Temperature Or Fluid Force Responsive Member Patents (Class 415/47)
  • Patent number: 11702952
    Abstract: An engine control system may be configured to perform a method of controlling thermal bias in a turbomachine. An exemplary method may include determining a thermal bias-value for the turbomachine, and performing a cooling treatment based at least in part on the thermal bias-value. The thermal bias-value may include a difference between an upward temperature-value corresponding to a first one or more temperature measurements of an upward portion of the turbomachine and a downward temperature-value corresponding to a second one or more temperature measurements of a downward portion of the turbomachine. The cooling treatment may include at least one of: circulating air through at least a portion of the turbomachine, and rotating a shaft of the turbomachine with a motoring system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Constantinos Minas, Harry Kirk Mathews, Jr., Gregory Alexander Natsui, Lana Maria Osusky
  • Patent number: 11635062
    Abstract: An automated method to determine modal characteristics of a wind turbine tower at an offshore location in a continuous manner includes reading one or more sensor data signals, prefiltering the one or more sensor data signals to divide the signals into a plurality of time segments, obtaining a frequency domain representation of each of the plurality of time segments by computing a Power Spectral Density (PSD) of each of the time segments to identify one or more frequency peaks in each of the time segments, assigning a probability to each of the frequency peaks in the PSD of each of the time segments, combining all assigned probabilities and determining the likelihood of the one or more frequency peaks. Also disclosed is an offshore wind turbine tower having a turbine control system utilizing the automated method to determine modal characteristics of the wind turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Renovables Espana, S.L.
    Inventors: Adolfo Anta Martinez, Conner Brooks Shane, Sebastia Roca Ferrer
  • Patent number: 11566973
    Abstract: A system for measuring pump efficiency includes a pump configured to pump a fluid, a suction pipe disposed upstream of a suction side of the pump, a discharge pipe disposed downstream of a discharge side of the pump, a first pipe section disposed between the suction pipe and the suction side of the pump, and a second pipe section disposed between the discharge pipe and the discharge side of the pump. Each of the first pipe section and the second pipe section includes a temperature sensing pipe liner configured to measure a temperature of the fluid in the first pipe section, and a thermal insulator disposed radially outward of the temperature sensing pipe liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: KCF TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Gary H. Koopmann, Jacob J. Loverich
  • Patent number: 11143190
    Abstract: A pump assembly includes an electrical drive motor (2) and an impeller which is connected to the drive motor (2) via a shaft (14). The shaft extends between the drive motor (2) and the impeller, through a seal arrangement with a fluid reservoir (22). A method is provided for detecting a concentration change in a fluid reservoir in the seal arrangement in the pump assembly. A concentration sensor (30) detects a concentration change in the fluid reservoir (22), and a second sensor (32) detects at least one further parameter of the fluid reservoir (22). The sensors are arranged on the fluid reservoir (22). The sensors are connected to an evaluation device (22). The evaluation device (34) is configured to carry out an evaluation of at least one reading of the concentration sensor (30), taking into account at least one reading which is detected by the second sensor (32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: GRUNDFOS HOLDING A/S
    Inventors: Gert Friis Eriksen, Jens Kjær Milthers
  • Patent number: 11143404
    Abstract: There is provided a combustor including a nozzle main body (16) that includes a shaft body (24) which extends along an axis and has, inside the shaft body (24), a purge air flow path (29), which extends along the axis to a tip portion of the shaft body (24) and into which compressed air is introduced, and an air spraying hole (39), which is formed in the tip portion of the shaft body (24) and connects the purge air flow path (29) to an outer surface of the shaft body (24), a swirling blade (26), which overhangs from an outer circumferential surface of the shaft body (24) in a diameter direction of the axis and swirls a fluid flowing to a downstream side of an axial direction around the axis, and a fuel spraying hole (38), and a sealing member (40) that seals the air spraying hole (39) and is formed of a metal having a melting point lower than a melting point of a metal forming the nozzle main body (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Taehwan Kim, Keijiro Saito, Shinji Akamatsu, Kenji Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 11047313
    Abstract: A method for selectively modulating bleed air used for cooling a downstream turbine section in a gas turbine engine. The method including: measuring an engine and/or aircraft performance parameter by an engine sensor device; comparing the engine and/or aircraft performance parameter to a performance threshold; determining a bleed trigger condition, if the engine and/or aircraft performance parameter crosses the performance threshold; determining a non-cooling condition, if the engine and/or aircraft performance parameter is below the performance threshold; actuating a flow control valve to an open position, in response to the bleed trigger condition, so that bleed air is extracted from the compressor section and flowed to the downstream turbine section; and terminating, in response to the non-cooling condition, the flow of the bleed air to the downstream turbine section of the engine by actuating the flow control valve to a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
    Inventor: Karl R. Burge
  • Patent number: 10683805
    Abstract: An anti-icing system for a turbine engine vane extending between an outer casing and an inner casing defining a passage, the system includes an injector device for injecting a jet of air into the passage upstream from the vane, the injector device including a first injection orifice for injecting the jet of air, the first orifice passing through one member selected from the outer casing and the inner casing, and being located in such a manner that, at a first speed of the engine wherein a stream of air flows generally in the passage along a first direction, the first orifice and a leading edge of the vane are substantially in alignment along the first direction, the first orifice is spaced apart from the junction between the leading edge of the vane and the member through which the first orifice passes by a distance of at least 10 mm, and preferably of about 15 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Guillaume Claude Georges Philippe Linassier, Morgan Balland, Helene Mazet, Christophe Scholtes, Antoine Robert Alain Brunet, Simon Amodeo
  • Patent number: 10677249
    Abstract: A hydraulic system includes a circulation pump assembly (2) provided with a speed controller (4, 26), a hydraulic circuit (A, B) connected to the circulation pump assembly (2) as well as a mechanical switch device (86, 88; 120, 122; 120?, 122?) which is subjected to pressure from a fluid in the hydraulic circuit (A, B) and which can be moved into at least two different switch positions. The mechanical switch device (28; 86, 28; 120, 122) can be moved by the circulation pump assembly (2) by way of a hydraulic coupling via the fluid. The speed controller is configured to initiate a movement of the switch device (86, 88; 120, 122; 120?, 122?) by way of at least one hydraulic force acting thereon and causing a movement of the switch device (86, 88; 120, 122; 120?, 122?), produced via the hydraulic circuit, via a speed adaptation of the circulation pump assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: GRUNDFOS HOLDING A/S
    Inventors: Thomas Blad, Christian Blad
  • Patent number: 10575436
    Abstract: A motor drive control apparatus is mounted on a fan having a motor and an impeller coupled to the motor. The motor drive control apparatus includes a temperature sensor for measuring a temperature correlated with a temperature of the impeller, a temperature comparing portion for comparing a detected temperature based on a measurement result of the temperature sensor with a first temperature higher than a highest value of a design temperature of the fan, a rotation speed setting portion for setting an upper limit value of the rotation speed of the motor based on a comparison result the temperature comparing portion, a PWM command portion for controlling such that the rotation speed of the motor does not exceed the upper limit value set by the rotation speed setting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Minebea Mitsumi Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaidu, Masato Aoki
  • Patent number: 10330105
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor is disclosed. The compressor includes an impeller, an electromagnetic actuator, and a flow control insert. The flow control insert is selectively moveable in response to the electromagnetic actuator to regulate a flow of fluid expelled by the impeller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: DANFOSS A/S
    Inventor: Delvis Anibal Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 9745989
    Abstract: A turbo-molecular pump comprises: a rotor; stationary blades; a stator; a plurality of spacers; a heater disposed on the base; a temperature sensor for detecting a temperature of the stator; and a temperature regulation section for on/off controlling the heater based on a temperature detected by the temperature sensor to regulate the temperature of the stator so as to be a reaction product accumulation prevention temperature. At least one spacer arranged on a base side of the plurality of spacers is cooled by coolant, and the turbo-molecular pump further comprises a heat insulation member disposed between the base and the spacer arranged on the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shingo Tsutsui
  • Patent number: 9612036
    Abstract: A housing unit (22) for a heating device with two heating circuits, one for space heating and another for service water heating, includes a pump housing (23) for a recirculation pump (8). The housing unit (22) encompasses a switching valve for switching the heating circuits, and in its rear installation position exhibits at least one port to directly connect a plate heat exchanger (6) for heating service water. An opening (29) for the return of the space heater is arranged on one side of the housing unit. The housing unit incorporates an inlet chamber (28), which is adjoined by the inlet mouth (26) of the pump (8), and into which two channels empty, of which one or the other can be optionally closed by a valve body (32), and of which one channel leads to the line port (30) for the return, and the other channel leads to a port of the plate heat exchanger (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Grundfos Management a/s
    Inventor: Lars Hannibalsen
  • Patent number: 9494081
    Abstract: A turbine engine shutdown temperature control system configured to foster consistent air temperature within cavities surrounding compressor and turbine blade assemblies to eliminate turbine and compressor blade tip rub during warm restarts of gas turbine engines is disclosed. The turbine engine shutdown temperature control system may include one or more casing temperature control housings extending along an inner surface of a casing at an outer diameter of the casing and at an upper side region of the casing. The upper side region may be positioned above a horizontally extending centerline of the casing. Fluids may be exhausted from one or more exhaust slots in the casing temperature control housing to isolate the upper side region of the casing from buoyancy effects of hot gases within the casing after shutdown of the gas turbine engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Vincent P. Laurello
  • Patent number: 9121298
    Abstract: A seal assembly provided between a hot gas path and a disc cavity in a turbine engine includes an annular outer wing member extending from an axially facing side of a rotor structure toward an adjacent non-rotating vane assembly, and a plurality of fins extending radially inwardly from the outer wing member and extending toward the adjacent non-rotating vane assembly. The fins are arranged such that a space having a component in a circumferential direction is defined between adjacent fins. Rotation of the fins during operation of the engine effects a pumping of purge air from the disc cavity toward the hot gas path to assist in limiting hot working gas leakage from the hot gas path to the disc cavity by forcing the hot working gas away from the seal assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Ching-Pang Lee, Kok-Mun Tham, John M. Owen, Gary D. Lock, Carl M. Sangan, Vincent P. Laurello
  • Patent number: 9074477
    Abstract: A connector for connecting an impeller to a shaft is provided. The connector is formed as a unitary body. The connector has a sleeve portion which is frictionally connected on a radially outer surface of a shaft-side hub extension of the impeller. The connector further has a threaded portion carrying a thread which screws onto a corresponding threaded portion of the shaft, such that the connector provides a rotationally fixed connection between the impeller and the shaft. The hub extension has a central recess, and a part of the connector is inserted into the recess. The frictional connection between the sleeve portion and the radially outer surface of the hub extension transmits, in use, substantially all of the torque between the shaft and the impeller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: NAPIER TURBOCHARGERS LIMITED
    Inventors: Ian Pinkney, Osarobo Famous Okhuahesogie, Paul Eifion Roach, Neil Ryan Thomas, Ian Patrick Clare Brown, Peter Kay, Stephen Wilson, David Leslie Smith, Robert Neil George, Paul Leslie Jacklin, Geoff Kinpoy Ngao, Kevin John Musson, Matthew Elijah Moore, Jamie Clare, Thomas Jarlath Murray, Stuart Michael Potter, Christopher John Monaghan, Alan Martin Taylor, Francis Joseph Geoffrey Heyes, Trevor Knighton
  • Patent number: 9039346
    Abstract: Systems for thermally regulating portions of a steam turbine are disclosed. In one embodiment, a thermal control system for a rotor bearing support includes: a housing fluidly connected to an inlet and adapted to substantially enclose the rotor bearing support, the housing defining a first annular cavity adapted to receive a fluid from the inlet; and an outlet fluidly connected to the housing, the outlet adapted to receive the fluid from the annular cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Vasanth Muralidharan, Sulficker Ali, Amarnath Kakarla, Hemanth Gudibande Sathyakumar Kumar
  • Publication number: 20150118014
    Abstract: The systems, methods, and computer-readable media set a gas turbine firing temperature to maintain gas turbine metal surface temperatures. In certain embodiments, a method of setting a gas turbine firing temperature is disclosed that may comprise determining a critical temperature at which ash from ash bearing fuels becomes unremovable by conventional water wash procedures, determining hot gas path component metal surface temperatures, and adjusting the gas turbine firing temperature to maintain the metal surface temperatures below the critical temperature. Determining the metal surface temperatures may be based at least in part on measured gas turbine parameters, gas turbine performance models, and empirical models.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Kevin Michael Elward, Scott Alan Kopcho, Robert Thomas Thatcher, Ariel Harter Lomas, Bradley Steven Carey, Clive Andrew Morgan
  • Publication number: 20150118017
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a fan, a temperature sensor and a controller. The temperature sensor is configured to output a value indicative of a detected temperature. The controller is configured to control a rotational speed of the fan. The controller is configured to keep the rotational speed of the fan constant when the value is within a first temperature zone or to change the rotational speed of the fan when the values is within a second temperature zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventor: Shinsuke Yato
  • Publication number: 20150110595
    Abstract: A method for adjusting a barometric cell may include coupling the barometric cell to a control device via an actuating rod. The actuating rod may be movably mounted on a charging device in any desired position. The method may include applying a freely selectable pressure to the barometric cell so as to bring the actuating rod into contact with a stop, adjusting the barometric cell until a sensor registers a predefined value, and fixing the barometric cell on the charging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Jochen Schaeflein, Andreas Gail, Cgristian Rothe, Stefan Landerer, Anatolij Martens, Jochen Laubender, Stefan Bedoe, Christian Peschke, Jens Kreth, Alina Krause
  • Patent number: 8998563
    Abstract: An active clearance control system for a gas turbine engine includes a structural member that is configured to be arranged near a blade tip. A plenum includes first and second walls respectively providing first and second cavities. The first wall includes impingement holes. The plenum is arranged over the structural member. A fluid source is fluidly connected to the second cavity to provide an impingement cooling flow from the second cavity through the impingement holes to the first cavity onto the structural member. A method includes the steps of providing a conditioning fluid to an outer cavity of a plenum providing an impingement cooling flow through impingement holes from an inner wall of the plenum to an inner cavity, directing the impingement cooling flow onto a structural member, and conditioning a temperature of the structural member with the impingement cooling flow to control a blade tip clearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Philip Robert Rioux
  • Publication number: 20150086328
    Abstract: A turbo-molecular pump comprises: a rotor having a plurality of stages of rotor blades and a cylindrical section; a plurality of stages of stationary blades alternately arranged with respect to the rotor blades; a stator arranged with a gap from the cylindrical section, the stator together with the cylindrical section constituting a screw groove pump section; a plurality of spacers stacked on a base, the spacers including at least one cooling spacer having a cooling section; a heater heating the stator; a temperature regulation section controlling the heater to regulate the temperature of the stator so as to be a reaction product accumulation prevention temperature; and an auxiliary ring for reaction product accumulation prevention at least a part of which is located in a space between the spacer facing a bottom step rotor blade, and the bottom step rotor blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventor: Shingo TSUTSUI
  • Patent number: 8979474
    Abstract: A water pump (30) includes an impeller chamber (32) formed in a housing (31), a swirl chamber (40) formed in the housing (31) to communicate with a coolant passage (8) and the impeller chamber (32), and an impeller (33) that is supported to be free to rotate in the impeller chamber (32) and rotates in conjunction with an engine (2) so as to take in a coolant and discharge the coolant into the coolant passage (8) via the swirl chamber (40). The swirl chamber (40) is formed to be divided into a first swirl chamber (41) that communicates with the coolant passage (8) at all times, and a second swirl chamber (42) and a third swirl chamber (43) respectively connected to the coolant passage (8) via thermostats (S1, S2) respectively having switch valves that can be opened and closed. The thermostats (S1, S2) are operated to open and close, thereby connecting and cutting off the swirl chambers (42, 43) and the coolant passage (8), in accordance with a temperature of the coolant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: TBK Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takeshi Hoji
  • Patent number: 8967857
    Abstract: A temperature detection device that detects a temperature of a rotor of a motor. The temperature detection device has a current detection unit configured to detect a current value of a current flowing through a winding with which any one of a stator and the rotor of the motor is provided, an iron loss estimation unit configured to estimate an iron loss of the rotor using the current value, and a rotor temperature estimation unit configured to estimate the temperature of the rotor using the iron loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Fanuc Corporation
    Inventor: Tatsuya Senoo
  • Publication number: 20150050121
    Abstract: A fan control system for processor is provided. The system has: a fan, configured to cool the processor; a power measurement module, coupled between the processor and a power supply of the processor, configured to measure the power of the processor; and a control module, coupled between the fan and the power measurement module, configured to control a speed of the fan according to the power of the processor, wherein when the power is higher than a predetermined power upper limit, the control module control the fan to increase the rotation speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: Wistron Corp.
    Inventor: Te-Lung Wu
  • Publication number: 20140271115
    Abstract: A turbine vane cooling system operably coupling a cooling fluid source to a turbine vane assembly is disclosed herein. A plurality of turbine vanes having an airfoil shaped surface forming a substantially hollow body is connected to the turbine vane assembly. An inlet can be operably connected to each turbine vane to form a fluid communication path between a cooling fluid source and an interior of the hollow body of each turbine vane. At least one outlet fluidly communicating with the interior of said hollow body can be formed in the vane. A regulating member can variably block a portion of an inlet of each of the turbine vanes in response to a temperature of each turbine vane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Robert T. Duge, Andrew J. Eifert
  • Patent number: 8789369
    Abstract: A turbocharger of a supercharging apparatus includes a turbine impeller, which is rotatable by exhaust gas discharged from an internal combustion engine of a vehicle. An electric heater is placed in an exhaust passage, which extends from an exhaust outlet of the internal combustion engine to the turbine impeller. The electric heater generates a heat when the electric heater is energized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventor: Osamu Sato
  • Publication number: 20140178176
    Abstract: An axial compressor comprising liquid drop feed means for feeding liquid drops to an operating fluid of the compressor, a casing for forming a flow path through which the operating fluid flows down and a plurality of stages, each of which is composed of one continuous rotor blade row and one continuous stator vane row, the axial compressor being structured so that the liquid drops evaporate inside the compressor, characterized in that: the casing is provided with a cavity therein, and the cavity is formed by an outer casing and an inner casing which is enclosing a periphery of the rotor blade rows at the plurality of stages and forming internally a flow path of the operating fluid, and a flow path is provided for feeding the operating fluid to the cavity on a downstream side of a region forming the cavity of the inner casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo TAKAHASHI, Tetsuro MORISAKI, Chihiro MYOREN, Kohta KAWAMURA
  • Publication number: 20140154049
    Abstract: A verification method for a rotation speed value of a fan includes steps of receiving a predictive rotation speed value of the fan, an input environmental temperature value and a plurality of temperature values of components, sending the received environmental temperature value and a plurality of temperature values of components to the control unit to control the fan to rotate on the condition of the input temperature values; acquiring the actual rotation speed value of the fan on the condition of the input temperature values; detecting whether the actual rotation speed value of the fan is consistent with the predictive rotation speed value of the fan; and outputting information of showing that the actual rotation speed value of the fan does not match the predictive rotation speed value of the fan if not.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chih-Ta HUANG, Yao-Ting CHANG, Chao-Ke WEI
  • Patent number: 8740546
    Abstract: A guide vane of a condensation turbine steam turbine is provided, wherein the guide vane includes a heating resistor. The guide vane includes fiber composite material at least in some regions. The heating resistor may be embodied as a heating wire or as a heating film. A condensation steam turbine having a guide vane as described above is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christoph Ebert, Albert Langkamp, Markus Mantei
  • Publication number: 20140144156
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for determining a temperature in a pressurized flow path of a gas turbine comprising the steps of sending an acoustic signal from an acoustic signal emitting transducer across a section of the pressurized flow path, detecting the acoustic signal with a receiving transducer, measuring the time needed by the acoustic signal to travel from the acoustic signal emitting transducer to the receiving transducer, calculating the speed of sound, and calculating the temperature as a function of the speed of sound, the heat capacity ratio (?) and a specific gas constant (Rspec) of the gas flowing in the pressurized flow path. Besides the method, a gas turbine with a processor and transducers arranged to carry out such a method is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: ALSTOM Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Wolfgang LANG, Jürgen HOFFMANN
  • Publication number: 20140133097
    Abstract: A cooling system includes: a cooling fan configured to take in air through an air filter and to send the air to one or more electronic components; one or more first temperature detectors configured to detect temperatures of the one or more electronic components; a revolution controller configured to control a number of revolutions of the cooling fan on basis of the temperatures detected by the one or more first temperature detectors; and a clogging detector configured to, when the number of revolutions of the cooling fan controlled by the revolution controller is greater than a reference number of revolutions of the cooling fan that makes the temperature of the one or more electronic components less than upper-limit temperatures of the one or more electronic components, detect a clogging condition for the air filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Kouichi Kuramitsu, Kazuhiro IINO, Jyunichi ISHIWATARI, Hideki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8714906
    Abstract: A turbine engine includes a turbine, a compressor for compressing air and a combustor for receiving the compressed air through an inlet passage and operable to burn fuel therewith to deliver hot exhaust gas to the turbine. Also included is a wheel space defined proximate to the combustor. Further included is a cooling air passage extending between the compressor and the wheel space. Yet further included is a valve assembly having a valve member disposed in the cooling air passage and operable to admit a cooling air to the wheel space in response to a condition therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Rex Allen Morgan, Michael Alan Davi, Clement Gazzillo, Harold Lamar Jordan
  • Patent number: 8702372
    Abstract: A system includes a radiation detector array directed toward a fluid flow into a compressor. The radiation detector array is configured to output a signal indicative of a two-dimensional temperature profile of the fluid flow. The system also includes a controller communicatively coupled to the radiation detector array. The controller is configured to detect a temperature variation across the fluid flow based on the signal, and to adjust a parameter of a temperature control device to compensate for the detected temperature variation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: BHA Altair, LLC
    Inventors: Adil Ansari, Rahul Jaikaran Chillar
  • Publication number: 20140090353
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention can provide systems and methods for determining a target exhaust temperature for gas turbines. In one embodiment of the disclosure, there is disclosed a method for determining a target exhaust temperature for a gas turbine. The method can include determining a target exhaust temperature based at least in part on a compressor pressure condition; determining a temperature adjustment to the target exhaust temperature based at least in part on steam humidity; and changing the target exhaust temperature based at least in part on the temperature adjustment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Derrick Simons, Douglas Dean, Carey Romoser, Kevin Wilkes, Predrag Popovic, Abhijit Kulkarni
  • Publication number: 20140064916
    Abstract: Cooling system for a data center includes at least one air-conditioner, at least one air-guiding fan, a first temperature sensor, a second temperature sensor, and a control unit. The air-guiding fan exchanges air between the data center and an external environment of the data center. The first temperature sensor senses an interior temperature of the data center. The second temperature sensor senses an environmental temperature outside of the data center. The control unit controls operating state of the air-conditioner, the first air-guiding fan, and the second air-guiding fan. When the environmental temperature is lower than the interior temperature, the control unit turns off the air-conditioner and the air-guiding fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicants: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd
    Inventors: CHUNG-CHI HUANG, WEN-HUI ZHANG
  • Patent number: 8647047
    Abstract: A method for controlling at least two turbocompressors (1.1, 2.1), each having a control device (1.2, 2.2) for maintaining a distance relative to a surge limit curve (P1, P2) of the respective turbocompressor; wherein a first distance (A1.1, A2.1) is determined for each turbocompressor from its surge limit curve; wherein the distance to be maintained can be trimmed relative to this first distance in the control devices; and wherein the distance (A2.2) of a control device (2.2) to be maintained is trimmed relative to its first distance (A2.1) based on a trimming (A1.1?A1.2) of another control device (1.2) in such a way that a total process variable (dV/dt) remains substantially constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: MAN Diesel & Turbo SE
    Inventors: Jürgen Dirks, Peter Jansen
  • Publication number: 20140023480
    Abstract: A radial position control assembly for a gas turbine engine stage includes a case structure. A supported structure is operatively supported by the case structure. The supported structure includes a hook providing an annular recess. A support ring is received in the recess. The supported structure and the support ring have different coefficients of thermal expansion. A sealing structure is adjacent to the supported structure. The support ring maintains the supported structure relative to the sealing structure at a clearance during thermal transients based upon a circumferential gap between adjacent supported structure and based upon a radial gap between the support ring and the supported structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventor: Michael G. McCaffrey
  • Publication number: 20140014776
    Abstract: A system and method thereof is provided for electrically heating a component. The system includes at least one heating element adapted to be adhesively bonded to a surface on the component and means for controlling flow and duration of an electrical current to the heating element from a power supply. The controlling means comprises a first heating cycle for curing an adhesive to bond the heating element to the surface and has a second heating cycle for providing ice protection to the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicants: KELLY AEROSPACE THERMAL SYSTEMS LLC, MRA SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: David Patrick Calder, Julian Alexander Opificius, Mark Fairbert, Erik Thomas Pederson, David Cenit Flosdorf
  • Publication number: 20130336758
    Abstract: A system for a turbofan has a variable outer air seal, an actuator coupled to the variable outer air seal, a sensor positioned inside the turbofan for sensing an engine parameter, and a flight controller connected to the turbofan for receiving the parameter from the sensor. The flight controller directs the actuator to regulate the position of the actuator based on the flight condition resulting form the received parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Meggan Harris
  • Publication number: 20130336759
    Abstract: An exemplary flow control device assembly for a turbomachine includes a flow control device configured to move between a first position and a second position. The flow control device in the first position forces more flow through a plurality of cooling holes than the flow control device in the second position. The plurality of cooling holes are upstream the flow control device relative a direction of flow through the turbomachine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventor: Joseph T. Christians
  • Publication number: 20130323016
    Abstract: A method controlling a clearance between tips of blades of a turbine rotor of a gas turbine aircraft engine and a ring-shaped turbine shroud of a housing surrounding the blades, the method including: controlling flow and/or temperature of air directed toward the housing according to an estimate of the clearance, the estimate of the clearance is determined upon start-up of the aircraft engine, according to a temperature measured by a temperature sensor including a sensitive element positioned in a free space of the aircraft engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Christophe Javelot, Damien Bonneau, Bruno Robert Gaully, Amaury Olivier
  • Publication number: 20130309061
    Abstract: A fan control system and a fan controlling method thereof are disclosed. The fan control system is used to an electronic apparatus for controlling an air pump fan device. The fan controlling method includes following steps: setting a plurality of vibrating working periods of the air pump fan device; setting a plurality of vibrating frequencies of the air pump fan device, wherein each vibrating frequency has a different vibrating frequency value; detecting a temperature of the electronic apparatus; determining whether the temperature of the electronic apparatus exceeding a first setting temperature; and if yes, controlling the air pump fan device to vibrate according to the plurality of vibrating frequencies during the plurality of vibrating working periods, wherein adjacent vibrating working periods of the plurality of vibrating working periods correspond to different vibrating frequency values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Yao-Tsung CHANG, Ming-Chih CHEN, Al-Tsung LI, Wei-Cheng CHOU
  • Publication number: 20130294887
    Abstract: Various systems for processing air are disclosed. In one embodiment, an air processing system includes: an inlet manifold adapted to receive compressor discharge air from multiple turbine compressors; an air processing system fluidly connected with the inlet manifold, the air processing system adapted to process the compressor discharge air to provide a processed working fluid; an outlet manifold adapted to provide the processed working fluid to multiple turbine inlet filtration system; and a control system operably connected to the inlet manifold, the air processing system and the outlet manifold, the control system configured to control flow of the compressor discharge air from the multiple turbine compressors to the inlet manifold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: John Victor Hains, Prasad Nandkumar Gokhale, Harpal Singh
  • Publication number: 20130294888
    Abstract: A motor is provided which can detect a rotor temperature with high precision with a simple configuration not taking an influence on a temperature caused by circulation of a cooling oil into account. In a motor including a rotor, a stator arranged around the rotor, and a temperature sensor, the rotor includes an oil reservoir unit that reserves an oil on a rotating shaft line in an interior thereof, and the temperature sensor detects a temperature of the oil reserved in the oil reservoir unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2011
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Yokoyama, Itsuro Sawada
  • Patent number: 8567207
    Abstract: A system for controlling a centrifugal gas compressor (108) in an HVAC, refrigeration or liquid chiller system (100) in which flow of gas through the compressor is automatically controlled to maintain desired parameters within predetermined ranges so as to prevent stall and surge conditions within the system. A variable geometry diffuser (119) in the compressor controls the refrigerant gas flow at the discharge of the compressor impeller wheel (201). This arrangement reduces mass flow, decrease/eliminate flow-reducing stall, and increases the operating efficiency of the compressor at partial load conditions. The variable geometry diffuser control in combination with a variable speed drive (VSD) (120) increases the efficiency of the compressor at partial system loads, and eliminates the need for pre-rotation vanes at the inlet of the centrifugal compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Johnson Controls & Technology Company
    Inventors: Steven Trent Sommer, John Trevino, Jr., Florin Iancu, Rudy Chervil, Eric John Smyder
  • Publication number: 20130259640
    Abstract: A metallic seal assembly, a turbine component, and a method of regulating flow in turbo-machinery are disclosed. The metallic seal assembly includes a sealing structure having thermally-responsive features. The thermally-responsive features deploy from or retract toward a surface of the sealing structure in response to a predetermined temperature change. The turbine component includes the metallic seal assembly. The method of regulating flow in turbo-machinery includes providing the metallic seal assembly and raising or retracting the thermally-responsive features in response to the predetermined temperature change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Paul Stephen DIMASCIO, Michael Douglas ARNETT, Rebecca Evelyn HEFNER, Christopher D. HIGGINS
  • Patent number: 8517663
    Abstract: A cooling system for a turbine engine, as well as a methodology for controlling the cooling system, is described. A valve member is disposed between a cooling fluid passage and a wheel space of the turbine engine and operates to admit cooling fluid to the wheel space for cooling thereof. The valve assembly is responsive to a condition in the wheel space and varies the flow of additional cooling fluid to the wheel space based on that condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Rex Allen Morgan, Michael Alan Davi, Clement Gazzillo, Harold Lamar Jordan, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20120315160
    Abstract: A mechanical coolant pump for an internal combustion engine includes a main pump body configured to be stationary. A pump wheel is rotatably supported by the main pump body. The pump wheel comprises a central axial inlet opening. The pump wheel is configured to pump a coolant from the central axial inlet opening radially outwardly. A valve disk configured to be axially shiftable is arranged in the pump wheel. An actuator is configured to actuate the valve disk so as to close the central axial inlet opening in a closed position of the valve disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2010
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: PIERBURG PUMP TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Durand, Achim Broemmel
  • Publication number: 20120219399
    Abstract: An electric device has a casing with an air-inlet and an air-outlet, a main unit disposed inside the casing, a first temperature sensor for detecting the temperature inside the casing, a second temperature sensor for detecting the temperature outside the casing, an electric fan, and a control unit. The control unit rotates the electric fan at the time of the low-temperature startup such that the temperature detected by the first temperature sensor is lower than a preset first threshold value, while the temperature detected by the second temperature sensor is higher than the temperature detected by the first temperature sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kumiko SUZUKI, Jun YOKOYAMA
  • Patent number: 8237387
    Abstract: A fan duty cycle controlling system and method are implemented by a computing device. The fan duty cycle controlling system obtains an optimum duty cycle range of a fan around a central processing unit (CPU), and controls the fan to operate at the optimum duty cycle range. By implementing the system and method, the computing device can obtain an optimum cooling efficiency of the computer system, and reduce system noise generated by the fan when the fan operates at the optimum duty cycle range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zeu-Chia Tan