Patents by Inventor Leif Rackwitz

Leif Rackwitz 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).

  • Patent number: 9328665
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gas-turbine combustion chamber with mixing air orifices, with a combustion chamber wall, with tiles arranged on the inside of the combustion chamber wall at a certain distance from said combustion chamber wall as well as with mixing air orifices passing through the combustion chamber wall and the tiles, characterized in that the mixing air orifices are formed by chutes which are designed tube-like and pass through the tiles, and that several chutes are formed on a mixing air wall element extending at least around part of the circumference of the combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
    Inventors: Thomas Doerr, Leif Rackwitz, Stefan Penz
  • Patent number: 9033263
    Abstract: A fuel injection nozzle for a gas turbine combustion chamber with a film applicator (1) is provided with several fuel openings (2). Center axes (5) of the fuel openings (2) through the film applicator (1), with regard to their radial orientation, are essentially parallel to the main flow direction (6) of the air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
    Inventor: Leif Rackwitz
  • Publication number: 20140144145
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gas-turbine combustion chamber with an outer combustion chamber wall concentric to a gas-turbine center axis and with an inner combustion chamber wall, with several burners arranged spread over the circumference of the combustion chamber, and with air inlet recesses which in at least one radial plane are provided spread over the circumference on an outer combustion chamber wall and on an inner combustion chamber wall, where the burner is designed to form a flow provided with a swirl and where air inlet recesses assigned to a burner are dimensioned in differing size in order to generate airflows of differing size, characterized in that at least one of the respective air inlet recesses is designed for supplying air in the flow direction of the swirl of the combustion chamber flow and is provided with flow guidance walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicants: Rolls-Royce PLC, Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
    Inventors: Leif Rackwitz, Emmanuel Aurifeille
  • Patent number: 8646275
    Abstract: A gas-turbine lean combustor includes a combustion chamber (2) and a fuel nozzle (1) which includes a pilot fuel injection (17) and a main fuel injection (18). The main fuel injection (18) includes central recesses (23) for a controlled inhomogeneous fuel injection, the number of said recesses on the circumference ranging from 8 to 40 and said recesses having an angle of inclination ?2 in circumferential direction of 10°??2?60° and an axial angle of inclination ?1 relative to the combustor axis (4) between ?10°??1?90°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
    Inventors: Leif Rackwitz, Imon-Kalyan Bagchi, Thomas Doerr
  • Publication number: 20140033723
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gas-turbine combustion chamber with mixing air orifices, with a combustion chamber wall, with tiles arranged on the inside of the combustion chamber wall at a certain distance from said combustion chamber wall as well as with mixing air orifices passing through the combustion chamber wall and the tiles, characterized in that the mixing air orifices are formed by chutes which are designed tube-like and pass through the tiles, and that several chutes are formed on a mixing air wall element extending at least around part of the circumference of the combustion chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
    Inventors: Thomas DOERR, Leif RACKWITZ, Stefan PENZ
  • Publication number: 20140033731
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling the fuel temperature of a gas turbine, where parameters are determined as input values, where the parameters are compared with emission-optimized nominal values and an optimum fuel temperature is determined, and where the fuel to be supplied to a combustion chamber is heated or cooled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
    Inventor: Leif RACKWITZ
  • Patent number: 8443609
    Abstract: A gas-turbine burner for a gas turbine includes a fuel nozzle 1 having several fuel exit holes 23, which are each connected to a fuel line 5, 7, 29, 30, through which fuel can be passed selectively Between individual fuel exit holes 23, different static pressures of the airflow are provided between fuel lines flown by fuel and fuel lines not flown by fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
    Inventors: Thomas Doerr, Leif Rackwitz, Waldemar Lazik
  • Publication number: 20120174588
    Abstract: A gas-turbine lean combustor includes a combustion chamber (2) and a fuel nozzle (1) which includes a pilot fuel injection (17) and a main fuel injection (18). The main fuel injection (18) includes central recesses (23) for a controlled inhomogeneous fuel injection, the number of said recesses on the circumference ranging from 8 to 40 and said recesses having an angle of inclination ?2 in circumferential direction of 10°??2?60° and an axial angle of inclination ?1 relative to the combustor axis (4) between ?10°??1?90°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KG
    Inventors: Leif RACKWITZ, Imon-Kalyan BAGCHI, Thomas DOERR
  • Patent number: 7694899
    Abstract: A fuel injection device for fuel injection systems, e.g. for aircraft gas turbines, includes at least one fuel injection opening, through which a continuous flow of fuel 1 is issued, with the fuel injection opening having a non-circular cross-section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
    Inventors: Jeffrey-George Gerakis, Leif Rackwitz
  • Publication number: 20090255263
    Abstract: A gas-turbine burner for a gas turbine includes a fuel nozzle 1 having several fuel exit holes 23, which are each connected to a fuel line 5, 7, 29, 30, through which fuel can be passed selectively Between individual fuel exit holes 23, different static pressures of the airflow are provided between fuel lines flown by fuel and fuel lines not flown by fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Inventors: Thomas Doerr, Leif Rackwitz, Waldemar Lazik
  • Patent number: 7546734
    Abstract: A fuel injection device for a gas turbine includes an airflow passage 1 whose walls 2 are provided with at least one fuel opening 3 for the injection of fuel into the airflow, with the center axes 4 of the fuel openings 3 being inclined at least in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
    Inventors: Thomas Dörr, Leif Rackwitz
  • Publication number: 20090139240
    Abstract: A gas-turbine lean combustor includes a combustion chamber (2) and a fuel nozzle (1) which includes a pilot fuel injection (17) and a main fuel injection (18). The main fuel injection (18) includes central recesses (23) for a controlled inhomogeneous fuel injection, the number of said recesses on the circumference ranging from 8 to 40 and said recesses having an angle of inclination ?2 in circumferential direction of 10°??2?60° and an axial angle of inclination ?1 relative to the combustor axis (4) between ?10°??1?90°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventors: Leif Rackwitz, Imon-Kalyan Bagchi, Thomas Doerr
  • Publication number: 20080011883
    Abstract: A fuel injection device for fuel injection systems, e.g. for aircraft gas turbines, includes at least one fuel injection opening, through which a continuous flow of fuel 1 is issued, with the fuel injection opening having a non-circular cross-section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: Jeffrey-George Gerakis, Leif Rackwitz
  • Patent number: 7003939
    Abstract: This invention relates to a fuel injection system for a staged combustion chamber (1) of a gas turbine aero-engine, in which a certain quantity of fuel is permanently supplied to the pilot burner(s) (3) and in which fuel is apportioned to the main burner(s) (4) only at higher engine performance, whereby a staging valve unit (7) which variably splits the total fuel mass flow (WF) to the pilot burners (3) and to the main burners (4) is provided downstream of a control valve unit (6) which controls the entire fuel mass flow, with both valve units being actuated by an engine control unit (8) and with the actuation of the staging valve unit (7) being accomplished on the basis of the desired engine performance, characterized in that the engine performance is described by way of a staging parameter (SP) reflecting the load of the gas turbine combustion chamber (1) and actuating the staging control unit (7) according to a switching line, in that the staging parameter (SP) is derived from a functional relationship, in
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
    Inventors: Leif Rackwitz, Klaus-Jurgen Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20050133642
    Abstract: A fuel injection nozzle for a gas turbine combustion chamber with a film applicator (1) is provided with several fuel openings (2). Center axes (5) of the fuel openings (2) through the film applicator (1), with regard to their radial orientation, are essentially parallel to the main flow direction (6) of the air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2004
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Inventor: Leif Rackwitz
  • Publication number: 20050050895
    Abstract: A fuel injection device for a gas turbine includes an airflow passage 1 whose walls 2 are provided with at least one fuel opening 3 for the injection of fuel into the airflow, with the center axes 4 of the fuel openings 3 being inclined at least in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2004
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Inventors: Thomas Dorr, Leif Rackwitz