Patents by Inventor Daniel W. Burnes

Daniel W. Burnes 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).

  • PNEUMATICALLY VARIABLE TURBINE NOZZLE
    Publication number: 20230417146
    Abstract: A pneumatically variable nozzle vane is disclosed that is capable of performing the same or similar function as a mechanically variable nozzle vane. Within its core, each pneumatically variable nozzle vane may comprise one or more cavities in fluid communication with one or more outlets to eject a gas from the nozzle vane into a flow path of working fluid through the nozzle. Each cavity may be shaped to match an internal pressure gradient to the external pressure gradient of the nozzle vane. The gas may be ejected as a curtain, substantially perpendicular to the flow path through the nozzle, to thereby manipulate the flow of a working fluid through the nozzle in a similar manner as a mechanically variable nozzle vane. In an embodiment, each nozzle vane may have two cavities supplying outlets on both the pressure-side and suction-side of the nozzle vane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Solar Turbines Incorporated
    Inventors: Daniel W. BURNES, James W. MOHR, Tyson M. FERGUSON
  • System and method of cleaning a recuperator in a microturbine power system
    Patent number: 6560965
    Abstract: A microturbine power system and of a method of operating same comprising automatically detecting fouling of a recuperator and then cleaning the recuperator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: Honeywell Power Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Paul M. Fukumoto, Peter Zheng, Daniel W. Burnes