Patents by Inventor Jacob Hardes

Jacob Hardes 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).

  • Dual outlet nozzle for a secondary fuel stage of a combustor of a gas turbine engine
    Patent number: 10139111
    Abstract: A secondary fuel stage (14) of a combustor of a gas turbine engine. The combustor has a main combustion zone (43) upstream of the secondary fuel stage to ignite working gas The secondary fuel stage includes a nozzle (18) with dual outlets (20, 22) oriented with a circumferential component to inject an air-fuel mixture (24) into the combustor. The nozzle is effective to entrain the air-fuel mixture with the working gas (44) such that a peak temperature (46) of the working gas at a location downstream of the secondary fuel stage is less than a peak temperature (50) of working gas if the air-fuel mixture were injected into the combustor with a single outlet nozzle (118).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY, INC.
    Inventors: Walter R. Laster, Scott M. Martin, Juan Enrique Portillo Bilbao, Jacob Hardes, Timothy A. Fox
  • DUAL OUTLET NOZZLE FOR A SECONDARY FUEL STAGE OF A COMBUSTOR OF A GAS TURBINE ENGINE
    Publication number: 20150276226
    Abstract: A secondary fuel stage (14) of a combustor of a gas turbine engine. The combustor has a main combustion zone (43) upstream of the secondary fuel stage to ignite working gas The secondary fuel stage includes a nozzle (18) with dual outlets (20, 22) oriented with a circumferential component to inject an air-fuel mixture (24) into the combustor. The nozzle is effective to entrain the air-fuel mixture with the working gas (44) such that a peak temperature (46) of the working gas at a location downstream of the secondary fuel stage is less than a peak temperature (50) of working gas if the air-fuel mixture were injected into the combustor with a single outlet nozzle (118).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: Siemens Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter R. Laster, Scott M. Martin, Juan Enrique Portillo Bilbao, Jacob Hardes, Timothy A. Fox