Patents by Inventor Curtis Lee Brown

Curtis Lee Brown has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Methods for operating gas turbine engines
    Patent number: 6484508
    Abstract: A method is provided for operating a gas turbine engine that includes a high pressure compressor and a water injection apparatus for injecting water into a flow of the engine upstream from the high pressure compressor. The method includes the steps of operating the engine without injecting water into the gas flow of the engine, injecting water at a first flow rate into the gas flow for power augmentation once engine full power is about reached, and injecting water into the engine at an increased second flow rate for evaporative cooling of engine components downstream from the high pressure compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Mark Stephen Rocklin, Nicholas Damlis, Curtis Lee Brown, Robert Paul Coleman, James William Stegmaier
  • Methods for operating gas turbine engines
    Publication number: 20010039794
    Abstract: A method is provided for operating a gas turbine engine that includes a high pressure compressor and a water injection apparatus for injecting water into a flow of the engine upstream from the high pressure compressor. The method includes the steps of operating the engine without injecting water into the gas flow of the engine, injecting water at a first flow rate into the gas flow for power augmentation once engine full power is about reached, and injecting water into the engine at an increased second flow rate for evaporative cooling of engine components downstream from the high pressure compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2001
    Publication date: November 15, 2001
    Inventors: Mark Stephen Rocklin, Nicholas Damlis, Curtis Lee Brown, Robert Paul Coleman, James William Stegmaier