Patents by Inventor Liberto Gandia
Liberto Gandia 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).
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Patent number: 8182587Abstract: A system for use with an inlet of a gas turbine through which an airflow toward the gas turbine proceeds is provided and includes a first self-cleaning stage to remove dust, snow and ice from the airflow, a second water tight stage, disposed downstream from the first stage, to prevent aerosol droplets and aqueous solutions of deliquesced particulates, which include at least portions of the dust not removed by the first stage and which are re-released into the airflow from the first stage, from proceeding along the airflow and to remove solid particulates not removed by the first stage from the airflow, and a third water removal stage, disposed downstream from the second stage, to remove from the airflow aerosol droplets leaking from the second stage.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2008Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Stephen David Hiner, Rahul Jaikaran Chillar, Bradly Aaron Kippel, Lisa Kamdar Ammann, Jack Thomas Clements, Marcus Carr Walters, Sebastien Cloarec, Marc Malivernay, Liberto Gandia
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Patent number: 8167980Abstract: A system for use with an inlet of a gas turbine through which airflow toward the gas turbine proceeds is provided and includes a first stage to remove primary aerosol droplets from the airflow by coalescing the primary aerosol droplets into secondary aerosol droplets, which are larger than the primary aerosol droplets, and to remove solid particulates from the airflow, a second water tight stage, disposed downstream from the first stage, to prevent the secondary aerosol droplets and aqueous solutions of deliquesced particulates, which are not removed by the first stage and which are re-released into the airflow from the first stage, from proceeding along the airflow and to remove solid particulates not removed by the first stage from the airflow, and a third water removal stage, disposed downstream from the second stage, to remove from the airflow the remaining secondary aerosol droplets leaking from the first and second stages.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2008Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Stephen David Hiner, Rahul Jaikaran Chillar, Bradly Aaron Kippel, Lisa Kamdar Ammann, Jack Thomas Clements, Marcus Carr Walters, Sebastien Cloarec, Marc Malivernay, Liberto Gandia
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Publication number: 20100050873Abstract: A system for use with an inlet of a gas turbine through which airflow toward the gas turbine proceeds is provided and includes a first stage to remove primary aerosol droplets from the airflow by coalescing the primary aerosol droplets into secondary aerosol droplets, which are larger than the primary aerosol droplets, and to remove solid particulates from the airflow, a second water tight stage, disposed downstream from the first stage, to prevent the secondary aerosol droplets and aqueous solutions of deliquesced particulates, which are not removed by the first stage and which are re-released into the airflow from the first stage, from proceeding along the airflow and to remove solid particulates not removed by the first stage from the airflow, and a third water removal stage, disposed downstream from the second stage, to remove from the airflow the remaining secondary aerosol droplets leaking from the first and second stages.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2008Publication date: March 4, 2010Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Stephen David Hiner, Rahul Jaikaran Chillar, Bradly Aaron Kippel, Lisa Kamdar Ammann, Jack Thomas Clements, Marcus Carr Walters, Sebastien Cloarec, Marc Malivernay, Liberto Gandia
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Publication number: 20100054919Abstract: A system for use with an inlet of a gas turbine through which an airflow toward the gas turbine proceeds is provided and includes a first self-cleaning stage to remove dust, snow and ice from the airflow, a second water tight stage, disposed downstream from the first stage, to prevent aerosol droplets and aqueous solutions of deliquesced particulates, which include at least portions of the dust not removed by the first stage and which are re-released into the airflow from the first stage, from proceeding along the airflow and to remove solid particulates not removed by the first stage from the airflow, and a third water removal stage, disposed downstream from the second stage, to remove from the airflow aerosol droplets leaking from the second stage.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2008Publication date: March 4, 2010Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Stephen David Hiner, Rahul Jaikaran Chillar, Bradly Aaron Kippel, Lisa Kamdar Ammann, Jack Thomas Clements, Marcus Carr Walters, Sebastien Cloarec, Marc Malivernay, Liberto Gandia
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Patent number: 5469894Abstract: The present invention relates to a metal duct, the inside of which is subjected to steep temperature gradients, and which includes a sheet metal tube of rectangular crosssection with rounded corners and reinforced with outer stiffeners constituted by members which are disposed in planes perpendicular to the axis of symmetry of the tube and which are connected thereto. The stiffening members are constituted by rectilinear first members welded to the sides of the tube and interconnected at each corner via a respective second member which is secured via its ends to two adjacent first members, the second member being spaced apart from the duct. The duct is designed, in particular, to form a gas turbine exhaust duct.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 1993Date of Patent: November 28, 1995Assignee: European Gas Turbines SAInventors: Liberto Gandia, Frederic Rouget
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Patent number: 5462088Abstract: The present invention relates to an exhaust diffuser for a gas turbine, the diffuser being designed to be inserted downstream from a last expansion stage constituted by an outlet duct of circular cross-section containing a central bulb. The diffuser includes a flared transition duct having an inlet end of circular cross-section identical to the cross-section of the outlet duct of the last stage, an outlet end of square cross-section, and four fixed fins disposed inside the ducts close to respective corners of the square cross-section for directing the exhaust gases toward the corners of the square cross-section.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 1993Date of Patent: October 31, 1995Assignee: Societe Anonyme Dite: European Gas Turbines SAInventors: Jacques Poux, Liberto Gandia, Frederic Rouget