Patents by Inventor Udo Schmitz

Udo Schmitz 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).

  • Publication number: 20230151966
    Abstract: A burner component of a burner. The burner has a flow channel, in which combustion air flows in a flow direction from upstream to downstream. The burner component includes a wall portion, which adjoins the flow channel; a plurality of injection nozzles, which are arranged in the wall portion; and a plurality of vortex generators, which are arranged on the wall portion. The vortex generators have a concavely curved sloped surface rising in the flow direction to improve the distribution of the fuel in the combustion air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stefan Dederichs, Michael Huth, Ramsatish Kaluri, Udo Schmitz, Anatol Schulz, Daniel Vogtmann
  • Patent number: 11313562
    Abstract: A method for operating a burner arrangement of a heat engine, particularly a gas turbine, having a plurality of burners, each having at least one pilot burner and main burner, in which method, on the basis of a preset operation of the heat engine, the total quantity of fuel supplied to the burners is maintained substantially constant in a load-controlled manner: in a first group of burners, for each burner, both the pilot burner as well as the main burner are supplied with fuel; in a second group of burners, the fuel supply to the main burners is interrupted, while the pilot burners continue to be operated; and the fuel quantity remaining as a result of the interruption of the fuel supply to the main burners of the second group is redistributed to the still active main burners of the first group. CO emissions are reduced as a result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Udo Schmitz, Carsten Seiler, Stefan Wyhnalek
  • Publication number: 20200393131
    Abstract: A method for operating a burner arrangement of a heat engine, particularly a gas turbine, having a plurality of burners, each having at least one pilot burner and main burner, in which method, on the basis of a preset operation of the heat engine, the total quantity of fuel supplied to the burners is maintained substantially constant in a load-controlled manner: in a first group of burners, for each burner, both the pilot burner as well as the main burner are supplied with fuel; in a second group of burners, the fuel supply to the main burners is interrupted, while the pilot burners continue to be operated; and the fuel quantity remaining as a result of the interruption of the fuel supply to the main burners of the second group is redistributed to the still active main burners of the first group. CO emissions are reduced as a result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Udo Schmitz, Carsten Seiler, Stefan Wyhnalek
  • Publication number: 20150362189
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a burner system (1) comprising a pilot burner arrangement (2), a main burner arrangement (3) surrounding the pilot burner arrangement (2), a combustion chamber arranged downstream with respect to the pilot burner arrangement (2) and the main burner arrangement (3), and at least one resonator (17), wherein the main burner arrangement (3) defines a ring-shaped air supply (13) outwardly delimited by a burner cone (14) and provided with radially extending swirl vanes (15), wherein a resonator cavity (18) of the at least one resonator (17) is formed at the outside of the burner cone (14), wherein the resonator cavity (18) is provided with a plurality of resonator openings (20) defining a fluidic connection between the resonator cavity (18) and the combustion chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Andreas Böttcher, Peter KAUFMANN, Andre KLUGE, Boris Ferdinand KOCK, William R. RYAN, Udo SCHMITZ, Daniel VOGTMANN, Jaap VAN KAMPEN
  • Patent number: 9127842
    Abstract: A burner incorporating a pilot cone and a mounting insert is provided. The pilot cone is constructed as a pilot cone assembly which is decoupled from the mounting insert. Further, an operating method for increasing the service life of a burner which incorporates a pilot cone assembly and a mounting insert is provided. The pilot cone assembly has a cone side and incorporates at least one further side where the further side is arranged to be essentially parallel to one of the sides of the mounting insert and spaced apart from it, so that between the further side and the side of the mounting insert there is a defined gap. In an operation of the burner, the gap is significantly reduced by the thermal expansion in at least at one point of contact between the further side and the side of the mounting insert. Finally, an assembly method is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Andreas Böttcher, Thomas Grieb, Matthias Hase, Peter Kaufmann, Werner Krebs, Tobias Krieger, Patrick Lapp, Mark F. Rubio, Udo Schmitz, Daniel Vogtmann, Ulrich Wörz
  • Publication number: 20100300104
    Abstract: A burner incorporating a pilot cone and a mounting insert is provided. The pilot cone is constructed as a pilot cone assembly which is decoupled from the mounting insert. Further, an operating method for increasing the service life of a burner which incorporates a pilot cone assembly and a mounting insert is provided. The pilot cone assembly has a cone side and incorporates at least one further side where the further side is arranged to be essentially parallel to one of the sides of the mounting insert and spaced apart from it, so that between the further side and the side of the mounting insert there is a defined gap. In an operation of the burner, the gap is significantly reduced by the thermal expansion in at least at one point of contact between the further side and the side of the mounting insert. Finally, an assembly method is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventors: Andreas Böttcher, Thomas Grieb, Matthias Hase, Peter Kaufmann, Werner Krebs, Tobias Krieger, Patrick Lapp, Mark F. Rubio, Udo Schmitz, Daniel Vogtmann, Ulrich Wörz
  • Patent number: 7080515
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine (120) includes a cylindrical basket (146) having an axis (14) and a single main burner assembly (12) disposed within the basket. A burner insert (34) is disposed in an annular space between the burner assembly and the basket. The insert includes a face perpendicular to the axis of the basket. A plurality of passageways (114) are formed in the basket, positioned proximate to and downstream of the burner insert for allowing passage of a portion of an oxidizer flow (42) into a combustion chamber (30). A fluid flow path (38), defined between a combustion chamber liner portion (32) of the basket and a casing (40) spaced radially outward from the combustion liner portion, discharges a fluid into a flow reversal region (118) proximate an inlet (20) of the burner assembly. A fuel outlet (44) is disposed in the flow reversal region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation
    Inventors: Samer P. Wasif, Udo Schmitz, Robert Bland, Karsten Jordan, John Carl Glessner, J. Scott Markovitz, Bernd Prade, David Kargetta, Stephen Ramier, Stefan Dahlk
  • Publication number: 20050016178
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine (120) includes a cylindrical basket (146) having an axis (14) and a single main burner assembly (12) disposed within the basket. A burner insert (34) is disposed in an annular space between the burner assembly and the basket. The insert includes a face perpendicular to the axis of the basket. A plurality of passageways (114) are formed in the basket, positioned proximate to and downstream of the burner insert for allowing passage of a portion of an oxidizer flow (42) into a combustion chamber (30). A fluid flow path (38), defined between a combustion chamber liner portion (32) of the basket and a casing (40) spaced radially outward from the combustion liner portion, discharges a fluid into a flow reversal region (118) proximate an inlet (20) of the burner assembly. A fuel outlet (44) is disposed in the flow reversal region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2003
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Inventors: Samer Wasif, Udo Schmitz, Robert Bland, Karsten Jordan, John Glessner, J. Markovitz, Bernd Prade, David Kargetta, Stephen Ramier, Stefan Dahlk