3907 results about "Rotor (electric)" patented technology

A tethered airborne electrical power generation system which may utilize a strutted frame structure with airfoils built into the frame to keep wind turbine driven generators which are within the structure airborne. The primary rotors utilize the prevailing wind to generate rotational velocity. Electrical power generated is returned to ground using a tether that is also adapted to fasten the flying system to the ground. The flying system is adapted to be able to use electrical energy to provide power to the primary turbines which are used as motors to raise the system from the ground, or mounting support, into the air. The system may use an attachment mechanism for the tether adapted to move the tether attachment point relative to the flying craft.

This device is a brushless high-voltage electrical generator, requiring suitable means of input rotary torque, for purposes of producing a very-high-energy external electrodynamic field or continuous quasi-coherent DC corona or arc discharge of uniform current density which completely encloses the machine's conductive housing. This housing is divided into distinct electrical sections and contains a flat conductive rotor which electrically links separate negative and positive housing sections and upon which a plurality of toroidal generating coils are rotatably mounted. Circular arrays of stationary permanent magnets are affixed within the housing which induce a constant DC voltage within said coils upon their rotation. The primary voltage so-generated is electrostatically impressed across the rotor such that great quantities of electronic charge may be transported between the opposite polarity sections of the housing, in such a manner that a much higher secondary voltage is caused to appear across interposed neutral sections thereof, and the resulting external breakdown current once initiated is independent of the generating coils' ampacity. Ancillary mechanical, electrical, an/or electronic features may be attached upon or within the housing to aid in harnessing and controlling the useful effects associated with the external dynamic electric field produced by the device.

A de-icing and anti-icing arrangement for a Wind Energy Converting System (WECS), a WECS comprising a de-icing and anti-icing arrangement and a method for preventing and eliminating ice accretion on the rotor blades of a WECS are provided. The WECS comprises a tower, a rotor having a plurality of blades that rotate due to wind force, a nacelle including a first means for transforming the rotor's rotational movement to electric power, and a second means for permitting the flow of fluid from volumes defined by the rotor blades, the rotor blades comprising an external surface having openings in fluid connection with the volumes inside the blades for permitting the flow of fluid to the outside of the blades to fluid-thermodynamically interact with the wind hitting the part of the blade surface, and thereby prevent or eliminate the accretion of ice on the external surface of the blade.

A starter-generator for an aircraft engine comprises a variable dynamoelectric machine alternatively operable as a motor or as a generator, having a rotor. A support motor is coupled to the variable dynamoelectric machine to assist the machine. A torque converter selectively couples and decouples the rotor to the engine, coupling the rotor to the engine at some point when the dynamoelectric machine is operated as a motor. The engine may be started by the dynamoelectric machine when operated as a motor through a first power train including the torque converter and may drive the dynamoelectric machine as a generator through a second power train.

Enclosed is an active and reactive coordination control method for permanent-magnet direct-driven wind turbines in the low-voltage ride-through process. Two different control strategies are employed for a grid side converter according to amplitude change of power grid voltage: when the power grid voltage is in a normal state, the grid side converter is in an active-priority maximum power tracing control mode so that the wind turbines capture wind energy to the maximum extent; when the power grid voltage is beyond the normal range, the grid side converter is in an active priority control mode so that the dynamic reactive current which is injected into an electricity system meets the requirements of grid combining. An engine side converter is in a direct-current voltage control mode based on rotor energy storage, power unbalance of the direct-current side of the engine side converter is relieved and the direct-current voltage is stabilized by utilizing the self rotating speed of the permanent-magnet direct-driven wind turbines and the change of the kinetic energy. The active and reactive coordination control for the wind turbines before or after the sudden change of the power grid voltage is realized according to the amplitude change of the power grid voltage, the fluctuation of the direct-current bus voltage is restrained by releasing or storing the rotor kinetic energy, so that the low-voltage ride-through capability of the permanent-magnet direct-driven wind turbines is improved, reactive power support is rapidly and accurately provided for the power grid, and certain support is given to restoration of the power grid voltage.

The invention relates to a method for controlling the oil supply device of an automatic planetary transmission, comprising a main oil pump (HP), which is mechanically drivably connected to the drive shaft of an internal combustion engine (VM), and an auxiliary oil pump (ZP) that may be driven via a controllable electric motor, the automatic transmission (ATG) being part of a parallel hybrid powertrain of a motor vehicle having an input shaft (5), which may be connected via a separating clutch (K) to the drive shaft (2) of the internal combustion engine (VM) and is permanently drivably connected to the rotor (4) of an electric machine (EM).

In order to achieve an oil supply to the automatic transmission (ATG) as and when needed, it is provided that the current oil requirement (P_{HD<sub2>—</sub2>soll}) of the automatic transmission is determined as a function of at least one currently captured operating parameter, and that the delivery rate (P_ZP) of the auxiliary oil pump (ZP) is set, by a correspondingly actuation of the associated electric motor, in the combustion and combined driving mode below a minimum input speed of the main oil pump (HP) and in the electric driving mode to at least the total oil requirement, and at least in the combined driving mode above the minimum input speed of the main oil pump (HP) is set to at least the residual oil requirement exceeding the delivery rate (P_HP) of the main oil pump.

The system and method for controlling electrical motor with no position sensor and brushless are based on angle self-learned, and switching self-optimized optimized efficiency. The system is composed of power supply circuit, power drive circuit unit, DSP control circuit, detection circuit unit for rotor position, voltage detection unit, current detection unit, and temperature detection unit etc. The software part includes following modules: initialization module, external synchronization starting up module, module for switching external synchronization to self - synchronization, self adaptive raising speed module for self - synchronization, hardware module for computing signal of position, and module for optimizing operating efficiency. The disclosed driving controller makes motor with no position sensor and brushless start up smoothly and operate in high efficiency under large dynamic load range. Including CAN comm interface, the system guarantees reliable comm to bus of vehicle.

A method of controlling a group (2) of engines developing a necessary power (W_nec) for driving a rotor (3), said group (2) of engines having at least one electrical member (4), electrical energy storage means (5), and a first number n of engines (6) that is greater than or equal to two. A processor unit (10) executes instructions for evaluating a main condition as to whether the group of engines can develop the necessary power while resting one engine, and if so for resting one engine and accelerating a second number engines not at rest, and for causing the electrical member to operate in motor mode, if necessary, the electrical member operating temporarily in electricity generator mode when the storage means are discharged.

A system includes a resonant sensor in contact with oil within a gearbox of a rotor system, such as a wind turbine, and one or more processors. The sensor includes electrodes and a sensing circuit that generates electrical stimuli having frequencies applied to the oil at different times during a life of the gearbox. The processors receive electrical signals from the resonant sensor representative of impedance responses of the oil to the electrical stimuli. The processors analyze the impedance responses and determine a concentration of a polar analyte in the oil at different times. The processors calculate a degradation value for the gearbox based on the concentration of the polar analyte. Responsive to the degradation value exceeding a designated threshold, the processors at least one of schedule maintenance for the rotor system, provide an alert to schedule maintenance, or prohibit operation of the rotor system until maintenance is performed.

The multiple axle driving system for mixed power automobile with fuel oil and electric energy as power source includes at least one mechanical driving axle assembly, at least one electric driving axle assembly, one power source assembly, one general controller, one monitoring and communication network system, and one engine and one multifunctional double-rotor motor to drive different axles separately. The double-rotor motor consists of one outer rotor and one inner rotor, the outer rotor is connected to the hub in one side through the reducing mechanism and the versatile transmission mechanism, and the inner rotor is connected to the hub in the other side through the reducing mechanism and the versatile transmission mechanism. The multiple axle driving system integrates the technology and functions of complete mixed power, multiple axle driving, etc. and makes the automobile possess the advantages of easy realization, low cost, raised running smoothness and stability, etc.

The invention discloses a control method of an IPM electromotor for driving an electric motor car. According to the working characteristics of the IPM electromotor used on the electric motor car and the characteristics and advantages of various control methods, a segmental control strategy and a method for accurately detecting the start of the electromotor as well as the position and the rotational speed of a rotator during the operation provided are provided. A hall sensor is used for carrying out the method of rough positioning first and scanning next, so that the relatively accurately positioning of the initial position of the rotation in a static state can be realized, the electromotor can be successfully and easily started no matter in the case of idle load, light load or heavy load,and the reliability of the start and operation of the electromotor can be greatly improved. After the IPM electromotor is successfully started, output signals of the hall position sensor undergo rising edge capturing and trailing edge capturing by using software. According to a signal jumping edge, the position of the rotator is corrected in the cases of a low rotational speed and a high rotational speed. When the electromotor operates, a T method is adopted for speed measurement, and an algorithm undergoes certain adjustment in the cases of the low rotational speed and the high rotational speed. When the position and the rotational speed of the rotator during the operation are correctly detected, the segmental control strategy such as peak torque current control and field-weakening control can be adopted so as to ensure that a peak torque is output during the operation of the electromotor.

An apparatus configured to hydraulically fracture an earth formation, includes a pump configured to hydraulically fracture the earth formation by pumping a fracturing liquid into a borehole penetrating the earth formation and an electric motor having a rotor coupled to the pump and a stator. A motor control center is configured to apply an alternating electrical voltage having a fixed-frequency to the stator in order to power the electric motor, wherein the apparatus and motor control center do not have a variable frequency drive.

The present invention relates to motors each having a rotor with a metal rotor frame, a metal rotation shaft, and a rotation shaft supporting member connected between the rotor frame and the rotation shaft for transmission of a rotating power from the rotor to the rotation shaft, and, more particularly, to a motor in which the rotation shaft supporting member is constructed of a metal and an insulating material, for insulating the rotation shaft from the rotor frame while enhancing a structural strength of the rotation shaft supporting member. The motor for preventing current leakage to a rotation shaft, having a rotor with a rotor frame of metal, a rotation shaft of metal, and a rotation shaft supporting member connected between the rotor frame and the rotation shaft to transmit a rotation power from the rotor to the rotation shaft, the rotation shaft supporting member includes a supporting portion of metal for receiving and supporting the rotation shaft, and an insulating portion for electric insulation between the rotor frame and the rotation shaft.

A pitch bearing and related method for wind electric turbines has an annularly-shaped first bearing ring connected with an associated wind turbine blade, and includes a first raceway groove. An annularly-shaped second bearing ring is connected with the rotor portion of the wind turbine, and includes a second raceway groove aligned with the first raceway groove. Rolling elements are positioned in the first and second raceway grooves to rotatably interconnect the two bearing rings. A gear segment is formed on one of the bearing rings, and is configured to engage a pitch drive portion of the wind turbine to pivot the blade axially between different pitch angles. The gear segment has an arcuate measure of less than 200 degrees to facilitate economical manufacture.

An iron rotor core includes a first permanent magnet in an outer peripheral portion of the iron rotor core, second permanent magnets on both circumferential sides of the first permanent magnet and arranged in a generally V-shaped configuration opening radially outward, and a first region provided opposite to the first permanent magnet radially inside the region between the second permanent magnets and having a low magnetic permeability. A q-axis magnetic flux path is formed in an iron core region among the first permanent magnet, the second permanent magnets and the first region, and a central portion thereof is formed between the first permanent magnet and the first region, and entrance/exit portions of the q-axis magnetic flux path formed between the second permanent magnets and second regions provided on both circumferential sides of the first permanent magnet and having a low magnetic permeability with generally the same width.

The present disclosure relates to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) able to harvest energy from updrafts and a method of enhancing operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle. The unmanned aerial vehicle with a gliding capability comprises a generator arranged to be driven by a rotor, and a battery, wherein the unmanned aerial vehicle can operate in an energy harvesting mode in which the motion of the unmanned aerial vehicle drives the rotor to rotate, the rotor drives the generator, and the generator charges the battery. In the energy harvesting mode regenerative braking of the generator reduces the forward speed of the unmanned aerial vehicle to generate electricity and prevent the unmanned aerial vehicle from flying above a predetermined altitude.

A passive supergravity rotating bed apparatus, comprising a housing (1), a rotor (3), a rotary shaft (8), a first gas conduit (2), a second gas conduit (4), liquid separators (5), and a liquid outlet (7). The rotor (3) is disposed within the housing (1) and is rotatably connected to the housing (1) by means of the rotary shaft (8). The first gas conduit (2), the second gas conduit (4), and the liquid outlet (7) are disposed on the housing (1). The liquid separators (5) are disposed at the inner edge of the rotor (3). Blades (10, 11) are provided on the inner edge of the rotor (3), the outer edge of the rotor (3), or on the inner and outer edges of the rotor (3). High-pressure fluid pushes the blades (10, 11), thereby driving the rotor (3) to rotate. Hence, no electric motor is required to drive the rotor.