Patents by Inventor Daniel William Burnes

Daniel William 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).

  • Method for enhancing power of a gas turbine engine
    Patent number: 9194249
    Abstract: A method for servicing a gas turbine engine to enhance the power output of the gas turbine engine including a control system, inlet guide vanes, and a third stage power turbine nozzle is disclosed. The control system includes an inlet guide vane module. The method includes increasing an operating range of each inlet guide vane to at least 62 degrees. The method also includes modifying a total flow area of the third stage power turbine nozzle by 2% to 12%, the total flow area including flow areas between adjacent airfoils in the third stage power turbine nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Solar Turbines Incorporated
    Inventors: Daniel William Burnes, Daniel Joseph Reitz, Jamaal A. Sanders
  • METHOD FOR ENHANCING POWER OF A GAS TURBINE ENGINE
    Publication number: 20150030428
    Abstract: A method for servicing a gas turbine engine to enhance the power output of the gas turbine engine including a control system, inlet guide vanes, and a third stage power turbine nozzle is disclosed. The control system includes an inlet guide vane module. The method includes increasing an operating range of each inlet guide vane to at least 62 degrees. The method also includes modifying a total flow area of the third stage power turbine nozzle by 2% to 12%, the total flow area including flow areas between adjacent airfoils in the third stage power turbine nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: SOLAR TURBINES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Daniel William Burnes, Daniel Joseph Reitz, Jamaal A. Sanders
  • BUFFER AIR FOR A LABYRINTH SEAL
    Publication number: 20120156005
    Abstract: A method of providing buffer air to a labyrinth seal includes operating a multi-stage compressor system having an earlier stage and a later stage such that the air pressure at the later stage is higher than the air pressure at the earlier stage. The method may further include selectively directing compressed air from one of the earlier stage or the later stage to the seal based on a parameter indicative of air pressure within the compressor system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: ENGWARD WILLIAM NIELSEN, Daniel William Burnes, Simon Ferguson Reynolds, Michael Dennison Fox