Wilic S.ar.l.

Windfin B.v.

High Technology Investments B.v.

Matteo Casazza

Otto Pabst

Georg Folie

Peter Gebhard

Paolo Bustreo

Emmanuele Gelmini

Andreas Mair

Maddalena Renier

Alessandro Fasolo

Thomas Kaessner

Matthias Preindl

Thomas Kassner

Mattia Scuotto

Davide Bagnara

Amedeo Sabbadin

Norman Anselmi

Daniele Franco

Schwarz Martin

Gunther Stockner

Leonardo Mandrioli

Matteo Verdesca

Philip Baby

Fabian Oberbichler

Martin Schwarz

Paolo Toccoli

A wind power generator has a nacelle; a hub rotatable about an axis of rotation with respect to the nacelle; at least two blades fitted to the hub; an electric machine which is fitted to the nacelle, is bounded by an inner surface extending about the axis of rotation, and has a rotor and a stator; and a cooling system for airflow cooling the electric machine, and which has a deflector body for defining a gap between the deflector body and the electric machine and guiding the airflow into the gap.

Wind power generator equipped with a cooling system

A method of assembling and/or disassembling a rotating electric machine of a wind turbine having a vertical structure; a main frame fitted to the top of the vertical structure; a blade assembly fitted to the main frame to rotate about a rotation axis; and a tubular rotating electric machine having a plurality of axial active segments; the method including inserting and/or extracting the active segments axially on the blade assembly side.

System for assembling and/or disassembling a wind turbine electric generator

A control method configured to control the preload of a bearing includes estimating the preload on the bearing; comparing the estimated preload with a predetermined acceptance range; and correcting the preload on the bearing when the preload is outside the acceptance range.

Control method, program and system for controlling the bearing preload of a wind turbine and wind turbine comprising such control system

A rotor of a wind turbine rotary electric machine has a tubular structure extending and configured to rotate about an axis of rotation; a plurality of active segments parallel to and arranged about the axis of rotation and fitted to the tubular structure; and a plurality of cooling channels formed in the tubular structure.

Wind turbine rotary electric machine rotor, and wind turbine comprising such a rotor

A rotor of a wind turbine large-diameter rotary electric machine has a hub configured to rotate about an axis of rotation; a tubular structure extending about the hub and supporting a plurality of active segments arranged about the axis of rotation; and a radial structure configured to connect the hub to the tubular structure, which is divided into a plurality of sectors connectable selectively to the radial structure.

Large-diameter rotary electric machine rotor, and rotary electric machine

A wind power turbine configured to produce and feed electric energy to an electric power grid; the wind power turbine having: a blade assembly; at least one electric machine connected to the blade assembly to generate electric energy, and having a rotor, and a stator divided into a quantity or number of stator subsystems; and an electric transmission system configured to connect the quantity or number of stator subsystems to the electric power grid, and having an electric transmission assembly for, and connected to, each stator subsystem. The wind power turbine being characterized by having a control device connected to, and configured to receive malfunction signals from, the electric transmission assemblies, and configured to define an individual target torque reference value on the basis of the malfunction signals from the electric transmission assemblies, so as to reduce discontinuity in the torque of the rotor.

Wind power turbine for generating electric energy

An active segment of a wind turbine rotary electric machine is selectively and prismatically connectable to a tubular support of a rotary electric machine, extends between two opposite ends to form, together with other active segments, an annular active part about an axis of rotation, and has a laminated pack; at least one active member extending axially and fitted inside a seat of the laminated pack; and at least one heat exchange member located at one end to cool one end of the active member.

Active segment of a wind turbine rotary electric machine, rotary electric machine, and wind turbine

A method of fabricating a wind turbine blade tubular spar, wherein the tubular spar extends along a designated axis, is made of reinforced polymer material having fibers arranged in at least two directions, and a polymer matrix incorporating the fibers, and has two caps and two webs; the method including the steps of: molding and cross-linking at least part of a cap or web in composite material; molding and cross-linking an L-shaped structure, which has two opposite parallel flanges, and at least partly incorporates the previously molded, cross-linked cap or web of composite material; repeating the above steps to mold and cross-link a further L-shaped structure; and joining the two cross-linked, L-shaped structures, with the flanges positioned facing in pairs.

Wind turbine blade tubular spar fabricating method

A wind power turbine configured to generate electric energy has: a supporting structure; a nacelle; a blade assembly which rotates with respect to the nacelle; a first and second electric machine having, respectively, a substantially coaxial first and second stator, and a first and second rotor coupled to the first and second stator to rotate about a first and second axis; a transmission configured to connect the first rotor to the second rotor; a control device configured to control the wind power turbine; and a detection system connected to the control device to detect relative movement between the first rotor and the second rotor.

A fluid-cooled wind turbine has at least one electric machine, in turn having a stator with a stator supporting structure and a plurality of active stator sectors supported by the stator supporting structure, and a rotor which rotates about an axis of rotation and has a rotor supporting structure and a plurality of active rotor sectors supported by the rotor supporting structure; and a cooling system having a cooling circuit extending partly along a plurality of through channels adjacent to at least the active rotor sectors or the active stator sectors.

Fluid-cooled wind turbine

A wind turbine having an electric machine in turn having a stator, and a rotor which rotates about an axis of rotation with respect to the stator; the rotor having a number of magnetized modules, and a number of supports for supporting the magnetized modules and arranged about the axis of rotation; and wherein at least two of the supports are parallel connected electrically.

Wind turbine

A wind turbine rotary electric machine having a tubular body, in turn having a cylindrical wall; and a plurality of clips formed integrally with the cylindrical wall and configured so that each pair of facing clips defines a seat for housing an active sector.

Wind turbine rotary electric machine

A wind turbine rotary electric machine having a rotor, which rotates about a designated axis and has a rotary body; a plurality of permanent magnets fitted to the rotary body; a plurality of cooling channels close to the permanent magnets; and a plurality of heat-conducting bodies, each located partly contacting at least one permanent magnet and partly inside a cooling channel.

A rotary electric machine for a wind power turbine for generating electric power has a tubular stator having a plurality of stator segments; a tubular rotor which has a plurality of rotor segments, is located inside the tubular stator, and rotates about an axis of rotation with respect to the tubular stator; a sleeve located at least partly inside the tubular rotor and connectable to a supporting frame of the wind power turbine; and a bearing located inside and fixed to the sleeve, and which supports the tubular rotor rotating with respect to the sleeve.

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Val di Vizze, Italy

Matteo Casazza