Patents by Inventor Miriam LOSAPIO

Miriam LOSAPIO 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 of detecting flameout in a combustor and turbine system
    Patent number: 11397135
    Abstract: The method allows to detect flameout in a combustor of a turbine system; it includes the steps of: A) measuring angular acceleration of a shaft of the or each turbine of the turbine system, B) calculating a flameout indicator as a function of the angular acceleration, and C) carrying out a comparison between the flameout indicator and at least one threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Antonio Asti, Miriam Losapio, Mariateresa Paci, Giovanni Tonno
  • METHOD OF DETECTING FLAMEOUT IN A COMBUSTOR AND TURBINE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20210123834
    Abstract: The method allows to detect flameout in a combustor of a turbine system; it includes the steps of: A) measuring angular acceleration of a shaft of the or each turbine of the turbine system, B) calculating a flameout indicator as a function of the angular acceleration, and C) carrying out a comparison between the flameout indicator and at least one threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Antonio ASTI, Miriam LOSAPIO, Mariateresa PACI, Giovanni TONNO
  • Methods of detecting one failure in a burner of a combustor and turbine systems
    Patent number: 10907498
    Abstract: The method is used for detecting one failure in a burner of a combustor of a turbine system; the combustor comprises a plurality of burners arranged annularly; the turbine system comprises a turbine downstream of the combustor, the method comprising the steps of: A) providing a plurality of temperature sensors arranged annularly at the outlet of the turbine, B) detecting a plurality of temperatures through the plurality of temperature sensors, C) calculating a temperature spread indicator as a function of the plurality of temperatures, and D) carrying out a comparison the temperature spread indicator and a threshold; a positive result of this comparison indicates a burner failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Nuovo Pignone Technologies SRL
    Inventors: Antonio Asti, Miriam Losapio, Mariateresa Paci
  • METHOD OF DETECTING FLAMEOUT IN A COMBUSTOR AND TURBINE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180266270
    Abstract: The method allows to detect flameout in a combustor of a turbine system; it comprises the steps of: A) measuring angular acceleration of a shaft of the or each turbine of the turbine system, B) calculating a flameout indicator as a function of the angular acceleration, and C) carrying out a comparison between the flameout indicator and at least one threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Antonio ASTI, Miriam LOSAPIO, Mariateresa PACI, Giovanni TONNO
  • METHODS OF DETECTING ONE FAILURE IN A BURNER OF A COMBUSTOR AND TURBINE SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20180266272
    Abstract: The method is used for detecting one failure in a burner of a combustor of a turbine system; the combustor comprises a plurality of burners arranged annularly; the turbine system comprises a turbine downstream of the combustor, the method comprising the steps of: A) providing a plurality of temperature sensors arranged annularly at the outlet of the turbine, B) detecting a plurality of temperatures through the plurality of temperature sensors, C) calculating a temperature spread indicator as a function of the plurality of temperatures, and D) carrying out a comparison the temperature spread indicator and a threshold; a positive result of this comparison indicates a burner failure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Antonio ASTI, Miriam LOSAPIO, Mariateresa PACI