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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8112998 | Apparatus and method for cooling a turbine using heat pipes The turbine section of the turbine engine is provided with a flow of cooling air which is taken from a compressor section of the turbine engine. The air received from the compressor section is itself cooled before the air is delivered to the turbine. Heat is removed... | 02/14/2012 |
| 7971438 | Gas turbine engine having a heat exchanger arrangement for exhaust gas flows Environmental concerns have resulted in consideration of the effects of condensation trails from gas turbine engines. By provision of a condensation stage in a heat exchanger arrangement for a gas turbine engine the level of condensation within a final exhaust gas f... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7856824 | Cooling systems for use on aircraft Cooling systems for an aircraft are provided. In an embodiment, a system includes an engine nacelle, an engine, a bypass duct, and a heat exchanger. The engine nacelle includes an airflow inlet. The engine is housed in the engine nacelle in flow communication with t... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7827794 | Ultra low emissions fast starting power plant The power plant combusts a hydrocarbon fuel with oxygen to produce high temperature high pressure products of combustion. These products of combustion are routed through an expander to generate power. The products of combustion are substantially free of oxides of ni... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7827795 | Active thermal protection for fuel injectors A fuel injector and turbine engine incorporating the fuel injector are provided. The fuel injector includes an active cooling system that insulates fuel flowing through the fuel injector from heat energy within the turbine engine. The cooling system includes a cooli... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7810332 | Gas turbine with heat exchanger for cooling compressed air and preheating a fuel A gas turbine includes a compressor for compressing the combustion air, at least one combustion chamber, in which a fuel is burned while compressed combustion air is supplied, and at least one first turbine arranged downstream of the combustion chamber and in which ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7716930 | Integrated plant cooling system An integrated power plant cooling system for an electrical generating power plant driven by a gas turbine to cool power plant components is provided. The integrated cooling system includes a heat source extracted from the power plant and an absorption chiller utiliz... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7690202 | Mobile gas turbine engine and generator assembly A method for supplying power to a remote load includes coupling a gas turbine engine to a vessel that is not used to provide propulsion for the vessel, coupling a generator to the gas turbine engine, coupling an intercooler system downstream from a first compressor ... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7472550 | Combined cooling and power plant with water extraction A turbine engine system and a method for using the turbine engine system that includes at least one low-pressure compressor, at least one high-pressure compressor, at least one low-pressure turbine, and at least one high-pressure turbine. In addition, the turbine en... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7367178 | Gas turbine system A gas turbine system comprises a compressor for compressing air, a combustor for burning the air compressed by the compressor and fuel, a turbine driven by combustion gases produced from the combustor, and a spraying apparatus for adding water to working air at leas... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7353654 | Method and apparatus for achieving power augmentation in gas turbines using wet compression A gas turbine unit and method of operation thereof are disclosed. A very quick and easily controllable augmentation or reduction of shaft power produced by the gas turbine unit, in particular of large gas turbine units exhibiting a pressure ratio larger than 15 bar,... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353656 | Method and apparatus for achieving power augmentation in gas turbines using wet compression A gas turbine unit and method of operation thereof are disclosed. A very quick and easily controllable augmentation or reduction of shaft power produced by the gas turbine unit, in particular of large gas turbine units exhibiting a pressure ratio larger than 15 bar,... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353655 | Method and apparatus for achieving power augmentation in gas turbine using wet compression A gas turbine unit as well as a method for operating a gas turbine with high-pressure turbine and a low-pressure turbine unit are disclosed. A very quick and at the same time easily controllable augmentation or reduction of the shaft power of the gas turbine unit ca... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7343746 | Method of chilling inlet air for gas turbines A method for cooling inlet air to a gas turbine is provided. For example, a method is described including passing inlet air through a cooling coil that includes an opening for receiving the inlet air and that is operably connected to a gas turbine power plant. The g... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7310950 | Inlet airflow cooling control for a power generating system A power generating system (20) includes a generator (22) and a combustion turbine (24) for driving the generator (22). The combustion turbine (24) may have a combustion turbine air inlet (30) for receiving an inlet airflow (... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7305838 | Cooling compressor intake air Cooling air provided to a compressor air inlet such that water vapor in the inlet air condenses to lower a moisture content of the air provided to the compressor. ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7305832 | Work extraction arrangement A work extraction arrangement (10) comprises a cooling assembly (12) for cooling a gas to provide a working fluid capable of doing work. The arrangement (10) further includes storage means (14) for storing the working fluid and a turbine ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7299619 | Vaporization of liquefied natural gas for increased efficiency in power cycles A gas turbine cycle that utilizes the vaporization of liquefied natural gas as a source of inlet air chilling for a gas turbine. The cycle uses regeneration for preheating of combustor air and offers the potential of gas turbine cycle efficiencies in excess of 60%. ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7296413 | Power generating system and method A power generating system having a liquid natural gas (LNG) vaporization circuit and an energy generating circuit. The LNG vaporization circuit includes a heat exchange assembly and a heating tower connected to the heat exchange assembly. The LNG vaporization circui... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7293415 | Method of operating a gas turbine group In a method for operating a gas turbine centre in the vicinity of the group nominal full-load conditions, the cooling of the working fluid before and/or during the compression is set in such a way that the respectively attainable full-load power is above the current... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7287381 | Power recovery and energy conversion systems and methods of using same In various illustrative examples, the system may include heat recovery heat exchangers, one or more turbines or expanders, a desuperheater heat exchanger, a condenser heat exchanger, a separator, an accumulator, and a liquid circulating pump, etc. In one example, a ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7284377 | Method and apparatus for operating an intercooler for a gas turbine engine A method for operating a gas turbine engine includes channeling compressed airflow discharged from a first compressor through an intercooler having a cooling medium flowing therethrough, channeling a working fluid through the intercooler to facilitate increasing an ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7272933 | Methods and apparatus for operating gas turbine engines A method for operating a gas turbine engine, including a first compressor, a second compressor, and a turbine, coupled together in serial flow arrangement. The method includes channeling compressed airflow discharged from the first compressor through an intercooler ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7269955 | Methods and apparatus for maintaining rotor assembly tip clearances A method of operating a gas turbine engine is provided. The gas turbine engine includes at least one engine casing and at least one rotor assembly. The method includes directing airflow through a supply pipe and into a heat exchanger, lowering the temperature of the... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7269954 | Method for operating a gas turbine installation, and gas turbine installation A method for operating a gas turbine installation (1) includes sucking in a gaseous medium (2) by the compressor (3) and compressed in the compressor space, a liquid medium (10) being injected into the gaseous medium (2), so that a... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7266946 | Gas fuel compression by liquification An apparatus for supplying inlet gas 29 and fuel 17 to a gas turbine engine 10, the apparatus comprising: a heat exchanger 28 for transferring thermal energy from the inlet gas 29 to a fuel 17 for the gas turbine engine 1... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7254950 | Methods and apparatus for operating gas turbine engines A method for operating a gas turbine engine, including a first compressor, a second compressor, a combustor and a turbine, coupled together in serial flow arrangement, and an intercooler coupled between the first compressor and the second compressor, the intercooler... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7251942 | Integrated gearless and nonlubricated auxiliary power unit An auxiliary power unit (APU) includes a compressor, a turbine, a combustor, and a starter-generator unit all integrated within a single containment housing. The turbine has an output shaft on which the compressor is mounted, and the starter-generator unit is couple... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7237386 | Process for controlling the cooling air mass flow of a gas turbine set A process is provided for the control of the amount of cooling air of a gas turbine set. Suitable means are provided in the cooling system to enable the amount of cooling air to be varied. The control of this means takes place in dependence on an operating parameter... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7228682 | System for augmented electric power generation with distilled water output The system for augmented electric power generation with distilled water output employs a combined cycle gas turbine power generation system for electrical power generation. A multistage evaporator uses steam drawn from the steam turbine as a heating medium to power ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7211906 | Rankine—microturbine for generating electricity An electrical output power generation system is provided. A gas turbine engine rotor spool with at least one alternator rotor and steam turbine rotor are integrated and within a engine body having a combustor or external heat source having fluid communication with t... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7185495 | System and method for improving thermal efficiency of dry low emissions combustor assemblies A gas turbine engine system having improved thermal efficiency, which comprises: (1) an inlet air stream; and (2) a dry low emissions combustor assembly having an air inlet for receiving the inlet air stream, at least one bleed air port and an air outlet for dischar... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7143573 | Gas turbine set A gas turbine set, with a cooling air system through which at least one cooling air mass flow flows from a compressor to thermally highly loaded components of the gas turbine set. Pressure increasing ejectors are arranged in a cooling air duct of the cooling air sys... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7143581 | Gas turbine plant A gas turbine plant comprises an air compressor, gas turbine including at least one high temperature section, a driven equipment, which are operatively connected in series, a gas turbine combustor arranged between the air compressor and the gas turbine, a fuel syste... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7137257 | Gas turbine power augmentation method A power augmentation method for a gas turbine in which water is injected into one or more stages of an auxiliary compressor to produce a vapor containing gas stream. The vapor containing gas stream is at least in part introduced into combustors of the gas turbine fo... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7121078 | Methods and apparatus for operating gas turbine engines A method facilitates assembling a gas turbine engine assembly. The method comprises providing at least one propelling gas turbine engine that includes a core engine including at least one turbine. The method also comprises coupling an auxiliary engine to the propell... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7121906 | Method and apparatus for decreasing marine vessel power plant exhaust temperature According to the present invention, a method and apparatus for generating power aboard a marine vessel is provided. The method comprises the steps of: (a) providing a Rankine Cycle device that includes at least one of each of an evaporator, a turbo-generator that in... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7118307 | Cooling water intake system A cooling water intake system is configured to minimize entrainment, impingement and thermal plumes associated with the operation of onshore industrial facilities, such as a power plant, and includes a delivery system guiding ground waters from under the sand bottom... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7111462 | Onboard supplemental power system at varying high altitudes Systems and methods for supplementing a power system to achieve consistent operation at varying altitudes are disclosed herein. A hybrid power system comprising a single power source driving multiple generators may implement a power recovery turbine to drive a super... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7104750 | Fogging device for gas turbines A fogging device (26) for introducing water and/or vapor into an intake air flow (10, 27) of a gas turbine (1–3) includes a sound-absorbing device (31, 35). This device may in particular be designed in the form of Venturi tubes (31 | 09/12/2006 |
