Patents by Inventor Ezio Pena Saavedra

Ezio Pena Saavedra 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 of optimizing the limitation of dust emissions for gas turbines fueled with heavy fuel oil
    Patent number: 11230977
    Abstract: Method for optimizing the limitation of dust emissions from a gas turbine or combustion plant comprising a line for supplying liquid fuel oil, a line for generating fuel oil atomizing air, and a central controller, wherein: a first definition step, starting from a nominal temperature of the fuel oil and a nominal pressure ratio of the atomizing air of the fuel oil, and by controlling the injection of the soot inhibitor, of a nominal operating point corresponding to the maximum permissible level of emitted dust; a second step of controlling a first parameter, taken from the group of the fuel oil temperature and the pressure ratio of the fuel oil atomizing air, in order to reach another operating point; and a third step of controlling the soot inhibitor injection to achieve the maximum permissible level of emitted dust.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Matthieu Vierling, Pierre Montagne, Sven Catrin, Ezio Pena Saavedra, Mohamad-Maher Aboujaib
  • METHOD OF OPTIMIZING THE LIMITATION OF DUST EMISSIONS FOR GAS TURBINES FUELED WITH HEAVY FUEL OIL.
    Publication number: 20190195142
    Abstract: Method for optimizing the limitation of dust emissions from a gas turbine or combustion plant comprising a line for supplying liquid fuel oil, a line for generating fuel oil atomizing air, and a central controller, wherein: a first definition step, starting from a nominal temperature of the fuel oil and a nominal pressure ratio of the atomizing air of the fuel oil, and by controlling the injection of the soot inhibitor, of a nominal operating point corresponding to the maximum permissible level of emitted dust; a second step of controlling a first parameter, taken from the group of the fuel oil temperature and the pressure ratio of the fuel oil atomizing air, in order to reach another operating point; and a third step of controlling the soot inhibitor injection to achieve the maximum permissible level of emitted dust.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Matthieu Vierling, Pierre Montagne, Sven Catrin, Ezio Pena Saavedra, Mohamad-Maher Aboujaib