Patents by Inventor Kurt Rechsteiner

Kurt Rechsteiner 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).

  • Turbomachine temperature control system
    Patent number: 10577962
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a system having: a first steam turbine coupled with a shaft; a seal system coupled with the shaft, the seal system including a set of linearly disposed seal locations on each side of the steam turbine along the shaft, each seal location corresponding with a control valve for controlling a flow of fluid therethrough; and a control system coupled with each of the control valves, the control system configured to control flow of a dry air or gas to at least one of the seal locations for heating the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Wolfgang Franz Dietrich Mohr, Erhard Friedrich Liebig, Kurt Rechsteiner
  • Active draft control for combined cycle power plant shutdown
    Patent number: 10215059
    Abstract: A system and method for active draft control through a combined cycle power plant (CCPP) can initiate a CCPP shutdown, activate the recirculated exhaust gas (REG) system for the turbomachine; measure a HRSG airflow through the HRSG; communicate the HRSG airflow to a controller configured to condition a control signal; and adjust a recirculated exhaust gas volume in accordance with the control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Wolfgang Franz Dietrich Mohr, Kurt Rechsteiner, David Martin Johnson, Kenneth Damon Black
  • ACTIVE DRAFT CONTROL FOR COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANT SHUTDOWN
    Publication number: 20180347407
    Abstract: A system and method for active draft control through a combined cycle power plant (CCPP) can initiate a CCPP shutdown, activate the recirculated exhaust gas (REG) system for the turbomachine; measure a HRSG airflow through the HRSG; communicate the HRSG airflow to a controller configured to condition a control signal; and adjust a recirculated exhaust gas volume in accordance with the control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Wolfgang Franz Dietrich Mohr, Kurt Rechsteiner, David Martin Johnson, Kenneth Damon Black
  • TURBOMACHINE TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180066534
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a system having: a first steam turbine coupled with a shaft; a seal system coupled with the shaft, the seal system including a set of linearly disposed seal locations on each side of the steam turbine along the shaft, each seal location corresponding with a control valve for controlling a flow of fluid therethrough; and a control system coupled with each of the control valves, the control system configured to control flow of a dry air or gas to at least one of the seal locations for heating the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Wolfgang Franz Dietrich Mohr, Erhard Friedrich Liebig, Kurt Rechsteiner