Patents Represented by Attorney Larry C. Cain
  • Patent number: 4833878
    Abstract: Systems capable of supplying either all gaseous fuel, all liquid fuel, or a mixture of the two, at a preselected ratio have been successfully employed in gas turbine engines. The mixing of such fuels has taken place in the combustion chamber and has caused the nozzle design and system controls to complicate the structure and increase costs. The subject system for burning gaseous fuels having a range of calorific values has overcome these problems by providing a simple inexpensive system. The system uses a starting step where only high calorific value gaseous fuel is injected through a first fuel supply passage of an injector and operates the engine to a preestablished engine operating parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1989
    Assignee: Solar Turbines Incorporated
    Inventors: Virendra M. Sood, Leslie J. Faulder