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Method for the operation of a wind energy plant with a synchronous generator and a superimposition gearbox

US7595566B2 · kind B2 · utility

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11Claims

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Assignee

Nordex Energy GmbH · DE

Inventors

Joachim Nitzpon · Hamburg, DE
Thomas Paul Woldmann · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 17, 2007
Grant date	Sep 29, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 18, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E10/72
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for the operation of a wind energy plant, with a synchronous generator and a superimposition gearbox, which is connected between rotor and generator, and the gear ratio of which is adjusted by a control unit, characterised in that a mode of operation is provided in which the generator is connected to the electric grid, and the generator shaft is uncoupled from the rotor shaft via the superimposition gearbox.

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