Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and relevant system for converting mechanical energy from a generator actuated by a turbine into electric energy
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Application No.: US14889308Application Date: 2014-05-05
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Publication No.: US09856857B2Publication Date: 2018-01-02
- Inventor: Gianpaolo Vitale , Marcello Pucci , Massimiliano Luna
- Applicant: CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE
- Applicant Address: IT Rome RM
- Assignee: CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE
- Current Assignee: CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE
- Current Assignee Address: IT Rome RM
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: ITRM2013A0272 20130508
- International Application: PCT/IT2014/000119 WO 20140505
- International Announcement: WO2014/181367 WO 20141113
- Main IPC: F03D7/04
- IPC: F03D7/04 ; F03D9/00 ; F03D7/02 ; F03D9/25

Abstract:
A method and system for converting mechanical energy from a generator operated by a turbine into electric energy to be input into an electric network, comprising the following: (A) supplying a power electronic converter connectable to input of the generator and to output of the electric network; (B) supplying an electrical power outputting the generator to the power electronic converter; (C) adapting the electrical power using the power electronic converter to input the electrical power to the electric network by the following substeps: (C1) calculating rotation speed of the turbine; (C2) calculating wind speed moving the turbine; (C3) calculating reference rotation speed, corresponding to the maximum point of power input to the electric network, using a Maximum Power Point Tracking algorithm; the method comprising substep (C1) implemented by an algorithm carrying out a virtual encoder, and substep (C2) implemented by training a neural network implementing a virtual anemometer.
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