Patents by Inventor Matthias Kleinenhammann

Matthias Kleinenhammann 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).

  • Partial-load operation of a gas turbine with an adjustable bypass flow channel
    Patent number: 10774751
    Abstract: A gas turbine has a compressor providing compressed air, a combustion chamber provided with a burner, and an expansion turbine, wherein a bypass flow channel is also provided designed to supply compressed air past the burner and to supply a hot gas flow generated in the combustion chamber during operation of the gas turbine. The opening cross section of the bypass flow channel can be adjusted, and an adjustment unit is designed to adjust the opening cross section of the bypass flow channel such that the modification speed of the opening cross section is selected such that the relative combustion chamber pressure drop or a material temperature of the combustion chamber is substantially constant, in particular that the relative combustion chamber pressure drop or the material temperature of the combustion chamber does not vary by more than 10%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thorsten Engler, Manuel Gutermuth, Thomas Kerstiens, Matthias Kleinenhammann, Norbert Knüwer, Kai Süselbeck, Marc Tertilt, Ulrich Wagner, Frank Weidner
  • PARTIAL-LOAD OPERATION OF A GAS TURBINE WITH AN ADJUSTABLE BYPASS FLOW CHANNEL
    Publication number: 20160273457
    Abstract: A gas turbine has a compressor providing compressed air, a combustion chamber provided with a burner, and an expansion turbine, wherein a bypass flow channel is also provided designed to supply compressed air past the burner and to supply a hot gas flow generated in the combustion chamber during operation of the gas turbine. The opening cross section of the bypass flow channel can be adjusted, and an adjustment unit is designed to adjust the opening cross section of the bypass flow channel such that the modification speed of the opening cross section is selected such that the relative combustion chamber pressure drop or a material temperature of the combustion chamber is substantially constant, in particular that the relative combustion chamber pressure drop or the material temperature of the combustion chamber does not vary by more than 10%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thorsten Engler, Manuel Gutermuth, Thomas Kerstiens, Matthias Kleinenhammann, Norbert Knüwer, Kai Süselbeck, Marc Tertilt, Ulrich Wagner, Frank Weidner