Patents by Inventor Thoralf Berndt

Thoralf Berndt 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: 10273551
    Abstract: In the case of a method for the heat treatment of erected, preferably large-area tube wall regions or tube wall segments, in particular of a diaphragm wall, of a steam generator, in particular of a power plant, in the installed state, it is sought to provide a solution which permits the use of steel types which are more problematic with regard to power plant operation with elevated steam parameters, in particular the steels T23 and T24, in the erection of steam generators. This is achieved in that the tube wall regions or tube wall segments for heat treatment are subjected, in the installed state in the steam generator, and in particular over a large area, to a stress-relief annealing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Europe GmbH, General Electric Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Jürgen Müller, Rudolf Thesing, Kurt Busekrus, Carsten Stegemann, Gerhard Weissinger, Michael Heim, Thoralf Berndt
  • Patent number: 9163834
    Abstract: The invention refers to a forced flow steam generator (10) and to a method for its operation. The forced flow steam generator (10) has a combustion chamber (11) with a burner arrangement (20). A fuel (B) and a mixture (G) consisting of pure oxygen and flue gas (R) are fed into the combustion chamber (11) or to the burner arrangement (20) for combusting. A flue gas duct (27) is connected to the combustion chamber (11) in the flow direction (S) of the flue gas (R), and a flue gas passage (26) is connected to the flue gas duct. The flue gas (R) for the oxygen-flue gas mixture (G) is fed back from the flue gas passage (26) via a flue gas recirculation line (28). The forced flow steam generator (10) is operated in the so-called oxyfuel process. A plurality of auxiliary heating surfaces (35) are arranged in the flue gas duct (27) downstream of the burner arrangement (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: ALSTOM Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Gerhard Weissinger, Thoralf Berndt, Ralph Dobrowolski, Andreas Marquard
  • Patent number: 8959917
    Abstract: A method for operating a forced-flow steam generator operating at variable pressure and at a steam temperature above 650° C. and reducing the minimum forced-flow load of the forced-flow steam generator, wherein the economizer of the forced-flow steam generator includes at least one high pressure pre-heater and/or a heat transfer system for preheating the working medium, the at least one high-pressure pre-heater and/or the heat transfer system arranged upstream as viewed in the working medium circuit direction, wherein if a predetermined partial load point is exceeded, the heat absorption of the working medium within at least one high-pressure pre-heater and/or the heat transfer system is reduced so that the temperature of the water/steam working medium at the outlet of the economizer is below the boiling point relative to the corresponding economizer outlet by a predetermined temperature difference, and a forced-flow steam generator for performing the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: ALSTOM Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Thoralf Berndt, Qiurong Chen
  • Publication number: 20140083374
    Abstract: The invention refers to a forced flow steam generator (10) and to a method for its operation. The forced flow steam generator (10) has a combustion chamber (11) with a burner arrangement (20). A fuel (B) and a mixture (G) consisting of pure oxygen and flue gas (R) are fed into the combustion chamber (11) or to the burner arrangement (20) for combusting. A flue gas duct (27) is connected to the combustion chamber (11) in the flow direction (S) of the flue gas (R), and a flue gas passage (26) is connected to the flue gas duct. The flue gas (R) for the oxygen-flue gas mixture (G) is fed back from the flue gas passage (26) via a flue gas recirculation line (28). The forced flow steam generator (10) is operated in the so-called oxyfuel process. A plurality of auxiliary heating surfaces (35) are arranged in the flue gas duct (27) downstream of the burner arrangement (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY, LTD.
    Inventors: Gerhard Weissinger, Thoralf Berndt, Ralph Dobrowolski, Andreas Marquard
  • Publication number: 20120291720
    Abstract: The invention relates to a forced-flow steam generator for using steam temperatures of above 650° C. Said forced-flow steam generator (1) comprises a combustion chamber (2) and a waste gas flue (3) connected to the upper end thereof, and peripheral walls (4) surrounding said flue. Said walls (4) are formed from tubular walls (5), the tubes thereof guiding the water/steam working medium. The combustion chamber (2) comprises at least one burner (6), and downstream heating surfaces (7) are arranged in the waste gas flue (3). Part of the peripheral walls (4) is covered in the region of the combustion chamber (2) by at least one bulk-head heating surface (8), the size of which on the surface side being determined such that the heat absorption of the peripheral walls (4) and therefore the temperature thereof are reduced to a value enabling the formation of the peripheral walls (4) from modified, heat-resistant 2.25-2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Inventors: Thoralf Berndt, Qiurong Chen, Georg-nikolaus Stamatelopoulos, Gerhard Weissinger
  • Publication number: 20120272929
    Abstract: The invention relates to a forced-flow steam generator for burning dry brown coal without assistance from recirculated waste gas in the combustion chamber thereof. Said forced-flow steam generator (1) comprises a combustion chamber (2) and a waste gas flue (3) connected to the upper end thereof, and peripheral walls (4) surrounding said flue. Said walls (4) are formed from tubular walls (5), the tubes thereof guiding the water/steam working medium. The combustion chamber (2) comprises at least one burner (6), and downstream heating surfaces (7) are arranged in the waste gas flue (3). Part of the peripheral walls (4) is covered in the region of the combustion chamber (2) by at least one bulkhead heating surface (8), the size of which on the surface side being determined such that the heat absorption of the peripheral walls (4) and therefore the temperature thereof are reduced to a value enabling the formation of the peripheral walls (4) from modified, heat-resistant 2.25-2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventors: Thoralf Berndt, Qiurong Chen, Georg-nikolaus Stamatelopoulos, Gerhard Weissinger
  • Publication number: 20120272649
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a forced-flow steam generator operating at variable pressure and at a steam temperature above 650° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD
    Inventors: Thoralf Berndt, Qiurong Chen
  • Patent number: 6698204
    Abstract: Steam generator unit having a fluidized-bed combustion system, which has a fluidized-bed combustion chamber, at least one second gas pass, and at least one separator positioned between the fluidized-bed combustion chamber and second gas pass. The steam generator unit also having at least one superheater and two reheaters connected in series on the steam side. The first reheater is constructed with a regulated bypass mechanism on the steam side, so that a partial flow of the steam fed to the second reheater can be directed past the first reheater, such that the first reheater is positioned in the second gas pass and the second reheater is positioned in the fluidized-bed combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Alstom (Switzerland) Ltd.
    Inventors: Thoralf Berndt, Joachim Seeber
  • Publication number: 20020017100
    Abstract: Steam generator unit having a fluidized-bed combustion system, which has a fluidized-bed combustion chamber, at least one second gas pass, and at least one separator positioned between the fluidized-bed combustion chamber and second gas pass. The steam generator unit also having at least one superheater and two reheaters connected in series on the steam side. The first reheater is constructed with a regulated bypass mechanism on the steam side, so that a partial flow of the steam fed to the second reheater can be directed past the first reheater, such that the first reheater is positioned in the second gas pass and the second reheater is positioned in the fluidized-bed combustion chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2001
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Inventors: Thoralf Berndt, Joachim Seeber