Patents by Inventor Henk Blekkenhorst

Henk Blekkenhorst 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).

  • Process gas compressor/gas turbine section
    Patent number: 9915161
    Abstract: A process gas compressor/gas turbine section including a process gas compressor and a gas turbine which is coupled to the shaft of the process gas compressor in order to drive said compressor is provided. The process gas compressor is designed to compress combustible process gas and is equipped to seal the process gas compressor inner chamber from the atmosphere using a shaft seal which can be sealed with a seal gas and which has at least one leakage line. The leakage line can conduct leakage gas away from the shaft seal and is connected to the air inlet of the gas turbine such that the leakage gas together with the inlet air at the air inlet can be conducted into the gas turbine during the operation of the process gas compressor/gas turbine section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Henk Blekkenhorst
  • PROCESS GAS COMPRESSOR/GAS TURBINE SECTION
    Publication number: 20150292346
    Abstract: A process gas compressor/gas turbine section including a process gas compressor and a gas turbine which is coupled to the shaft of the process gas compressor in order to drive said compressor is provided. The process gas compressor is designed to compress combustible process gas and is equipped to seal the process gas compressor inner chamber from the atmosphere using a shaft seal which can be sealed with a seal gas and which has at least one leakage line. The leakage line can conduct leakage gas away from the shaft seal and is connected to the air inlet of the gas turbine such that the leakage gas together with the inlet air at the air inlet can be conducted into the gas turbine during the operation of the process gas compressor/gas turbine section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventor: Henk Blekkenhorst