Patents by Inventor Heinz Bollhalder

Heinz Bollhalder 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: 9376964
    Abstract: A control system for at least one of steam turbines, gas turbines or power plants includes a sensor system configured to monitor predefined operating parameters, the sensor system including redundant sensors. A central processor arrangement of the control system has an input side configured to receive measurement data from the sensor system and an output side configured to communicate with operation control elements of the turbines or power plants. A sensor side processor circuit is assigned at least to the redundant sensors, the processor circuit being configured to continuously check the sensors for error-free operation, to protect or block the input side of the central processor arrangement from erroneous signals, and to only respectively forward or further process signals from a sensor that has been identified as error-free in one channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Lang, Hanspeter Zinn, Heinz Bollhalder, Xabier Antonanzas
  • Patent number: 7751943
    Abstract: In a process for protection of a gas turbine (1) from damage caused by pressure pulsations (P), pressure pulsations (P) occurring during the operation of the gas turbine (1) are measured, from the measured pressure pulsations (P), a pulsation-time signal (PZS) is generated, the pulsation-time signal (PZS) is transformed into a pulsation-frequency signal (PFS), from the pulsation-frequency signal (PFS), a pulsation level (PL) is determined for at least one specified monitoring frequency band (12), the pulsation level (PL) is monitored for the occurrence of at least one specified trigger condition, and, when the at least one trigger condition occurs, a specified protective action (16) is carried out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: ALSTOM Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Heinz Bollhalder, Michael Habermann, Hanspeter Zinn
  • Publication number: 20060266045
    Abstract: In a process for protection of a gas turbine (1) from damage caused by pressure pulsations (P), pressure pulsations (P) occurring during the operation of the gas turbine (1) are measured, from the measured pressure pulsations (P), a pulsation-time signal (PZS) is generated, the pulsation-time signal (PZS) is transformed into a pulsation-frequency signal (PFS), from the pulsation-frequency signal (PFS), a pulsation level (PL) is determined for at least one specified monitoring frequency band (12), the pulsation level (PL) is monitored for the occurrence of at least one specified trigger condition, and, when the at least one trigger condition occurs, a specified protective action (16) is carried out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2006
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Inventors: Heinz Bollhalder, Michael Habermann, Hanspeter Zinn
  • Patent number: 4144149
    Abstract: A method for purifying aqueous residues from exhausted metallizing baths, which contain at least one amino compound as a complex-forming agent, which comprises anodically treating the aqueous residue containing heavy metal ions and complex-forming agent at a voltage, current density and time sufficient to eliminate the complexing ability of the amino compound, and removing the heavy metal ions from said aqueous residue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 13, 1979
    Assignee: BBC Brown, Boveri & Company, Limited
    Inventors: Heinz Bollhalder, Vladimir Sova