Patents by Inventor Andreas Heselhaus

Andreas Heselhaus 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).

  • Publication number: 20080267784
    Abstract: There is described a vane wheel of a turbine comprising at least one vane, the footing thereof being held on a wheel disk. At least one cooling channel is arranged between the wheel disk and the vane footing. Said vane wheel having a plurality of turbulators is embodied on at least one of the walls of the cooling channel, said turbulators being configured in such a way that the turbulence and thus the heat transfer of a cooling fluid flowing through the cooling channel are increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2005
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Han-Thomas Bolms, Andreas Heselhaus, Roland Habel, Torsten Koch, Ralf Musgen
  • Patent number: 7402335
    Abstract: The invention relates to a temperature resistant layered structure comprising a substrate and a porous layer arranged on the substrate having a pore defined by a wall, and a ceramic coating on an interior surface of the wall. The invention also relates to a layered turbine component arrangement comprising a substrate having a cooling passage adapted to allow a cooling gas medium to pass through the substrate and a porous layer arranged on the substrate, the porous layer having cooling passages formed by gas-permeable inter-connections between pores in the porous layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hans-Thomas Bolms, Andreas Heselhaus
  • Publication number: 20070275210
    Abstract: Layered systems in prior art are inefficient at cooling an external hot gas. The inventive layered system comprises an external porous layer, in which the pore walls of the pores have differing thicknesses. This improves the cooling action by preventing too much heat from entering the layered system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2004
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Andreas Heselhaus
  • Patent number: 7246993
    Abstract: A coolable segment for a turbomachine such as a combustion turbine, which turbomachine is operated with a hot fluid. The segment comprises a cooling wall extending in an axial direction and in a circumferential direction orthogonal to the axial direction; a hot fluid surface to be exposed to the hot fluid. Between the wall and the surface a cooling structure is arranged which is permeable to cooling fluid and provides cooling surfaces for cooling by heat transmission through radiation. The cooling structure comprises either a netting, in particular a wire netting or a porous material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hans-Thomas Bolms, Andreas Heselhaus, Bernhard Hoffschmidt
  • Publication number: 20060153685
    Abstract: The invention relates to a temperature resistant layered structure comprising a substrate and a porous layer arranged on the substrate having a pore defined by a wall, and a ceramic coating on an interior surface of the wall. The invention also relates to a layered turbine component arrangement comprising a substrate having a cooling passage adapted to allow a cooling gas medium to pass through the substrate and a porous layer arranged on the substrate, the porous layer having cooling passages formed by gas-permeable inter-connections between pores in the porous layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2004
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Inventors: Hans-Thomas Bolms, Andreas Heselhaus
  • Publication number: 20040146399
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a coolable segment (1) for a turbo machinery (20), which turbo machinery (20) is operated with a hot fluid (29). The segment (1) comprises a cooling wall (2) extending in an axial direction (37) and in a circumerential direction (36) orthogonal to said axial direction (37); a hot fluid surface (3) to be exposed to the hot fluid (29). Between the wall (2) and the surface (3) a cooling structure (4) is arranged which is permeable to cooling fluid (5) and provides cooling surfaces (6) for cooling by heat transmission through radiation. The cooling structure (4) comprises either a netting, in particular a wire netting or a porous material. The invention further pertains to a combustion turbine (20) comprising a coolable segment (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2004
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Inventors: Hans-Thomas Bolms, Andreas Heselhaus, Bernhard Hoffschmidt