Converter Component Carrier Elements for Reliable Matching
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Solution Overview
Problem
The complexity and error-prone nature of matching components in converter systems for power generation plants, such as wind energy plants, lead to unreliable functioning and challenging maintenance and repair processes, often requiring system shutdowns for coordination and specialized services.
Innovation Solution
A method involving carrier elements with certification mechanisms, using a key-lock principle to ensure only compatible components are connected, with RFID or NFC transmission for wireless information exchange, allowing components to be identified, managed, and authenticated, and ranked for systematic certification and operation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the entire system is taken out of service for component replacement or repair, then component coordination and reliability are ensured, but system availability and productivity are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by equipping components with carrier elements and certification data before installation. The certification comparison is performed in advance during the assembly process, ensuring component compatibility before the system goes into operation. This allows hot-swapping of components without requiring system shutdown, as the certification verification happens during the replacement process itself rather than requiring a comprehensive system check after replacement.
2Reliability
If specialized repair services are used for component matching, then component coordination is ensured, but maintenance complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service by providing carrier elements with embedded certification data that enable automatic certification comparison between components. The system itself performs the verification of component compatibility through the carrier element comparison mechanism, eliminating the need for specialized repair services to manually verify component matching. Users can independently perform maintenance and replacement operations by simply connecting components with compatible carrier elements.
3Loss of information
If manual identification and management of components is performed, then component tracking is possible, but error-proneness and time consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual identification and management mechanisms with an automated electronic certification comparison system. Instead of relying on human operators to manually track and verify component identities and compatibilities, the system uses carrier elements with embedded certification data that are automatically compared through electronic communication. This substitution of mechanical/manual processes with electronic automation eliminates human error and significantly reduces the time required for component identification and management.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This approach ensures reliable component matching, reduces errors in construction, maintenance, and repair, enabling users to perform repairs without shutting down the entire system, and simplifies component identification and management within large systems.
Implementation Method 1
The transmission means is a RFID- and/or NFC transmission means which is set up to enable wireless and/or automatic provision of the associated information
Implementation Method 2
The transmission means is a RFID- and/or NFC transmission means which is set up to enable wireless and/or automatic provision of the associated information
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AI summary
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing an assembly of components (202, 204, 302, 306, 308a-c, 312a-b, 314) for a converter system, in particular for a converter system for power generation plants, for example, wind turbines. The object of providing a method that facilitates and makes more reliable the assembly, maintenance, and/or repair of converter systems is achieved by a method comprising: providing (102) at least two components for a converter system, each of the at least two components having at least one carrier element (206, 208); verifying (106) the certification of the at least two components based on the carrier elements; and allowing (108) the connection of the at least two components only if the respective carrier elements are certified for each other.The invention further relates to a component for a converter system, a device which is equipped or includes corresponding means to carry out and/or control a method according to the invention, and a system.