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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7966834 | Apparatus for observing combustion conditions in a gas turbine engine A fuel injector for a gas turbine combustor is disclosed which includes a fuel nozzle for issuing fuel into the combustor for combustion, at least one photodetector responsive to flame radiation indicative of an OH chemiluminescence peak, and at least one photodiode... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7854127 | Smart wireless engine sensor Sensors are mounted to an engine to detect engine conditions and send information to an engine controller or other engine component through a wireless connection. Ports are located on the engine controller. An antenna assembly is plugged into one of the ports and wi... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7775052 | Active combustion control system for gas turbine engines A system is disclosed for actively controlling combustion in a gas turbine engine, which includes a fuel injector for issuing fuel into a combustion chamber of the gas turbine engine. The fuel injector has a dynamic pressure sensor for measuring acoustic pressure wi... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7484369 | Apparatus for observing combustion conditions in a gas turbine engine A fuel injector for a gas turbine combustor is disclosed which includes a feed arm having a flange for mounting the injector within the combustor and a fuel nozzle depending from the feed arm for injecting fuel into the combustor for combustion. An optical sensor ar... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7428817 | Premix burner with a swirl generator delimiting a conical swirl space and having sensor monitoring A premix burner is disclosed, with a swirl generator which delimits a conical swirl space and provides at least two conical part shells which are arranged, offset to one another, along a burner axis, mutually enclose in each case air inlet slits running longitudinal... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7404294 | Gas turbine and a method for controlling a gas turbine Method and arrangement for providing and controlling a gas turbine (1) at least one turbine (11, 20, 20′), at least one compressor (2, 5) driven by the turbine and a combustion chamber (16) arranged between the compressor and the turbin... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7368827 | Electrical assembly for monitoring conditions in a combustion turbine operating environment An electrical assembly for use in various operating environments such as a casing of a combustion turbine 10 is provided. The assembly may include an electrical energy-harvesting device 51 disposed in a component within the casing of the turbine to con... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7334413 | Apparatus, system and method for observing combustion conditions in a gas turbine engine A fuel injector for a gas turbine combustor is disclosed which includes a feed arm having a flange for mounting the injector within the combustor and a fuel nozzle depending from the feed arm for injecting fuel into the combustor for combustion. An optical sensor ar... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7326917 | Wear monitor for turbo-machine A wear determination device for determining vibration in a turbine engine component to reduce wear in a turbine engine. The wear determination device may be capable of measuring vibrations in a turbine engine component. The vibration measurement may be used to deter... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322178 | Device for indicating a residual power margin of aircraft turbine engines A device for indicating a residual power margin of aircraft turbine engines includes a measuring stage associated with at least one turbine engine of an aircraft to measure a number of first parameters related to a power output of the engine; a calculating unit asso... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7293401 | Jet engine noise suppressor An embodiment of the invention is a technique to suppress noise in a jet engine. A noise suppressor includes an exhaust duct to exhaust a first stream from an air stream taken from an inlet. The exhaust duct has an exit end. The air stream is divided into the first ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7293400 | System and method for sensor validation and fusion A method of monitoring a physical parameter comprises receiving a sensor signal representative of an actual value from each of a plurality of sensors. The method further comprises calculating confidence value for each sensed value and a weighted average of actual va... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7281382 | Method and apparatus for detecting the presence of flame in the exhaust path of a gas turbine engine A method and apparatus for monitoring the exhaust path of a gas turbine engine for the presence of unwanted flames downstream from the main combustion chamber(s). The system is comprised of an Electro-Optics Module containing sensors and associated processing electr... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7275361 | Control system for gas turbine engines In a control system for a gas turbine engine that uses the outlet pressure of the turbine as an importation control parameter, when the high pressure sensor for detecting the outlet pressure of the turbine is found to be faulty, it is determined if an estimated valu... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7269939 | Method and apparatus for automatically actuating fuel trim valves in a gas A gas turbine combustion system having: a plurality of combustion chambers; a plurality of fuel nozzles for each of combustion chamber; a plurality of manifolds for supplying fuel to at least one fuel nozzle in each of the combustion chambers; each of the manifolds ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7260937 | Method and apparatus for actuating fuel trim valves in a gas turbine The gas turbines of the present invention have multiple combustion chambers, and within each chamber are multiple fuel nozzles. Each nozzle has its own fuel control valve to control the fuel flowing to the nozzles. To minimize the pressure drop through the fuel cont... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7246002 | Method for controlling fuel splits to gas turbine combustor A method for determining a target exhaust temperature for a gas turbine including: determining a target exhaust temperature based on a compressor pressure condition; determining a temperature adjustment to the target exhaust temperature based on at least one paramet... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7225619 | Method for operating an internal combustion engine having an exhaust-gas turbocharger A method for operating an internal combustion engine having an exhaust-gas turbocharger allows for an optimized charge air pressure buildup. For this purpose, an actuator for influencing the charge air pressure generated by a compressor of the exhaust-gas turbocharg... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7210297 | Method and apparatus for identification of hot and cold chambers in a gas turbine combustor A method for identifying combustion characteristics of a plurality combustion chambers in a gas turbine, the method including: supplying fuel to the combustion chambers at a predetermined fuel rate; sensing combustion dynamic pressure in said plurality of combustion... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7091470 | Purge air flow passage structure A purge air flow passage structure has an air flow passage for ventilating the purge air, a separation space that is provided in the air flow passage and separates dust in the purge air therefrom, and a filter that is provided in the air flow passage, is positioned ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7085388 | High frequency jet nozzle actuators for jet noise reduction A noise reduction system for use with an exhaust nozzle associated with a jet engine of an aircraft. The noise reduction system employs a plurality of flow-altering components disposed circumferentially about a lip portion of an exhaust nozzle. In one preferred form... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7076956 | Combustion chamber for gas turbine engine A combustion chamber suitable for a gas turbine engine is provided with at least one Helmholtz resonator having a resonator cavity and a damping tube in flow communication with the chamber interior. The damping tube is provided with at least one cooling hole extendi... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7051535 | Turbine engine differential-pressure torque measurement system Applicant's Differential-Pressure Torque Measurement System generates the torque signal from a differential gas pressure measured across the power turbine. The gas pressure differential is measured by using two pressure taps, the first tap taking the pressure readin... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7040082 | Assistance and emergency drive for electrically-driven accessories The invention relates to a system for driving an accessory, such as a fuel pump or an oil pump in a turboengine, said system comprising an electric motor and further comprising an air turbine associated with said electric motor. Said air turbine is suitable for bein... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7036317 | Dual fuel type combined turbine plant and method for operating the same A turbine plant includes a steam turbine, a gas turbine connected to the steam turbine, a generator, and an analyzing apparatus. The steam turbine includes a high pressure steam turbine, an intermediate pressure steam turbine, and a low pressure steam turbine. The t... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7032388 | Method and system for incorporating an emission sensor into a gas turbine controller A method for determining an estimated operating parameter for a gas turbine including the steps of: determining an estimated operating parameter using an algorithm have an input from a sensor, wherein the algorithm includes a trim factor; determining a first trim fa... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7024863 | Combustor attachment with rotational joint A gas turbine engine with: a compressor section; a turbine section; a combustor, disposed between the compressor and turbine sections, having at least one combustor mounting assembly connecting the combustor to the engine. Each combustor mounting assembly has: a lon... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6994516 | Turbine rotor A turbine rotor can fix the heat resisting pipes provided in divided form per the disk member with simple structure for preventing wearing and damaging. The turbine rotor includes a coolant flow path formed through a plurality of disc shaped members respectively sta... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6996244 | Estimation of head-related transfer functions for spatial sound representative The estimation of an HRTF for a given individual is accomplished by means of a coupled model, which identifies the dependencies between one or more images of readily observable characteristics of an individual, and the HRTF that is applicable to that individual. Sin... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6983607 | Turbine compartment ventilation control system and method using variable speed fan A method to ventilate a rotary machine housed in a compartment having a ventilation air inlet and air exhaust, a variable speed ventilation fan and a temperature sensor, wherein the method includes: sensing a temperature level of the rotary machine; applying the sen... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6979118 | Estimating combustor flame temperature based on frequency of combustor dynamics transverse mode A method of determining the temperature inside a combustion liner without making a direct measurement of the actual temperature. The technique is based on a measurement of the frequency of one of the transverse acoustic modes occurring inside the combustion chamber.... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6905259 | Tilt-in-place alignment system and method Disclosed is a mounting system and method in which symmetrical springs are used about a collar in a gimbal system to capture an assembly of a ball and an optical or other type of component. Once captured within the mounting system, the ball/component assembly can pi... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6895761 | Mounting assembly for the aft end of a ceramic matrix composite liner in a gas turbine engine combustor A mounting assembly for an aft end of a liner of a gas turbine engine combustor including a support member, wherein a longitudinal centerline axis extends through the gas turbine engine. The mounting assembly includes a pin member extending through each one of a plu... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6868663 | Gas turbine plant with high detection sensitivity of extraordinary state A gas turbine plant includes a combustion section, a turbine section, an exhaust section, a temperature detecting unit, and a monitoring unit. The combustion section combusts fuel using air to generate combustion gas. The turbine section is driven with the combustio... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6805483 | System for determining gas turbine firing and combustion reference temperature having correction for water content in combustion air A system is disclosed for adjusting a gas turbine firing temperature control algorithm and combustion reference temperature algorithms based on exhaust gas temperature, turbine pressure ratio and compressor discharge temperature for water content in the air entering... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6792761 | System for burning a processed fuel gas A fuel gas processed and preheated in a processing unit (6) is burned in a gas turbine unit or in a boiler plant. A continuously operating detector (9) for determining the condensate content in the processed fuel gas is arranged in a line (5) co... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6782691 | Gas turbine plant with high detection sensitivity of extraordinary state A gas turbine plant includes a combustion section, a turbine section, an exhaust section, a temperature detecting unit, and a monitoring unit. The combustion section combusts fuel using air to generate combustion gas. The turbine section is driven with the combustio... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6766648 | Anti-condensation device for a flame sensor of a combustion chamber An anti-condensation device for a flame sensor (10) of a combustion chamber (12), wherein the sensor (10) is disposed outside the combustion chamber (12) and determines the presence of the combustion flame by means of an aperture (14 | 07/27/2004 |
| 6715916 | System and method for determining gas turbine firing and combustion reference temperatures having correction for water content in fuel A system is disclosed for adjusting a gas turbine firing temperature control algorithm and combustion reference temperature algorithms based on exhaust gas temperature, turbine pressure ratio and compressor discharge temperature for water content in the air entering... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6513971 | Heatable member and temperature monitor therefor Use of an optical fiber for the direct receipt of heat radiation for transmission to a remote pyrometer is enabled by the provision of an apertured, contaminant free compartment in the component being heated, and aligning the heat receiving end of the opt... | 02/04/2003 |
