Patents by Inventor Juergen REINHARD

Juergen REINHARD 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).

  • Method for operating a power plant
    Patent number: 9605564
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a steam power plant, particularly a combined cycle power plant, which includes a gas turbine an a steam/water cycle with a heat recovery steam generator, through which the exhaust gases of the gas turbine flow, a water-cooled condenser, a feedwater pump and a steam turbine. A cooling water pump is provided for pumping cooling water through said water-cooled condenser. Evacuating means are connected to the water-cooled condenser for evacuating at least said water-cooled condenser. The method relates to a shut down and start-up of the power plant after the shutdown.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Franz Dietrich Mohr, Hamid Olia, Miguel Angel Carrillo Rubio, Juergen Reinhard
  • METHOD FOR OPERATING A POWER PLANT
    Publication number: 20150000279
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a steam power plant, particularly a combined cycle power plant, which includes a gas turbine an a steam/water cycle with a heat recovery steam generator, through which the exhaust gases of the gas turbine flow, a water-cooled condenser, a feedwater pump and a steam turbine. A cooling water pump is provided for pumping cooling water through said water-cooled condenser. Evacuating means are connected to the water-cooled condenser for evacuating at least said water-cooled condenser. The method relates to a shut down and start-up of the power plant after the shutdown.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Wolfgang Franz Dietrich MOHR, Hamid OLIA, Miguel Angel CARRILLO RUBIO, Juergen REINHARD