Patents by Inventor Eberhard Gralla

Eberhard Gralla 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 and device for extracting water in a power plant
    Patent number: 7237383
    Abstract: A method according to the invention and a corresponding device (1) designed to cool the exhaust gas (15) of a gas turbine to below its dew point. Water (25) accumulating hereby can be used for the power plant operation, so that the provision of (make-up) water for the power plant operation can be dispensed with or at least reduced, especially in areas ill-supplied with water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rudolf Ahrens-Botzong, Eberhard Gralla, Dietmar Schmidt
  • Method and device for extracting water in a power plant
    Publication number: 20050039461
    Abstract: A method according to the invention and a corresponding device (1) designed to cool the exhaust gas (15) of a gas turbine to below its dew point. Water (25) accumulating hereby can be used for the power plant operation, so that the provision of (make-up) water for the power plant operation can be dispensed with or at least reduced, especially in areas ill-supplied with water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2004
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Inventors: Rudolf Ahrens-Botzong, Eberhard Gralla, Dietmar Schmidt
  • Gas and steam power plant for water desalination
    Publication number: 20040128976
    Abstract: In a gas and steam power plant for water desalination, a heat exchanger surface is arranged in the region of the cold end of a heat recovery boiler. This surface is provided for preheating the water to be desalinated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventor: Eberhard Gralla