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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7347086 | System and method for burner-based accelerated aging of emissions control device, with engine cycle having cold start and warm up modes A method for accelerated aging of an automotive catalytic converter under conditions incorporating cold start simulations. ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7318554 | Third stream automotive color injection A method and system are provided for injecting a color component into a plural component coating dispensing system. Base, cure and color components are pumped from respective containers at metered volume. The color component, which is preferably a low-viscosity auto... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7273187 | Nozzle for air-assisted atomization of a liquid fuel A nozzle (100) for air-assisted atomizing of a liquid fuel comprises a fuel feed passage (110) and an air feed passage (114) and a swirling chamber (118) from which fuel and air may be passed to an exit orifice (126) for emerging a... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7249460 | Fuel injection system for a turbine engine To improve the burning efficiency of fuel supplied to a turbine engine by electronic fuel injectors under control of a fuel injection control system, a nebulizer of unique design is employed with the fuel injectors to further reduce the individual fuel cell size fro... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7217342 | Apparatus for paper making and paper surface enhancement A process that can utilize current paper manufacturing facilities by adding consecutive spray apparatuses that can make and/or enhance the manufacture of a multitude of specific paper products on-line, or improve the properties of already formed paper products with ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7124833 | System for delivery of breathable fire extinguishing gas This invention relates to an improved portable system for the delivery of a breathable, fire extinguishing gas mixture to a fire zone. The gas mixture comprises a normally gaseous inert material, such as nitrogen, helium or argon; an oxygen containing gas; and carbo... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7117675 | Cooling of liquid fuel components to eliminate coking A system for cooling at least one gas turbine liquid fuel component located in a high temperature environment to eliminate coking in the component is disclosed. The system includes a sleeve surrounding the liquid fuel component, a device for providing a current of c... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7117678 | Fuel injector head A gas turbine fuel nozzle head includes an outlet passage having a curved annular transitional surface extending smoothly to a substantially radial and annular surface relative to a central axis of the fuel nozzle head, for providing a low cost and compact structure... | 10/10/2006 |
| 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 they can minimize the formation of oxides of nitrogen during combustion.... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7093777 | Jet clean nozzle with multiple spray openings A jet clean nozzle having multiple spray openings which increase the scan density of pressurized water sprayed against the surface of a semiconductor wafer. The jet clean nozzle includes a nozzle body for attachment to a nozzle adaptor that communicates with a water... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7090205 | Premixed air-fuel mixture supply device A premixed air-fuel mixture supply device, combined with a combustor liner included in a combustor, includes a prevaporizing, premixing unit having inner and outer walls defining a prevaporizing, premixing chamber, and a wall surrounding an end part of the outer wal... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7086234 | Gas turbine combustion chamber with defined fuel input for the improvement of the homogeneity of the fuel-air mixture A gas turbine combustion chamber with a burner 7, includes means for the supply of fuel and an atomizer 6, wherein the means for the supply of fuel are provided such that the fuel is injected in areas with maximum airflow velocity. ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7082768 | Method for injecting a fuel-air mixture into a combustion chamber In a fuel lance by means of which fuels can be injected, via at least two separate passages, into a combustion chamber alternately or simultaneously at an injection location arranged substantially at the lance tip, reliable operation is achieved, without the risk of... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7082765 | Methods and apparatus for reducing gas turbine engine emissions A method enables a gas turbine engine to be assembled. The method comprises coupling a fuel nozzle within the engine to inject fuel into the engine, wherein the fuel nozzle includes three independent injection circuits arranged such that the second injection circuit... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7065972 | Fuel-air mixing apparatus for reducing gas turbine combustor exhaust emissions A fuel-air mixer for use in a combustion chamber of a gas turbine engine is provided. The fuel air mixing apparatus comprises an annular fuel injector having a plurality of discrete plain jet orifices, a first swirler wherein the first swirler is located upstream fr... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7025286 | Third stream automotive color injection A method and system are provided for dispensing a colored polymerizing composition. Two reactive components and one color component are pumped from respective containers at a metered volume. The color component, which is preferably a low-viscosity automotive paint i... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7007864 | Fuel nozzle design The present invention relates to a fuel nozzle for use in an engine such as a gas turbine engine. The fuel nozzle includes a fuel injector for injecting fuel into a combustion chamber of the engine and a plurality of rows of holes surrounding the fuel injector for e... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7004408 | Burner Burner (1) comprising a head (2) with two groups of holes (4′, 4″) for the passage of fuel and comburent arranged in circles concentric to the burner axis, in which the various groups (5) of holes are separated by circular sectors wit... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6997214 | Intake tubing for engines An intake tubing includes a tubular member having a number of helical protuberances and a number of helical grooves formed in an inner peripheral surface, an inlet end for receiving fluid, and an outlet end for coupling to an engine. The helical protuberances and th... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6993916 | Burner tube and method for mixing air and gas in a gas turbine engine A hybrid structure that combines characteristics of the DACRS and Swozzle burners to provide the high mixing ability of an axial flowing counter rotating vane swirler with good dynamic flame stability characteristics of a bluff center body. ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6968693 | Method and apparatus for reducing gas turbine engine emissions A low emission turbine includes a reverse flow can-type combustor that generally includes a primary and secondary fuel delivery system that can be independently controlled to produce low CO, UHC, and NOx emissions at design set point and at conditions other than des... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6968692 | Fuel premixing module for gas turbine engine combustor A fuel-air premixing module is designed to reduce emissions from a gas turbine engine. In one form, the premixing module includes a central pilot premixer module with a main premixer module positioned thereround. Each of the portions of the fuel-air premixing module... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6969012 | Low pressure atomizer for difficult to disperse solutions An atomizer for difficult to disperse solutions such as sizing and paper coatings comprising three nozzles defining three channels respectively two of the nozzles comprising fluid-emitting nozzles and the third nozzle comprising a treatment-emitting nozzle. Alternat... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6962296 | Steam water spray systems An apparatus and method to use steam to atomize water to produce a mixture of moisture and heat for application to the web of a paper machine for both production improvement and paper quality control. The method allows independent droplet size and heat control in th... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6918243 | Bi-propellant injector with flame-holding zone igniter A bi-propellant injector (66) includes a first injector element (68) and a second injector element (70) injecting a first propellant (69) and a second propellant (71), respectively, into a combustion chamber (53). A flame-ho... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6918255 | Cooling of liquid fuel components to eliminate coking A system for cooling at least one gas turbine liquid fuel component located in a high temperature environment to eliminate coking in the component is disclosed. The system includes a sleeve surrounding the liquid fuel component, a device for providing a current of c... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6886757 | Nozzle assembly for HVOF thermal spray system A nozzle assembly for a HVOF thermal metallic spray coating system includes an inner tube, a middle tube and an outer tube which are concentrically arranged about an axis of the nozzle assembly and are spaced to provide annular, concentric gas flow passages for oxyg... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6866207 | Apparatus for spraying of liquids and solutions containing solid particles such as paper manufacturing fibers and fillers A swirling gas atomizer for dispersing liquids and highly viscous or otherwise difficult to disperse solutions of liquids and solids to a mist with desired properties. The pressurized high speed rotating gas in this apparatus can disintegrate most chemical solutions... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6745951 | High frequency pulse rate and high productivity detonation spray gun A detonation gun for thermal spraying formed by a combustion chamber (1) and a barrel (2), with entrances for fuel (5) and for oxidizer (4), one or more spark plugs (6) for detonating the fuel-oxidizer mixture and one or more injec... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6682342 | Combustor for waste gas treatment A combustor for waste gas treatment having a flame stabilizing zone 15 surrounded by a peripheral wall 13 and closed with a bottom wall 14. The flame stabilizing zone 15 is provided to face a combustion chamber 11. Burner ports 23 for auxiliary combustibl... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6524097 | Method and apparatus for backing-up oxy-fuel combustion with air-fuel combustion Method and apparatus for continuation of combustion with an oxy-fuel combustion system when the supply of oxygen is temporally reduced or stopped. Air or oxygen enriched air and fuel are introduced into the device being heated in place of the oxy-fuel mix... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6494711 | Combustor for treating exhaust gas A combustor for waste gas treatment having a flame stabilizing zone 15 surrounded by a peripheral wall 13 and closed with a bottom wall 14. The flame stabilizing zone 15 is provided to face a combustion chamber 11. Burner ports 23 for auxiliary combustibl... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6315551 | Burners having at least three air feed ducts, including an axial air duct and a rotary air duct concentric with at least one fuel feed, and a central stabilizer The technical field of the invention is making a burner capable of using one or more fuels, optionally simultaneously, together with particular features for the gas feed ducts. Such a burner comprises at least four substantially concentric ducts for feedi... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6240731 | Low NOx combustor for gas turbine engine A method of combusting fuel in the combustor of a gas turbine engine is disclosed which includes injecting fuel and a first predetermined amount of airflow into the combustion chamber to form a fuel-rich, highly mixed, uniform distribution fuel-air spray ... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6189320 | Burner for fluidic fuels having multiple groups of vortex generating elements A burner, in particular for a gas turbine, in which combustion air is subjected to a vorticity by a vortex element, admits fuel to the vortical combustion air. At the same time, a pressure loss produced by the vortex element is small. A low NOx... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6141954 | Premixing fuel injector with improved flame disgorgement capacity A premixing fuel injector for an industrial gas turbine engine includes an axially extending centerbody (58) and a pair of radially offset scrolls (18) bounding a mixing chamber (24). The leading end (28) of each scroll cooperates with the trailing end (3... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6123273 | Dual-fuel nozzle for inhibiting carbon deposition onto combustor surfaces in a gas turbine The dual-fuel nozzle for a gas turbine and combustor includes a liquid fuel nozzle surrounded by a gas fuel nozzle. A converging sleeve surrounds the converging outer wall of the combined liquid fuel and gaseous nozzle to form a duct of decreasing cross-s... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6021961 | Crossover-resistant plural component mixing nozzle An anti-crossover nozzle with two principle pieces that snap together, having a forward end portion with a dispensing opening, a rear end portion which includes at least a pair of inlets. Each inlet has a center passage, therethrough and at least two valv... | 02/08/2000 |
| 6021635 | Dual orifice liquid fuel and aqueous flow atomizing nozzle having an internal mixing chamber A fuel nozzle of a variety for dispensing an atomized fluid spray into the combustion chamber of a gas turbine engine. The nozzle includes a first fluid conduit extending along a longitudinal central axis from an upstream end to a downstream end portion t... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5979798 | Spray system for application of high build coatings Many industries such as construction and aerospace industries use high build coatings for various purposes. Spray system for applying high build coatings allow thick coating to be applied relatively quickly as opposed to manual methods. The present applic... | 11/09/1999 |
