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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6598801 | Methods and apparatus for injecting water into gas turbine engines A nozzle for a gas turbine engine that includes an air circuit, a water circuit, and a swirler that facilitate reducing erosion within the nozzle is described. The air circuit is formed by a first conduit that extends along the nozzle. The water circuit i... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6484506 | Solar power enhanced combustion turbine power plant and methods Combustion turbine power plants and methods of operating the same are provided in which air is cooled using solar energy and supplied to an air inlet of the power plant to support combustion. Also, combustion turbine power plants and methods of operating ... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6393823 | Methods for fuel nozzle staging for gas turbine engines A fuel delivery system for fuel nozzle staging includes a gas circuit and a fuel circuit. Each circuit includes a first manifold and a second manifold. The fuel delivery system delivers a first gas and a first fuel to a gas turbine engine during initial o... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6389800 | Apparatus for fuel nozzle staging for gas turbine engines A fuel delivery system for fuel nozzle staging includes a gas circuit and a fuel circuit. Each circuit includes a first manifold and a second manifold. The fuel delivery system delivers a first gas and a first fuel to a gas turbine engine during initial o... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6293088 | Gas turbine with steam cooling and fuel atomization This invention relates to a combustion turbine power plant having a gas turbine. The plant includes a compressor for generating a compressed gas stream, a fuel delivery system for supplying a combustible fuel to the gas turbine, a combustor for receiving ... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6263664 | Combined steam and gas turbine engine with magnetic transmission In a combined steam and gas turbine engine cycle, a combustion chamber is made durable against high pressure and enlarged in length to increase the operation pressure ratio, without exceeding the heat durability temperature of the system while increasing ... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6250065 | Gas turbine combustion system and combustor ignition method therefor Liquid fuel purge device uses water, not compressed air as in the prior art, thereby prevented are rapid load change of gas turbine due to sudden discharge of liquid fuel and coking of remaining liquid fuel. Upon supply of liquid fuel to fuel nozzle (05) ... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6212872 | Pressurized fluidized-bed combined cycle power generation system A pressurized fluidized bed combined electricity generation system for improving gas turbine output increases and prevention of surging is provided. This pressurized fluidized bed combined electricity generation system is a combined electricity generation... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6000211 | Solar power enhanced combustion turbine power plant and methods Combustion turbine power plants and methods of operating the same are provided in which air is cooled using solar energy and supplied to an air inlet of the power plant to support combustion. Also, combustion turbine power plants and methods of operating ... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5709077 | Reduce pollution hydrocarbon combustion gas generator A gas generator is provided for generating gas including steam and carbon dioxide from the combustion of a hydrocarbon gas with oxygen. The gas generator includes an enclosure with an induction head (201) having an oxygen inlet and a fuel inlet therein, a... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5687560 | Steam raising apparatus for performance enhanced gas turbine powerplants A steam raising apparatus for a gas turbine driven powerplant in which fuel and water are introduced into a heat exchanger at multiple pressures and steam/fuel mixtures are removed from the heat exchanger at multiple pressures, some of which are above the... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5581997 | Performance enhanced gas turbine powerplants A gas turbine driven powerplant having one or more compressors for producing a down stream air flow, a heat exchanger positioned down stream of the compressors followed by a side stream flow coolant line, a regenerator positioned down stream of the heat e... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5417057 | Thermodynamic drive An improved thermodynamic drive which accelerates exhaust gases through a convergent-divergent exhaust nozzle (14) from a high pressure combustion chamber 12 to an ultra high velocity and by entraining atmospheric air therein; transfers a portion of the i... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5417053 | Partial regenerative dual fluid cycle gas turbine assembly A partial regenerative dual fluid cycle gas turbine assembly can reduce the amount of steam injected to the combustor and can reduce the pressure loss in the heat exchanger and in pipes around the heat exchanger, thereby improving the efficiency of the ga... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5375409 | Pressurized fluidized bed combined gas turbine and steam turbine power plant with steam injection A combined cycle pressurized fluidized bed power plant having a system for maintaining operation during low load condition, comprises a pressurized fluidized combustor for burning fuel for producing a gas for powering a gas turbine, and for producing stea... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5353589 | Gas turbine plant having a water or steam cooled energy exchanger The use of a pressure wave machine as energy exchanger (C) in a gas turbine plant makes it possible, owing to the self-cooling cellular wheel (22), to employ substantially higher temperatures. However, in order to be able to make full use of this advantag... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5340274 | Integrated steam/air cooling system for gas turbines A steam or air cooled combined cycle gas turbine includes first and second turbine stages and a second nozzle stage. During start-up, cooling air is supplied radially inwardly through the second stage nozzle for flow into the gas flow through the turbine ... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5271216 | Method for increasing the compressor-related pressure drop of the gas turbine of a power plant In a method for increasing the compressor-related pressure drop of the gas turbine (8) of a gas turbine group with a waste-heat steam generator (13) connected downstream, an injector (5), through the mixing nozzle of which the precompressed air (4) from t... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5175994 | Combustion section supply system having fuel and water injection for a rotary machine A fuel supply system 32 for a rotary machine 10 is disclosed. Various construction details are developed which enable operation of a plurality of fuel injectors 28 in the machine at a low pressure drop with a wide range of fuel and water fuel rates. In on... | 01/05/1993 |
| 4835958 | Process for directing a combustion gas stream onto rotatable blades of a gas turbine A process for producing work comprises passing a combustion gas stream through a gas nozzle which directs the steam onto the rotatable blades of an expansion turbine. The trailing edge of the air-foil shaped vanes which form the gas nozzle is cooled by pa... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4569195 | Fluid injection gas turbine engine and method for operating A gas turbine including at least a compressor, a combustor, and a turbine is constructed to operate at a preferred thermal efficiency in predetermined compressor and turbine flow pressure ratios. A fluid, such as steam, for example produced by waste heat ... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4545197 | Process for directing a combustion gas stream onto rotatable blades of a gas turbine A process for producing work comprises passing a combustion gas stream through a gas nozzle which directs the stream onto the rotatable blades of an expansion turbine. A fluid having a sonic velocity greater than the combustion gas is directed against and... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4509324 | Direct open loop Rankine engine system and method of operating same A shipboard engine system and method of operating includes two compressors with an intercooler, a compressor turbine, a power turbine, a combustor for combining fuel, air and water. Heat exchangers remove heat from the exhaust and use it to preheat the wa... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4395874 | Fuel nozzles with water injection for gas turbine engines A pressure atomizing fuel nozzle of the type that has a primary and secondary fuel system for a gas turbine engine and includes air swirl means and water injection is designed so that the water laden airstream is swirling in the same direction as both the... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4282067 | Apparatus for high volume distillation of liquids A method and closed system for high volume distillation of impure liquids comprises evaporating the impure liquid in an evaporator to form a vapor at a temperature above the freezing point and below the critical point, preferably the boiling point, of the... | 08/04/1981 |
| 4270343 | Method and apparatus for recovery of energy from blast furnace exhaust gas The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for recovering energy from a blast furnace exhaust gas by utilizing an axial-flow turbine. According to the method of the present invention, a blast furnace exhaust gas is first passed through a wet ... | 06/02/1981 |
| 4224991 | Method and apparatus for extracting crude oil from previously tapped deposits A device for extracting crude oil out of an extraction bore of a previously tapped deposit, comprises, a combustion chamber having at least one reaction chamber portion and an evaporation chamber portion arranged in axial relationship with a constricted n... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4186060 | Method and apparatus for high volume distillation of liquids A method and apparatus for high volume distillation of impure liquid comprises evaporating the impure liquid in an evaporator to form a vapor at a temperature above the freezing point and below the boiling point of said liquid at atmospheric pressure and ... | 01/29/1980 |
| 4186058 | Method and apparatus for high volume distillation of liquids A method and closed system for high volume distillation of impure liquids comprises evaporating the impure liquid in an evaporator to form a vapor at a temperature above the freezing point and below the critical point, preferably the boiling point, of the... | 01/29/1980 |
| 4035243 | Method and apparatus for high volume distillation of liquids A method and apparatus for high volume distillation of impure liquid comprises evaporating the impure liquid in an evaporator to form a vapor at a temperature above the freezing point and at or below the boiling point of said liquid at atmospheric pressur... | 07/12/1977 |
