Patents by Inventor Niels BRINKMEIER

Niels BRINKMEIER 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 for low load operation of a power plant with a once-through boiler
    Patent number: 10196939
    Abstract: The once-through boiler includes a water supply and at least an economizer, an evaporator superheater. No valves are provided between the economizer, the evaporator and the superheater. The high-pressure turbine includes a control valve. The method for low load operation of a power plant with a once-through boiler and a high pressure turbine includes providing a parameter indicative of the stable operation of the once-through boiler in once-through operation, and on the basis of this parameter adjusting the control valve in order to regulate the pressure within the economizer and evaporator and/or adjusting the temperature of the water supplied to the economizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Volker Schüle, Stephan Hellweg, Reinhard Leithner, Niels Brinkmeier
  • METHOD FOR LOW LOAD OPERATION OF A POWER PLANT WITH A ONCE-THROUGH BOILER
    Publication number: 20160032784
    Abstract: The once-through boiler includes a water supply and at least an economizer, an evaporator superheater. No valves are provided between the economizer, the evaporator and the superheater. The high-pressure turbine includes a control valve. The method for low load operation of a power plant with a once-through boiler and a high pressure turbine includes providing a parameter indicative of the stable operation of the once-through boiler in once-through operation, and on the basis of this parameter adjusting the control valve in order to regulate the pressure within the economizer and evaporator and/or adjusting the temperature of the water supplied to the economizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Volker SCHÜLE, Stephan Hellweg, Reinhard LEITHNER, Niels BRINKMEIER