Patents by Inventor Ian BROCCOLINI

Ian BROCCOLINI 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).

  • Publication number: 20200362760
    Abstract: Methods and systems of operating a gas turbine engine in a low-power condition are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes supplying fuel to a combustor by supplying fuel to a first fuel manifold and a second fuel manifold of the gas turbine engine. The method also includes, while supplying fuel to the combustor by supplying fuel to the first fuel manifold: stopping supplying fuel to the second fuel manifold; and discharging pressurized air from an accumulator into the second fuel manifold to flush fuel in the second fuel manifold into the combustor and hinder coking in the second fuel manifold and associated fuel nozzles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Oleg MORENKO, Stephen TARLING, Ian BROCCOLINI, Aleksandar KOJOVIC, Jeffrey Richard VERHIEL