Patents by Inventor Gwenn A. Peters

Gwenn A. Peters 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).

  • System and method for attenuating combustion oscillations in a gas turbine engine
    Patent number: 8024934
    Abstract: A system and method for modifying the supply of fuel to injectors to attenuate combustion oscillations in a gas turbine engine. The gas turbine engine may comprise a combustor, a plurality of injectors and a manifold. The plurality of injectors may be operable to provide fuel to the combustor. The manifold may be configured to supply fuel to all of the plurality of injectors or to only a portion of the plurality of injectors in reaction to a determination of an existence of combustion oscillations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Solar Turbines Inc.
    Inventors: Mario E. Abreu, Gwenn A. Peters, Terry R. Tarver, Chris Z. Twardochleb, James W. Blust
  • System and method for attenuating combustion oscillations in a gas turbine engine
    Publication number: 20070039329
    Abstract: A system and method for modifying the supply of fuel to injectors to attenuate combustion oscillations in a gas turbine engine. The gas turbine engine may comprise a combustor, a plurality of injectors and a manifold. The plurality of injectors may be operable to provide fuel to the combustor. The manifold may be configured to supply fuel to all of the plurality of injectors or to only a portion of the plurality of injectors in reaction to a determination of an existence of combustion oscillations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2006
    Publication date: February 22, 2007
    Inventors: Mario Abreu, Gwenn Peters, Terry Tarver, Chris Twardochleb, James Blust