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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...
7523602 Turbine exhaust catalyst  
In a gas turbine installation having an enclosure for passing cooling air therethrough and around the gas turbine, provision is made for a mixing of the cooling air with the exhaust gases being...
7500349 Power plant and operating method  
A power plant comprises a gas turbo group with a heat transfer apparatus, for example a recuperator for the preheating of the combustion air, arranged downstream of the turbine in the smoke gas...
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 )...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
6629415 Methods and apparatus for modeling gas turbine engine combustor liners  
A method for fabricating a three-dimensional turbine engine combustor liner model includes coupling at least a first member to a second member to form an assembly that has an inner surface. The...
6625988 Premix burner arrangement with catalytic combustion and method for its operation  
A premix burner arrangement with catalytic combustion provides a fuel/air mixture to a combustion chamber of a gas turbine arrangement. The premix burner arrangement includes a premix burner, at...
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...
6460345 Catalytic combustor flow conditioner and method for providing uniform gasvelocity distribution  
A device for conditioning the flow of hot gas in a catalytic combustor in preparation for entry into a catalytic reactor. The device is composed of at least one and most preferably two or more...
6339925 Hybrid catalytic combustor  
A hybrid combustor, for providing stable high and low levels of operation while minimizing emissions of NOx, CO, and UHCs, includes a casing having a chamber, a catalytic combustor disposed in the...
6289667 Combustion chamber and a method of operation thereof  
A catalytic combustion chamber is provided with at least two cataleptic combustion zones arranged in flow series, In a first mode of operation fuel is supplied from first fuel injectors, positioned...
6269625 Methods and apparatus for igniting a catalytic converter in a gas turbine system  
An energy producing system includes a compressor side for compressing an air/fuel mixture, and a turbine side for producing mechanical, electrical, and/or heat energy, and driving the compressor...
6189310 Combined gas turbine power system using catalytic partial fuel oxidation  
A gas turbine power system for generating energy by means of a gas turbine cycle, wherein heat energy is more effectively used by burning the exhaust gases (109) and the partial oxidation of said...
6116014 Support structure for a catalyst in a combustion reaction chamber  
A support structure for securing a catalyst structure comprising a multiplicity of longitudinally disposed channels for passage of a flowing gas mixture within a reactor, said support structure...
6109018 Electrically-heated combustion catalyst structure and method for start-up of a gas turbine using same  
This invention relates to an electrically-heated catalyst (EHC) and a start-up method of a gas turbine engine for combusting a hydrocarbonaceous fuel/oxygen-containing gas mixture using this...
6105360 Gas turbine engine combustion chamber having premixed homogeneous combustion followed by catalytic combustion and a method of operation thereof  
A gas turbine engine combustion chamber comprises a primary combustion zone and a secondary combustion zone downstream of the primary combustion zone. A catalytic combustion zone is arranged...
5937632 Method for operating a gas turbine group with catalytic gas generator  
In the case of a method for operating a gas turbine group, the gas turbine group essentially consists of a compressor (1), a combustion chamber (5), a turbine (2) and a generator (3). Fuel is mixed...
5906093 Gas turbine combustor transition  
A method of converting a steam cooled transition to an air cooled transition in a gas turbine having a compressor in fluid communication with a combustor, a turbine section in fluid communication...
5873235 Liquid fuel pressurization and control method  
A liquid fuel pressurization and control system is disclosed which utilizes either a helical flow pump, or a helical flow pump followed by a gear pump, to pressurize liquid fuel to precisely the...
5845479 Method for providing emergency reserve power using storage techniques for electrical systems applications  
A combustion turbine power generation system includes a modified simple cycle combustion turbine power generation system optimized for a "hot" stand-by reserve mode of operation and having a power...
5740667 Process for abatement of nitrogen oxides in exhaust from gas turbine power generation  
Emissions of nitrogen oxides in exhaust from gas turbine systems are reduced, in accordance with the invention, by introducing, into the combustor, a supplementary gaseous stream comprising...
5720163 Torch assembly  
The conventional gas turbine combustor is improved by mounting a pilot flame producing torch in a wall of the combustor to project a flame into the combustor as a means of ignition. The torch...
5395235 Catalytic preburner  
This invention relates to the use of a catalytic preburner for heating the pair from compressor discharge temperatures to above the light-off or extinction temperatures of a catalytic combustor....
5355668 Catalyst-bearing component of gas turbine engine  
A catalyst-bearing component of a gas turbine engine is provided. Catalytic materials are provided on components defining the gas flow path of the engine, so that emissions of carbon monoxide and...
5259182 Combustion apparatus and combustion method therein  
A combustion apparatus comprises a combustor liner forming a combustion chamber, and a swirler for introducing a fuel gas into the combustion chamber in the form of a swirl. The combustor liner has...
5214912 Process conditions for operation of ignition catalyst for natural gas combustion  
A method for operating a palladium oxide containing catalytic combustor useful, e.g., for powering a gas turbine, wherein the palladium oxide is supported on a metal oxide such as alumina, ceria,...
5161366 Gas turbine catalytic combustor with preburner and low NO.sub.x emissions  
During low-load operating conditions, preburner combustion products are supplied with a chemical reactant to reduce NO x . The preburner products of combustion are mixed with a hydrocarbon fuel in...
4951579 Low NOX combustion process  
A process for low NOX combustion which involves combusting an oxygen-containing combustible gas stream having fuel material in excess of the oxygen in the combustible gas stream, whereby the...
4936088 Low NOX cogeneration process  
A process for low NOX cogeneration to produce electricity and heat which involves combusting fuel to produce a gaseous stream of combustion products, passing the gaseous stream through a turbine to...
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