Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for providing electrical power to wind turbine components
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Application No.: US16003806Application Date: 2018-06-08
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Publication No.: US10910842B2Publication Date: 2021-02-02
- Inventor: Sergi Rates Palau , Kevin Schoenleber , Andre Langel
- Applicant: GE Renewable Technologies Wind B.V. , General Electric Renovcables Espana, S.L.
- Applicant Address: NL Breda; ES Barcelona
- Assignee: GE Renewable Technologies Wind B.V.,General Electric Renovcables Espana, S.L.
- Current Assignee: GE Renewable Technologies Wind B.V.,General Electric Renovcables Espana, S.L.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Breda; ES Barcelona
- Agency: Dority & Manning, P.A.
- Priority: EP17382357 20170609
- Main IPC: H02J3/38
- IPC: H02J3/38 ; H02J9/04 ; H02J3/18

Abstract:
System for providing electrical power to wind turbine components comprising a busbar, an electrical grid, and an auxiliary power source for selectively providing electrical power to the busbar with an auxiliary power voltage, wherein the main voltage is different from the auxiliary power voltage. The system includes one or more wind turbines comprising a wind turbine generator, a main transformer for connecting the wind turbine generator to the busbar, one or more wind turbine components, and an auxiliary wind turbine transformer. The wind turbine components are arranged to be selectively connected to the main transformer and the busbar through a first path or a second path. The system is configured to select the first path if the voltage at the busbar is the main voltage and to select the second path if the voltage at the busbar is the auxiliary power voltage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180358814A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ELECTRICAL POWER TO WIND TURBINE COMPONENTS Public/Granted day:2018-12-13
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