Patents by Inventor Alessandro SCARPATO

Alessandro SCARPATO 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).

  • Patent number: 11454398
    Abstract: A mixer having a housing, a duct within the housing, a first and a second injector arranged to inject a fluid at a centre zone of the duct, a third and a fourth injector arranged to inject the fluid at a wall zone of the duct. The first/third injectors are at a distance D1=v/2f1 or odd integer multiples of it from the second/fourth injectors in the absence of an acoustic node between them, or at a distance D1=?conv=v/f1 or full wave length integer multiples of it in the presence of an acoustic node between them. Advantageously f1 is greater than f2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: ANSALDO ENERGIA SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Mirko Ruben Bothien, Alessandro Scarpato
  • Patent number: 11313559
    Abstract: The invention refers to a method and a device for flame stabilization in a burner system of a stationary combustion engine, preferably a stationary gas turbine, in which a flow of an air/fuel mixture is produced and being swirled to form a vortex flow to which a swirl number is assignable before entering a combustion zone in which the vortex flow of the air/fuel mixture is ignited to form a flame within a reverse flow zone caused by vortex breakdown. The swirl number perturbation driven by thermoacoustic oscillation inside the burner system is controlled by affecting the vortex flow actively before entering the combustion zone on basis of changing a flame transfer function assigned to the burner system with the proviso of minimizing pulsation amplitudes of the flame transfer function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: ANSALDO ENERGIA SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Fernando Biagioli, Alessandro Scarpato, Torsten Wind, Khawar Syed
  • Publication number: 20210172606
    Abstract: A mixer having a housing, a duct within the housing, a first and a second injector arranged to inject a fluid at a centre zone of the duct, a third and a fourth injector arranged to inject the fluid at a wall zone of the duct. The first/third injectors are at a distance D1=v/2f1 or odd integer multiples of it from the second/fourth injectors in the absence of an acoustic node between them, or at a distance D1=?conv=v/f1 or full wave length integer multiples of it in the presence of an acoustic node between them. Advantageously f1 is greater than f2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: Ansaldo Energia Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Mirko Ruben Bothien, Alessandro Scarpato
  • Publication number: 20180252412
    Abstract: A mixer having a housing, a duct within the housing, a first and a second injector arranged to inject a fluid at a centre zone of the duct, a third and a fourth injector arranged to inject the fluid at a wall zone of the duct. The first/third injectors are at a distance D1=v/2f1 or odd integer multiples of it from the second/fourth injectors in the absence of an acoustic node between them, or at a distance D1=?conv=v/f1 or full wave length integer multiples of it in the presence of an acoustic node between them. Advantageously f1 is greater than f2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicant: ANSALDO ENERGIA SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Mirko Ruben BOTHIEN, Alessandro SCARPATO
  • Publication number: 20160252251
    Abstract: The invention refers to a method and a device for flame stabilization in a burner system of a stationary combustion engine, preferably a stationary gas turbine, in which a flow of an air/fuel mixture is produced and being swirled to form a vortex flow to which a swirl number is assignable before entering a combustion zone in which the vortex flow of the air/fuel mixture is ignited to form a flame within a reverse flow zone caused by vortex breakdown. The swirl number perturbation driven by thermoacoustic oscillation inside the burner system is controlled by affecting the vortex flow actively before entering the combustion zone on basis of changing a flame transfer function assigned to the burner system with the proviso of minimizing pulsation amplitudes of the flame transfer function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: General Electric Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Fernando BIAGIOLI, Alessandro SCARPATO, Torsten WIND, Khawar SYED