Patents by Inventor Diane LAUFFER

Diane LAUFFER 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: 9945561
    Abstract: A gas turbine combustor part of a gas turbine includes a wall, containing a plurality of near wall cooling channels extending essentially parallel to each other in a first direction within the wall in close vicinity to the hot side and being arranged in at least one row extending in a second direction. The near wall cooling channels are each provided at one end with an inlet for the supply of cooling air, and on the other end with an outlet for the discharge of cooling air. The inlets open into a common feeding channel for cooling air supply, and the outlets open into a common discharge channel for cooling air discharge. The feeding channel and the discharge channel extend in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: ANSALDO ENERGIA IP UK LIMITED
    Inventors: Adnan Eroglu, Michael Thomas Maurer, Diane Lauffer
  • Patent number: 9261058
    Abstract: A damping device for reducing pressure oscillations in a combustion system includes at least a portion provided with a first, outer wall, a second, inner wall, an intermediate plate interposed between the first wall and the second wall. This intermediate plate forms a spacer grid to define at least one chamber between said first wall and said second wall, first passages connecting each of said at least one chamber to the inner of the combustion system, and second passages connecting each of said at least one chamber to the outer of the combustion system. The second passages open at the same side of said chambers as the first passages, the second passages have a portion extending parallel to the inner wall. This parallel portion of said second passages is equipped with heat transfer enhancing means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD
    Inventors: Michael Maurer, Andreas Huber, Lothar Schneider, Urs Benz, Diane Lauffer
  • Patent number: 9157637
    Abstract: An exemplary burner arrangement and method for operating a burner arrangement are disclosed. During operation of the burner arrangement a hot combustion gas, including combustion air, flows essentially parallel to a burner wall through a mixing chamber, which is delimited by the burner wall, to a combustion chamber. In the mixing chamber the hot combustion gas is mixed with an injected fuel, where cooling air from the outside of the burner wall flows through effusion holes in the burner wall into an interior of the mixing chamber. The cooling air, on the outside of the burner wall, is deflected in a directed manner in its flow direction by means of deflection elements which are in a distributed arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD.
    Inventors: Madhavan Poyyapakkam, Adnan Eroglu, Andrea Ciani, Diane Lauffer, Uwe Ruedel
  • Patent number: 8978382
    Abstract: A combustion device for a gas turbine includes an interior portion, an inner wall having a plurality of first passages and an outer wall having a plurality of second passages configured to cool the inner wall, each of the plurality of second passages having an outlet opening into a third passage. An intermediate layer is disposed between the inner wall and the outer wall and defines a plurality of chambers, each chamber forming a Helmholtz damper and being connected to the interior portion by at least one of the plurality of first passages and being connected to at least one of the plurality of second passages by at least one of the plurality of third passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Alstom Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Andreas Huber, Nicolas Noiray, Urs Benz, Felix Reinert, Diane Lauffer
  • Patent number: 8839624
    Abstract: A combustion device for a gas turbine that includes a portion having first and second walls that defines an inside of the combustion device, a zone between the first and second walls and an outside of the combustion device. A plurality of first passages connect the inside of the combustion device to the zone between the first and second walls and a plurality of second passages connect the zone between the first and second walls to the outside of the combustion device. A plurality of chambers are defined within the zone between the first and second walls, each chamber being connected with one first passage and at least one second passage. Each chamber defining a Helmholtz damper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Alstom Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Alexander Schnell, Nicolas Noiray, Felix Reinert, Diane Lauffer, Bruno Schuermans
  • Publication number: 20140150436
    Abstract: A gas turbine combustor part of a gas turbine includes a wall, containing a plurality of near wall cooling channels extending essentially parallel to each other in a first direction within the wall in close vicinity to the hot side and being arranged in at least one row extending in a second direction. The near wall cooling channels are each provided at one end with an inlet for the supply of cooling air, and on the other end with an outlet for the discharge of cooling air. The inlets open into a common feeding channel for cooling air supply, and the outlets open into a common discharge channel for cooling air discharge. The feeding channel and the discharge channel extend in the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: ALSTOM Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Adnan EROGLU, Michael Thomas MAURER, Diane LAUFFER
  • Publication number: 20140053559
    Abstract: A damping device for reducing pressure oscillations in a combustion system includes at least a portion provided with a first, outer wall, a second, inner wall, an intermediate plate interposed between the first wall and the second wall. This intermediate plate forms a spacer grid to define at least one chamber between said first wall and said second wall, first passages connecting each of said at least one chamber to the inner of the combustion system, and second passages connecting each of said at least one chamber to the outer of the combustion system. The second passages open at the same side of said chambers as the first passages, the second passages have a portion extending parallel to the inner wall. This parallel portion of said second passages is equipped with heat transfer enhancing means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: ALSTOM Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Michael MAURER, Andreas Huber, Lothar Schneider, Urs Benz, Diane Lauffer
  • Patent number: 8572980
    Abstract: A burner for a combustion chamber of a turbine, with an injection device for the introduction of at least one gaseous and/or liquid fuel into the burner is proposed. The injection device has at least one body arranged in the burner with at least two nozzles for introducing the at least one fuel into the burner, the body being configured with a streamlined cross-sectional profile which extends with a longitudinal direction perpendicularly or at an inclination to a main flow direction prevailing in the burner. The carrier air plenum is provided with holes such that carrier air exiting through the holes impinges an inner side of a leading edge portion of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Alstom Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Anton Winkler, Urs Benz, Andre Theuer, Diane Lauffer, Madhavan Poyyapakkam
  • Publication number: 20120324863
    Abstract: A burner for a combustion chamber of a turbine, with an injection device for the introduction of at least one gaseous and/or liquid fuel into the burner is proposed. The injection device has at least one body arranged in the burner with at least two nozzles for introducing the at least one fuel into the burner, the body being configured with a streamlined cross-sectional profile which extends with a longitudinal direction perpendicularly or at an inclination to a main flow direction prevailing in the burner. The carrier air plenum is provided with holes such that carrier air exiting through the holes impinges an inner side of a leading edge portion of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: ALSTOM Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Anton WINKLER, Urs BENZ, Andre THEUER, Diane LAUFFER, Madhavan POYYAPAKKAM
  • Publication number: 20120047908
    Abstract: An exemplary burner arrangement and method for operating a burner arrangement are disclosed. During operation of the burner arrangement a hot combustion gas, including combustion air, flows essentially parallel to a burner wall through a mixing chamber, which is delimited by the burner wall, to a combustion chamber. In the mixing chamber the hot combustion gas is mixed with an injected fuel, where cooling air from the outside of the burner wall flows through effusion holes in the burner wall into an interior of the mixing chamber. The cooling air, on the outside of the burner wall, is deflected in a directed manner in its flow direction by means of deflection elements which are in a distributed arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: ALSTOM Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Madhavan Poyyapakkam, Adnan Eroglu, Andrea Ciani, Diane Lauffer, Uwe Ruedel
  • Publication number: 20110203250
    Abstract: A combustion device for a gas turbine includes an interior portion, an inner wall having a plurality of first passages and an outer wall having a plurality of second passages configured to cool the inner wall, each of the plurality of second passages having an outlet opening into a third passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD
    Inventors: Andreas Huber, Nicolas Noiray, Urs Benz, Felix Reinert, Diane Lauffer
  • Publication number: 20110048018
    Abstract: A combustion device for a gas turbine that includes a portion having first and second walls that defines an inside of the combustion device, a zone between the first and second walls and an outside of the combustion device. A plurality of first passages connect the inside of the combustion device to the zone between the first and second walls and a plurality of second passages connect the zone between the first and second walls to the outside of the combustion device. A plurality of chambers are defined within the zone between the first and second walls, each chamber being connected with one first passage and at least one second passage. Each chamber defining a Helmholtz damper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD
    Inventors: Alexander SCHNELL, Nicolas NOIRAY, Felix REINERT, Diane LAUFFER, Bruno SCHUERMANS