provide at least one of 100 VAC-120 VAC power, 220 VAC-240 VAC, 24 VDC-48 VDC, or a combination thereof, the renewable energy power management system is positioned inside the interior portion of the weather-resistant enclosure, the renewable energy power management system includes one or more inputs electrically coupled to the set of one or more solar panels.
A repair device is provided for a wind turbine having a bearing with damaged teeth driven by a motor. The repair device includes a carrier for connection to the bearing and radially aligned with the damaged teeth. A gear train is mounted on the carrier for creating a torque transfer path from the motor to non-damaged teeth of the bearing.
F03D 15/10 - Transmission de l’énergie mécanique utilisant un engrenage non limité à un mouvement rotatif, p. ex. comportant des organes oscillants ou à mouvement alternatif
F03D 80/70 - Dispositions de roulement ou de graissage
Systems and methods to controlling green hydrogen production. A cost of an incremental amount of renewable energy and a marginal amount of hydrogen generated by the incremental amount of renewable energy are determined. An amount of incentive payments available for the marginal amount of hydrogen is determined. A total production cost is compared to a revenue value of the marginal amount of hydrogen that is determined by adjustment of the cost of the incremental amount of renewable energy by the amount of incentive payments. Operating parameters of the hydrogen producing electrolyzer are adjusting, based on a relationship between the total production cost and the present revenue value of the marginal amount of hydrogen, to one of increase or decrease an amount of produced hydrogen.
A work request interface receives work request data for a power generation system. The work request data includes a work request having data characterizing equipment of the power generation system and a first state of the equipment. The work request interface processes the work request to modify at least one field in the work request to provide a standardized work request. The standardized work request includes data characterizing operations needed to change a state of the equipment from the first state to a second state. A work order generator receives the standardized work request and determines a priority of the standardized work request. The work order generator determines a mode of operation of the power generation system needed to change the state of the equipment from the first state to the second state and generates a set of work orders for the work request.
A system and method for improving computer functionality by retrieving answers/responses to questions/input from a cache such as those used with chatbots and generative AI systems. Disclosed is a multi-layered caching strategy that focuses on the relevance of a cache hit by improving the quality of the answer. The approach demonstrates that response latency is significantly reduced when using caching and how a caching strategy could be applied in various layers of increasing relevance for a simple Question-and-Answer system with the possibility of extending to more complex generative AI interactions.
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A solar farm and method of operating same. The solar farm has a first and second inverters with a first and second DC power input, respectively, and also has a first group of solar panels and a second group of solar panels. A first switch selectably alternately connects the first group of solar panels to one of either DC power inputs. An inverter current monitor monitors electrical current flowing into or out of the first inverter. A controller determines that the first inverter is operating as a clipping inverter based on a current measurement by the inverter current monitor while the first switch is connecting the first group of solar panels to the first DC power input. The controller also switches, when it is determined that the first inverter is operating as a clipping inverter, the first switch to connect the first group of solar panels to the second DC power input.
H02J 3/46 - Dispositions pour l’alimentation en parallèle d’un seul réseau, par plusieurs générateurs, convertisseurs ou transformateurs contrôlant la répartition de puissance entre les générateurs, convertisseurs ou transformateurs
H02J 3/00 - Circuits pour réseaux principaux ou de distribution, à courant alternatif
H02J 3/38 - Dispositions pour l’alimentation en parallèle d’un seul réseau, par plusieurs générateurs, convertisseurs ou transformateurs
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DELINEATING PARCELS OF LAND ON A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE
Disclosed is a system and method for identifying various combinations of parcels of land with sufficient transmission, resources, market demand, and available land to build a construct a green hydrogen facility, synthetic natural gas facility and/or an ammonia production facility. Different criteria associated with each parcel of land include land characteristics, including size, ownership, transportation networks, power and water network prices, factories/plants, wells, and community-specific information, market characteristics including historical locational marginal pricing (LMPs). In one example, the present invention identifies clusters of land parcels that minimize the number of land owners, maximize buildable land, minimize transmission cost, maximize NCF, and maximize nodal LMPs.
G06F 30/12 - CAO géométrique caractérisée par des moyens d’entrée spécialement adaptés à la CAO, p. ex. interfaces utilisateur graphiques [UIG] spécialement adaptées à la CAO
G06F 30/13 - Conception architecturale, p. ex. conception architecturale assistée par ordinateur [CAAO] relative à la conception de bâtiments, de ponts, de paysages, d’usines ou de routes
G06F 30/20 - Optimisation, vérification ou simulation de l’objet conçu
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CLEAN HYDROGEN PRODUCTION THROUGH THE SULFUR-IODINE CYCLE
A system for producing hydrogen includes a thermally insulated chamber including a sidewall formed of thermally insulative material and heating elements embedded in the sidewall. The heating elements are coupled to an intermittent power source, and the heating elements heat an interior of the thermally insulated chamber responsive to electrical power from the intermittent power source. The thermally insulated chamber includes an inlet port for receiving sulfuric acid from a sulfur-iodine chamber, a first outlet port for piping sulfur dioxide into the sulfur-iodine chamber and a second outlet port for piping hydrogen and water into a water condenser. The system includes a controller that controls electrical power from the intermittent power source to the heating elements based on an interior temperature of the thermally insulated chamber. The thermally insulated chamber impedes a decay of the interior temperature for an interval of time that the intermittent power source is unavailable.
C01B 3/06 - Production d'hydrogène ou de mélanges gazeux contenant de l'hydrogène par réaction de composés inorganiques comportant un hydrogène lié électropositivement, p. ex. de l'eau, des acides, des bases, de l'ammoniac, avec des agents réducteurs inorganiques
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DRILLING INTELLIGENCE GUIDANCE SYSTEM FOR GUIDING A DRILL
In several aspects, a processor receives a set of parameters characterizing sensor data from a plurality of sensors corresponding to drilling operations of a drill assembly for boring the Earth, and a condition of the drill assembly. The processor selects, by a drill assembly machine learning model executed by the processor, a subset of parameters that are related to the condition of the drill assembly. The drill assembly machine learning model uses an historical record of the set of parameters and a set of conditions of the drill assembly collected over time to determine whether a parameter is related to each condition. The processor applies weights to each parameter of the subset of parameters and weights to different levels of each parameter of the subset of parameters, producing a weighted subset of parameters and outputting the weighted subset of parameters.
E21B 44/00 - Systèmes de commande automatique spécialement adaptés aux opérations de forage, c.-à-d. systèmes à fonctionnement autonome ayant pour rôle d'exécuter ou de modifier une opération de forage sans l'intervention d'un opérateur humain, p. ex. systèmes de forage commandés par ordinateurSystèmes spécialement adaptés à la surveillance de plusieurs variables ou conditions de forage
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DELINEATING PARCELS OF LAND ON A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE
Disclosed is a system and method for identifying various combinations of parcels of land with sufficient transmission, resources, market demand, and available land to build a construct a green hydrogen facility, synthetic natural gas facility and/or an ammonia production facility. Different criteria associated with each parcel of land include land characteristics, including size, ownership, transportation networks, power and water network prices, factories/plants, wells, and community-specific information, market characteristics including historical locational marginal pricing (LMPs). In one example, the present invention identifies clusters of land parcels that minimize the number of land owners, maximize buildable land, minimize transmission cost, maximize NCF, and maximize nodal LMPs.
An autonomous vehicle control system of an autonomous vehicle system is described. The autonomous vehicle control system is configured to receive problem data characterizing a problem detected in a green energy generation system, wherein the problem data includes location data specifying a location of the problem. The autonomous vehicle control system is further configured to deploy the autonomous vehicle system to the location of the problem, the autonomous vehicle system including a rover and a drone docked with the rover in a docking bay, cause the rover to inspect the problem and determine one or more solutions for resolving the problem. The autonomous vehicle control system is further configured to select a solution from the one or more solutions for resolving the problem, wherein the selected solution has a lowest energy consumption among the one or more solutions and cause the autonomous vehicle system to execute the selected solution.
A method for generating a solar field layout includes receiving terrain parameters correspond to topographical data associated with a geographical region of interest on which a prospective solar field is to be built, and receiving engineering tolerance parameters associated with installation height of a torque tube of a prospective row of solar panels. A solar panel row layout profile is generated for each prospective row of the prospective solar field based on the topographical data and based on the engineering tolerance parameters. The solar panel row layout profile of each prospective row of a plurality of rows is aggregated to determine a common level mounting height of the torque tube across each of consecutive prospective rows of solar panels to generate a solar panel row group. A solar field design corresponding to the prospective solar field is generated to include a plurality of solar panel row groups.
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Systems and methods for training a power production estimating system. A first and a second set of sensor data are collected from a first and a second solar array field, respectively, each having a number of solar cell segments. The first solar array field has a first set of sensors and an area greater than a first area, and the second solar array field has a second set of sensors and an area less than a second area with the first area more than three times the second area. A first and second training set are created from the first set and second set of sensor data, respectively. A prediction model based on the first training set is developed that estimates electrical output produced by the first solar array field and is refined based on modelling of the second solar array field using the second training set.
A system for generating power includes an environmental engine that determines performance metrics for a plurality of wind turbines deployed at a plurality of windfarms, such that each windfarm includes a corresponding subset of the plurality of windfarms. The performance metrics for a given wind turbine of the plurality of wind turbines characterizes wind flowing over blades of the given wind turbine. The system includes an artificial intelligence (AI) ensemble engine operating on the one or more computing devices that generates a set of models for each wind turbine of the plurality of wind turbines, wherein each model of each set of models is generated with a different machine learning algorithm and selects, for each respective set of models, a model with a highest efficiency metric. The AI engine provides edge computing systems operating at the plurality of windfarms with a selected model and corresponding recommended operating parameters.
F03D 7/02 - Commande des mécanismes moteurs à vent les mécanismes moteurs à vent ayant l'axe de rotation sensiblement parallèle au flux d'air pénétrant dans le rotor
G05B 19/042 - Commande à programme autre que la commande numérique, c.-à-d. dans des automatismes à séquence ou dans des automates à logique utilisant des processeurs numériques
Computer readable instructions for operations that cause a processor to receive, by a remote recommendation server, a request comprising requestor information characterizing a site of a plurality of sites. The operations cause the processor to receive, by a site database, the requestor information, wherein the site database stores historical data characterizing the plurality of sites over time. The operations also cause the processor to receive, a recommendation engine, the requestor information and generate, by the recommendation engine, a set of plans to curtail the carbon footprint of the site based on the requestor information. The operations further cause the processor to simulate, by the recommendation engine, execution of the set of plans to curtail the carbon footprint of the site and select, by the recommendation engine, a plan of the set of plans to curtail the carbon footprint of the site.
G06Q 10/0637 - Gestion ou analyse stratégiques, p. ex. définition d’un objectif ou d’une cible pour une organisationPlanification des actions en fonction des objectifsAnalyse ou évaluation de l’efficacité des objectifs
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An energy management system includes processing agents that each include a run function to provide a data request for energy-related data and generate an output. A messaging interface receives the energy-related data from data nodes associated with external organizations, power generating facilities, and/or other processing agents in response to the data request, publishes the energy-related data to the requesting processing agent, receives the output from the respective processing agent, and provides the output to other processing agents and/or data nodes. A simulation controller selectively replaces the energy-related data with simulation data for data nodes. An output resolver generates an energy management output based on the outputs provided by processing agents and generates the simulation data based on a deviation in the energy management output resulting from application of the simulation data relative to application of the energy-related data to determine a solution associated with the power generating facilities.
G06Q 10/06 - Ressources, gestion de tâches, des ressources humaines ou de projetsPlanification d’entreprise ou d’organisationModélisation d’entreprise ou d’organisation
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PROVIDING POWER GRID SUPPORT WITH BATTERIES OF CHARGING POINTS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES
A power needs engine predicts a peak recharge time interval for a charging points of charging stations based on state of charge (SoC) data for electric vehicles (EVs) that are within a threshold distance. The SoC data characterizes an SoC of batteries of the EVs. A charge control module creates and/or updates charging schedules for the charging points of the charging stations based on the charge time and the peak recharge time interval for the charging points of the charging stations. The charge control module also provides the charging schedules to computing platforms of the charging points of the charging stations. The computing platforms cause the batteries of the charging points to charge and discharge according to a corresponding charging schedule of the charging schedules.
An energy management system includes processing agents that each include a run function to provide a data request for energy-related data and generate an output. A messaging interface receives the energy-related data from data nodes associated with external organizations, power generating facilities, and/or other processing agents in response to the data request, publishes the energy-related data to the requesting processing agent, receives the output from the respective processing agent, and provides the output to other processing agents and/or data nodes. A simulation controller selectively replaces the energy-related data with simulation data for data nodes. An output resolver generates an energy management output based on the outputs provided by processing agents and generates the simulation data based on a deviation in the energy management output resulting from application of the simulation data relative to application of the energy-related data to determine a solution associated with the power generating facilities.
G05B 19/042 - Commande à programme autre que la commande numérique, c.-à-d. dans des automatismes à séquence ou dans des automates à logique utilisant des processeurs numériques
A non-transitory machine-readable medium includes machine-readable instructions for a cloud computing system. The system comprises a licensing manager that stores licensing data for a plurality of software application projects, authorizing particular accounts to access a subset of the projects. An application marketplace receives a compiled version of a given software application project and licensing information for the project, including a helm chart, a docker image and a version number. The licensing information identifies particular accounts authorized to instantiate the given software application project, and the licensing manager updates the licensing data. An application controller spawns an instance of the given software application project in the cloud computing system in response to a request from a computing platform and verification that the request is associated with an authorized account.
An apparatus for replacing at least one tooth of a gear includes an elongate anchoring lip having a laterally extending lip body with at least one anchoring hole extending longitudinally therethrough. The lip body is bounded within a lateral plane by transversely spaced front and rear lip faces and laterally spaced first and second side edges. A tooth block extends longitudinally from a selected one of the front and rear lip faces. The tooth block includes at least one replacement gear tooth extending longitudinally therealong. The tooth block is spaced laterally apart from at least one of the first and second side edges, with at least a portion of the lip body extending laterally between the tooth block and the at least one of the first and second side edges.
B23P 15/14 - Fabrication d'objets déterminés par des opérations non couvertes par une seule autre sous-classe ou un groupe de la présente sous-classe de pièces d'engrenage, p. ex. de pignons
B23P 6/00 - Remise en état ou réparation des objets
F16H 55/12 - Organes dentésVis sans fin le corps ou la jante étant constitués d'éléments amovibles
A method of replacing at least one tooth of a gear includes providing a tool jig including a mounting block with a plurality of indexing jig features. The tool jig also includes a tool-supporting feature in laterally movable contact with a jig rail feature. With at least one indexing jig feature, relative motion of the tool jig relative to the gear is resisted. A material-removal tool is operated, while attached to the tool-supporting feature in the tooth-removal position, to remove at least a portion of a working circumference of the gear including a native gear tooth to be replaced. Motion of the material-removal tool is guided to generate a circumferential gear cut including a relatively smooth first cut surface formed by removal of at least the native gear tooth to be replaced. The material-removal tool is removed from the tool-supporting feature. The tool jig is removed from the gear.
B23P 6/00 - Remise en état ou réparation des objets
B23P 15/14 - Fabrication d'objets déterminés par des opérations non couvertes par une seule autre sous-classe ou un groupe de la présente sous-classe de pièces d'engrenage, p. ex. de pignons
One example includes battery bank power system. The system includes a plurality of battery bank systems. Each of the battery bank systems can include a battery management system and a plurality of battery racks. Each of the battery racks can include a plurality of battery modules and each of the battery bank systems can be electrically connectable to an inverter bus. The system also includes an inverter that is electrically coupled to the inverter bus and is configured to provide an inverter current from the battery bank systems to a power grid in a discharging operation or to receive the inverter current from the power grid to the battery bank systems in a charging operation. The system further includes a battery system controller that is communicatively coupled to the battery management system of each of the battery bank systems to selectively control the battery bank systems.
A system for guiding a drill assembly boring the Earth can include a drill controller engine that receives parameters characterizing sensor data from a plurality of sensors of the drill assembly, and a condition of the drill assembly. The parameters and condition can be aggregated into a historical record. A subset of the parameters can be selected based on a relationship between the subset of parameters and the condition of the drill assembly, the relationship being determined by a drill assembly machine learning model. A Damage Index (DI) can be calculated from the subset of parameters. The DI can be matched with a plurality of DIs computed for the historical record to determine a risk of failure of the drill assembly. The drilling operations of the drill assembly can be adjusted by the drill controller engine in response to the risk of failure.
E21B 44/00 - Systèmes de commande automatique spécialement adaptés aux opérations de forage, c.-à-d. systèmes à fonctionnement autonome ayant pour rôle d'exécuter ou de modifier une opération de forage sans l'intervention d'un opérateur humain, p. ex. systèmes de forage commandés par ordinateurSystèmes spécialement adaptés à la surveillance de plusieurs variables ou conditions de forage
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Drilling intelligence guidance system for guiding a drill
A system for guiding a drill assembly boring the Earth can include a drill controller engine that receives parameters characterizing sensor data from a plurality of sensors of the drill assembly, and a condition of the drill assembly. The parameters and condition can be aggregated into a historical record. A subset of the parameters can be selected based on a relationship between the subset of parameters and the condition of the drill assembly, the relationship being determined by a drill assembly machine learning model. A Damage Index (DI) can be calculated from the subset of parameters. The DI can be matched with a plurality of DIs computed for the historical record to determine a risk of failure of the drill assembly. The drilling operations of the drill assembly can be adjusted by the drill controller engine in response to the risk of failure.
E21B 44/00 - Systèmes de commande automatique spécialement adaptés aux opérations de forage, c.-à-d. systèmes à fonctionnement autonome ayant pour rôle d'exécuter ou de modifier une opération de forage sans l'intervention d'un opérateur humain, p. ex. systèmes de forage commandés par ordinateurSystèmes spécialement adaptés à la surveillance de plusieurs variables ou conditions de forage
A work request interface receives work request data for a power generation system. The work request data includes a work request having data characterizing equipment of the power generation system and a first state of the equipment. The work request interface processes the work request to modify at least one field in the work request to provide a standardized work request. The standardized work request includes data characterizing operations needed to change a state of the equipment from the first state to a second state. A work order generator receives the standardized work request and determines a priority of the standardized work request. The work order generator determines a mode of operation of the power generation system needed to change the state of the equipment from the first state to the second state and generates a set of work orders for the work request.
Disclosed is a system and method for identifying various combinations of parcels of land with sufficient transmission, resources, market demand, and available land to build a wind farm or solar farm. Different criteria associated with each parcel of land include land characteristics including size, ownership, tree coverage, elevations, terrain, buildable land, transmission characteristics including substation hardware costs, network upgrades, general tie-in costs, market characteristics including historical locational marginal pricing (LMPs), and resource characteristics including net capacity factor (NCF) of wind or solar. In one example, the present invention identifies clusters of land parcels that minimize the number of land owners, maximize buildable land, minimize transmission cost, maximize NCF, and maximize nodal LMPs.
An electric transmission line support structure. A crossarm depending perpendicularly from a vertical shaft has a first and a second mounting point. A central support depends from the crossarm between the first and the second mounting point. A first conductor bundle is attached to the first mounting point by a first structural string and to the central support by a second structural string. A second conductor bundle is connected to the central support by a third structural string and to the second mounting point by a fourth structural string. A fifth structural string, perpendicular to the crossarm and extending between the first conductor bundle and the second conductor bundle, connects the central mounting point to a third conductor bundle that is further from the crossarm than the first conductor bundle and the second conductor bundle. A sixth structural string connects the vertical shaft to the third conductor bundle.
H02G 7/20 - Aménagements d'écartement ou dispositions de lignes ou de câbles sur les poteaux ou les pylônes
H02G 1/04 - Méthodes ou appareils spécialement adaptés à l'installation, entretien, réparation, ou démontage des câbles ou lignes électriques pour lignes ou câbles aériens pour les monter ou les tendre
H02G 1/02 - Méthodes ou appareils spécialement adaptés à l'installation, entretien, réparation, ou démontage des câbles ou lignes électriques pour lignes ou câbles aériens
A method for performing maintenance uptower of a wind turbine is described. The method begins with positioning a cable spacer relative to a yaw deck toe plate, so a portion of the cable spacer is flush with or above a top portion of the yaw deck toe plate. Prior to positioning the cable spacer, the cables may be moved into a relaxed position. Next, a plurality of adjustable length bracing bar assemblies, which are individually adjustable in length in a space defined between an inner wall of the yaw deck toe plate and the cable spacer, are placed uptower. Each adjustable length bracing bar assembly includes a first end formed with a low friction surface and a second end that is mechanically secured to the yaw deck toe plate. The low friction surface can be formed with rubber, plastic, composite, organic material, inorganic material, or a combination thereof.
A solar tracking system includes a database to store data associated with a solar field comprising physical location parameters of each of a set of solar panels. The physical location parameters can include a relative row-to-row height and spacing of the solar panels. The system also includes a parameter aggregation tool to aggregate the physical location parameters to generate aggregate time-based output power data associated with the solar field based on geolocation data associated with the solar field. The system also includes a solar tracking tool to generate a solar tracking control scheme for the solar field based on the aggregate time-based output power data, the geolocation data associated with the solar field, and a row-to-row backtracking constraint. The set of solar panels of the solar field can implement solar tracking based on the solar tracking scheme.
Disclosed is a system and method for improving oil and gas drilling scheduling. A plurality of project projections is performed by accessing data elements, each associated with criteria. Each of the criteria is used to project expected gas production from gas wells, and the criteria include a number of crews to perform jobs and a total number of jobs. The criteria are converted into a uniform data format. Next, a total number of simulations (M) are executed in parallel up to the total number of jobs or until a time period expires. The simulations include evaluating each of the jobs to be performed and which crews are available to perform jobs and executing an algorithm to produce results, wherein the results include a schedule of crews and jobs and a production timeline. The results are ranked with the highest gas production. The results are sent to a display.
E21B 44/00 - Systèmes de commande automatique spécialement adaptés aux opérations de forage, c.-à-d. systèmes à fonctionnement autonome ayant pour rôle d'exécuter ou de modifier une opération de forage sans l'intervention d'un opérateur humain, p. ex. systèmes de forage commandés par ordinateurSystèmes spécialement adaptés à la surveillance de plusieurs variables ou conditions de forage
Disclosed is a system and method for smart control of cooling systems to optimize cooling utilization such that demand charges can be avoided. The present invention groups battery energy storage systems (BESS) containers into multiple individual blocks. The cooling units of individual blocks are staggered to turn ON/OFF with a time delay such that: i) cooling load of each block is below the demand load; ii) if the cooling load of a given block exceeds the demand load (ex: 500 kilowatts), the turn-on time during the demand charge hour is not to exceed the demand charge time limit (example: 15 minutes); iii) No two blocks are operating at the same time; iv) the staggered time limits are to be determined based on real-time monitoring of BESS; and BESS containers' internal temperatures such that they do not exceed a set temperature.
G05B 19/042 - Commande à programme autre que la commande numérique, c.-à-d. dans des automatismes à séquence ou dans des automates à logique utilisant des processeurs numériques
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Semi-autonomous exoskeleton apparatus for solar panel installation
An exoskeleton for installation of solar panels. The exoskeleton includes a central connection structure, at least one leg structure rotatably depending from the central connection structure. Each leg structure has a foot structure depending therefrom to contact a ground surface. At least one arm structure rotatably depends from the central connection structure. At least one solar panel holder depends from an arm structure and releasably holds a solar panel being supported by the arm structure. At least one limb actuator controllably provides forces to rotate the at least one leg structure and the at least one arm structure about the central connection structure to transfer forces from the respective arm supporting the solar panel to the ground surface through the at least one leg structure. A rotatably attached at least one auxiliary tool strut is movably positioned to operate beneath the solar panel as it is mounted onto a support.
An electric transmission line support structure. A first vertical shaft and a parallel second vertical shaft are connected by a crossarm. A first conductor attachment point is connected to the first vertical shaft at a first vertical shaft attachment by a first structural string. A second conductor attachment point is connected to the second vertical shaft at a second vertical shaft attachment point by a second structural string and to the first conductor attachment point by a third structural string. A third conductor attachment point connected to the first vertical shaft at a third vertical shaft attachment point by a fourth structural string and to the second vertical shaft at a fourth vertical shaft attachment point by a fifth structural string. The third vertical shaft attachment point is below the first vertical shaft attachment point, and the fourth vertical shaft attachment point is below the second vertical shaft attachment point.
H02G 7/20 - Aménagements d'écartement ou dispositions de lignes ou de câbles sur les poteaux ou les pylônes
H02G 7/05 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour suspendre les lignes ou câbles électriques
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Long term and short term data management of a file based time series database populated with data collected by an energy sensor for a power generating device or from another data source
An indexer retrieves a set of messages generated by a given data source of a plurality of data sources from a data storage. The indexer also processes the set of messages to generate processed data for the given data source and stores the processed data in a cache. The processed data includes a data file with data from the given data source and an index file identifying a location of the data file. The indexer determines when the processed data for the given generation source reaches a threshold size. The indexer also stores the data file of the processed data in the data storage and updates the index file for the processed data to identify the data storage as the location of the data file.
G06F 16/172 - Mise en cache, pré-extraction ou accumulation de fichiers
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LONG TERM AND SHORT TERM DATA MANAGEMENT OF A FILE BASED TIME SERIES DATABASE POPULATED WITH DATA COLLECTED BY AN ENERGY SENSOR FOR A POWER GENERATING DEVICE OR FROM ANOTHER DATA SOURCE
An indexer retrieves a set of messages generated by a given data source of a plurality of data sources from a data storage. The indexer also processes the set of messages to generate processed data for the given data source and stores the processed data in a cache. The processed data includes a data file with data from the given data source and an index file identifying a location of the data file. The indexer determines when the processed data for the given generation source reaches a threshold size. The indexer also stores the data file of the processed data in the data storage and updates the index file for the processed data to identify the data storage as the location of the data file.
An unmanned aerial vehicle based system, method, and computer program product, for inspection and monitoring construction progress of outdoor power facilities. The method can receive a construction plan and schedule identifying milestones for installation at an outdoor construction site of at least one externally placed piece of equipment specified in the construction plan. A machine learning artificial intelligence processing system identifies, from a set of observed aerial images of the outdoor construction site captured by an unmanned aerial vehicle, at least one externally placed piece of equipment in the outdoor construction site. The identified piece of equipment in the construction site is compared to an expected piece of equipment specified in the construction plan. The difference between identified and expected piece of equipment is reported and the construction schedule can be updated based on the difference. An alert is provided if the difference exceeds a threshold.
G06Q 10/0637 - Gestion ou analyse stratégiques, p. ex. définition d’un objectif ou d’une cible pour une organisationPlanification des actions en fonction des objectifsAnalyse ou évaluation de l’efficacité des objectifs
G06Q 10/0639 - Analyse des performances des employésAnalyse des performances des opérations d’une entreprise ou d’une organisation
G06T 7/70 - Détermination de la position ou de l'orientation des objets ou des caméras
G06V 10/77 - Traitement des caractéristiques d’images ou de vidéos dans les espaces de caractéristiquesDispositions pour la reconnaissance ou la compréhension d’images ou de vidéos utilisant la reconnaissance de formes ou l’apprentissage automatique utilisant l’intégration et la réduction de données, p. ex. analyse en composantes principales [PCA] ou analyse en composantes indépendantes [ ICA] ou cartes auto-organisatrices [SOM]Séparation aveugle de source
42.
Processing images of wind farms and plant farms captured by a drone
An artificial intelligence (AI) ensemble engine analyzes a set of images that include a wind turbine and a region of a plant farm to identify potential problem areas in the wind turbine and the plant farm. The AI ensemble engine also analyzes the potential problem areas of the wind turbine and the plant farm to determine whether maintenance is warranted for the potential problem areas to provide a list of problem areas. A notification manager determines whether each problem area in the list of problem areas is related to a wind turbine or agriculture and generates a notification based on the determination.
A wastewater treatment system includes two or more wastewater treatment reactors selected from an anoxic wastewater treatment reactor, a flex wastewater treatment reactor, and a hydroponic wastewater treatment reactor in fluid communication with and connecting a wastewater system inlet and a treated wastewater system outlet, each of the anoxic reactor, the flex reactor, or the hydroponic reactor including a reactor inlet for receiving wastewater to be treated and a reactor outlet directing treated wastewater from the anoxic reactor, the flex reactor, or the hydroponic reactor. The system also includes: (i) either but not both of the anoxic reactor or the flex reactor, (ii) a hydroponic reactor if the anoxic reactor is included, and (iii) at least two flex reactors if the hydroponic reactor is absent, and wherein at least one of the flex reactor or the hydroponic reactor includes an intermittent or pulsed aeration device and/or a submerged membrane or submerged root zone that achieves a natural gradient of oxidative states that is similar to oxidative states achieved using the intermittent or pulsed aeration device.
C02F 3/32 - Traitement biologique de l'eau, des eaux résiduaires ou des eaux d'égout caractérisé par les animaux ou végétaux utilisés, p. ex. les algues
C02F 3/00 - Traitement biologique de l'eau, des eaux résiduaires ou des eaux d'égout
C02F 3/06 - Procédés aérobies utilisant des filtres immergés
A method for performing uptower maintenance of a wind turbine in order to replace the main bearing on the turbine shaft is disclosed. Embodiments of this method to perform maintenance may include installing a rotor lock to resist rotation of the main shaft during maintenance, providing a lifting device in order to elevate the main shaft, removing the main bearing from its main bearing housing, and installing a replacement split main bearing. A crane may also be installed uptower to assist in the maintenance.
A controller of a power generation system provides, in response to a request or a determination to initiate a heating mode for a photovoltaic (PV) array, a first instruction to an inverter coupled between the PV array and a power grid to apply an initial backfeed voltage on PV modules of the PV array. The PV array comprises a plurality of strings of PV modules coupled in parallel, and a first subset of the strings of PV modules are online and a second subset of the strings of PV modules are offline. The controller monitors current data from a set of current sensors that each measure current provided from a corresponding set of strings of PV modules of the plurality of strings of PV modules of the PV array. The controller also provides a second command to the inverter to adjust the backfeed voltage.
Systems and methods for allocating electrical energy within a storage cell. Energy stored in an energy storage cell is allocated to multiple energy sub-partitions. Each energy sub-partition is associated with a user. A request to buy an amount of energy from an energy sub-partition assigned to another user is sent by a present user to at least one respective user in the plurality of users. Based on sending the request to sell an amount of energy, at least one response with an offer to sell energy to the present user is received. Acceptance of a selected offer within the at least one response is received, where the selected offer was sent by a winning user. The amount of energy is re-allocated from an energy sub-portion allocated to the winning user to an energy sub-portion associated with the present user based on receiving the acceptance.
B60L 55/00 - Dispositions relatives à la fourniture d'énergie emmagasinée dans un véhicule à un réseau électrique, c.-à-d. du véhicule au réseau [V2G]
G05B 19/042 - Commande à programme autre que la commande numérique, c.-à-d. dans des automatismes à séquence ou dans des automates à logique utilisant des processeurs numériques
G06Q 40/04 - TransactionsOpérations boursières, p. ex. actions, marchandises, produits dérivés ou change de devises
H02J 7/00 - Circuits pour la charge ou la dépolarisation des batteries ou pour alimenter des charges par des batteries
H02J 3/00 - Circuits pour réseaux principaux ou de distribution, à courant alternatif
B60L 58/20 - Procédés ou agencements de circuits pour surveiller ou commander des batteries ou des piles à combustible, spécialement adaptés pour des véhicules électriques pour la surveillance et la commande des batteries de plusieurs modules de batterie ayant différentes tensions nominales
A drone for replacing a removeable device can include a drone body with at least three lift-generating rotors spaced apart from the drone body and operating in concert that provide lift sufficient to propel the drone in at least six directions. The drone can include a first bay attached to the drone body, the first bay comprising a first mounting mechanism to dismount a first removeable device from a device receptacle and to securely stow the first removeable device. The drone can also include a second bay attached to the drone body comprising a second mounting mechanism to stow a second removeable device and to mount the second removeable device on the device receptacle.
A system for generating power includes an environmental engine that determines performance metrics for a plurality of wind turbines deployed at a plurality of windfarms, such that each windfarm includes a corresponding subset of the plurality of windfarms. The performance metrics for a given wind turbine of the plurality of wind turbines characterizes wind flowing over blades of the given wind turbine. The system includes an artificial intelligence (AI) ensemble engine operating on the one or more computing devices that generates a set of models for each wind turbine of the plurality of wind turbines, wherein each model of each set of models is generated with a different machine learning algorithm and selects, for each respective set of models, a model with a highest efficiency metric. The AI engine provides edge computing systems operating at the plurality of windfarms with a selected model and corresponding recommended operating parameters.
F03D 7/02 - Commande des mécanismes moteurs à vent les mécanismes moteurs à vent ayant l'axe de rotation sensiblement parallèle au flux d'air pénétrant dans le rotor
G05B 19/042 - Commande à programme autre que la commande numérique, c.-à-d. dans des automatismes à séquence ou dans des automates à logique utilisant des processeurs numériques
In some examples, sensor data comprising a first set and second set of sensor data can be received. The first set of sensor data can be provided to a rule-based classifier to identify a first normalized data tag. The second set of sensor data can be provided to a trained classifier to identify a second normalized data tag. The trained classifier can include a machine-learning model that has been trained based on tag sensor training data for classifying the second set of sensor data into a respective class associated with the second normalized data tag. The first and second sets of sensor data can be updated with respective first and second normalized data tags to normalize the first and second sets of sensor data to provide a standardized data label for each of the first and second sets of sensor data.
A system for generating power includes an environmental engine operating on one or more computing devices that determines a wind flowing over a blade of a wind turbine, wherein the wind flowing over the blade of the wind turbine varies based on environmental conditions and operating parameters of the wind turbine. The system also includes an artificial intelligence (AI) ensemble engine operating on the one or more computing devices that generates a plurality of different models for the wind turbine. Each model characterizes a relationship between at least two of a rotor speed, a blade pitch, the wind flowing over the blade, a wind speed and a turbulence intensity for the wind turbine. The AI ensemble engine selects a model with a highest efficiency metric, and simulates execution of the selected model to determine recommended operating parameters.
G05B 19/042 - Commande à programme autre que la commande numérique, c.-à-d. dans des automatismes à séquence ou dans des automates à logique utilisant des processeurs numériques
F03D 7/02 - Commande des mécanismes moteurs à vent les mécanismes moteurs à vent ayant l'axe de rotation sensiblement parallèle au flux d'air pénétrant dans le rotor
Systems and methods to monitor a wind turbine azimuth drivetrain. Azimuth variation characteristics data are accumulated from wind turbines over a period of time. Clusters of values within the azimuth variation characteristics data are identified and a respective condition of the main drivetrain is associated with different clusters of values. After the associating, a measured set of azimuth variation characteristics data is received. A cluster corresponds to values in the measured set of azimuth variation characteristics data is determined and a condition associated with that cluster is determined to be a condition associated with the subject main drivetrain. That condition is then reported.
A system for preventing unauthorized access to a network can include a secure container having an access portal for controlling access to contents of the secure container and a security checkpoint configured to determine a state of the access portal and to receive an authorization code for opening the access portal. The security checkpoint can also include a logical lock module that switches to a breach mode of operation in response to a signal from the security checkpoint indicating that the access portal has been opened without receipt of the authorization code within a predetermined amount of time. The system can also include a network switch disposed within the secure container. The network switch is configured to communicate on a network and disable outgoing network communications to the network in response to a breach signal indicating that the logical lock module has switched to the breach mode.
G08B 25/08 - Systèmes d'alarme dans lesquels l'emplacement du lieu où existe la condition déclenchant l'alarme est signalé à une station centrale, p. ex. systèmes télégraphiques d'incendie ou de police caractérisés par le moyen de transmission utilisant les lignes de communication
H04L 49/35 - Interrupteurs spécialement adaptés à des applications spécifiques
H04W 88/04 - Dispositifs terminaux adapté à la retransmission à destination ou en provenance d'un autre terminal ou utilisateur
H04L 9/32 - Dispositions pour les communications secrètes ou protégéesProtocoles réseaux de sécurité comprenant des moyens pour vérifier l'identité ou l'autorisation d'un utilisateur du système
G08B 13/08 - Déclenchement mécanique par ouverture, p. ex. de portes, de fenêtres, de tiroirs, de contrevents, de rideaux ou de stores
G07C 9/00 - Enregistrement de l’entrée ou de la sortie d'une entité isolée
G05B 19/05 - Automates à logique programmables, p. ex. simulant les interconnexions logiques de signaux d'après des diagrammes en échelle ou des organigrammes
An information processing system validates authorization of a removable storage device for accessing the system. For example, the system detects a removable storage device. A first content hash and a first set of device verification data are obtained from a validation token stored on the storage device. A second content hash is obtained based on hashing content currently stored on the storage device. A second set of device verification data is obtained from the storage device. The system denies the storage device access to the system based on at least one of the first and second content hashes failing to match and the first and second sets of device verification data failing to match. The system grants the storage device access to the system based on the first and second content hashes matching and the first and second sets of device verification data matching.
H04L 9/06 - Dispositions pour les communications secrètes ou protégéesProtocoles réseaux de sécurité l'appareil de chiffrement utilisant des registres à décalage ou des mémoires pour le codage par blocs, p. ex. système DES
H04L 9/32 - Dispositions pour les communications secrètes ou protégéesProtocoles réseaux de sécurité comprenant des moyens pour vérifier l'identité ou l'autorisation d'un utilisateur du système
H04L 9/30 - Clé publique, c.-à-d. l'algorithme de chiffrement étant impossible à inverser par ordinateur et les clés de chiffrement des utilisateurs n'exigeant pas le secret
54.
Dynamic battery charging for maximum wind/solar peak clipping recapture
Various embodiments charges battery for a renewable energy source. In one embodiment, a forecast having a plurality of predetermined time intervals with a predicted energy input level of the renewable energy source corresponding to each predetermined time interval is received. A setpoint is calculated for each predetermined time interval for an amount of power available to charge the battery based on the forecast. The battery is charged during a predetermined time interval according to its corresponding setpoint. An actual energy input level of the renewable energy source is monitored and compared to the predicted energy input level for its corresponding time interval to determine a lesser energy input level. The lesser energy input level is set as the setpoint for the corresponding predetermined time interval.
H02J 7/00 - Circuits pour la charge ou la dépolarisation des batteries ou pour alimenter des charges par des batteries
H02J 3/38 - Dispositions pour l’alimentation en parallèle d’un seul réseau, par plusieurs générateurs, convertisseurs ou transformateurs
G05B 13/02 - Systèmes de commande adaptatifs, c.-à-d. systèmes se réglant eux-mêmes automatiquement pour obtenir un rendement optimal suivant un critère prédéterminé électriques
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Wind turbine damage detection system using machine learning
A system for monitoring a plurality of wind turbines can include a turbine categorizer, executing on one or more computing platforms that categorizes each of a plurality of wind turbines as being damaged or undamaged to form a list of potentially damaged wind turbines. The system can also include a damage evaluator executing on the one or more computing platforms that predicts a damage type and a stage for each wind turbine in the list of potentially damaged wind turbines. The system can further include an impact engine executing on the one or more computing platforms that assigns a repair window and a priority for each wind turbine in the list of potentially damaged wind turbines based on a respective predicted damage type and stage.
Systems and methods for monitoring an operational system. A data set with output power values and associated environmental data values for an electrical generation system are accumulated. Statistical relationships are determined for output power values and environmental data values. Outlying data is determined based on the statistical relationships and are removed from the data set to create selected data. A regression model is developed from the selected data to map predicted output power values to values of environmental data. Data with present output power values and present associated environmental data for the electrical generation system are later received. Predicted output power values are predicted by the regression model for the present associated environmental data. An output power discrepancy is identified by comparing the predicted output power to the present output power. A notification of an anomaly is provided based on identification of the output power discrepancy.
G05B 13/04 - Systèmes de commande adaptatifs, c.-à-d. systèmes se réglant eux-mêmes automatiquement pour obtenir un rendement optimal suivant un critère prédéterminé électriques impliquant l'usage de modèles ou de simulateurs
A method for performing uptower maintenance of a wind turbine in order to replace the main bearing on the turbine shaft is disclosed. Embodiments of this method to perform maintenance may include installing a rotor lock to resist rotation of the main shaft during maintenance, providing a lifting device in order to elevate the main shaft, removing the main bearing from its main bearing housing, and installing a replacement split main bearing. A crane may also be installed uptower to assist in the maintenance.
Various embodiments distributively control a wind park having a plurality of wind turbines. Each wind turbine controlled by its own turbine controller. Each turbine controller determines power production capability of its dedicated wind turbine. The power production capability of the single wind turbine is communicated with a plurality of other turbine controllers in the wind park. A consensus power distribution schedule to distribute power to a power grid is determined using votes from each turbine controller in the wind park. Energy is discharged from each wind turbine to a power grid according to the power distribution schedule. When one wind turbine fails, a new power distribution schedule is determined using votes from each remaining turbine controller and energy is discharged from each wind turbine to the power grid according to the new power distribution schedule.
F03D 7/02 - Commande des mécanismes moteurs à vent les mécanismes moteurs à vent ayant l'axe de rotation sensiblement parallèle au flux d'air pénétrant dans le rotor
H02J 3/38 - Dispositions pour l’alimentation en parallèle d’un seul réseau, par plusieurs générateurs, convertisseurs ou transformateurs
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Solar panel array performance testing system with defined time and location illumination
One example includes a test illumination system comprising a light source and a location controller configured to generate location data associated with a real-time location of the test illumination system. The test illumination system can be configured to move relative to a solar panel array in response to a solar testing protocol to provide illumination from the light source at a defined illumination time to each solar panel of the solar panel array in a sequence to provide a voltage amplitude. The system also includes a solar panel testing controller configured to correlate the location data of the test illumination system, the defined illumination time, and the voltage amplitude for each solar panel of the solar panel array in the sequence to determine an efficacy of each solar panel of the solar panel array.
H02S 50/15 - Tests de dispositifs PV, p. ex. de modules PV ou de cellules PV individuelles utilisant des moyens optiques, e.g. utilisant l'électroluminescence
H02S 50/10 - Tests de dispositifs PV, p. ex. de modules PV ou de cellules PV individuelles
60.
Regulating charging and discharging of an energy storage device as part of an electrical power distribution network
A system and a method for regulating charging and discharging of an energy storage device as part of an electrical power distribution network is described. The invention is a smart control algorithm for a bi-directional switch in which an energy storage device, such as a battery set, is charged when electricity prices are low and discharged when electricity prices are high. The invention uses two different types of pricing data: forecasted price data and real-time price data. The forecasted price data is used to set a threshold. When the real-time price data of electricity exceeds this threshold, the energy storage device is set to discharge and send power to the grid. Otherwise the energy storage device is set to charge. The threshold is set periodically, typically in 30 minute to several hour intervals to capture the latest data.
H02J 7/00 - Circuits pour la charge ou la dépolarisation des batteries ou pour alimenter des charges par des batteries
G06Q 30/02 - MarketingEstimation ou détermination des prixCollecte de fonds
G05B 13/04 - Systèmes de commande adaptatifs, c.-à-d. systèmes se réglant eux-mêmes automatiquement pour obtenir un rendement optimal suivant un critère prédéterminé électriques impliquant l'usage de modèles ou de simulateurs
H02J 7/04 - Régulation du courant ou de la tension de charge
One example includes a method for generating a solar farm design. Geographic map data defines geographic features and boundaries of a geographic region. A solar panel block library that stores virtual solar panel block types is accessed. Each of the virtual solar panel block types corresponds to a design of a respective solar panel block that includes solar panels, an inverter, and an access road, and each virtual solar panel block type includes predetermined dimensions and a predefined output power rating. An array of a virtual solar panel block type to fit within the geographic features and boundaries of the geographic region on the map is generated based on the dimensions of each of the virtual solar panel blocks in the array. The array is iteratively modified to optimize a criterion of the solar farm design, and the design is stored in a memory for subsequent solar farm installation.
G06F 30/18 - Conception de réseaux, p. ex. conception basée sur les aspects topologiques ou d’interconnexion des systèmes d’approvisionnement en eau, électricité ou gaz, de tuyauterie, de chauffage, ventilation et climatisation [CVC], ou de systèmes de câblage
H02S 40/32 - Composants électriques comprenant un onduleur CC/CA associé au module PV lui-même, p. ex. module CA
H02S 10/00 - Centrales électriques PVCombinaisons de systèmes d’énergie PV avec d’autres systèmes pour la production d’énergie électrique
G06F 30/13 - Conception architecturale, p. ex. conception architecturale assistée par ordinateur [CAAO] relative à la conception de bâtiments, de ponts, de paysages, d’usines ou de routes
H02J 3/38 - Dispositions pour l’alimentation en parallèle d’un seul réseau, par plusieurs générateurs, convertisseurs ou transformateurs
G06F 119/06 - Analyse de puissance ou optimisation de puissance
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Curtailing battery degradation of an electric vehicle during long-term parking
A non-transitory machine readable medium having machine executable instructions can include a charge control application. The charge control application can determine, in response to detecting that an electric vehicle (EV) is electrically coupled to a vehicle-to-grid (V2G) interface, a degradation threshold state of charge (SoC) for a battery of the EV. The charge control application can also command the V2G interface to discharge the battery of the EV to a lower threshold SoC that is below the degradation threshold SoC. The charge control application can further command the V2G interface to charge the battery of the EV to an upper threshold SoC that is above the degradation threshold SoC at a return threshold time, wherein the return threshold time is a calculated amount of time prior to an expected return time of an operator of the EV.
B60L 58/13 - Maintien de l’état de charge [SoC] à l'intérieur d'une plage déterminée
B60K 6/20 - Agencement ou montage de plusieurs moteurs primaires différents pour une propulsion réciproque ou commune, p. ex. systèmes de propulsion hybrides comportant des moteurs électriques et des moteurs à combustion interne les moteurs primaires étant constitués de moteurs électriques et de moteurs à combustion interne, p. ex. des VEH
Systems and methods for allocating electrical energy within a storage cell. Energy stored in an energy storage cell is allocated to multiple energy sub-partitions. Each energy sub-partition is associated with a user. A request to buy an amount of energy from an energy sub-partition assigned to another user is sent by a present user to at least one respective user in the plurality of users. Based on sending the request to sell an amount of energy, at least one response with an offer to sell energy to the present user is received. Acceptance of a selected offer within the at least one response is received, where the selected offer was sent by a winning user. The amount of energy is re-allocated from an energy sub-portion allocated to the winning user to an energy sub-portion associated with the present user based on receiving the acceptance.
B60L 55/00 - Dispositions relatives à la fourniture d'énergie emmagasinée dans un véhicule à un réseau électrique, c.-à-d. du véhicule au réseau [V2G]
G05B 19/042 - Commande à programme autre que la commande numérique, c.-à-d. dans des automatismes à séquence ou dans des automates à logique utilisant des processeurs numériques
G06Q 40/04 - TransactionsOpérations boursières, p. ex. actions, marchandises, produits dérivés ou change de devises
H02J 7/00 - Circuits pour la charge ou la dépolarisation des batteries ou pour alimenter des charges par des batteries
H02J 3/00 - Circuits pour réseaux principaux ou de distribution, à courant alternatif
B60L 58/20 - Procédés ou agencements de circuits pour surveiller ou commander des batteries ou des piles à combustible, spécialement adaptés pour des véhicules électriques pour la surveillance et la commande des batteries de plusieurs modules de batterie ayant différentes tensions nominales
One example includes a battery power system that includes a plurality of battery containers. Each of the battery containers can include a plurality of battery modules that provide output power to a point-of-interconnect associated with a power grid. Each of a portion of the plurality of battery containers includes a plurality of original battery modules and at least one of a plurality of redistributed battery modules from a redistributed battery container. The redistributed battery container includes battery modules of a substantially similar state-of-health to the plurality of original battery modules of each of the portion of the plurality of battery containers. The redistributed battery container includes a plurality of newer battery modules with a substantially similar state-of-health that is greater than the state-of-health of the plurality of original battery modules and which were subsequently installed after redistribution of the plurality of redistributed battery modules.
G01R 31/392 - Détermination du vieillissement ou de la dégradation de la batterie, p. ex. état de santé
G01R 31/42 - Tests d'alimentation d'alimentations en courant alternatif
G01R 31/319 - Matériel de test, c.-à-d. circuits de traitement de signaux de sortie
G01R 31/367 - Logiciels à cet effet, p. ex. pour le test des batteries en utilisant une modélisation ou des tables de correspondance
G01R 31/389 - Mesure de l’impédance interne, de la conductance interne ou des variables similaires
G01R 31/3842 - Dispositions pour la surveillance de variables des batteries ou des accumulateurs, p. ex. état de charge combinant des mesures de tension et de courant
H01M 10/48 - Accumulateurs combinés à des dispositions pour mesurer, tester ou indiquer l'état des éléments, p. ex. le niveau ou la densité de l'électrolyte
A power generation system is disclosed that includes a photovoltaic (PV) array having a number of strings of PV modules switchably connected to a respective input node, an inverter comprising a plurality of inputs each coupled to each respective input node, each respective input node being coupled to a respective input of a DC-to-DC converter. An output of the DC-to-DC converter is switchably connected to an energy storage source, wherein the DC-to-DC converter charges the energy storage source with a portion of an output power of the PV array that exceeds a maximum inverter power. A controller incrementally disconnects subsets of the plurality of strings of PV modules from the respective input nodes to decrease an input current and input power to the inverter in response to an output voltage or output current of the PV array exceeding a threshold and the energy storage source being un-chargeable or unavailable.
H02J 3/38 - Dispositions pour l’alimentation en parallèle d’un seul réseau, par plusieurs générateurs, convertisseurs ou transformateurs
H02M 3/04 - Transformation d'une puissance d'entrée en courant continu en une puissance de sortie en courant continu sans transformation intermédiaire en courant alternatif par convertisseurs statiques
H02J 7/35 - Fonctionnement en parallèle, dans des réseaux, de batteries avec d'autres sources à courant continu, p. ex. batterie tampon avec des cellules sensibles à la lumière
H02J 3/14 - Circuits pour réseaux principaux ou de distribution, à courant alternatif pour règler la tension dans des réseaux à courant alternatif par changement d'une caractéristique de la charge du réseau par interruption, ou mise en circuit, des charges du réseau, p. ex. charge équilibrée progressivement
66.
Controlling a behind the meter energy storage and dispatch system to improve power efficiency
One example includes a forecast engine that generates forecast data that characterizes predicted operating conditions of an energy storage system for a given time period in the future, wherein the predicted operating conditions are based on a load history for a power consuming premises coupled to the energy storage system and on a value history for power provided to and consumed from a power grid. The load history of the power consuming premises characterizes unmetered power transferred to the power consuming premises, metered powered transferred from the power grid to the power consuming premises and metered powered exchanged from the energy storage system to the power grid. In the example, a schedule manager generates an operation schedule for operating the energy storage system. The operation schedule includes charge and discharge patterns for an energy storage source that are tuned to curtail power costs and/or elevate power revenue value.
H02J 3/28 - Dispositions pour l'équilibrage de charge dans un réseau par emmagasinage d'énergie
G05B 13/04 - Systèmes de commande adaptatifs, c.-à-d. systèmes se réglant eux-mêmes automatiquement pour obtenir un rendement optimal suivant un critère prédéterminé électriques impliquant l'usage de modèles ou de simulateurs
H02J 3/32 - Dispositions pour l'équilibrage de charge dans un réseau par emmagasinage d'énergie utilisant des batteries avec moyens de conversion
H02J 3/00 - Circuits pour réseaux principaux ou de distribution, à courant alternatif
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Curtailing battery degradation of an electric vehicle during long-term parking
A non-transitory machine readable medium having machine executable instructions can include a charge control application. The charge control application can determine, in response to detecting that an electric vehicle (EV) is electrically coupled to a vehicle-to-grid (V2G) interface, a degradation threshold state of charge (SoC) for a battery of the EV. The charge control application can also command the V2G interface to discharge the battery of the EV to a lower threshold SoC that is below the degradation threshold SoC. The charge control application can further command the V2G interface to charge the battery of the EV to an upper threshold SoC that is above the degradation threshold SoC at a return threshold time, wherein the return threshold time is a calculated amount of time prior to an expected return time of an operator of the EV.
B60L 58/13 - Maintien de l’état de charge [SoC] à l'intérieur d'une plage déterminée
B60K 6/20 - Agencement ou montage de plusieurs moteurs primaires différents pour une propulsion réciproque ou commune, p. ex. systèmes de propulsion hybrides comportant des moteurs électriques et des moteurs à combustion interne les moteurs primaires étant constitués de moteurs électriques et de moteurs à combustion interne, p. ex. des VEH
A system for generating power includes an environmental engine operating on one or more computing devices that determines a Reynolds number for a wind turbine, wherein the Reynolds number characterizes wind flowing over a blade of the wind turbine that varies based on the wind speed, a rotor speed and characteristics of the blade of the wind turbine. The system also includes an artificial intelligence (AI) ensemble engine operating on the one or more computing devices that generates a plurality of different models for the wind turbine. Each model characterizes a relationship between the rotor speed and a blade pitch for the wind turbine, the Reynolds number, wind speed and turbulence intensity for the wind turbine. The AI ensemble engine selects a model with a highest efficiency metric; and simulates execution of the selected model to determine recommended operating parameters.
F03D 7/02 - Commande des mécanismes moteurs à vent les mécanismes moteurs à vent ayant l'axe de rotation sensiblement parallèle au flux d'air pénétrant dans le rotor
G05B 19/042 - Commande à programme autre que la commande numérique, c.-à-d. dans des automatismes à séquence ou dans des automates à logique utilisant des processeurs numériques
An articulating joint for a wind turbine having a tower defining a shaft and a deck provided in the shaft includes a bracket extending from a first end having a fixed connection with the deck to a second end including an opening. A fastener includes a head pivotably connected to the tower and a shaft extending through the opening. A washer connected to the bracket is aligned with the opening for receiving the shaft such that the fastener is pivotable with the washer relative to the opening to allow for relative movement between the tower and the deck.
E04H 12/18 - ToursMâts ou pylônesCheminées d'usineChâteaux d'eauProcédés d'édification de ces structures mobiles ou avec des sections mobiles, p. ex. tournantes ou télescopiques
F03D 80/80 - Disposition des composants dans les nacelles ou les tours
F03D 13/20 - Dispositions pour monter ou supporter des mécanismes moteurs à ventPylônes ou tours pour des mécanismes moteurs à vent
F03D 7/02 - Commande des mécanismes moteurs à vent les mécanismes moteurs à vent ayant l'axe de rotation sensiblement parallèle au flux d'air pénétrant dans le rotor
F16C 11/06 - Articulations à rotuleAutres articulations ayant plus d'un degré de liberté angulaire, c.-à-d. joints universels
E04H 9/02 - Bâtiments, groupes de bâtiments ou abris conçus pour résister à des situations extérieures anormales, p. ex. à des bombardements, à des séismes ou à des climats extrêmes, ou pour se protéger de ces situations résistant aux séismes ou à l'effondrement du sol
E04B 1/34 - Structures particulières, p. ex. avec des parties suspendues ou en encorbellement supportées par des poteaux ou des structures analogues à des tours, renfermant des ascenseurs ou des escaliersConstructions en généralStructures qui ne sont limitées ni aux murs, p. ex. aux cloisons, ni aux planchers, ni aux plafonds, ni aux toits caractéristiques relatives à la stabilité élastique
70.
Portable rechargeable battery pack with a selectable battery switch and state of charge display for cordless power tools
A brief case sized battery pack for powering large power tools for use in portable applications. Large cordless power tools, such as torque guns, are often used to fasten very large nuts on wind turbines. AC power for charging may not be available depending on the location within the wind turbine. The portable rechargeable battery pack has several battery elements, each element able to power the cordless power tool. Using a selectable switch, a user manually selects the battery element to power the cordless power tool. The manually operable switch electrically connects to enable one of the first battery elements to be electrically coupled to the at least one DC output electrical connector while the DC output of a battery charger simultaneously charges all the battery elements. In one example, the DC output connector provides at least four positive DC leads all at different voltages plus ground.
H02J 7/00 - Circuits pour la charge ou la dépolarisation des batteries ou pour alimenter des charges par des batteries
H02J 7/02 - Circuits pour la charge ou la dépolarisation des batteries ou pour alimenter des charges par des batteries pour la charge des batteries par réseaux à courant alternatif au moyen de convertisseurs
H01M 10/6563 - Gaz avec circulation forcée, p. ex. par des soufflantes
B25F 5/02 - Structure des boîtiers, corps ou poignées
H01M 10/48 - Accumulateurs combinés à des dispositions pour mesurer, tester ou indiquer l'état des éléments, p. ex. le niveau ou la densité de l'électrolyte
H01M 2/10 - Montures; Dispositifs de suspension; Amortisseurs; Dispositifs de manutention ou de transport; Supports
H01M 10/46 - Accumulateurs combinés par structure avec un appareil de charge
B25B 21/00 - Outils portatifs à moteur pour serrer ou desserrer les vis ou les écrousAccessoires pour appareils à percer ayant les mêmes buts
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Voltage droop compensation for a utility power system
One example includes a utility power system. The system includes a power generator system, the power generator system comprising a generator step-up (GSU) transformer and a power generator. The power generator can be configured to provide generator power to a power transmission system via the GSU transformer in a feedback manner based on a predetermined setpoint. The system further includes a voltage droop compensation controller configured to monitor the generator power at a high-side of the GSU transformer and to adjust the predetermined setpoint based on the monitored generator power to substantially mitigate circulating currents.
H02J 3/18 - Dispositions pour réglage, élimination ou compensation de puissance réactive dans les réseaux
H02J 3/38 - Dispositions pour l’alimentation en parallèle d’un seul réseau, par plusieurs générateurs, convertisseurs ou transformateurs
H02J 13/00 - Circuits pour pourvoir à l'indication à distance des conditions d'un réseau, p. ex. un enregistrement instantané des conditions d'ouverture ou de fermeture de chaque sectionneur du réseauCircuits pour pourvoir à la commande à distance des moyens de commutation dans un réseau de distribution d'énergie, p. ex. mise en ou hors circuit de consommateurs de courant par l'utilisation de signaux d'impulsion codés transmis par le réseau
G05B 19/042 - Commande à programme autre que la commande numérique, c.-à-d. dans des automatismes à séquence ou dans des automates à logique utilisant des processeurs numériques
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Adaptive alarm and dispatch system using incremental regressive model development
Systems and methods for monitoring an operational system. An initial set of sensor data is accumulated from a system over a substantially shorter time than is required to collect data to characterize a regression model for an operating parameter of the system. An initial regression model is created based on the initial set of sensor data. A subsequent set of sensor data is received from the at least one sensor after creating the initial regression model. An expected dependent value for the subsequent independent value is determined using the initial regression model. An operator is prompted to update the initial regression model based on a difference between a subsequent dependent value and the expected dependent value. The initial regression model is updated to incorporate the subsequent set of sensor data. A notification is provided based on a difference between presently received sensor data and the updated regression model.
A power generation and storage system is provided that supplies power to a power grid. The system includes a wind turbine, a doubly-fed induction generator coupled to the wind turbine, and one or more DC energy sources. A controller determines power requirements for the power grid and controls the operation of the wind turbine and the DC energy sources to meet the power requirements of the power grid.
A system for generating power includes a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system that provides control commands to a plurality of turbine controllers to cause a windfarm to output power at a level within power parameters in a setpoint. Each turbine controller is installed at a corresponding wind turbine of a plurality of wind turbines in the windfarm. The system also includes a backup system comprising a programmable logic controller (PLC). The PLC receives turbine state information from the SCADA system that characterizes an operational state of each of the plurality of wind turbines in the windfarm and detects that the SCADA system is offline. The PLC also selectively provides start and stop commands to a plurality of terminal interface units (TIUs) to cause the windfarm to output power at a level within the power parameters identified in the setpoint in response to the detecting.
G05B 19/05 - Automates à logique programmables, p. ex. simulant les interconnexions logiques de signaux d'après des diagrammes en échelle ou des organigrammes
F03D 7/02 - Commande des mécanismes moteurs à vent les mécanismes moteurs à vent ayant l'axe de rotation sensiblement parallèle au flux d'air pénétrant dans le rotor
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Reactive power control integrated with renewable energy power invertor
Systems and methods to incorporate control of reactive power produced by a variable reactive power output inverter that is installed in an existing installed power generation site. A reactive power output command value limiter is integrated with the variable reactive power output inverter. The reactive power command limiter iteratively: receives a reactive power command value, determines a threshold reactive power output value based on present real power output, determines that the reactive power command value exceeds the threshold reactive power output value, changes, based on the determining that the reactive power command value exceeds the threshold reactive power output value, the reactive power output command input value to a limited value reactive power output command that is one of equal to or less than the threshold reactive power output value, and outputs the limited value reactive power output command to the variable reactive power output inverter.
One example includes a forecast engine that generates forecast data that characterizes predicted operating conditions of an energy storage system for a given time period in the future, wherein the predicted operating conditions are based on a load history for a power consuming premises coupled to the energy storage system and on a value history for power provided to and consumed from a power grid. The load history of the power consuming premises characterizes unmetered power transferred to the power consuming premises, metered powered transferred from the power grid to the power consuming premises and metered powered exchanged from the energy storage system to the power grid. In the example, a schedule manager generates an operation schedule for operating the energy storage system. The operation schedule includes charge and discharge patterns for an energy storage source that are tuned to curtail power costs and/or elevate power revenue value.
H02J 3/28 - Dispositions pour l'équilibrage de charge dans un réseau par emmagasinage d'énergie
G05B 13/04 - Systèmes de commande adaptatifs, c.-à-d. systèmes se réglant eux-mêmes automatiquement pour obtenir un rendement optimal suivant un critère prédéterminé électriques impliquant l'usage de modèles ou de simulateurs
H02J 3/00 - Circuits pour réseaux principaux ou de distribution, à courant alternatif
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Battery energy storage system integrated with electrical generation site
A method of creating an interconnected combination of a stored energy electric generation system to a variable electric power generation system, said combination, and a method of operating same. A stored energy electric generation system is added to a variable output electric power generation system. An input/output of the stored energy electric power generation system is connected to a power output of the variable electric power generation system and an indicator of power flow level through the power input/output of the stored energy electric power generation system is provided to a controller of the variable electric power generation system. The controller is configured to adjust the output power of the variable electric power generation system based on the indicator of the present stored energy system electric power flow level and a present site output electric power level.
H02J 3/38 - Dispositions pour l’alimentation en parallèle d’un seul réseau, par plusieurs générateurs, convertisseurs ou transformateurs
F03D 7/02 - Commande des mécanismes moteurs à vent les mécanismes moteurs à vent ayant l'axe de rotation sensiblement parallèle au flux d'air pénétrant dans le rotor
F03D 9/11 - Combinaisons des mécanismes moteurs à vent avec un appareil emmagasinant de l’énergie emmagasinant de l’énergie électrique
H02J 3/28 - Dispositions pour l'équilibrage de charge dans un réseau par emmagasinage d'énergie
One example includes a wind farm power control system. The system includes a wind farm controller configured to monitor a power characteristic at a high-side of a generator step-up (GSU) transformer. The high-side of the GSU transformer is coupled to a point-of-interconnect (POI) that provides power from the wind farm to a power grid. The system also includes an automatic voltage regulator (AVR) configured to monitor a voltage of a power bus associated with a low-side of the GSU transformer, the power bus being provided power from a plurality of feeder groups. Each of the plurality of feeder groups includes a plurality of wind turbines. The AVR can be further configured to regulate the power characteristic at the high-side of the GSU transformer to within a predetermined range of amplitudes based on the voltage of the power bus.
F03D 9/25 - Mécanismes moteurs à vent caractérisés par l’appareil entrainé l’appareil étant un générateur électrique
F03D 17/00 - Surveillance ou test de mécanismes moteurs à vent, p. ex. diagnostics
H02K 7/18 - Association structurelle de génératrices électriques à des moteurs mécaniques d'entraînement, p. ex. à des turbines
F03D 7/02 - Commande des mécanismes moteurs à vent les mécanismes moteurs à vent ayant l'axe de rotation sensiblement parallèle au flux d'air pénétrant dans le rotor
H02J 3/38 - Dispositions pour l’alimentation en parallèle d’un seul réseau, par plusieurs générateurs, convertisseurs ou transformateurs
A defect detector can receive measured data characterizing an operational performance of a population of sets of parallel operating power sources of a power supplier for a power distribution system. The defect detector can employ statistical analysis to detect a potential defect in a subset of the parallel operating power sources of the power supplier based on the measured data. Each of the parallel operating power sources can be configured to provide a given output in response to a given input.
G05B 15/02 - Systèmes commandés par un calculateur électriques
H02S 50/10 - Tests de dispositifs PV, p. ex. de modules PV ou de cellules PV individuelles
H02J 3/38 - Dispositions pour l’alimentation en parallèle d’un seul réseau, par plusieurs générateurs, convertisseurs ou transformateurs
H02J 13/00 - Circuits pour pourvoir à l'indication à distance des conditions d'un réseau, p. ex. un enregistrement instantané des conditions d'ouverture ou de fermeture de chaque sectionneur du réseauCircuits pour pourvoir à la commande à distance des moyens de commutation dans un réseau de distribution d'énergie, p. ex. mise en ou hors circuit de consommateurs de courant par l'utilisation de signaux d'impulsion codés transmis par le réseau
F03D 17/00 - Surveillance ou test de mécanismes moteurs à vent, p. ex. diagnostics
H02J 3/00 - Circuits pour réseaux principaux ou de distribution, à courant alternatif
One example includes a method for generating a solar farm design. Geographic map data defines geographic features and boundaries of a geographic region. A solar panel block library that stores virtual solar panel block types is accessed. Each of the virtual solar panel block types corresponds to a design of a respective solar panel block that includes solar panels, an inverter, and an access road, and each virtual solar panel block type includes predetermined dimensions and a predefined output power rating. An array of a virtual solar panel block type to fit within the geographic features and boundaries of the geographic region on the map is generated based on the dimensions of each of the virtual solar panel blocks in the array. The array is iteratively modified to optimize a criterion of the solar farm design, and the design is stored in a memory for subsequent solar farm installation.
G06F 30/18 - Conception de réseaux, p. ex. conception basée sur les aspects topologiques ou d’interconnexion des systèmes d’approvisionnement en eau, électricité ou gaz, de tuyauterie, de chauffage, ventilation et climatisation [CVC], ou de systèmes de câblage
H02S 40/32 - Composants électriques comprenant un onduleur CC/CA associé au module PV lui-même, p. ex. module CA
H02S 10/00 - Centrales électriques PVCombinaisons de systèmes d’énergie PV avec d’autres systèmes pour la production d’énergie électrique
G06F 30/13 - Conception architecturale, p. ex. conception architecturale assistée par ordinateur [CAAO] relative à la conception de bâtiments, de ponts, de paysages, d’usines ou de routes
H02J 3/38 - Dispositions pour l’alimentation en parallèle d’un seul réseau, par plusieurs générateurs, convertisseurs ou transformateurs
G06F 119/06 - Analyse de puissance ou optimisation de puissance
BAT of the battery. A logic circuit receives the output of the first A/D converter. The logic circuit acquires the output of the first A/D converter when an electronic device mounting the battery fuel gauge circuit is turned on for the first time.
Groups of wind turbines at a wind farm are controlled based on detection of volant animal swarms. A risk score is defined for each of a plurality of wind turbine groups of the wind farm at a default risk score based on predetermined data. A respective operational parameter is set for each wind turbine of each of the wind turbine groups based on the respective risk score. The presence of a volant animal swarm is detected in a region associated with a given one of the wind turbine groups via a volant animal detection system. The risk score of the given one wind turbine group and an adjacent wind turbine group is changed from the default risk score to temporary risk scores in response to detection of the volant animal swarm.
G05B 19/042 - Commande à programme autre que la commande numérique, c.-à-d. dans des automatismes à séquence ou dans des automates à logique utilisant des processeurs numériques
A system can include a data server that calculates a risk level of each of a plurality of wind turbines at a turbine site based at least in part on a base risk level and mortality data that characterizes a mortality of a volant animal caused by a given wind turbine of the plurality of wind turbines. The system can also include a turbine monitor server that stores the risk level of each wind turbine in a database and generates a graphical dashboard based on data in the database. The system can further include a turbine site control server that retrieves data from the database and sets cut-in speed of each of the plurality of wind turbines based on the data retrieved from the database.
F03D 7/02 - Commande des mécanismes moteurs à vent les mécanismes moteurs à vent ayant l'axe de rotation sensiblement parallèle au flux d'air pénétrant dans le rotor
F03D 17/00 - Surveillance ou test de mécanismes moteurs à vent, p. ex. diagnostics
G05B 15/02 - Systèmes commandés par un calculateur électriques
A method for performing uptower maintenance of a wind turbine in order to replace the main bearing on the turbine shaft is disclosed. Embodiments of this method to perform maintenance may include installing a rotor lock to resist rotation of the main shaft during maintenance, providing a lifting device in order to elevate the main shaft, removing the main bearing from its main bearing housing, and installing a replacement split main bearing. A crane may also be installed uptower to assist in the maintenance.
A power generation and storage system is provided that supplies power to a power grid. The system includes a wind turbine, a doubly-fed induction generator coupled to the wind turbine, and one or more DC energy sources. A controller determines power requirements for the power grid and controls the operation of the wind turbine and the DC energy sources to meet the power requirements of the power grid.
G05F 1/67 - Régulation de la puissance électrique à la puissance maximale que peut fournir un générateur, p. ex. une cellule solaire
F03D 9/11 - Combinaisons des mécanismes moteurs à vent avec un appareil emmagasinant de l’énergie emmagasinant de l’énergie électrique
F03D 9/25 - Mécanismes moteurs à vent caractérisés par l’appareil entrainé l’appareil étant un générateur électrique
F03D 9/00 - Adaptations des mécanismes moteurs à vent pour une utilisation particulièreCombinaisons des mécanismes moteurs à vent avec les appareils qu’ils entrainentMécanismes moteurs à vent spécialement adaptés à l’installation dans des endroits particuliers
A foldable utility cart is lightweight and easily conveyed up and down a wind turbine for transporting parts and tools used for repair and maintenance of a wind turbine. A set of wheels allow the cart to be easily rolled along the nacelle and an attachment bar secures the cart to a guidance rail.
B62B 3/00 - Voitures à bras ayant plus d'un essieu portant les roues servant au déplacementDispositifs de direction à cet effetAppareillage à cet effet
B62B 3/02 - Voitures à bras ayant plus d'un essieu portant les roues servant au déplacementDispositifs de direction à cet effetAppareillage à cet effet comportant des parties réglables, rabattables, attachables, détachables ou transformables
B62B 5/00 - Accessoires ou détails spécialement adaptés aux voitures à bras
B62B 5/04 - Mécanismes de freinageDispositifs d'immobilisation
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Pier and mat foundation fortification and monitoring system
A method of retrofitting a pier/mat foundation and assemblies for same. Retrofitting includes attaching fortification brackets around an outside of a pier of a pier/mat foundation of a wind turbine structure. Fortification rod bottom ends are secured to the mat outside of the pier and near a location under an outer portion of each installed fortification bracket. Fortification rod top ends are attached to openings in outer portions of the fortification brackets. A retrofitting foundation fortification assembly includes a top bracket with at least one hole to receive a foundation anchor holding a wind turbine tower to a pier/mat foundation; a vertical portion dependent from the top bracket near a vertical face of the pier when the at least one hole receives foundation anchors; and a fortification rod hole located outside of the pier when the at least one hole receives the foundation anchors.
A controller of a power generation system can control coupling of a photovoltaic (PV) array to an inverter coupled to a power grid. The controller can also monitor an output voltage of a DC energy storage source disconnectedly coupled to the inverter and monitor an output power of the inverter. The controller can also couple the PV array to the DC energy storage source and adjust an effective output voltage of the PV array based on the output voltage of the DC energy storage source to charge the DC energy storage source.
H02J 7/35 - Fonctionnement en parallèle, dans des réseaux, de batteries avec d'autres sources à courant continu, p. ex. batterie tampon avec des cellules sensibles à la lumière
H02J 3/38 - Dispositions pour l’alimentation en parallèle d’un seul réseau, par plusieurs générateurs, convertisseurs ou transformateurs
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Selective redistribution and replenishment of utility scale battery electric storage systems
One example includes a battery power system that includes a plurality of battery containers. Each of the battery containers can include a plurality of battery modules that provide output power to a point-of-interconnect associated with a power grid. Each of a portion of the plurality of battery containers includes a plurality of original battery modules and at least one of a plurality of redistributed battery modules from a redistributed battery container. The redistributed battery container includes battery modules of a substantially similar state-of-health to the plurality of original battery modules of each of the portion of the plurality of battery containers. The redistributed battery container includes a plurality of newer battery modules with a substantially similar state-of-health that is greater than the state-of-health of the plurality of original battery modules and which were subsequently installed after redistribution of the plurality of redistributed battery modules.
G01R 31/392 - Détermination du vieillissement ou de la dégradation de la batterie, p. ex. état de santé
G01R 31/42 - Tests d'alimentation d'alimentations en courant alternatif
G01R 31/319 - Matériel de test, c.-à-d. circuits de traitement de signaux de sortie
G01R 31/367 - Logiciels à cet effet, p. ex. pour le test des batteries en utilisant une modélisation ou des tables de correspondance
G01R 31/389 - Mesure de l’impédance interne, de la conductance interne ou des variables similaires
G01R 31/3842 - Dispositions pour la surveillance de variables des batteries ou des accumulateurs, p. ex. état de charge combinant des mesures de tension et de courant
H01M 10/48 - Accumulateurs combinés à des dispositions pour mesurer, tester ou indiquer l'état des éléments, p. ex. le niveau ou la densité de l'électrolyte
Systems and methods enable yaw offsets on wind turbines in a wind farm. A wind turbine yaw controller receives a present wind direction signal from a local wind direction sensor and aligns the wind turbine in a substantially perpendicular direction based upon the present wind direction signal. A yaw controller is retrofitted between the wind direction sensor and the yaw controller to provide an adjusted wind direction signal to the yaw controller based upon the present wind direction signal and a yaw offset signal. An offset table relating yaw offsets with wind direction signal values may be stored locally at a wind turbine or at a site controller in communication with the wind tribune. Each wind turbine in the wind farm may be retrofitted with the yaw controller to enhance the power output of the wind farm by adjusting the wake effect between wind turbines of the wind farms.
F03D 7/02 - Commande des mécanismes moteurs à vent les mécanismes moteurs à vent ayant l'axe de rotation sensiblement parallèle au flux d'air pénétrant dans le rotor
Systems and methods enable yaw offsets on wind turbines in a wind farm. A wind turbine yaw controller receives a present wind direction signal from a local wind direction sensor and aligns the wind turbine in a substantially perpendicular direction based upon the present wind direction signal. A yaw controller is retrofitted between the wind direction sensor and the yaw controller to provide an adjusted wind direction signal to the yaw controller based upon the present wind direction signal and a yaw offset signal. An offset table relating yaw offsets with wind direction signal values may be stored locally at a wind turbine or at a site controller in communication with the wind tribune. Each wind turbine in the wind farm may be retrofitted with the yaw controller to enhance the power output of the wind farm by adjusting the wake effect between wind turbines of the wind farms.
F03D 7/00 - Commande des mécanismes moteurs à vent
F03D 7/02 - Commande des mécanismes moteurs à vent les mécanismes moteurs à vent ayant l'axe de rotation sensiblement parallèle au flux d'air pénétrant dans le rotor
F03D 17/00 - Surveillance ou test de mécanismes moteurs à vent, p. ex. diagnostics
Systems and methods for allocating electrical current among battery sets connected in a substantially parallel configuration. A respective state of health is determined for each respective battery set in a plurality of battery sets. The respective state of health reflects a respective present amount of total energy able to be stored by each respective battery set relative to a specification of the respective battery set. A respective allocation of electrical current for each battery set in the plurality of battery sets is determined based on the respective state of health for each respective battery set. A current flow through each respective battery set is configured to its respective allocation of electrical current based on determining the respective allocation.
Systems and methods for allocating electrical current among battery sets connected in a substantially parallel configuration. A respective state of health is determined for each respective battery set in a plurality of battery sets. The respective state of health reflects a respective present amount of total energy able to be stored by each respective battery set relative to a specification of the respective battery set. A respective allocation of electrical current for each battery set in the plurality of battery sets is determined based on the respective state of health for each respective battery set. A current flow through each respective battery set is configured to its respective allocation of electrical current based on determining the respective allocation.
G01R 31/36 - Dispositions pour le test, la mesure ou la surveillance de l’état électrique d’accumulateurs ou de batteries, p. ex. de la capacité ou de l’état de charge
G05B 13/04 - Systèmes de commande adaptatifs, c.-à-d. systèmes se réglant eux-mêmes automatiquement pour obtenir un rendement optimal suivant un critère prédéterminé électriques impliquant l'usage de modèles ou de simulateurs
H01M 10/42 - Procédés ou dispositions pour assurer le fonctionnement ou l'entretien des éléments secondaires ou des demi-éléments secondaires
H02J 7/04 - Régulation du courant ou de la tension de charge
Various embodiments determine a remaining battery capacity of a battery in an energy storage battery support system. In one embodiment, a battery is operated at a state of charge which may include being charged, being discharged, and being idle. A change in the state of charge is detected after a duration of time. The amount of remaining battery capacity is calculated based upon the duration of time and the state of charge of the battery during the duration of time. The operating, detecting and calculating are repeated until the amount of remaining battery capacity reaches a predetermined value. The remaining battery capacity after the duration of time is calculated using the battery capacity at the beginning of the duration of time. The battery may be used as an energy source in an electric power distribution grid. The battery is replaced when the remaining battery capacity reaches an end-of-useful-life value.
G01R 31/36 - Dispositions pour le test, la mesure ou la surveillance de l’état électrique d’accumulateurs ou de batteries, p. ex. de la capacité ou de l’état de charge
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Early detection of wind turbine degradation using acoustical monitoring
Disclosed is a system and method for monitoring wind turbines, generally comprising: measuring sound levels of a plurality of wind turbines; checking the sound levels of each of the plurality of wind turbines against sound levels of others of the plurality of wind turbines; detecting that one of the plurality of wind turbines is an anomalous wind turbine based upon the checking; and generating a corrective action alarm signal identifying the anomalous wind turbine based upon the detecting.
F03D 17/00 - Surveillance ou test de mécanismes moteurs à vent, p. ex. diagnostics
G01N 29/14 - Recherche ou analyse des matériaux par l'emploi d'ondes ultrasonores, sonores ou infrasonoresVisualisation de l'intérieur d'objets par transmission d'ondes ultrasonores ou sonores à travers l'objet utilisant des techniques d'émission acoustique
G01N 29/42 - Détection du signal de réponse par filtrage en fréquence
G01N 29/44 - Traitement du signal de réponse détecté
G05B 13/02 - Systèmes de commande adaptatifs, c.-à-d. systèmes se réglant eux-mêmes automatiquement pour obtenir un rendement optimal suivant un critère prédéterminé électriques
A safety system may include a shield for protecting or shielding personnel operating in a personnel working area from a hazard provided on a structure. The structure may be a wind turbine, the hazard may be a projecting flange of the wind turbine tower, and the personnel working area may be a ladder inside the wind turbine tower. The shield may have a bend or curvature when installed in order to cover the hazard. The shield may include a plurality of wings projecting from an intermediary portion of the shield. The wings may be separated from each other by a wing gap. Other structures, working areas, and hazards are contemplated and described in the disclosure.
A voltage pattern analysis system and method may automate aspects of the process of mapping or assigning utility meters to a specific transformer or other distribution node by identifying misassociated meters and correcting a system-wide transformer assignment or distribution node assignment. When a meter's voltage signal does not correlate well with other meters' voltage signals on the same transformer, the meter is likely misassociated to that transformer. A pairwise voltage signal correlation may be computed for all meters assigned to a transformer and a voltage signal correlation for every transformer in the system, or a subset thereof, may be imputed. Individual meter correlations may then be compared with the transformer correlation. For meters identified as misassociation candidates, transformers or other distribution nodes within a specified radius may be considered for reassignment of the meter.
A method of configuring a renewable energy curtailment and control system uses a master controller and a plurality of controllers configured to control a cluster of renewable energy resources to deliver predetermined amounts of actual power and reactive power to a point of interconnect with a grid in accordance with contractual requirements with users of electrical power while reducing reactive power flow between renewable resources in the cluster.
H02J 1/10 - Fonctionnement de sources à courant continu en parallèle
H02J 3/38 - Dispositions pour l’alimentation en parallèle d’un seul réseau, par plusieurs générateurs, convertisseurs ou transformateurs
H02J 3/16 - Circuits pour réseaux principaux ou de distribution, à courant alternatif pour règler la tension dans des réseaux à courant alternatif par changement d'une caractéristique de la charge du réseau par réglage de puissance réactive
H02J 4/00 - Circuits pour réseaux principaux ou de distribution, la nature alternative ou continue du courant n'étant pas précisée
A system and method disclosed may include a dynamic pressure sensor or probe having a wave guide and wave guide tube and a temperature sensor disposed therethrough in order to optimally install and position the temperature sensor to measure combustor flame characteristics. The dynamic pressure sensor is preferably positioned or mounted on the outer casing of the combustor. By taking advantage of the placement of an existing dynamic pressure sensor, a temperature sensor—for instance a fine wire temperature probe—can be disposed through the interior of the dynamic pressure sensor so that combustion flame characteristics can be measured near the combustion liner.
G01M 15/14 - Test des moteurs à turbine à gaz ou des moteurs de propulsion par réaction
F23N 5/02 - Systèmes de commande de la combustion utilisant des dispositifs sensibles aux variations thermiques ou à la dilatation thermique d'un agent
F23N 5/16 - Systèmes de commande de la combustion utilisant des détecteurs sensibles aux bruits
F23N 5/24 - Systèmes prévenant le développement de conditions anormales ou indésirables, c.-à-d. dispositifs de sécurité
F23R 3/46 - Chambres de combustion comprenant une disposition annulaire des tubes à flamme à l'intérieur d'une enveloppe annulaire commune ou d'enveloppes individuelles
A method for performing uptower maintenance of a wind turbine in order to replace the main bearing on the turbine shaft is disclosed. Embodiments of this method to perform maintenance may include installing a rotor lock to resist rotation of the main shaft during maintenance, providing a lifting device in order to elevate the main shaft, removing the main bearing from its main bearing housing, and installing a replacement split main bearing. A crane may also be installed uptower to assist in the maintenance.
