| dc.contributor.author | Cochrane, Richard C. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-10-15T09:00:59Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2007-04-02 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The patent relates to improvements in wind turbines and in particular to a system for optimising the energy converted from a wind turbine situated in a gusty environment.
A wind turbine system comprises a wind turbine 1, a regenerative drive system 2, a wind-speed sensor 4 for measuring local wind speed, and a controller 3. The wind turbine 1 comprising a motor-generator system 6 which is operatively connected to the regenerative-drive system 2, the motor-generator system 6 being drivable as a motor by the regenerative drive system 2 to increase a rotational speed of the wind turbine 1, and being operable as a generator by the regenerative drive system 2 to decrease a rotational speed of the wind turbine 1. The controller 3 is operatively connected to the wind-speed sensor 4 and the regenerative drive system 2, and is operable to control operation of the regenerative-drive system 2 to thereby control the rotational speed of the wind turbine 1 in response to signals received from the wind sensor 4 indicative of gusting changes in the local wind speed. | en_GB |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/18458 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
| dc.relation.url | https://www.ipo.gov.uk/p-ipsum/Case/PublicationNumber/GB2448138 | en_GB |
| dc.title | Wind turbine regenerative drive system | en_GB |
| dc.type | Patent | en_GB |
| dc.date.available | 2015-10-15T09:00:59Z | |
| dc.description | Published as: GB2448138 (B); US2010133829 (A1); JP2010523880 (A); WO2008119994 (A2); WO2008119994 (A3); EP2132438 (A2); CA2681784 (A1); CA2681784 (C); AU2008234673 (A1) | en_GB |
