Patents by Inventor Andrea Ciani

Andrea Ciani 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: 10753615
    Abstract: A dual fuel concentric nozzle such as for a dual fuel injector of a sequential burner of a sequential gas turbine, the dual fuel concentric nozzle having a nozzle downstream end, a liquid fuel duct, a gas fuel duct concentrically surrounding the liquid fuel duct and defining a gas fuel passage between the outer surface of the liquid fuel duct and the inner surface of the gas fuel duct, and a lateral surface concentrically surrounding the gas fuel duct and defining a carrier air passage, a downstream end edge of the gas fuel duct being recessed inside the nozzle downstream end with respect to a downstream end edge of the liquid fuel duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: ANSALDO ENERGIA SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: John Philip Wood, Andrea Ciani, Adnan Eroglu
  • Patent number: 10544939
    Abstract: A burner for a combustion chamber of a gas turbine with a mixing and injection device, which includes a limiting wall that defines a gas-flow channel and at least two streamlined bodies. Each streamlined body extends in a first transverse direction into the gas-flow channel, and has two lateral surfaces that are arranged essentially parallel to the main-flow direction. The lateral surfaces are joined to one another at their upstream and downstream sides to form leading and trailing edges of the body, respectively. At least one of the streamlined bodies includes a mixing structure and at least one fuel nozzle at its trailing edge for introducing at least one fuel essentially parallel to the main-flow direction into the flow channel. At least two of the streamlined bodies have different lengths along the first transverse direction such that they may be used for a can combustor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: ANSALDO ENERGIA SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Andrea Ciani, John Philip Wood, Douglas Anthony Pennell, Ewald Freitag, Urs Benz, Andre Theuer
  • Patent number: 10443849
    Abstract: A combustor arrangement of a gas turbine engine or power plant is disclosed, having at least one combustion chamber, at least one mixer arrangement for admixing air or gas to the hot gas flow leaving the combustion chamber. The mixer arrangement is configured to guide combustion gases in a hot gas flow path extending downstream of the combustion chamber, wherein the mixer includes a plurality of injection pipes pointing inwards from the side walls of the mixer arrangement for admixing air portions to cool at least the hot gas flow leaving combustion chamber. The mixer arrangement is applied to at least one volume of dilution air flowing from a first plenum and at least one volume of cooling air flowing from a second plenum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: ANSALDO ENERGIA SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Andrea Ciani, Dieter Rebhan
  • Patent number: 10443847
    Abstract: A sequential combustor arrangement including a first burner, a first combustion chamber, a mixer for admixing dilution air to hot gases leaving the first combustion chamber during operation, a second burner, and a second combustion chamber arranged sequentially in a fluid flow direction. The mixer guides combustion gases in a hot gas flow path extending from the first combustion chamber. The second burner including a duct having an inlet for connection to the first combustion chamber and an outlet for connection to the second burner. The mixer includes injection pipes pointing inwards from the side walls for admixing the dilution air to cool the hot gases leaving the first combustion chamber. The injection pipes are distributed circumferentially along the side wall of the mixer. The injection pipes have a conical or quasi-conical shape addressed to the center of the mixer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: ANSALDO ENERGIA SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Andrea Ciani, Adnan Eroglu
  • Patent number: 10386073
    Abstract: A burner for a combustion chamber of a gas turbine with a mixing and injection device, which includes a limiting wall that defines a gas-flow channel and at least two streamlined bodies. Each streamlined body extends in a first transverse direction into the gas-flow channel, and has two lateral surfaces that are arranged essentially parallel to the main-flow direction. The lateral surfaces are joined to one another at their upstream and downstream sides to form leading and trailing edges of the body, respectively. At least one of the streamlined bodies includes a mixing structure and at least one fuel nozzle at its trailing edge for introducing at least one fuel essentially parallel to the main-flow direction into the flow channel. At least two of the streamlined bodies have different lengths along the first transverse direction such that they may be used for a can combustor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: ANSALDO ENERGIA SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Andrea Ciani, John Philip Wood, Douglas Anthony Pennell, Ewald Freitag, Urs Benz, Andre Theuer
  • Patent number: 10371385
    Abstract: A sequential burner for an axial gas turbine comprises: a burner body, which is designed as an axially extending hot gas channel and further comprises a fuel injection device, which extends into said burner body perpendicular to the axial direction. The manufacturing of the burner body is simplified and the fuel injection is stabilized by designing said fuel injection device as a mechanically stiff component, and fixing said fuel injection device to said burner body in order to keep it aligned with said burner body and to stiffen said burner body against creep.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: ANSALDO ENERGIA SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Urs Benz, Andrea Ciani
  • Patent number: 10352568
    Abstract: A combustor arrangement for a gas turbine includes a first burner, a first combustion chamber, a mixer for admixing a dilution gas to the gases leaving the first combustion chamber during operation, a second burner, and a second combustion chamber arranged sequentially in a fluid flow connection. These elements of the combustor arrangement are arranged in a row to form a flow path extending between the first combustion chamber and the second burner. The arrangement includes a central lance body in the flow path, extending from the first burner into the second burner, which lance body includes at least one air duct for providing air for the mixer, wherein the air is injected into the combustor through air supply elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: ANSALDO ENERGIA SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Adnan Eroglu, Andrea Ciani, Douglas Anthony Pennell
  • Patent number: 10267525
    Abstract: A combustor arrangement for a gas turbine includes a first burner, a first combustion chamber, a mixer for admixing a dilution gas to the gases leaving the first combustion chamber during operation, a second burner, and a second combustion chamber arranged sequentially in a fluid flow connection. These elements of the combustor arrangement are arranged in a row to form a flow path extending between the first combustion chamber and the second burner. The combustor arrangement includes acentral lance body arranged inside the flow path and extending from the first burner through the first combustion chamber into the mixer and into the second burner, wherein the lance body includes a fuel duct for providing fuel for the first burner and/or for the second burner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: ANSALDO ENERGIA SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Douglas Anthony Pennell, Urs Benz, Adnan Eroglu, Ewald Freitag, Mirko Ruben Bothien, Andrea Ciani
  • Patent number: 10267522
    Abstract: The present invention relation to a burner for a combustion chamber of a gas turbine with a mixing and injection device. The mixing and injection device includes a limiting wall that defines a gas-flow channel and at least two streamlined bodies, each extending in a first transverse direction into the gas-flow channel. Each streamlined body has two lateral surfaces that are arranged essentially parallel to the main-flow direction, the lateral surfaces being joined to one another at their upstream side to form a leading edge of the body and joined at their downstream side to form a trailing edge of the body. Each streamlined body has a cross-section perpendicular to the first transverse direction that is shaped as a streamlined profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: ANSALDO ENERGIA SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Andrea Ciani, John Philip Wood, Douglas Anthony Pennell, Ewald Freitag, Urs Benz, Andre Theuer
  • Patent number: 9976744
    Abstract: A reheat burner arrangement including a center body, an annular duct with a cross-section area, an intermediate fuel injection plane located along the center body and being actively connected to the cross section area of the annular duct, wherein the center body is located upstream of a combustion chamber, wherein the structure of the reheat burner arrangement is defined by various parameters and the structure of the reheat burner arrangement is defined by various dependencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: ANSALDO ENERGIA SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: John Philip Wood, Andrea Ciani, Andre Theuer, Douglas Anthony Pennell, Ewald Freitag
  • Publication number: 20180100653
    Abstract: A dual fuel concentric nozzle such as for a dual fuel injector of a sequential burner of a sequential gas turbine, the dual fuel concentric nozzle having a nozzle downstream end, a liquid fuel duct, a gas fuel duct concentrically surrounding the liquid fuel duct and defining a gas fuel passage between the outer surface of the liquid fuel duct and the inner surface of the gas fuel duct, and a lateral surface concentrically surrounding the gas fuel duct and defining a carrier air passage, a downstream end edge of the gas fuel duct being recessed inside the nozzle downstream end with respect to a downstream end edge of the liquid fuel duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Applicant: ANSALDO ENERGIA SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: John Philip WOOD, Andrea CIANI, Adnan EROGLU
  • Patent number: 9822981
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mixing arrangement for mixing a fuel with a stream of oxygen containing gas flowing along an axis in an axial channel, especially in the second combustor of a gas turbine with sequential combustion. The mixing is improved and the mixing length reduced by said mixing arrangement comprising an injector with at least one injector ring, which is passed by said stream of gas inside and outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: ANSALDO ENERGIA SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Andrea Ciani, Hanspeter Knoepfel
  • Publication number: 20170234541
    Abstract: A burner for a combustion chamber of a gas turbine with a mixing and injection device, which includes a limiting wall that defines a gas-flow channel and at least two streamlined bodies. Each streamlined body extends in a first transverse direction into the gas-flow channel, and has two lateral surfaces that are arranged essentially parallel to the main-flow direction. The lateral surfaces are joined to one another at their upstream and downstream sides to form leading and trailing edges of the body, respectively. At least one of the streamlined bodies includes a mixing structure and at least one fuel nozzle at its trailing edge for introducing at least one fuel essentially parallel to the main-flow direction into the flow channel. At least two of the streamlined bodies have different lengths along the first transverse direction such that they may be used for a can combustor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Andrea CIANI, John Philip WOOD, Douglas Anthony PENNELL, Ewald FREITAG, Urs BENZ, Andre THEUER
  • Patent number: 9726377
    Abstract: The burner (1) of a gas turbine includes a duct (2) which houses four vortex generators (3) and a lance (7) that carries one or more nozzles (8) for injecting a fuel within the duct (2). The lance (7) extends from one of the vortex generators (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: ANSALDO ENERGIA SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Andrea Ciani, Johannes Buss
  • Publication number: 20170191665
    Abstract: A burner for a combustion chamber of a gas turbine with a mixing and injection device, which includes a limiting wall that defines a gas-flow channel and at least two streamlined bodies. Each streamlined body extends in a first transverse direction into the gas-flow channel, and has two lateral surfaces that are arranged essentially parallel to the main-flow direction. The lateral surfaces are joined to one another at their upstream and downstream sides to form leading and trailing edges of the body, respectively. At least one of the streamlined bodies includes a mixing structure and at least one fuel nozzle at its trailing edge for introducing at least one fuel essentially parallel to the main-flow direction into the flow channel. At least two of the streamlined bodies have different lengths along the first transverse direction such that they may be used for a can combustor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Andrea CIANI, John Philip WOOD, Douglas Anthony PENNELL, Ewald FREITAG, Urs BENZ, Andre THEUER
  • Patent number: 9568198
    Abstract: The combustion device includes a burner, a combustion chamber downstream of the burner, a lance projecting into the burner for fuel and air injection, and a plenum that at least partly houses the burner. The plenum is connected to the inside of the lance to supply an oxidiser to it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Duesing, Andrea Ciani, Adnan Eroglu
  • Patent number: 9518511
    Abstract: The invention discloses a method for operating a gas turbine with sequential combustion, which gas turbine includes a compressor, a first combustor with a first combustion chamber and first burners, which receives compressed air from the compressor, a second combustor with a second combustion chamber and second burners, which receives hot gas from the first combustor with a predetermined second combustor inlet temperature, and a turbine, which receives hot gas from the second combustor. The CO emission for part-load operation is reduced by reducing the second combustor inlet temperature for base-load operation of the gas turbine, and increasing the second combustor inlet temperature when decreasing the gas turbine load (RLGT) from base-load to part-load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Andrea Ciani, Adnan Eroglu, Douglas Anthony Pennell, Nicolas Tran, Ewald Freitag
  • Publication number: 20160178200
    Abstract: A combustor arrangement of a gas turbine engine or power plant is disclosed, having at least one combustion chamber, at least one mixer arrangement for admixing air or gas to the hot gas flow leaving the combustion chamber. The mixer arrangement is configured to guide combustion gases in a hot gas flow path extending downstream of the combustion chamber, wherein the mixer includes a plurality of injection pipes pointing inwards from the side walls of the mixer arrangement for admixing air portions to cool at least the hot gas flow leaving combustion chamber. The mixer arrangement is applied to at least one volume of dilution air flowing from a first plenum and at least one volume of cooling air flowing from a second plenum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Andrea CIANI, Dieter REBHAN
  • Publication number: 20160161125
    Abstract: A sequential burner for an axial gas turbine comprises: a burner body, which is designed as an axially extending hot gas channel and further comprises a fuel injection device, which extends into said burner body perpendicular to the axial direction. The manufacturing of the burner body is simplified and the fuel injection is stabilized by designing said fuel injection device as a mechanically stiff component, and fixing said fuel injection device to said burner body in order to keep it aligned with said burner body and to stiffen said burner body against creep.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Urs BENZ, Andrea CIANI
  • Publication number: 20160123597
    Abstract: A combustor arrangement for a gas turbine includes a first burner, a first combustion chamber, a mixer for admixing a dilution gas to the gases leaving the first combustion chamber during operation, a second burner, and a second combustion chamber arranged sequentially in a fluid flow connection. These elements of the combustor arrangement are arranged in a row to form a flow path extending between the first combustion chamber and the second burner. The combustor arrangement includes acentral lance body arranged inside the flow path and extending from the first burner through the first combustion chamber into the mixer and into the second burner, wherein the lance body includes a fuel duct for providing fuel for the first burner and/or for the second burner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: ALSTOM Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Douglas Anthony PENNELL, Urs BENZ, Adnan EROGLU, Ewald FREITAG, Mirko Ruben BOTHIEN, Andrea CIANI