Patents by Inventor Jaap Van Kampen

Jaap Van Kampen 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: 20110091824
    Abstract: The present invention explains a method of operating a multi-fuel combustion system. It consist of a first phase and a second phase, wherein the first phase comprises of providing ignition to a combustor basket to ignite a first type of fuel, where the first type of fuel is supplied to the combustor basket through a first conduit. Also in first phase steam is also supplied to the first conduit in addition to the first type of fuel and steam is supplied to the second conduit after the ignition. In the second phase a second type of fuel is supplied to the combustor basket after ignition of the first fuel through the second conduit, while stopping the supply of the first fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventors: Vinayak Barve, Jianfan Wu, Ulrich Wörz, Jaap van Kampen
  • Publication number: 20100323309
    Abstract: A method for reducing self-induced flame oscillations is provided. In a first fluid mass flow flowing through a jet nozzle from a fluid inlet opening to a fluid outlet opening, a second fluid mass flow is injected on an axial position of the jet nozzle positioned downstream from the fluid inlet opening. One fluid mass flow includes air, and the other fluid mass flow includes a fuel. A second method for reducing self-induced flame oscillations is also provided. In a first fluid mass flow flowing through a jet nozzle from a fluid inlet opening to a fluid outlet opening, a second fluid mass flow is injected on a radial position of the jet nozzle in relation to the circumference of the jet nozzle. One mass flow includes air and the other fluid mass flow includes a fuel. Burners which ensure the execution of the method are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2008
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: David Barkowski, Matthias Hase, Werner Krebs, Berthold Köstlin, Martin Lenze, Martin Stapper, Jaap Van Kampen
  • Publication number: 20100199627
    Abstract: A gas turbo set including a first turbine, a second turbine, and a combustion chamber connected between the first and second turbines and operated by auto-ignition is provided. The turbines and the combustion chamber are located on a common shaft that may be rotated about an axis. To increase the efficiency of the gas turbo set, the outer periphery of the second turbine is at a greater distance from the axis than that of the first turbine, leading to a reduction in the size and/or the number of turbine blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventors: Lennard Helmers, Werner Krebs, Jaap Van Kampen
  • Publication number: 20100192583
    Abstract: A method for stabilizing the flame of a premixing burner, comprising a reaction chamber containing a fluid is provided. The method includes injecting an air-fuel mixture into the reaction chamber at a speed that is different from that of the fluid present in the reaction chamber, adjusting the speed such that vortices form at the boundary between the air-fuel mixture and the surrounding fluid. A premixing burner including a reaction chamber and at least one premixing spray nozzle opening into the reaction chamber is also provided. The premixing burner injects an air-fuel mixture into the reaction chamber at a speed that is different from that of the surrounding fluid, the speed being adjusted such that vortices from at the boundary between the air-fuel mixture and the surrounding fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Inventors: Mariano Cano Wolff, Patrick Ronald Flohr, Matthias Hase, Martin Lenze, Jürgen Meisl, Paul Pixner, Uwe Remlinger, Kai-Uwe Schildmache, Thomas Alexis Schneider, Jaap van Kampen
  • Publication number: 20100043440
    Abstract: The invention is based on a gas turbine burner comprising a combustion zone for burning a mixture consisting of combustion exhaust gas to which fuel gas is added, and comprising a fuel intermixing arrangement having a fuel nozzle for spraying the fuel gas into the combustion exhaust gas. In order to achieve low-pollutant and uniform combustion, it is proposed that the fuel intermixing arrangement be designed for spraying the fuel gas into the combustion exhaust gas at at least 0.2 times the speed of sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Andreas Heilos, Werner Krebs, Jaap Van Kampen