Patents by Inventor Michael Caflisch

Michael Caflisch 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).

  • Method for starting-up and operating a combined-cycle power plant
    Patent number: 10072532
    Abstract: A method for starting-up a steam turbine of a combined-cycle power plant is provided. The combined-cycle power plant includes a gas turbine and a steam power generation system having a steam turbine. The combined-cycle power plant activates at least one electric generator connectable to an electric grid. The gas turbine includes a compressor, such that, during starting-up of the steam turbine, both the gas turbine and the steam turbine are in operation. The steam turbine adjusts its load as a function of the load of the gas turbine in such a way that the sum of the load provided by the gas turbine and of the load provided by the steam turbine is equal to the auxiliary power demand of the plant. The load exported to the grid is equal to zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: General Electric Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Hamid Olia, Jan Schlesier, Michael Breitfeld, Philipp Brunner, Mark Stevens, Michael Caflisch
  • METHOD FOR STARTING-UP AND OPERATING A COMBINED-CYCLE POWER PLANT
    Publication number: 20140250901
    Abstract: A method for starting-up a steam turbine of a combined-cycle power plant is provided. The combined-cycle power plant includes a gas turbine and a steam power generation system having a steam turbine. The combined-cycle power plant activates at least one electric generator connectable to an electric grid. The gas turbine includes a compressor, such that, during starting-up of the steam turbine, both the gas turbine and the steam turbine are in operation. The steam turbine adjusts its load as a function of the load of the gas turbine in such a way that the sum of the load provided by the gas turbine and of the load provided by the steam turbine is equal to the auxiliary power demand of the plant. The load exported to the grid is equal to zero.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventors: Hamid OLIA, Jan Schlesier, Michael Breitfeld, Philipp Brunner, Mark Stevens, Michael Caflisch