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7617682 Catalytic oxidation element for a gas turbine engine  
A gas turbine engine ( 10 ) includes a catalytic oxidation element ( 62 ). The catalytic oxidation element includes a pressure boundary element ( 24 ) receiving a first fluid flow ( 16 ). An...
7610761 Method and device for the combustion of hydrogen in a premix burner  
A method and a device for producing an ignitable fuel/air mixture includes a fuel fraction which is hydrogen or a gas mixture containing hydrogen and which is burnt in a burner arrangement for...
7594400 Catalytic oxidation module for a gas turbine engine  
A catalytic oxidation module ( 28 ) for a gas turbine engine ( 10 ) includes a bundle ( 50 ) of tubular elements ( 30 ) separating a first fluid flow of a combustion mixture ( 24 ) from a second...
7509807 Concentric catalytic combustor  
A catalytic combustor ( 28 ) includes a plurality of concentric tubular pressure boundary elements ( 46 ). The pressure boundary elements are arranged to form a first annular space (e.g., 50 )...
7469543 Rich catalytic injection  
A gas turbine engine includes a compressor, a rich catalytic injector, a combustor, and a turbine. The rich catalytic injector includes a rich catalytic device, a mixing zone, and an injection...
7464555 Catalytic combustor for integrated gasification combined cycle power plant  
A gasification power plant 10 includes a compressor 32 producing a compressed air flow 36, an air separation unit 22 producing a nitrogen flow 44, a gasifier 14 producing a primary fuel...
7444820 Method and system for rich-lean catalytic combustion  
A gas turbine engine using a rich-lean catalytic combustion system includes a rich catalytic burner and a lean catalytic burner. The rich catalytic burner includes a rich catalytic reactor and a...
7430869 System for catalytic combustion  
A system comprising a compressor ( 10 ) having an inlet stream ( 25 ) and an outlet stream ( 26 ), a pre-heater ( 12 ) having a process inlet stream ( 29 ) and a process outlet stream ( 31 ), a...
7421844 Method for the combustion of a fuel-oxidizer mixture  
A method used for combustion of a fuel-oxidizer mixture in a combustion chamber of a turbogroup, in particular of a power plant wherein total oxidizer flow is divided into a main oxidizer flow and...
7421843 Catalytic combustor having fuel flow control responsive to measured combustion parameters  
A gas turbine combustor ( 23 ) includes a catalytic combustion stage ( 22 ) receiving a first portion ( 18 ) of a total oxidizer flow ( 16 ) and a first portion ( 30 ) of a total fuel flow ( 29 )...
7363764 Gas turbine power plant and method of operating the same  
A method of operating a gas turbine power plant and gas turbine power plant are disclosed wherein hydrogen for the combusting process is produced by feeding natural gas mixed with steam through a...
7334407 Method of suppressing coke in endothermic fuel processing  
A fuel system for a propulsion system includes a fuel deoxygenating device and a catalytic module containing catalytic materials. The fuel deoxygenating device removes dissolved oxygen from the...
7278265 Catalytic combustors  
A catalytic combustor for a combustion turbine that employs a protective nickel aluminide diffusion barrier on its inside and outside surfaces with a porous alumina, zirconia, titania, and/or...
7152409 Dynamic control system and method for multi-combustor catalytic gas turbine engine  
According to one aspect, a method of controlling a multi-combustor catalytic combustion system is provided for determining a characteristic of a fuel-air mixture downstream of a preburner...
7121097 Control strategy for flexible catalytic combustion system  
A control system for a catalytic combustion system on a gas turbine includes a flame preburner, a fuel injector positioned downstream of the preburner and a catalyst positioned downstream of the...
7117674 Catalytic combustor and method for substantially eliminating various emissions  
A combustor for a gas powered turbine which employs a heat exchanger and a catalyst to combust a fuel without the emission of undesired chemical species. A gas powered turbine requires expanding...
7096667 Control of gas turbine for catalyst activation  
A catalytic gas turbine includes a compressor, a catalytic combustor, a turbine, and a flow path conducting a bypass portion of the compressed air around the combustor and turbine. A method of...
7096671 Catalytic combustion system and method  
Aspects according to the invention relate to a catalytic combustor system for a turbine engine and an associated method. Catalytic combustors are used in connection with turbine engines because...
7093438 Multiple venture tube gas fuel injector for a combustor  
A gas fuel injector includes a first header plate; a second header plate spaced downstream from the upstream header plate; and a plurality of venturi tubes arranged in rows and sealably secured to...
7093445 Fuel-air premixing system for a catalytic combustor  
Disclosed is a unique fuel and air premixing system for a gas turbine catalytic combustion system. The mixer utilizes a multi-channel counter-rotating swirler with aerodynamically shaped fuel pegs...
7086235 Cascade ignition of catalytic combustors  
The present embodiment relates to a catalytic combustor for reducing the pollutant emissions of combustion. The catalytic combustor described herein employs a novel heat exchange system for rapidly...
7069727 Method for operating a gas turbo group  
A gas turbo group has a combustion chamber comprising a catalytic burner stage ( 2 ), a preburner stage ( 1 ) located upstream from the catalytic burner stage, as well as a non-catalytic burner...
7047746 Catalytic burner  
A catalytic burner ( 1 ) of a combustion chamber ( 2 ), in particular of a power plant, includes at least one catalyst ( 5 ) and one swirl generator ( 6 ). To improve the burner ( 1 ), the swirl...
7007478 Multi-venturi tube fuel injector for a gas turbine combustor  
A combustor for a gas turbine includes a main fuel injector for receiving compressor discharge air and mixing the air with fuel for flow to a downstream catalytic section. The main fuel injector...
7007487 Recuperated gas turbine engine system and method employing catalytic combustion  
A recuperated gas turbine engine system and associated method employing catalytic combustion, wherein the combustor inlet temperature can be controlled to remain above the minimum required catalyst...
7003958 Multi-sided diffuser for a venturi in a fuel injector for a gas turbine  
A combustor for a gas turbine includes a main fuel injector for receiving compressor discharge air and mixing the air with fuel for flow to a downstream catalytic section. The main fuel injector...
6996990 Flow controller for gas turbine combustors  
A flow controller is disposed between a preburner section in a diffuser and prior to the main fuel injector and catalytic sections in a turbine combustor. The flow from the burner section is...
6993912 Ultra low Nox emissions combustion system for gas turbine engines  
A combustion system for a gas turbine engine includes a Catalyst (CAT) combustion sub-system for generating combustion products under a lean premixed fuel/air condition in the presence of a...
6973792 Method of and apparatus for a multi-stage boundary layer engine and process cell  
A multi-staged boundary layer engine and process cell, (based on the effect known as adhesion and viscosity) which achieves high thermal efficiencies and high mechanical power output for use in the...
6951111 Combusting hydrocarbons excluding nitrogen using mixed conductor and metal hydride compressor  
Provided is a combustion engine having a combustion chamber. The combustion engine comprises an engine housing having an air intake port, a mixed conductor, a water intake port, an exhaust turbine...
6948928 Catalytic combustor for a gas turbine  
A catalytic combustor for a gas turbine includes a stack of metal strips, each strip having an inlet end and an outlet end. The inlet ends of both sides of the strip are uncoated, to limit the...
6923001 Pilotless catalytic combustor  
A pilotless catalytic combustor ( 10 ) including a basket ( 12 ) having a central axis ( 14 ) and a central core region ( 16 ) disposed along a portion of the central axis. Catalytic combustion...
6895760 Microturbine for combustion of VOCs  
A microturbine engine operable to combust a flow of VOCs without a combustor. The microturbine engine comprising a compressor having an inlet, the inlet receiving a mixture of air and VOCs, the...
6887067 Catalytically operating burner  
A catalytically operating burner with a catalyzer structure ( 4 ), useful in particular for a gas turbine system, has a heat-resistant carrier material ( 10 ) that forms the walls of several...
6829896 Catalytic oxidation module for a gas turbine engine  
A gas turbine engine ( 10 ) includes a catalytic oxidation module ( 28 ). The catalytic oxidation module includes a pressure boundary element ( 30 ); a catalytic surface ( 32 ); and an opening ( 34...
6810670 Corrugated catalyst support structure for use within a catalytic reactor  
A catalytic section of a combustor is formed from a spaced tandem array of corrugated panels. The exterior top and bottom surfaces of the panels are coated with a catalyst and the space between...
6796130 Integrated combustor and nozzle for a gas turbine combustion system  
A gas turbine combustion system and method used for generating electrical power includes a compressor that receives and compresses air. A first stage turbine nozzle is flowise connected to the...
6796129 Design and control strategy for catalytic combustion system with a wide operating range  
The present additional control strategy has been developed to allow the gas turbine to operate at lower load or at other conditions where the total fuel required by the gas turbine is not optimum...
6775989 Catalyst support plate assembly and related methods for catalytic combustion  
A catalytic combustor 30 includes a frame 32 and catalyst support plate assemblies 34 carried by the frame. A catalyst support plate assembly 34 includes a pair of opposing plates 36 A, ...
6748745 Main burner, method and apparatus  
The invention is a method and apparatus for use therewith for a main burner of a gas turbine. The method employs catalytic combustion to support main combustion. More specifically, a rich fuel/air...
6679061 Premix burner arrangement for operating a combustion chamber  
Described is a premix burner arrangement as well as a method for operating the same, comprising a pilot fuel feeding means for operating a combustion chamber of a gas turbine arrangement, a premix...
6669914 Internal combustion engine having a catalytic reactor  
Internal combustion engines produce a number of emissions including oxides of nitrogen, NOx. One manner of reducing NOx production used in gas turbine engines is through the use of catalytic...
6662566 Process and apparatus for two-stage supercharging of process air for a fuel cell  
In a process and apparatus for two-stage supercharging of process air for a fuel cell, in one of the two charging stages, supercharging taking place by means of a displacement machine. In the other...
6662564 Catalytic combustor cooling tube vibration dampening device  
A dampening device for suppressing vibrations of a tube assembly in a catalytic combustor which includes, a plurality of closely oriented, parallel tubes with each tube having at least one expanded...
6658856 Hybrid lean premixing catalytic combustion system for gas turbines  
A system and method of combusting a hydrocarbon fuel is disclosed. The system combines the accuracy and controllability of an air staging system with the ultra-low emissions achieved by catalytic...
6619043 Catalyst support structure for use within catalytic combustors  
A catalytic combustor includes a plurality of rectangular, tubular subassemblies having the catalyst coating on their outside surfaces. The subassemblies are held in spaced relationship within...
6606853 Rocket propulsion system  
A rocket propulsion system, comprising: a rocket engine; and a turbopump supplying fuel or oxidizer to the rocket engine. The turbopump can supply an; adjustable flow of the fuel or oxidizer to...
6595003 Process and apparatus for control of NOx in catalytic combustion systems  
Methods and apparatus for control of NO x in catalytic combustion systems, and more particularly to control of thermal or/and prompt NO x produced during combustion of liquid or gaseous fuels in...
6588213 Cross flow cooled catalytic reactor for a gas turbine  
A catalytic combustor ( 34 ) for a gas turbine engine ( 30 ). A fuel-air mixture ( 50 ) is reacted on a catalytic surface ( 54 ) of a catalytic heat exchanger module ( 36 ) to partially combust the...
6584760 Emissions control in a recuperated gas turbine engine  
Emissions are controlled in a recuperated gas turbine engine using an apparatus and/or method. A fixed boundary recuperator comprises a gas inlet through which flows a gas and a gas outlet in...
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