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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184151 | Flexible imaging fiber bundle monitoring system for combustion turbines An imaging system for on-line imaging of a component in a gas turbine engine. The imaging system includes a flexible imaging bundle formed by a plurality of optical elements. An imaging end of the optical elements images a component in a hot gas path of the engine d... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179104 | Automatic self-adjusting voltage controller An apparatus (14/18) for controlling a voltage on a transmission line (10). The apparatus (14/18) comprises a first voltage sourced converter controller (18) connected to a first node (22) of the transmission line (10); a se... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177186 | Turbine engine cover plate assembly stand A holding structure associated with a lifting device for supporting a removed turbine engine cover plate assembly. The holding structure includes an upper support member and a lower support member. The upper support member is formed with a plurality of service areas... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176720 | Air cooled turbine component having an internal filtration system A centrifugal particle separator is provided for removing particles such as microscopic dirt or dust particles from the compressed cooling air prior to reaching and cooling the turbine blades or turbine vanes of a turbine engine. The centrifugal particle separator s... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8174699 | Fluid detection in turbine engine components A system for detecting the presence of one or more fluids in a rotating component of a gas turbine engine. A first reflector structure includes a first face that receives light from the light source. The first reflector structure reflects at least a substantial port... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173322 | Tubular solid oxide fuel cells with porous metal supports and ceramic interconnections An intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cell structure capable of operating at from 600° C. to 800° C. having a very thin porous hollow elongated metallic support tube having a thickness from 0.10 mm to 1.0 mm, preferably 0.10 mm to 0.35 mm, a porosity of fro... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172507 | Gas turbine blade with double impingement cooled single suction side tip rail A turbine blade is provided comprising: an airfoil including an airfoil outer wall extending radially outwardly from a blade root, a squealer tip section located at an end of the airfoil distal from the root, and cooling structure. The squealer tip section comprises... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171719 | Igniter assembly for a gas turbine An igniter assembly (10) of a gas turbine (12) is presented, including an igniter (14) disposed within an igniter housing (16). The igniter is extendable from the igniter housing through an opening (18) in a combustion liner (19... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8168289 | Component having wear coating applied by cold spray process A component (10) including a substrate material (12) and a wear alloy coating (14) applied to the substrate by a cold spray process. Particles of the wear alloy coating material (16) are directed toward a target surface (18) of the... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167573 | Gas turbine airfoil A gas turbine airfoil (20) having a load-bearing core (30). A honeycomb structure (40A, 42A) is attached to pressure and/or suction sides (22, 24) of the core and is filled with ceramic insulation (50). A ceramic matrix comp... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167560 | Turbine airfoil with an internal cooling system having enhanced vortex forming turbulators A turbine airfoil usable in a turbine engine and having at least one cooling system. At least a portion of the cooling system may include one or more cooling channels having a plurality of turbulators protruding from an inner surface and positioned generally nonorth... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167559 | Turbine vane for a gas turbine engine having serpentine cooling channels within the outer wall A turbine vane for a gas turbine engine having an outer wall containing a plurality of serpentine cooling channels. The serpentine cooling channels may be configured to receive cooling fluids from internal cooling fluids supply channels. The serpentine cooling chann... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167558 | Modular serpentine cooling systems for turbine engine components A cooling system for use in a turbine engine component exposed to high temperatures during engine operation. The system includes a serpentine flow passage and an exhaust region. The serpentine flow passage includes a coolant supply inlet. The passage can be configur... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167536 | Turbine blade leading edge tip cooling system A turbine blade for a turbine engine having a cooling system in the turbine blade formed from at least one leading edge cooling chamber for cooling the leading edge and for exhausting cooling fluids through a tip exhaust outlet. The leading edge cooling channel may ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167482 | Thermography inspection of surface discontinuities A method for detecting surface discontinuities in a test specimen. The method includes applying a one or more substances including a detection medium to the test specimen wherein the detection medium enters at least one surface discontinuity in the test specimen. Th... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8163433 | Fuel cell integral bundle assembly including ceramic open end seal and vertical and horizontal thermal expansion control A plurality of integral bundle assemblies contain a top portion with an inlet fuel plenum and a bottom portion containing a base support, the base supports a dense, ceramic air exhaust manifold having four supporting legs, the manifold is below and connects to air f... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8163353 | Fabrication of copper-based anodes via atmosphoric plasma spraying techniques A fuel electrode anode (18) for a solid oxide fuel cell is made by presenting a solid oxide fuel cell having an electrolyte surface (15), mixing copper powder with solid oxide electrolyte in a mixing step (24, 44) to provide a spray feedstock ( | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162598 | Gas turbine sealing apparatus A gas turbine comprises forward and aft rows of rotatable blades coupled to a disc/rotor assembly, a row of stationary vanes positioned between the forward and aft rows of rotatable blades, and rotatable sealing apparatus. Each of the stationary vanes comprises an i... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8157505 | Turbine blade with single tip rail with a mid-positioned deflector portion A turbine blade is provided comprising: an airfoil including an airfoil outer wall extending radially outwardly from a blade root, a squealer tip section located at an end of the airfoil distal from the root, and cooling structure. The squealer tip section comprises... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8153204 | Imparting functional characteristics to engine portions A method of imparting one or more of a variety of functional characteristic to a portion of an engine (e.g., a turbine or diesel engine) by depositing particles from different particle feedstocks so as to form a high temperature resistant coating on a surface of the... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152874 | Systems and methods for integration of gasification and reforming processes A system and method for producing multiple syngas products. In one embodiment (FIG. 5) a syngas producing system (200) includes a gasifier (210) and a hydrocarbon steam reformer (226). The gasifier (210) is configured to react a so... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151647 | Apparatus for monitoring blade vibration with an imaging fiber optic ribbon probe A method and apparatus for monitoring blade vibrations in a turbine engine having blade tip target portions associated with blades. An illumination conduit including a plurality of optical fibers conveys light from a light source to a transmission end of the optical... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151623 | Sensor for quantifying widening reduction wear on a surface A wear sensor (30, 50, 60) installed on a surface area (24) of a component (20, 21) subject to wear from an opposing surface (74, 75). The sensor has a proximal portion (32A, 52A, 62A) and a distal portion (32C... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8147207 | Compressor blade having a ratio of leading edge sweep to leading edge dihedral in a range of 1:1 to 3:1 along the radially outer portion An airfoil for use as rotor blades in compressors for turbomachines, such as gas turbine engines. The airfoil includes increased forward sweep and forward dihedral effective to reduce losses generated by interaction of tip clearance flow, secondary flows and passage... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147196 | Turbine airfoil with a compliant outer wall A turbine airfoil usable in a turbine engine with a cooling system and a compliant dual wall configuration configured to enable thermal expansion between inner and outer layers while eliminating stress formation in the outer layer is disclosed. The compliant dual wa... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146364 | Non-rectangular resonator devices providing enhanced liner cooling for combustion chamber Embodiments of the present invention provide resonators (260, 460) that have lateral walls (268, 270) disposed at non-square angles relative to the liner's longitudinal (and flow-based) axis (219) such that a film cooling of substantial portions... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146363 | Condenser system A method of substantially preventing contaminants from entering a condenser adapted for use within a steam generating system. A condenser is provided. Steam or a combination of water and steam is passed into the condenser, the condenser operating in a normal mode if... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8142142 | Turbine transition duct apparatus A gas turbine transition duct apparatus is provided comprising first and second turbine transition ducts and a strip seal. The strip seal may comprise a sealing element and a spring structure. ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8137611 | Processing method for solid core ceramic matrix composite airfoil A method of processing solid core ceramic matrix composite articles. The method improves the physical characteristics of the article by forming the airfoil using a co-processing method wherein a refractory ceramic is cast against a preformed ceramic matrix composite... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8132710 | Deconstructable assembly and method An assembly (10) that can be both joined and parted by temperature processing. A parting member (20) captured between two members of the assembly exhibits a state change as a function of temperature such that the two members can be joined with a meltab... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132467 | Apparatus and method for monitoring wear of components A structure and method for instrumenting a component for monitoring wear in a coating. The method includes depositing a first thin layer of electrically insulating material, depositing a thin electrically conductive layer over the first electrically insulating layer... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132442 | Compressible ceramic seal A stack of substantially parallel ceramic plates (22) separated and interconnected by ceramic spacers (26, 27) forming a seal structure (20) with a length (L), a width (W), and a thickness (T). The spacers are narrower in width than the plates, ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132325 | Co-forged nickel-steel rotor component for steam and gas turbine engines A method of forming a rotor for a turbine engine such that the rotor is formed of two materials including: an inner disk formed from a first material, such as steel, and an outer ring formed from a second material, such as a nickel alloy, having a larger thermal exp... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8128365 | Turbine airfoil cooling system with rotor impingement cooling A turbine airfoil cooling system of a turbine engine having a hollow, disc post body positioned between adjacent roots of turbine airfoils and aligned with the roots to cool inner aspects of the turbine engine. The hollow, disc post body may be configured to pass co... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8128354 | Gas turbine engine A gas turbine engine is provided comprising an outer casing and a plurality of circumferentially positioned vane segments. The outer casing is provided with a circumferential casing slot. The plurality of circumferentially positioned vane segments are coupled to the... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8128350 | Stacked lamellae ceramic gas turbine ring segment component A gas turbine ring segment (10) for use in gas turbine engines made from a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) material is disclosed. The ring segment includes a stacked multiplicity of CMC thin-sheet lamellae (25a, 25b) each comprising... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8128343 | Ring segment coolant seal configuration A configuration of seals disposed around and between a plurality of ring segments (10) arrayed annularly about the periphery of moving blades in a gas turbine engine. The seals function to retain coolant in the plenum (18) within each of the ring segme... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127558 | Gas turbine engine adapted for use in combination with an apparatus for separating a portion of oxygen from compressed air A gas turbine engine is provided comprising an outer shell, a compressor assembly, at least one combustor assembly, a turbine assembly and duct structure. The outer shell includes a compressor section, a combustor section, an intermediate section and a turbine secti... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127550 | Anti-flashback features in gas turbine engine combustors A gas turbine combustor (10) comprises a base plate (12) from which protrude a plurality of lips (36) that surround respective apertures (16) into which are positioned downstream ends (19) of main swirler assemblies (18). Th... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8126662 | Method and apparatus for monitoring blade vibration with a fiber optic ribbon probe A method and apparatus for monitoring blade vibrations in a turbine engine having blade tip target portions associated with blades. An illumination conduit including a plurality of optical fibers conveys light from a light source to a transmission end of the optical... | 02/28/2012 |
