Patents by Inventor Torsten Strand

Torsten Strand 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: 7140183
    Abstract: A burner (24) which is useful for operating a heat generator includes a first upstream swirl generator (17) capable of swirling a combustion air stream, a device for injecting at least one fuel into the combustion air stream from the upstream swirl generator (17), an exit ring (1) located at the downstream end of the burner (24) at the edge to the combustion chamber (2) where the fuel is burnt, and preferentially a mixing section (20, 21) downstream from the upstream swirl generator (17) having a downstream end, having at least one transfer duct (20) for transferring downstream a flow of combustion air and fuel formed in the upstream swirl generator (17), and having a mixing tube (21) downstream from the at least one transfer duct (20) and receiving flow from the at least one transfer duct (20), wherein the downstream end of the mixing section borders the combustion chamber (2) and is formed by the exit ring (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Alstom Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Thomas Ruck, Sasha Savic, Torsten Strand
  • Publication number: 20050164138
    Abstract: A burner (24) which is useful for operating a heat generator includes a first upstream swirl generator (17) capable of swirling a combustion air stream, a device for injecting at least one fuel into the combustion air stream from the upstream swirl generator (17), an exit ring (1) located at the downstream end of the burner (24) at the edge to the combustion chamber (2) where the fuel is burnt, and preferentially a mixing section (20, 21) downstream from the upstream swirl generator (17) having a downstream end, having at least one transfer duct (20) for transferring downstream a flow of combustion air and fuel formed in the upstream swirl generator (17), and having a mixing tube (21) downstream from the at least one transfer duct (20) and receiving flow from the at least one transfer duct (20), wherein the downstream end of the mixing section borders the combustion chamber (2) and is formed by the exit ring (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2005
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Inventors: Thomas Ruck, Sasha Savic, Torsten Strand
  • Patent number: 6279310
    Abstract: A method for starting a burner device for a gas turbine, where the burner device comprises at least one burner member (5), arranged to be supplied with a liquid fuel, and an ignition member (9), which is activated for igniting a fuel which is supplied to the burner member (5). The fuel which initially is supplied to the burner member (5) and which is ignited by means of the ignition member and generates a burner member flame mainly comprises an ignition gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: ABB AB
    Inventors: Torsten Strand, Leif G. Andersson
  • Patent number: 6151798
    Abstract: In a process and an apparatus (1) for spray drying or spray cooling of the so-called Filtermat.RTM. type, a more uniform product layer (7) is achieved by collecting and/or treating the product on a screen means (8, 14, 19) providing a pressure difference being at least 1.5, preferably from 1.5 to 30 and particularly from about 2 to about 20 times that provided by the product layer, when collected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: Niro A/S
    Inventor: Torsten Strand Petersen