US 11,867,158 B2
Back-up power supply for wind turbines
Pedro Palomares Rentero, Olesa de Montserrat (ES); Alio Medina Diaz, Barcelona (ES); Victor Manuel García Molina, Coslada (ES); and Xavier Santacruz Rodriguez, Sabadell (ES)
Assigned to General Electric Renovables Espana, S.L., Barcelona (ES)
Filed by General Electric Renovables Espana, S.L., Barcelona (ES)
Filed on Apr. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/730,663.
Claims priority of application No. 21382372 (EP), filed on Apr. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0349382 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. F03D 9/25 (2016.01); F03D 13/20 (2016.01); F03D 80/80 (2016.01); H02K 7/18 (2006.01); F03D 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC F03D 9/25 (2016.05) [F03D 1/04 (2013.01); F03D 13/20 (2016.05); F03D 80/82 (2016.05); H02K 7/1838 (2013.01); F05B 2220/706 (2013.01); F05B 2240/133 (2013.01); F05B 2240/14 (2013.01); F05B 2240/912 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wind turbine comprising:
a tower;
a nacelle mounted on the tower;
a wind turbine rotor with a plurality of blades;
a wind turbine generator operatively coupled with the wind turbine rotor;
one or more auxiliary wind energy converters embedded in the nacelle; and
wherein the auxiliary wind energy converters comprise an auxiliary generator.