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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8127547 | Gas turbine engine with air and fuel cooling system A gas turbine engine is provided with a first heat exchanger associated with a cooling air flow to deliver cooling air to a turbine section. A second heat exchanger is associated with a fuel supply line for delivering fuel into a combustion section. An intermediate ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8112999 | Turbomachine injection nozzle including a coolant delivery system An injection nozzle for a turbomachine includes a main body having a first end portion that extends to a second end portion defining an exterior wall having an outer surface. A plurality of fluid delivery tubes extend through the main body. Each of the plurality of ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8047000 | Gas turbine combustion chamber The invention relates to a gas turbine combustion chamber with a combustion chamber wall 1, with at least part of the combustion chamber wall 1 being provided with a liquid-cooling system. ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7600382 | Turbine engine with interstage heat transfer Efficiency and/or power are increased in a turbine engine by using a self-contained, passive heat transfer device, such as a heat pipe, to transfer heat from working fluid in one section of the engine to working fluid in another section of the engine. ... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7434765 | Heat exchanger systems and associated systems and methods for cooling aircraft starter/generators Heat exchanger systems and associated systems and methods for cooling aircraft starters/generators are disclosed. A system in accordance with one embodiment includes a first fluid flow path for a first fluid, a second fluid flow path for a second fluid, and a third ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7413399 | Method and apparatus for distributing fluid into a turbomachine An apparatus for distributing a fluid in a gas flow path inside a turbomachine, comprising: a device for introducing the fluid into the gas flow path; and wherein the device is positioned within the gas flow path. A method for installing an apparatus that will distr... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7347041 | Rocket engine combustion chamber An improved engine construction, such as a rocket engine construction is provided. The engine construction comprises a combustion chamber, a smooth wall nozzle, and a transition zone between the chamber and the smooth wall nozzle. The transition zone has a coolant s... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7213391 | Cooling systems Apparatus for maintaining the temperature of a component of a gas turbine engine below a predetermined maximum working temperature comprises a reservoir for a cooling fluid having a boiling point below the working temperature and in which the component is immersed o... | 05/08/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7096668 | Cooling and sealing design for a gas turbine combustion system An interface region between a combustion liner and a transition duct of a gas turbine combustor is disclosed having improved cooling such that component life is increased and metal temperatures are lowered. An aft end of a combustion liner is telescopically received... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7093441 | Gas turbine annular combustor having a first converging volume and a second converging volume, converging less gradually than the first converging volume A gas turbine engine combustor has inboard and outboard walls. A forward bulkhead extends between the walls and cooperates therewith to define a combustor interior volume. In longitudinal section, a first portion of the combustor interior volume converges from fore ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 6968700 | Power systems A method for producing electrical power which, in certain aspects, includes producing a water/methanol mixture and feeding it to converting apparatus that produces a feed stream with hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and steam; recovering hydrogen from the feed stream and f... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6931834 | Cooling systems Apparatus for maintaining the temperature of a component of a gas turbine engine below a predetermined maximum working temperature comprises a reservoir for a cooling fluid having a boiling point below the working temperature and in which the component is immersed o... | 08/23/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6913457 | Method and apparatus for optimized CO post-combustion in low NOx combustion processes An improved process for burning a fuel to produce a flue gas is disclosed. The fuel is burned in a main combustion zone in the presence of a main combustion oxidant to produce combustion products. The combustion products are mixed in a post-combustion zone positione... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6799417 | Diversion of combustion gas within a rocket engine to preheat fuel Heat is extracted from the combustion gas in a rocket engine combustion chamber by diverting portions of the gas through channels in the nozzle wall. The channels are layered between channels of coolant, which in expander cycle rocket engines is uncombusted fuel, to... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6769257 | Transition piece outlet structure enabling to reduce the temperature, and a transition piece, a combustor and a gas turbine providing the above output structure A gas turbine combustor transition piece outlet structure enabling a reduction in the temperature difference of a flange formed at the transition piece outlet. A flange is formed with a cooling medium channel along the inner circumference, cooling medium channels al... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6584778 | Methods and apparatus for supplying cooling air to turbine engines A cooling air cooling system is selectively operable to reduce fuel gum deposits within the cooling system during gas turbine engine operations. The cooling system includes a recirculating loop that includes at least three heat exchangers in fluid communi... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6578362 | Methods and apparatus for supplying cooling air to turbine engines A cooling air cooling system operable to reduce fuel gum deposits within the cooling system when a gas turbine engine operates above a predefined percentage of rated engine power. The cooling system includes a recirculating loop including a plurality of h... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6553752 | High pressure gas cycle and power plant Provided is a combustion chamber for producing a pressurized gas containing: a wall structure defining an interior chamber; a first reflecting surface for reflecting a pressure wave within said interior chamber; a second reflecting surface for reflecting said ... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6523352 | Piping support of gas turbine steam cooled combustor Piping support of a gas turbine steam cooled combustor is improved such that even when the piping support is damaged by combustion vibration, dropping of the piping support from the piping is prevented, so as to avoid intrusion of fractions of the piping ... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6510684 | Gas turbine engine A thermal insulator between the turbine and the compressor of a gas turbine engine is provided and at the same time it enables the air that has passed through the compressor to be heated by the heat of the hot turbine. A gas turbine engine comprises a cen... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6422020 | Cast heat exchanger system for gas turbine A cast heat exchanger, having an inlet and an outlet and defining an internal passage therebetween, includes a wall structure disposed within the internal passage that defines a series of interconnected chambers through which a cooling medium flows in a s... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6415595 | Integrated thermal management and coolant system for an aircraft A thermal management system avoids problems associated with the recirculation of fuel through a fuel tank on an aircraft in a system that includes a fuel reservoir (70), a pump (72) for pumping fuel from the reservoir (70) to a first heat load (74) and th... | 07/09/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6244039 | Combined cycle plant having a heat exchanger for compressed air A combined cycle plant includes a heat exchanger (3) for recovering heat into compressed air or gas turbine fuel to be supplied into gas turbine (01). The plant is arranged such that steam is used as high temperature side working medium of the heat exchan... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6182435 | Thermal and energy management method and apparatus for an aircraft The cooling of components (26) of a vehicle (10) carrying a turbine engine (12) and a fuel supply (24) for the engine (12) without the excessive consumption of bleed air is achieved in an apparatus which includes a fuel recirculating system (34), a first ... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6128895 | Steam cooling apparatus for gas turbine The present invention relates to a steam-cooling system for gas turbine combustors in combined plants possessing a steam-cooled combustor; in order to maintain the combustor outlet steam temperature at planned values even during the starting and during th... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6116018 | Gas turbine plant with combustor cooling system A gas turbine plant having a compressor, gas turbine, and combustor, comprising a cooling system adapted to cool the wall of the combustor by means of air compressed by the combustor when the load of the gas turbine and/or the combustion load of the combu... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6112544 | Generator cooling system In a generator cooling system (10) for a generator used for current generation in a power station, said generator having a generator cooler (11) which is arranged, together with further coolers (12, . . . , 17), in a closed intermediate cooling circuit (1... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6109019 | Steam cooled gas turbine system A steam cooled gas turbine system in a combined power plant, constituted such that a tail pipe of a combustor is cooled with intermediate pressure steam from an exhaust heat recovery boiler, or outlet bleed steam from a high pressure turbine, and the cool... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6089012 | Steam cooled gas turbine system A steam cooled gas turbine system in a combined power plant, constituted such that gas turbine blade cooling steam and combustor tail pipe cooling steam are bled from an outlet of a high pressure turbine, passed through a fuel heater for heat exchange wit... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6038850 | Combined cycle power plant A combined cycle power plant comprises a gas turbine system and a steam cycle system having a steam turbine to be driven by the steam generated by the waste heat of the exhaust gas of the gas turbine system, wherein the steam from the steam cycle system f... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6014855 | Light hydrocarbon fuel cooling system for gas turbine The subject invention provides a gas turbine engine in which a cooling system is utilized to lower the temperature of light hydrocarbon liquid fuel before the fuel is injected into the combustors. Specifically, the fuel cooling system is deployed in the f... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5724805 | Power plant with carbon dioxide capture and zero pollutant emissions The invention relates to a power plant including an air separation unit arranged to separate oxygen from air and produce a stream of substantially pure liquid oxygen; a gas turbine arranged to combust a fuel, e.g., natural gas, liquefied natural gas, or s... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5715673 | Reduced pollution power generation system Five embodiments of Pollution-Free, Efficient, Large Scale Electrical Power Generation Systems, using thermal energy are illustrated herein. Each embodiment is composed of subsystems and/or individual elements which tailor each system to an operating envi... | 02/10/1998 |
| 4899536 | Starting system for a turbine engine Difficulties in starting turbine engines 10 at high altitudes are avoided in a starting system which includes a combustor 34 having a gas outlet 32 adapted to be in communication with a turbine engine nozzle 28, a fuel inlet 36, and an oxidant inlet 38 so... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4899535 | Turbojet fuel supply system with fuel recycling In a turbojet fuel supply system in which a controlled flow of fuel ql is diverted from between the high pressure pump and the feed flow regulator and recycled upstream of the high pressure pump in order to maintain a substantially constant pressure diffe... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4899538 | Hot gas generator Carbon build-up in a hot gas generator is avoided in a construction including a vessel 24 having a narrow inlet end 26, a narrow outlet end 28 and an intermediate, relatively wide, combustion chamber 30 by either disposing a heat shield 50 on the interior... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4819438 | Steam cooled rich-burn combustor liner An object of the invention is to cool a rich burn combustor without extracting excessive amounts of heat and to use the extracted heat. In accordance with the invention, a combustor (10) having a primary combustor (12) and a secondary combustor (13) with ... | 04/11/1989 |
