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7621118 Constant volume combustor having a rotating wave rotor  
A constant volume combustor device includes, in one form, a detonative combustion. In one form the wave rotor of the constant volume combustor is supported by magnetic bearings. The constant volume...
7620461 Systems and methods for using a combustion dynamics tuning algorithm with a multi-can combustor  
Embodiments of the invention can provide systems and methods for using a combustion dynamics tuning algorithm with a multi-can combustor. According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for...
7617686 Method for determination of the temperature, mass-averaged over a flow cross-section, of a gas flow in a gas turbine  
The invention relates to a method for determination of a temperature, mass-averaged over a flow cross-section, of a gas flow in a gas turbine or the like, particularly during partial load operation...
7614237 CAES system with synchronous reserve power requirements  
A CAES system ( 10 ) includes an air storage ( 18 ), a compressor ( 20 ) supplying compressed air to the air storage, a power generating structure ( 11, 102 ), a heat exchanger ( 24 ), an auxiliary...
7599767 Control apparatus and control method for aircraft  
When both engines operate properly, a control apparatus for an aircraft performs control of thrust and attitude of an aircraft using an output that is produced evenly by the two engines. When a...
7596953 Method for detecting compressor stall precursors  
A method of detecting onset of a gas turbine condition, such as compressor stall, includes receiving data indicative of an operating parameter of a compressor of the gas turbine. The method also...
7596952 Process and a plant for recycling carbon dioxide emissions from power plants into useful carbonated species  
A process is disclosed for recycling carbon dioxide emissions from a fossil-fuel power plant into useful carbonated species The process primarily comprises the steps of: a) burning the fossil fuel,...
7584617 Monitoring health of a combustion dynamics sensing system  
A method and system ( 14 ) for monitoring a health of a combustion dynamics sensing system ( 10 ) includes monitoring respective dynamic conditions of at least two combustor cans ( 16 ) of a can...
7584615 Method of improving the ignition performance of an after-burner device for a bypass turbojet, and an after-burner device of improved ignition performance  
The after-burner device receives a “hot” central primary flow from the turbine of the turbojet and a “cold” peripheral secondary flow, and it has an after-burner ignition zone situated in...
7581401 Methods and apparatus for cooling gas turbine engine components  
A method for cooling a turbine assembly component of a gas turbine engine in a combined-cycle power generation system. The method includes channeling cooling fluid that is extracted from a source...
7571612 Gas turbine combustor and fuel supply method for same  
A gas turbine combustor includes a liquid fuel nozzle for jetting out liquid fuel; a pre-mixture chamber wall provided with the liquid fuel nozzle at a center thereof, having a hollow conical shape...
7571611 Methods and system for reducing pressure losses in gas turbine engines  
A method of assembling a combustor assembly is provided, wherein the method includes providing a combustor liner having a centerline axis and defining a combustion chamber therein, and coupling an...
7559977 Purification works for thermal power plant  
A method for separation of CO 2 from the combustion gas from a thermal power plant fired with fossil fuel, wherein the combustion gas from the thermal power plant is used as cooled, compressed and...
7549291 Methods and apparatus for operating gas turbine engines  
A gas turbine engine assembly includes at least one propelling gas turbine engine and an auxiliary engine used for generating power. The propelling gas turbine engine includes a fan assembly and a...
7546739 Igniter tube and method of assembling same  
An igniter tube assembly includes an axis of symmetry extending therethrough, an igniter tube that includes a first opening extending coaxially therethrough having a diameter sized to receive a...
7533534 HPT aerodynamic trip to improve acoustic transmission loss and reduce noise level for auxiliary power unit  
A method and device for decoupling combustor attenuation and pressure fluctuation from turbine attenuation and pressure fluctuation in a gas turbine engine. The engine has: a compressor; a...
7523615 Telemetry system  
A method for predicting bearing failure of a differential bearing including an inner race, an outer race, and a plurality of rolling elements positioned between the inner and outer race, the method...
7520136 Method and system for protecting gas turbine fuel injectors  
The invention relates to a method and a device for protecting fuel injectors in a turboshaft engine. The protection is carried out by injecting compressed air directly into the injectors. The air...
7516608 Method for operating a gas turbine  
A method for operating a gas turbine ( 2 ), in particular in a power plant, includes operating the gas turbine ( 2 ) with natural gas. In order to adapt the gas turbine operation to different...
7513118 Method for operating a gas turbine and a gas turbine for implementing the method  
In a method for operating a gas turbine ( 11 ) in a combined cycle power plant ( 40 ), air is drawn in through the gas turbine ( 11 ), compressed, and the compressed air is led to a combustor ( 18,...
7513117 Method for operating a furnace  
A method for operating a furnace with a multi-burner system for generating a hot gas is provided. The furnace has a combustion chamber with a plurality of burners, each having a fuel feed. The...
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...
7506515 Method for regulating fuel flow into a turbine  
Various embodiments of a fuel-control system and associated methods for regulating the administration of a fuel to a fuel consuming device are disclosed. In one aspect, the fuel consuming device is...
7503177 Combustion dynamics monitoring  
A method for monitoring combustion dynamics of a can annular combustor ( 12 ) of a gas turbine engine includes monitoring respective dynamic operating conditions of cans ( 16 ) of the can annular...
7493769 Assembly and method for cooling rear bearing and exhaust frame of gas turbine  
A propeller is mounted aft of the rear rotor supporting bearing of a gas turbine. The propeller is driven either by the rotor shaft or by the exhaust gases flowing through the exhaust frame of the...
7493768 Method for increasing the efficiency of a gas turbine system and gas turbine system suitable therefor  
The aim of the invention is to increase the efficiency of a gas turbine system. Said aim is achieved by transferring at least one portion of the heat of the waste gases of a gas turbine to a...
7490472 Efficient combined cycle power plant with CO2 capture and a combustor arrangement with separate flows  
The invention relates to a method for inter alia to increase the energy and cost efficiency of a gas power plant or a thermal heat plant with CO 2 capturing. The power plant comprises gas turbine...
7488463 Carbon dioxide recovery and power generation  
The carbon dioxide recovery system includes a carbon dioxide absorption tower which absorbs and removes carbon dioxide from the combustion exhaust gas of a boiler by an absorption liquid, and a...
7475550 Method and device for reducing engine noise  
A method and device to reduce the noise produced by jet aircraft engines and/or other supersonic nozzles involves the use of corrugated engine seals ( 30 ) for the secondary internal divergent...
7475549 Thermal management system for a gas turbine engine  
A thermal management system for a gas turbine engine includes a cooling airflow which enters through an air filter portion of a forward cover for filtration of particulate which may result in FOD...
7461719 Resonator performance by local reduction of component thickness  
Aspects of the invention are directed to a system for improving the damping performance of an acoustic resonator. According to aspects of the invention, a resonator, such as a Helmholtz resonator,...
7454914 Helical channel for distributor and method  
A method of distributing fuel in a fuel nozzle comprises: providing at least two helical channels in the fuel nozzle, each having a channel exit port, providing a fuel inlet cavity in fluid...
7454913 Method and system for introducing fluid into an airstream  
A preferred of operating a gas turbine engine having an inlet for receiving a stream of air to be compressed includes providing a first and a second set of interchangeable spray nozzles. Each of...
7448216 Methods and apparatus for operating gas turbine engine combustors  
A method facilitates assembling a gas turbine engine. The method comprises coupling a combustor including a dome assembly and a combustor liner that extends downstream from the dome assembly to a...
7445661 Fumes treating process  
The fumes from gas turbine TG are cooled by heat exchangers E 1 , E 2 , E 01 , E 02 and E 03 and compressed by compressors C 1 and C 2 . The cold and high-pressure fumes are depleted in carbon...
7441410 Gas turbine and manufacturing process of gas turbine  
The invention is intended to maintain turbine reliability when, based on a gas turbine designed for one desired cycle, a gas turbine for another different cycle is manufactured. A channel of a...
7434403 Method of operating a thermal power plant  
A method of operating a thermal power plant, such as a gas turbine power plant, in which a rotary unit, such as at least one gas turbine stage, is driven by burning gaseous fuel inside a combustion...
7434402 System for actively controlling compressor clearances  
Aspects of the invention relate to a system and method for actively controlling compressor clearances in a turbine engine by passing a thermal fluid in heat exchanging relation through a compressor...
7434400 Gas turbine power plant with supersonic shock compression ramps  
A gas turbine engine. The engine is based on the use of a gas turbine driven rotor having a compression ramp traveling at a local supersonic inlet velocity (based on the combination of inlet gas...
7426834 “Get home” oil supply and scavenge system  
A method facilitates assembling a gas turbine engine that includes an oil supply and scavenge system, wherein the oil supply and scavenge system includes at least one sump cavity that includes a...
7424360 Overspeed control system for gas turbine electric powerplant  
A turbine overspeed control system for use with a gas turbine engine of a gas turbine electrical powerplant. The overspeed control system preferably comprises a first and second overspeed control...
7412833 Method of cooling centerbody of premixing burner  
A gas-air premixing burner for gas turbines includes an air swirler and an annular burner tube surrounding a bluff centerbody. The bluff body serves to stabilize the flame by defining a...
7406828 Power augmentation of combustion turbines with compressed air energy storage and additional expander with airflow extraction and injection thereof upstream of combustors  
A combustion turbine power generation system ( 10 ) includes a combustion turbine assembly ( 11 ) including a main compressor ( 12 ) constructed and arranged to receive ambient inlet air, a main...
7398642 Gas turbine system including vaporization of liquefied natural gas  
A gas turbine cycle that utilizes the vaporization of liquefied natural gas as an intercooler in an open loop gas turbine system. The system provides an increase in gas turbine cycle efficiencies...
7395670 Gas turbine fuel preparation and introduction method  
Method of preparing and introducing fuel into the combustors of a gas turbine in which a hydrocarbon containing feed, oxygen and steam are introduced into a catalytic partial oxidation reactor to...
7389644 Power augmentation of combustion turbines by injection of cold air upstream of compressor  
A combustion turbine power generation system 10 includes a combustion turbine assembly 11 including a main compressor 12 constructed and arranged to receive ambient inlet air, a main...
7389643 Inboard radial dump venturi for combustion chamber of a gas turbine  
A double wall venturi chamber having a converging section, a diverging section and a cylindrical section wherein said chamber defines a venturi zone in which compressed air, fuel and combustion...
7386981 Method and apparatus generating multiple pressure signals in a fuel system  
A fuel system includes a first fuel line carrying fuel at a first line pressure (P 22 ), a second fuel line carrying fuel at a second line pressure (PFNC) greater than the first line pressure (P 22...
7386980 Combustion liner with enhanced heat transfer  
A combustion liner having enhanced heat transfer over at least a portion of the liner is disclosed. The combustion liner comprises, amongst other features, an outer surface wherein at least a...
7383167 Methods and systems for modeling power plants  
A modular method of modeling a power plant includes selecting a major component module model from a library of component module models for each major component of the power plant, with each major...