Patents by Inventor Wayne A. Tassone

Wayne A. Tassone 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 and system for introducing fluid into an airstream
    Patent number: 8635849
    Abstract: A preferred of operating a gas turbine engine having an inlet for receiving a stream of air to be compressed includes providing a first and a second set of interchangeable spray nozzles. Each of the nozzles in the first set is capable of discharging fluid supplied to the nozzle at a first pressure at a first flow rate. Each of the nozzles in the second set is capable of discharging fluid supplied to the nozzle at the first pressure at a flow rate that is different from the first flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Inventors: Bruce A. Tassone, Wayne Tassone
  • Method and System for Introducing Fluid into an Airstream
    Publication number: 20090039182
    Abstract: A preferred of operating a gas turbine engine having an inlet for receiving a stream of air to be compressed includes providing a first and a second set of interchangeable spray nozzles. Each of the nozzles in the first set is capable of discharging fluid supplied to the nozzle at a first pressure at a first flow rate. Each of the nozzles in the second set is capable of discharging fluid supplied to the nozzle at the first pressure at a flow rate that is different from the first flow rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: Bruce A. Tassone, Wayne Tassone
  • Method and system for introducing fluid into an airstream
    Patent number: 7454913
    Abstract: A preferred of operating a gas turbine engine having an inlet for receiving a stream of air to be compressed includes providing a first and a second set of interchangeable spray nozzles. Each of the nozzles in the first set is capable of discharging fluid supplied to the nozzle at a first pressure at a first flow rate. Each of the nozzles in the second set is capable of discharging fluid supplied to the nozzle at the first pressure at a flow rate that is different from the first flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Inventors: Bruce A. Tassone, Wayne Tassone
  • Method and apparatus for providing evaporative cooling and power augmentation in gas turbines
    Patent number: 6820430
    Abstract: A method for augmenting the net output of a gas turbine having an inlet for acquiring a fluid such as air to be compressed is disclosed. The method comprising the following steps: providing a first flow of liquid water comprising liquid droplets to the fluid to be compressed at a first location upstream of the gas turbine for providing evaporative cooling; and providing a second flow of liquid water comprising liquid droplets to the intake air to be compressed at a second location downstream of the first location and proximate to the gas turbine for providing power augmentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Inventors: Bruce A. Tassone, Wayne A. Tassone