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7543440 Multiple turbine system with a single recuperator  
A turbine system is provided including a plurality of gas turbine engines, each having a compressor section for producing compressed air, a combustor section, and a turbine section yielding hot...
7509810 Inter-turbine temperature display compensation method  
Control logic, and a method implemented by the control logic, compensates for mismatched inter turbine temperatures between two gas turbine engines and displays a biased inter turbine temperature...
7464533 Apparatus for operating gas turbine engines  
A method facilitates assembling a gas turbine engine assembly. The method comprises providing at least one propelling gas turbine engine that includes a core engine including at least one turbine,...
7121078 Methods and apparatus for operating gas turbine engines  
A method facilitates assembling a gas turbine engine assembly. The method comprises providing at least one propelling gas turbine engine that includes a core engine including at least one turbine....
7082767 Process and device for supplying the turbojets of an aircraft during automatic flight  
According to the invention, during level automatic flight of the aircraft (A) at steady altitude, the preset value EPRt, common to all the turbojets (M 1 to M 4 ) and corresponding to a particular...
6848259 Compressed air energy storage system having a standby warm keeping system including an electric air heater  
A compressed air energy storage system comprises a cavern ( 1 ) for stored compressed air and a system for providing the compressed air to a power train ( 3, 5 ), this system including a...
6836086 Controlled starting system for a gas turbine engine  
A starting system and method for a gas turbine engine includes a controlled starter system and a controlled fuel system. The controlled starter motor is accelerated along an acceleration profile to...
6792746 Separated core engine type turbofan engine  
A low-noise separated core engine type turbofan engine is provided in which noise generated by a control propulsion device is reduced by using high pressure air as the working fluid of a turbine...
6742742 Device and process for regulating the power of the engines of a rotary wing multi-engine aircraft  
Device and process for regulating the power of the engines of a rotary wing multi-engine aircraft. The regulating device ( 1 ) comprises, in addition to main regulating systems ( 2, 6 ) associated...
6736354 Airplane fuel supply system and airplane wing pipeline assembly method  
An airplane fuel supply system includes a wing fuel tank that is formed from a wing tip fuel tank having a wing tip fuel pump; a central fuel tank having a central fuel pump; and a wing root fuel...
6691503 Gas turbine having first and second combustion chambers and cooling system  
A gas turbine ( 5 ) according to the invention, which comprises a main combustion chamber ( 10 ), a cooling system for air cooling of at least the guide vanes ( 26, 29 ) and guide rings ( 28, 38 )...
6691517 Compound rotary internal combustion engine  
A turbine based engine that includes a mixture chamber, a combustion chamber, a stationary flow control barrier, and a turbine. The stationary flow control barrier is located between the combustion...
6612113 Integrated method of air separation and of energy generation and plant for the implementation of such a method  
In an integrated method of air separation, a plant includes at least one first air separation unit ( 1, 101 ), a first air compressor ( 13 ), a first combustion chamber ( 17 ), a first expansion...
6430915 Flow balanced gas turbine power plant  
A flow balanced gas turbine power plant is provided which includes a primary power plant and a secondary power plant. The primary power plant has a primary compressor assembly, a primary combustor...
6418707 General advanced power system  
In a general power system, a thermal engine having a thermal energy source with a compressor and turbine combination operating in a Brayton cycle with the compressor being driven by an electrical...
6385959 Gas turbine engine with increased fuel efficiency and method for accomplishing the same  
An engine having a casing and a compressor disposed within and rotatably coupled to the casing for generating pressurized gas. A primary combustion chamber disposed within the casing downstream of...
6370864 Turbine engine with valve mechanism and integral combustion chamber  
A turbine based engine that includes a mixture chamber, a combustion chamber, a stationary flow control barrier, and a turbine. The stationary flow control barrier is located between the combustion...
6282897 Advanced thermo-electronic systems for hybrid electric vehicles  
A hybrid propulsion system for vehicles having an electronic storage and drive system for driving a vehicle and a thermal engine for charging and energizing the electrical storage and drive system,...
6161374 Transportation propulsion system  
A gas turbine engine (8) has a plurality of gas generators (28, 30, 32, 34) which generate and cool pressurized gas streams (38, 40) that are combined in a high efficiency topping cycle in a wave...
6141955 Gas turbine generator with dual steam-injected turbines  
A gas turbine generator includes a first gas turbine 20 having an air compressor 21, first turbine 24a and a first combustor 25a; a second gas turbine 22 having a second turbine 24b and a second...
6135393 Spacecraft attitude and velocity control thruster system  
A rocket propulsion system for spacecraft achieves greater economy, reliability and efficiency rocket by incorporating monopropellant RCS thrusters (1a-1f) for attitude control and bipropellant...
6089011 Water-injected stoichiometric-combustion gas turbine engine  
A gas turbine engine having an air compressor and a combustion chamber connected to the air compressor for burning fuel with air from the air compressor. The combustion chamber also has water...
6079197 High temperature compression and reheat gas turbine cycle and related method  
A high temperature compression and reheat gas turbine system, and method for operating the system, is disclosed. The system includes a low temperature compressor, a combustor, a high pressure...
5799484 Dual turbogenerator auxiliary power system  
An auxiliary power system comprises two turbogenerators sharing a single combustor for delivery of elevated pressure and temperature gas to both the turbogenerators, a single fuel system for...
5737911 Method of operating combined plant  
An operating method of a combined plant that has several gas turbines and exhaust heat recovery boilers which generate steam by exhaust gas from the gas turbines wherein exhaust gas from each of...
5649416 Combined cycle power plant  
A combined cycle power plant includes at least two gas turbines driving two generators on respective first and second shafts; and a steam turbine having plural sections wherein one or more of the...
5488824 Throttle control device controlling two engines of a same aerodyne  
The throttle control device controlling two engines of a same aerodyne which embodies the invention uses a drive mechanism mounted rotatably about a fixed axis and rotated by means of a servomotor...
5433069 Process and economic use of excess compressed air when firing low BTU gas in a combustion gas turbine  
A system and method are described for transferring excess air from the compressor of a combustion-gas turbine having a paired compressor and expander, to at least one separate combustor where it is...
5419112 Gas turbine powerplant  
A double ender powerplant including a first engine having a compressor for producing a downstream axial flow, a combustor, a turbine coupled to the compressor through a shaft, and means for...
5408821 Multifunction secondary power system starting method  
A multifunction secondary power system (10) for use aboard an aircraft or other vehicle provides the functions both of an auxiliary power unit and of an emergency power unit. The power system (10)...
5369947 Process for converting plastic waste into power  
The plastic waste is reacted in a plasma reactor 3 under reducing conditions in a plasma containing substoichiometric oxygen at temperatures above 1200° C. to form a plasma pyrolysis gas...
5365730 Combined gas and steam turbine system  
A combined gas and steam turbine system includes a steam turbine having a water/steam loop and a high-pressure stage in the water/steam loop. The high-pressure stage has a preheater and a...
5343778 Multifunction secondary power system  
A multifunction secondary power system (10) for use aboard an aircraft or other vehicle provides the functions both of an auxiliary power unit and of an emergency power unit. The power system (10)...
5321945 Apparatus for controlling fuel transfers in a distributed fuel tank system  
The present invention relates to a distributed fuel system, wherein a plurality of fuel tanks used for storing fuel are distributed in different locations. The fuel tanks are connected to each...
5285638 Method and apparatus for maximizing fuel efficiency for jet engines  
A system and method to maximize fuel efficiency for a plurality of simultaneously operating engines is disclosed. The system includes means to determine the fuel consumption of the engine, measure...
5275356 Propulsion system for a V/STOL aircraft  
The invention is a propulsion system for powering an aircraft in both vertical and horizontal flight modes. In detail, the invention comprises a gas-driven ducted lift fan mounted in the aircraft...
5269134 Variable cycle propulsion unit for aircraft  
A variable cycle propulsion unit comprises at least two turbojet engines of the bypass type in which the low pressure compressor of each engine is in two parts connected by a shaft, and the flow of...
5239830 Plural engine power producing system  
Two gas turbine engines are interconnected through a pneumatic, mechanical, hydraulic, or power link. This power link runs from the gas producer shaft of one engine to the gas producer shaft of the...
5224340 Turbofan synchrophaser  
An improved synchrophasing system for synchrophasing fan spools and engine core spools of one or more "slave" turbofan engines to a "master" engine is disclosed. A fuel control means is provided...
5214910 Dual mode accessory power unit  
An accessory power unit for a vehicle, such as an aircraft, which can be driven by either of two turbines--a first turbine driven by high pressure hydrogen gas bled from the vehicle propulsion...
5201798 Multifunction integrated power unit and power transfer apparatus therefor  
A multifunction integrated power unit (MIPU) (10) for use aboard aircraft provides the functions both of an auxiliary power unit and of an emergency power unit while being smaller, lighter, and...
5184458 Power unit fuel pressurization system  
A power generating unit in accordance with the present invention comprises a pressurized gas source (44) providing pressurized gas containing oxygen to be used in combustion of a fuel; a combustor...
5155991 Bleed air flow regulators with flow balance  
Bleed air flow from each engine of a multi-engine gas turbine powered aircraft is determined by using venturi flow probe sensors (50,100) which each include a venturi (52,102). The pressure...
5119624 Gas turbine engine power unit  
A gas turbine engine power unit (10) comprising a gas turbine engine hot gas generator (10a), the exhaust efflux of which drives a turbine (20) having a power output shaft (22). The exhaust efflux...
5003766 Gas turbine engine  
A gas turbine engine that can operate at a very high efficiency over a wide range of load conditions. In one important feature of the invention, combustion gases are discharged along two paths, one...
4926628 Automatic fuel control and engine synchronizer system and apparatus  
A first computer and a first servo with connecting apparatus are used to drive a first engine throttle. A second servo and a second computer together with second connecting means are used to drive...
4872307 Retrofit of simple cycle gas turbines for compressed air energy storage application  
A system is disclosed for retrofitting a plurality of gas turbines for use in compression and expansion stages of a power plant. A first gas turbine is modified to perform as a motor driven air...
4864812 Combined auxiliary and emergency power unit  
Weight and spatial concerns in aircraft are alleviated or minimized through a combined auxiliary and emergency power unit including a gear box 10 adapted to drive a generator 16 and a hydraulic...
4856272 Method for maintaining blade tip clearance  
A method for periodically restoring the blade tip to annular seal clearance in a gas turbine engine (10) includes incrementing (42a, 42b) the flow of external cooling air responsive only to an...
4779644 Aircraft engine bleed air flow balancing technique  
A bleed flow modulator is used in conjunction with pressure regulating valves regulating bleed air pressure from each engine to a common manifold. The bleed flow modulator monitors the pressure...
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