Patents by Inventor Mouna Lamnaouer

Mouna Lamnaouer 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).

  • Flow conditioner in a combustor of a gas turbine engine
    Patent number: 9163837
    Abstract: A combustor in a gas turbine includes a liner having an interior volume defining a main combustion zone, a fuel injection system for delivering fuel into the main combustion zone, and a flow sleeve that defines, with the liner, a passageway for air to flow on its way to be mixed with fuel from the fuel injection system, wherein the mixture is burned in the main combustion zone to create hot combustion gases. The combustor further includes a flow conditioner including at least one panel having a configuration such that air is able to pass through the panel(s) on its way to the passageway, wherein at least a substantial portion of the air that enters the passageway for being burned in the main combustion zone passes through the panel(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Muzaffer Sutcu, John M. Crane, Mouna Lamnaouer
  • FLOW CONDITIONER IN A COMBUSTOR OF A GAS TURBINE ENGINE
    Publication number: 20140238029
    Abstract: A combustor in a gas turbine includes a liner having an interior volume defining a main combustion zone, a fuel injection system for delivering fuel into the main combustion zone, and a flow sleeve that defines, with the liner, a passageway for air to flow on its way to be mixed with fuel from the fuel injection system, wherein the mixture is burned in the main combustion zone to create hot combustion gases. The combustor further includes a flow conditioner including at least one panel having a configuration such that air is able to pass through the panel(s) on its way to the passageway, wherein at least a substantial portion of the air that enters the passageway for being burned in the main combustion zone passes through the panel(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Inventors: Muzaffer Sutcu, John M. Crane, Mouna Lamnaouer