Patents by Inventor Volker Ertle

Volker Ertle 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 and apparatus for purging and/or sealing at least one burner of a gas turbine plant
    Patent number: 10619572
    Abstract: A purging and/or sealing apparatus for conveying a purging and/or sealing fluid to at least one burner of a gas turbine plant. The purging and/or sealing apparatus has a pressure accumulator and a heating device, wherein the pressure accumulator is connected to the at least one burner via a first fluid line, with the heating device connected therebetween. A gas turbine plant and a method for purging and/or sealing has at least one burner and a purging and/or sealing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Waruschewski, Ismail Belkahla, Volker Ertle, Kirjiakos Galanakis, Gülsen Schymetzko, James Smith, Patrick Wünsche
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PURGING AND/OR SEALING AT LEAST ONE BURNER OF A GAS TURBINE PLANT
    Publication number: 20170138269
    Abstract: A purging and/or sealing apparatus for conveying a purging and/or sealing fluid to at least one burner of a gas turbine plant. The purging and/or sealing apparatus has a pressure accumulator and a heating device, wherein the pressure accumulator is connected to the at least one burner via a first fluid line, with the heating device connected therebetween. A gas turbine plant and a method for purging and/or sealing has at least one burner and a purging and/or sealing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Waruschewski, Ismail Belkahla, Volker Ertle, Kirjiakos Galanakis, Gülsen Schymetzko, James Smith, Patrick Wünsche
  • Method for rinsing a fuel system of a gas turbine and associated fuel system
    Patent number: 9175606
    Abstract: A method for flushing a section of a fuel system of a burner of a gas turbine is provided. The method includes the steps of providing a feed line for feeding fuel from a fuel source to the burner, providing a first feed point close to the burner and a second feed point remote from the burner in the feed line in each case for feeding a medium into the feed line, feeding the medium via the first feed point, and discharging, via the burner, the fuel which is in the feed line between the first feed point and the burner, and also feeding the medium via the second feed point, and discharging, via the first feed point, the fuel which is in the feed line between the second feed point and the first feed point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Carsten Bassmann, Volker Ertle, Michael Nienhaus, Horst Uwe Rauh, Damian Razowski, Uwe Scheuer, Ulrich Wagner
  • Optical waveguide
    Patent number: 8275231
    Abstract: An optical waveguide with a tubular or hose-like housing is provided, which is used in a high-temperature environment, such as, for example, in a burner. The housing has an input opening, an output opening and a center line extending from the input opening to the output opening. In the interior of the housing, transparent spheres are lined up along with center line. The light is guided on account of the refraction of a light beam upon entering and exiting from the transparent spheres.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gilbert Braun, Volker Ertle, Christian Henke, Gülsen Kisaboyun, Andreas Pahl, Bernd Prade, Uwe Scheuer, Wolfgang Stammen, Edmund Zastrozny
  • Method for rinsing a fuel system of a gas turbine and associated fuel system
    Publication number: 20110146807
    Abstract: A method for flushing a section of a fuel system of a burner of a gas turbine is provided. The method includes the steps of providing a feed line for feeding fuel from a fuel source to the burner, providing a first feed point close to the burner and a second feed point remote from the burner in the feed line in each case for feeding a medium into the feed line, feeding the medium via the first feed point, and discharging, via the burner, the fuel which is in the feed line between the first feed point and the burner, and also feeding the medium via the second feed point, and discharging, via the first feed point, the fuel which is in the feed line between the second feed point and the first feed point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Carsten Bassmann, Volker Ertle, Michael Nienhaus, Horst Uwe Rauh, Damian Razowski, Uwe Scheuer, Ulrich Wagner
  • OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE
    Publication number: 20100046073
    Abstract: An optical waveguide with a tubular or hose-like housing is provided, which is used in a high-temperature environment, such as, for example, in a burner. The housing has an input opening, an output opening and a centre line extending from the input opening to the output opening. In the interior of the housing, transparent spheres are lined up along with centre line. The light is guided on account of the refraction of a light beam upon entering and exiting from the transparent spheres.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2007
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Gilbert Braun, Volker Ertle, Christian Henke, Gülsen Kisaboyun, Andreas Pahl, Bernd Prade, Uwe Scheuer, Wolfgang Stammen, Edmund Zastrozny