Patents by Inventor Stephan TORCHALLA

Stephan TORCHALLA 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).

  • Patent number: 8783042
    Abstract: A method for operating a firing plant with at least one combustion chamber and at least one burner, especially a gas turbine, includes an operating characteristic for operating the combustion chamber close to the lean extinction limit defined as a burner group staging ratio (BGVRich). Pressure pulsations (PulsActual) measured in the combustion chamber are processed by a filter device (2) and converted into corresponding signals (PulsActual,Filter(t)). An exceeding/falling short of at least one pulsation limiting value (PulsLimit) is monitored by a monitoring device (3) and adapts a pulsation reference value (PulsRef) in dependence upon the monitoring. The processed pressure pulsations (PulsActual,Filter(t)) are then compared with the adapted pulsation reference value (PulsRef,adapt), and, from this, a correction value ?BGV is determined, by which the burner group staging ratio (BGVRich) is corrected, and as a result operation of the firing plant close to the lean extinction limit is realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Alstom Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Mauricio Garay, Gianfranco Guidati, Stanka Kokanovic, Stephan Torchalla
  • Publication number: 20130019605
    Abstract: A method for operating a firing plant with at least one combustion chamber and at least one burner, especially a gas turbine, includes an operating characteristic for operating the combustion chamber close to the lean extinction limit defined as a burner group staging ratio (BGVRich). Pressure pulsations (PulsActual) measured in the combustion chamber are processed by a filter device (2) and converted into corresponding signals (PulsActual,Filter(t)). An exceeding/falling short of at least one pulsation limiting value (PulsLimit) is monitored by a monitoring device (3) and adapts a pulsation reference value (PulsRef) in dependence upon the monitoring. The processed pressure pulsations (PulsActual,Filter(t)) are then compared with the adapted pulsation reference value (PulsRef,adapt), and, from this, a correction value ?BGV is determined, by which the burner group staging ratio (BGVRich) is corrected, and as a result operation of the firing plant close to the lean extinction limit is realized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Inventors: Mauricio GARAY, Gianfranco GUIDATI, Stanka KOKANOVIC, Stephan TORCHALLA
  • Publication number: 20090037029
    Abstract: A method for operating a firing plant with at least one combustion chamber and with at least one burner for producing hot gas, especially a gas turbine, preferably of a power generating plant, includes an operating characteristic for operating the combustion chamber close to the lean extinction limit defined in the form of a burner group staging ratio (BGVRich). The pressure pulsations (PulsActual) which are measured in the combustion chamber are processed by a filter device (2) and converted into corresponding signals (PulsActual,Filter(t)). An exceeding/falling short of at least one pulsation limiting value (PulsLimit) is monitored by a monitoring device (3) and adapts a pulsation reference value (PulsRef) in dependence upon the monitoring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventors: Mauricio GARAY, Gianfranco GUIDATI, Stanka KOKANOVIC, Stephan TORCHALLA