Patents by Inventor Christophe Fabrice Verdy

Christophe Fabrice Verdy 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 of operating a gas turbine engine burning vanadium-contaminated liquid fuel
    Patent number: 9976488
    Abstract: A method of operating of a gas turbine engine to inhibit vanadic corrosion of the gas turbine engine is provided. The gas turbine engine burns a vanadium-contaminated fuel and includes a component configured to be in contact with combustion gases. The method includes introducing into a combustion system of the gas turbine engine a first oxide and at least one second oxide. The first oxide includes magnesium oxide, and the at least one second oxide includes at least one of aluminum oxide, iron (III) oxide, titanium dioxide, and silicon dioxide. The method further includes cleaning at least a portion of the component using a cleaning agent containing a liquid vector and at least one descaling material that is suspended in the liquid vector. The at least one descaling material is an inorganic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: GE Energy Products France SNC
    Inventors: Dmitry Sokolov, Matthieu Paul Frederic Vierling, Christophe Fabrice Verdy, Michel Marie Raymond Moliere
  • METHOD OF OPERATING A GAS TURBINE ENGINE BURNING VANADIUM-CONTAMINATED LIQUID FUEL
    Publication number: 20150300263
    Abstract: A method of operating of a gas turbine engine to inhibit vanadic corrosion of the gas turbine engine is provided. The gas turbine engine burns a vanadium-contaminated fuel and includes a component configured to be in contact with combustion gases. The method includes introducing into a combustion system of the gas turbine engine a first oxide and at least one second oxide. The first oxide includes magnesium oxide, and the at least one second oxide includes at least one of aluminum oxide, iron (III) oxide, titanium dioxide, and silicon dioxide. The method further includes cleaning at least a portion of the component using a cleaning agent containing a liquid vector and at least one descaling material that is suspended in the liquid vector. The at least one descaling material is an inorganic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Dmitry Sokolov, Matthieu Paul Frederic Vierling, Christophe Fabrice Verdy, Michel Marie Raymond Moliere