Patents by Inventor Edward C. Fichtner

Edward C. Fichtner 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 system for operating a turbine engine
    Patent number: 9303565
    Abstract: A method and system for controlling a two-shaft turbine engine, the two-shaft turbine engine including a gas producer having a compressor with adjustable inlet guide vanes. The method includes monitoring a rotational speed of the gas producer, maintaining an inlet guide vane angle constant when a rotational speed of the gas producer is below a threshold value, and adjusting an inlet guide vane angle of the compressor at a predetermined rate when the rotational speed of the gas producer is above the threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Solar Turbines Incorporated
    Inventors: Edward C. Fichtner, Garrett C. Bolander, Chad M. Holcomb, Paul V. Smith
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING A TURBINE ENGINE
    Publication number: 20140000272
    Abstract: A method and system for controlling a two-shaft turbine engine, the two-shaft turbine engine including a gas producer having a compressor with adjustable inlet guide vanes. The method includes monitoring a rotational speed of the gas producer, maintaining an inlet guide vane angle constant when a rotational speed of the gas producer is below a threshold value, and adjusting an inlet guide vane angle of the compressor at a predetermined rate when the rotational speed of the gas producer is above the threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: Edward C. Fichtner, Garrett C. Bolander, Chad M. Holcomb, Paul V. Smith