Patents Issued in August 28, 2014
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Publication number: 20140237995Abstract: System, apparatus, and methods are disclosed for treating a reduction catalyst that has been exposed to an amount of sulfur. The treating of the reduction catalyst includes providing a fluid stream at a position upstream of the reduction catalyst. The fluid stream includes a temperature and a reductant amount, and the reductant amount includes an amount of urea, ammonia, or hydrocarbons.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: Cummins Inc.Inventors: Aleksey Yezerets, Krishna Kamasamudram, Neal W. Currier, Ashok Kumar, Michael A. Smith
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Publication number: 20140237996Abstract: System, apparatus, and methods are disclosed for treating a reduction catalyst that has been exposed to an amount of sulfur. The treating of the reduction catalyst includes providing a fluid stream at a position upstream of the reduction catalyst. The fluid stream includes a temperature and a reductant amount, and the reductant amount includes an amount of urea, ammonia, or hydrocarbons.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: Cummins Inc.Inventors: Aleksey Yezerets, Krishna Kamasamudram, Neal W. Currier, Ashok Kumar, Michael A. Smith
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Publication number: 20140237997Abstract: A V-type engine includes two exhaust manifolds connected to two cylinder banks. First and second exhaust ports, respectively provided in the two cylinder banks, are disposed at an inner side of V-shaped lines. Each exhaust manifold includes N branch pipes and a collecting pipe, where N is an integer not less than 2. The N branch pipes are respectively connected to N exhaust ports including at least one of the first exhaust ports and at least one of the second exhaust ports. The collecting pipe is disposed adjacent to N cylinders that are aligned in a direction parallel or substantially parallel to a crank axis direction and extends from one end to the other end of the N cylinders.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2013Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Katsumi OCHIAI, Kouhei NATSUME, Shinichi HOSHIYA
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Publication number: 20140237998Abstract: A mounting assembly for an injector is located in a curved portion of an exhaust line having an exhaust flow from an upstream end to a downstream end. The mounting assembly includes an indent extending at least partially into the exhaust line curved portion and disposed in the exhaust flow. The downstream wall has an interior surface oriented to substantially face the exhaust line downstream end. A recess extends from the downstream wall in a direction away from the exhaust line downstream end, and a recess aperture is formed in the recess and configured to fluidly communicate with the injector. The recess reduces the amount of exhaust heat reaching the injector tip.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2013Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.Inventors: Matthew F. Fahrenkrug, Jason W. Hudgens, Richard A. Crandell
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Publication number: 20140237999Abstract: A burner for an exhaust aftertreatment system may include a housing assembly and an ignition device. The housing assembly may include an inner shell surrounded by intermediate and outer shells. The inner shell may at least partially define a combustion chamber. The housing assembly may include an airflow passage having an opening extending through the outer shell. The airflow passage may extend between the outer shell and the intermediate shell as well as between the intermediate shell and the inner shell. The airflow passage may provide fluid communication between the opening and the combustion chamber. The ignition device may be at least partially disposed within the housing assembly and may ignite fuel received from a fuel source and air received from the airflow passage to produce a flame in the combustion chamber. The airflow passage may be in a heat transfer relationship with the flame in the combustion chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2013Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE OPERATING COMPANY INC.Inventor: Keith G. Olivier
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Publication number: 20140238000Abstract: A burner for an exhaust aftertreatment system is provided that includes a nozzle assembly having a body and a heating element. The body may include first and second cavities, a fuel inlet passage and an air inlet passage. The first cavity may receive portion of the heating element and may be in fluid communication with the fuel inlet passage and a fuel discharge passage such that fuel from the fuel inlet passage is heated in the first cavity by the heating element and discharged from the first cavity through the fuel discharge passage. The second cavity may be in fluid communication with the air inlet passage and an air discharge passage. The first and second cavities may be fluidly isolated from each other and may supply fuel and air, respectively, to an exit aperture disposed downstream of the fuel discharge aperture and the air discharge aperture.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2013Publication date: August 28, 2014Inventor: TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE OPERATING COMPANY INC.
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Publication number: 20140238001Abstract: An exhaust treatment system may include a burner, a flame sensor assembly and a control module. The flame sensor assembly may be at least partially disposed within the burner and may include an insulator and an electric heating element in heat transfer relation with the insulator. The control module may be in communication with the flame sensor assembly. The control module may determine whether a flame is present in a combustion chamber based on feedback from the flame sensor assembly. The control module may detect contamination on the insulator based on feedback from the flame sensor assembly. The control module may operate the heating element in a first mode in response to detection of a contamination in which the control module causes electrical power to be applied to the heating element to raise a temperature of the heating element to burn contamination off of the insulator.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2013Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE OPERATING COMPANY INC.Inventor: Keith G. Olivier
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Publication number: 20140238002Abstract: An exhaust aftertreatment system may include a first housing and a burner. The first housing may include first and second chambers. The first chamber may include an exhaust gas inlet receiving exhaust gas from an engine. The second chamber may receive exhaust gas from the first chamber and may include an exhaust gas outlet. The burner may include a second housing and a combustion chamber disposed within the second housing. The second housing may be at least partially disposed within the first chamber. The burner may supply heated gas to the second chamber. The heated gas within the burner may be fluidly isolated from exhaust gas in the first chamber. The second housing may be in a heat transfer relationship with exhaust gas in the first chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2013Publication date: August 28, 2014Inventor: Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc.
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Publication number: 20140238003Abstract: A PM accumulation amount estimation device 50 is provided with an exhaust amount computation means 51 for computing PM exhaust amount which is discharged in an exhaust gas passage 3, and a passive regeneration amount computation means 52 for computing a PM regeneration amount in a DPF 7, and is configured to estimate the PM accumulation amount in the DPF 7 from the difference between the PM exhaust amount computed by the exhaust amount computation means 51 and the PM regeneration amount computed by the passive regeneration amount computation means 52. The PM accumulation amount estimation device 50 is further configured such that, when an abnormality is found in an airflow meter 31, the PM regeneration amount from NO2 is computed, and the PM accumulation amount in the DPF is estimated, without using the airflow amount measured by the airflow meter 31.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2012Publication date: August 28, 2014Inventors: Ryo Sase, Ko Takayanagi, Keisuke Okuda
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Publication number: 20140238004Abstract: The invention uses a car's speed to gather ambient air in an air accumulator to create a fast-moving flow of that air and injecting that air to the exhaust piping in a direction to assist exhaust motion away from the engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Inventor: Smith Smith
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Publication number: 20140238005Abstract: Technologies are generally described for recovery of energy from engines. The described technology may be applied to systems, methods, and/or apparatuses. An example exhaust energy recovery apparatus (50) may include at least one thermal to electrical energy conversion element (60) having at least one side for thermal coupling along a substantial length (34, 35, 36) of an exhaust duct (30) for a combustion engine. The example apparatus (50) may also include a cover (52) located over at least a portion of the exhaust duct (30) adjacent to the at least one energy conversion element (60). A channel (53) may be formed between the cover (52) and an exterior portion of the exhaust duct (30), the channel having at least one inlet (54, 56) for admission of cooling fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2012Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: Empire Technology Development LLCInventor: Stephen L. Bewlay
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Publication number: 20140238006Abstract: An exhaust gas heat exchanger includes a tube through which exhaust gas flows, a fin disposed in the tube, and protruded tabs protruded from the tube or the fin. Each of the protruded tabs is inclined to an upstream side, and has a polygonal shape more than a quadrilateral shape having at least a bottom side, one lateral side and another lateral side. An angle of the one lateral side to the bottom side is set smaller than 90 degrees and than an angle of the other lateral side to the bottom side. The bottom side is placed to intersect with a perpendicular direction to the exhaust gas flow direction, and the other lateral side is located upstream from the one lateral side. According to the exhaust gas heat exchanger, it is possible to improve heat exchange efficiency by generating a swirl flow for facilitating heat transfer effectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2012Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: Calsonic Kansei CorporationInventor: Mitsuru Iwasaki
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Publication number: 20140238007Abstract: A hydraulic system is provided including a hydraulic actuator having a first chamber. A pump is configured to supply pressurized fluid to the hydraulic actuator. A balancing valve is configured to be operable in a balancing mode to equalize pressure in an accumulator and the first chamber of the hydraulic actuator. An activation valve is configured to be operable in a ride control mode to place the first chamber of the hydraulic actuator in communication with the accumulator. A flow control valve is configured to block flow from the pump when a flow rate from the pump exceeds a predetermined amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2013Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.Inventor: Wesley T. Payne
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Publication number: 20140238008Abstract: A vehicular fluid power transmitting device includes a pump impeller, a turbine runner, a damper device, and a ring-shaped annular set member. The pump shell has a rear shell and a front shell that is connected to the rear shell. Also, the ring-shaped annular set member connects the damper output member to the front shell and is fixed to the front shell. An intermediate position between a position of an outer radius of the front shell and a position of a radius of the cylindrical shaft is included in a width (W) of the annular set member in a radial direction of the annular set member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2012Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, EXEDY CORPORATION, AISIN AW CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoichi Nakashima, Toshiya Yamashita, Naoki Itazu, Masaru Ebata, Yasunori Doman, Takashi Hori
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Publication number: 20140238009Abstract: An actuator, including a cylinder, an actuator piston displacably arranged in the cylinder, a pressure fluid circuit having a channel mouthing in the cylinder, an indirectly electrically controlled first valve body, arranged in the channel for controlling a flow of a pressure fluid in the channel, and a second valve body, arranged in or at the channel to open and close the channel, the second valve body being a member fixedly connected to the actuator piston, and the first valve body and the second valve body being arranged in series with each other in the channel. The actuator further includes an electrically controlled three-way valve that is arranged to alternately open for a pressure fluid flow from a high pressure source and a pressure fluid flow from a low pressure source, chosen pressure fluid flow being arranged to act against and admit displacement of the first valve body.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2012Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: CARGINE ENGINEERING ABInventor: Anders Hoglund
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Publication number: 20140238010Abstract: Disclosed is a control system for controlling flow so as to allow simultaneous usage of a parallel flow path and a tandem flow path thereby reducing loss of pressure inside a control valve, when simultaneously operating work devices having different operating pressures.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2011Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT ABInventors: Hea-Gyoon Joung, Young-Bog Song
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Publication number: 20140238011Abstract: A two-stage thermal hydraulic engine utilizes the expansion and contraction of a working fluid to convert heat energy to mechanical or electrical energy. The transfer of heat to and from the working fluid occurs in at least two process heat exchangers and may be aided by thin twisted strips of a thermally conductive material that are in contact with the working fluid. The engine does not require the working fluid to undergo a phase change to operate. The subsequent expansion of the working fluid is used to drive pistons contained within at least two triplex hydraulic cylinders. The pistons may be alternately and sequentially driven to pump a fluid with a laminar flow and at a constant pressure. The cylinders may include a self-lubrication system.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2012Publication date: August 28, 2014Inventor: Michael L. FUHRMAN
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Publication number: 20140238012Abstract: A double acting, miller cycle, reciprocating piston with dual rotary displacer, stirling engine is provided. Configurable as a heat pump, a heat engine, or as a combination with one side driving the other, the engine is completely enclosed, sealed and pressurized with the piston ring as the only internal seal. A miller cycle is created by allowing transfer of the working fluid (typically hydrogen gas) past the piston to balance working fluid pressure only at the extremes of the piston stroke. Two coordinated rotating displacers service opposite sides of one piston. Each displacer manages heat flow, according to its length and shape, through one side of the length of its encasing tube into and out of the working fluid through the other side of the length of its encasing tube. The dead space between the piston and the displacer holds regenerator material.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2012Publication date: August 28, 2014Inventor: Solar Miller
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Publication number: 20140238013Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to vanadium dioxide microactuators. In one aspect, a method includes depositing a vanadium dioxide layer on a sacrificial layer disposed on a substrate. A metal layer is deposited on the vanadium dioxide layer. The metal layer is patterned. Portions of the vanadium dioxide layer that are not covered by the metal layer are removed. At least a portion of the sacrificial layer is removed to form a cantilever-type structure including the vanadium dioxide layer and the metal layer disposed on the vanadium dioxide layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2013Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIAInventors: Junqiao Wu, Kai Liu, Kevin Wang
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Publication number: 20140238014Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for producing mechanical movement and then converting the same into electrical energy through expansion and compression of a medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2012Publication date: August 28, 2014Inventor: Nanik Tirath Mulchandani
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Publication number: 20140238015Abstract: An apparatus for actuating first and second engine valves comprises a rocker arm that receives motion from primary and auxiliary valve actuation motion sources at a motion receiving end of the rocker arm. A master piston residing in a master piston bore in the rocker arm is configured to received motion from the auxiliary valve actuation motion source. A slave piston residing in a slave piston bore in the rocker arm is configured to provide auxiliary valve actuation motion to the first engine valve. A hydraulic circuit is provided in the rocker arm connecting the master piston bore and the slave piston bore, and a check valve is disposed within the rocker arm, configured to supply hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic circuit. The apparatus may be incorporated into a system comprising a rocker arm shaft and the primary and secondary valve actuation motion sources, such as an internal combustion engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: Jacobs Vehicle Systems, Inc.Inventors: Gabriel Roberts, Neil Fuchs, Justin Baltrucki
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Publication number: 20140238016Abstract: A supercharging system for an engine includes: a cylinder block forming a combustion chamber; an intake manifold connected to the cylinder block to supply ambient air thereto; an exhaust manifold collecting exhaust gas discharged from the combustion chamber and guiding the same to the environment; a third supercharge path connecting an inlet of the intake manifold to the exhaust manifold; and an electric supercharger supplying compressed air to the exhaust manifold through the third supercharge path. Responsiveness of an engine is enhanced and stabilization of the engine is promoted.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2013Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Hyun Jun Lim, Dong Hee Han, Yoon Joo Kim, Jaeyoung Jeun, Seung Kook Han, Jong II Park
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Publication number: 20140238017Abstract: A brake vacuum pressure forming device for a motor vehicle may include a vacuum chamber supplying a vacuum pressure boosting a break operating force, an electric supercharger connected to the vacuum chamber to supply vacuum pressure thereto, a first vacuum pressure supply path connecting the electric supercharger and the vacuum chamber, and a vacuum pressure control valve mounted on the first vacuum pressure supply path and opening and closing the first vacuum pressure supply path.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2013Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANYInventors: Yoon Joo KIM, HYUN JUN LIM, DONG HEE HAN, SEUNG KOOK HAN, JONG II PARK
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RECEIVER FOR A SOLAR THERMAL INSTALLATION AND SOLAR THERMAL INSTALLATION THAT INCLUDES SAID RECEIVER
Publication number: 20140238018Abstract: A solar receiver having a higher yield than a central tower receiver. The receiver comprises a plurality of absorbent tubes for absorbing incident energy from light guides suitable for capturing solar radiation in solar collector concentration focal points, the absorbent tubes being arranged consecutively and in parallel, adjacently in relation to a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of the absorbent tubes. The tubes contain a circulating heat-transfer fluid. The longitudinal axes are contained in at least two planes, defining at least two lines of absorbent tubes arranged in an alternating manner, and partially superimposed. The receiver also comprises containers subjected to a vacuum in order to enclose the absorbent tubes and reduce losses by convection.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2012Publication date: August 28, 2014Inventors: Juan Pablo Nunez Bootello, Manuel Gallas Torreira -
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRE-STARTUP AND POST-SHUTDOWN PREPARATIONS OF STEAM GENERATORS OR POWER PLANTS
Publication number: 20140238019Abstract: System and method for pre-startup or post-shutdown preparation for such power plants are disclosed which are subject to frequent startups and shutdowns, such as a solar operated power plant. The system and method introduces an auxiliary fluid flow to be circulated in an opposite direction to a direction of normal working fluid flow responsible for producing electricity. That is, if the working fluid flow in a first direction for operating the power plant, than the auxiliary fluid flows in a second direction, opposite to the first direction. The auxiliary fluid flows in the second direction for a predetermined time and at a predetermined conditions through a plurality of superheater panel arrangements of solar receiver former to activation of the working fluid circuit, as pre-startup preparation of the power plant, and after cessation of the working fluid circuit, as post-shutdown preparation of the power plant, to attain predetermined conditions in the superheater.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2013Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTDInventors: Rahul J. Terdalkar, Wesley P. Bauver, Thomas W. Sambor -
Publication number: 20140238020Abstract: The subject of the invention is a method for the controlling and feeding of power plants, in particular coal fired power plants comprising a steam turbine connected to a turbogenerator. The method consists in that in periods of low power consumption the power is transferred from the turbine shaft to a compressor and the air compressed therein is pumped by compressors to the tanks of a compressed air terminal until a pressure close to the pressure of steam fed to turbine blades is reached. When energy demand increases, compressed air from the tanks is fed through nozzles onto the turbine blades along with superheated steam produced in a boiler. The subject of the invention is also a system for collecting compressed air and feeding it to the turbine.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2012Publication date: August 28, 2014Inventors: Waldemar Piskorz, Tomasz Tadeusz Pidvo2
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Publication number: 20140238021Abstract: A generator comprising: a heat differential module with a first, high temperature source configured for providing a work medium at high temperature, a second, low temperature source configured for providing a work medium at low temperature, and a heat mechanism in fluid communication with the first and second sources, configured for maintaining a temperature difference therebetween by at least one of: providing heat to the work medium at said first source, and removing heat from the work medium at said second source; a pressure module comprising a pressure medium which is in selective fluid communication with the work medium from the first, high temperature source and the work medium from the second, low temperature source, for alternately performing a heat exchange process with the high/low temperature work medium, to have its temperature fluctuate between a minimal operative temperature and a maximal operative temperature corresponding to the high and low temperature of the respective work medium; a conversType: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2012Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: GERSHON MACHINE LTD.Inventor: Gershon Harif
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Publication number: 20140238022Abstract: A plant for storing energy by means of compressed air, in which: a storage volume accommodates air at elevated pressure pH; for energy storage, ambient air is compressed and introduced into the storage volume; for removal from storage, compressed air is extracted from the storage volume and discharged into the environment, performing work; at least one low-pressure turbomachine for alternate compression and expansion respectively compresses ambient air to a medium pressure pM and expands said ambient air from said pressure; at least one high-pressure machine for alternate compression and expansion respectively compresses air from the medium pressure pM to the store pressure pH and expands said air from the latter pressure; and said low-pressure turbomachine and high-pressure machine are connected in series in terms of flow and are mechanically coupled to in each case one, or to one common, electric machine that operates selectively as a motor and generator.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2012Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: Boge Kompressoren Otto Boge GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Ulrich Dämgen, Wolf D. Meier-Scheuven
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Publication number: 20140238023Abstract: A device for automatically detecting and removing air from a gas mixture of an organic gas and air includes calculating a saturation pressure value based on a temperature of the gas mixture in a reservoir 1, and obtaining a pressure threshold value by adding a margin value to the saturation pressure value. When the pressure value inside the reservoir 1 is higher than the pressure threshold value, air is detected to be in the gas mixture. After this detection, a controller 5 pressurizes and introduces the gas mixture into a pressure container 2 to condense the organic gas in the gas mixture, thus producing a diluted gas mixture. Subsequently, the diluted gas mixture is introduced to a supply side of a membrane unit 3, the organic gas in the diluted gas mixture is recovered at a permeation side thereof, and a residual gas is discharged outside of the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2012Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Mikiko Hatama, Kokan Kubota, Yoshitaka Kawahara, Hiroaki Sgu, Ichiro Myogan, Isamu Osawa
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Publication number: 20140238024Abstract: A combustor for a gas turbine includes a fuel nozzle having a central swirler that circumferentially surrounds a downstream end of the fuel nozzle. A primary combustion zone is defined within the central swirler. The combustor further includes an outer swirler that circumferentially surrounds at least a portion of the central swirler and a venturi that is disposed downstream from the primary combustion zone. The venturi includes an inner surface. The central swirler imparts angular swirl to a compressed working fluid so as to rapidly mix and react the fuel rich primary zone products with the working fluid. The outer swirler imparts angular swirl to a compressed working fluid so as to provide a cooling boundary layer along the inner surface of the venturi.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2013Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventor: Gilbert Otto Kraemer
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Publication number: 20140238025Abstract: A system includes a fuel nozzle. The fuel nozzle includes a central hub with a first annular passage extending along a longitudinal axis of the fuel nozzle. A flow conditioner is disposed along the first annular passage. The flow conditioner includes at least one of a straightening vane, a mesh screen, or a multi-passage body having multiple passages generally parallel with the longitudinal axis. An outer shroud is disposed about the central hub to define a second annular passage extending along the longitudinal axis of the fuel nozzle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2013Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Jong Ho Uhm, Bryan Wesley Romig, Yon Han Chong
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Publication number: 20140238026Abstract: A fuel nozzle includes a center body that extends axially along an axial centerline for a length. A shroud circumferentially surrounds the center body for at least a portion of the length of the center body. A plurality of helical passages circumferentially surround the center body along at least a portion of the length of the center body, and a fuel port in each helical passage has a different convective time.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2013Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Gregory Allen Boardman, James Harold Westmoreland, III, Sarah Lori Crothers, Ronald James Chila
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Publication number: 20140238027Abstract: A stiffener for a liner assembly of a gas turbine engine includes a second resilient member arranged on a first resilient member at substantially ninety (90) degree orientation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2012Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventor: United Technologies Corporation
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Publication number: 20140238028Abstract: It has a flat impingement hole (2) of which the opening width (D1) in the flow direction of a crossflow (F) in the gap between a cooling target (10) and an opposing member (20) is set greater than the opening width (D2) in a direction orthogonal with the flow direction of the crossflow F. Accordingly, the cooling efficiency is further improved by the impingement cooling mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: IHI CorporationInventors: Takashi YAMANE, Yoshitaka FUKUYAMA, Yoji OKITA, Chiyuki NAKAMATA
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Publication number: 20140238029Abstract: A combustor in a gas turbine includes a liner having an interior volume defining a main combustion zone, a fuel injection system for delivering fuel into the main combustion zone, and a flow sleeve that defines, with the liner, a passageway for air to flow on its way to be mixed with fuel from the fuel injection system, wherein the mixture is burned in the main combustion zone to create hot combustion gases. The combustor further includes a flow conditioner including at least one panel having a configuration such that air is able to pass through the panel(s) on its way to the passageway, wherein at least a substantial portion of the air that enters the passageway for being burned in the main combustion zone passes through the panel(s).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2013Publication date: August 28, 2014Inventors: Muzaffer Sutcu, John M. Crane, Mouna Lamnaouer
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Publication number: 20140238030Abstract: The present invention relates to a gas-turbine combustion chamber having a combustion chamber wall including a tile carrier, on which wall tiles are mounted at a distance to form an impingement cooling gap, where the tile carrier has impingement cooling holes and the tile is provided with effusion holes, where the tile has on its side facing the tile carrier a surface structure which raises from the surface of the tile and extends in the direction of the tile carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KGInventor: Miklos GERENDAS
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Publication number: 20140238031Abstract: The invention is a combustor liner (12) of a dual wall cooling structure including an inner wall section (30) configured to surround a combustion region (13) and in which a plurality of effusion cooling holes (31) are formed, and an outer wall section (20) formed to be spaced apart from the inner wall section (30) and in which a plurality of impingement cooling holes (21) are formed, wherein the inner wall section (30) is constituted by a plurality of plate-shaped members (40), and a support guide member (50) is provided which is configured to guide the plurality of plate-shaped members (40) to enable free insertion and extraction and support the plurality of plate-shaped members (40) at intervals such that deformation by thermal expansion is able to be absorbed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: IHI CorporationInventors: Yoji OKITA, Chiyuki NAKAMATA, Yuuta MATSUMOTO, Jun HOSOI, Nagayoshi HIROMITSU
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Publication number: 20140238032Abstract: A sensor apparatus and methods for facilitating combustion of a gaseous fuel are provided. The sensor apparatus comprises a combustion apparatus defining a combustion chamber therein. The combustion apparatus is configured to combust a fuel-air mixture within the combustion chamber to produce at least one combustion product. At least one optical diagnostic apparatus is coupled to the combustion apparatus for measuring at least one property of the at least one combustion product within the combustion chamber. A controller is coupled to the at least one optical diagnostic apparatus, and is configured to determine the Wobbe index of the fuel in real-time based on the measured at least one property of the at least one combustion product and pre-determined combustion state data stored within the controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2013Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Russell Paul Fitzgerald, Patrick Edward Pastecki, Danielle Marie Kalitan, Gary Lee Leonard
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Publication number: 20140238033Abstract: Systems and methods for frequency separation in a gas turbine engine are provided herein. The systems and methods for frequency separation in a gas turbine engine may include determining a hot gas path natural frequency, determining a combustion dynamic frequency, and modifying a compressor discharge temperature to separate the combustion dynamic frequency from the hot gas path natural frequency.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2013Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Sarah Lori Crothers, Matthew Durham Collier, Scott Edward Sherman, Joseph Vincent Citeno
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Publication number: 20140238034Abstract: A turbomachine combustor assembly includes a combustor body having a combustor outlet, and a combustion liner arranged within the combustor body. The combustion liner defines a combustion chamber. An injection nozzle is arranged within the combustor body upstream from the combustion chamber. The injection nozzle is configured and disposed to deliver a first fluid toward the combustion chamber. A fluid module is mounted to the combustor body downstream from the combustion chamber. The fluid module includes a fluid module body that defines a fluid zone, a first injector member mounted to the fluid module body and configured to deliver a second fluid into the fluid zone at a first orientation, and a second injector member mounted to the fluid module body and configured to deliver a third fluid into the fluid zone at a second orientation that is distinct from the first orientation.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2011Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Ilya Aleksandrovich Slobodyanskiy, Sergey Aleksandrovich Stryapunin, Dmitry Vladlenovich Tretyakov
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Publication number: 20140238035Abstract: The method for adjusting a natural gas temperature for a fuel supply line of a gas turbine engine includes measuring by infrared analysis the natural gas percentage content of methane (CH4), ethane (C2H6), propane (C3H8), butane (C4H10), carbon dioxide (CO2), calculating the nitrogen (N2) percentage content as the complement to 100 of the measured percentage content of methane (CH4), ethane (C2H6), propane (C3H8), butane (C4H10), carbon dioxide (CO2), calculating an index indicative of the natural gas energy content and adjusting the natural gas temperature on the basis of the index.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Inventors: Klaus KNAPP, Peter MARX, Karl REYSER, Maria-Belen GASSER-PAGANI
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Publication number: 20140238036Abstract: A fuel nozzle includes an inner wall defining a central passage extending in an axial direction of the fuel nozzle, a hub wall surrounding the inner wall and defining a first annular passage, an outer wall surrounding the hub wall and defining a second annular passage, and a shroud surrounding the outer wall and defining a third annular passage. A swirler may receive air and direct the air into the first annular passage. The swirler includes at least one swirl vane extending from the shroud to the hub wall that has an air passage extending between the shroud and the hub wall. The air passage is coupled to the first annular passage and has a first width adjacent the shroud and a second width adjacent the hub wall. The second width is larger than the first width defining a diverging outlet into the first annular passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2013Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Jong Ho Uhm, Bryan Wesley Romig, Yon Han Chong
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Publication number: 20140238037Abstract: One embodiment of the present disclosure is a unique method for operating a gas turbine engine during flight operation of the gas turbine engine in an aircraft. Another embodiment of the present disclosure is a unique gas turbine engine. Other embodiments include apparatuses, systems, devices, hardware, methods, and combinations for gas turbine engines. Further embodiments, forms, features, aspects, benefits, and advantages of the present application will become apparent from the description and figures provided herewith.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2013Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: Rolls-Royce CorporationInventor: William G. Cummings, III
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Publication number: 20140238038Abstract: A laser ignition system for a gas turbine engine includes a combustion chamber. The system comprises a laser source for generating a continuous laser beam during an ignition process of the combustion chamber; and a dynamic laser focus apparatus positioned outside of the combustion chamber and focusing the laser beam into a continuously varying focal point to generate a laser kernel moving within a spray of air/fuel mixture injected into the combustion chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2013Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.Inventors: Enzo MACCHIA, George GUGLIELMIN, Joe LANZINO, Bhawan PATEL
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Publication number: 20140238039Abstract: A system including a fuel-supply system including, an auxiliary-fuel-gas compressor configured to compress a fuel for use by a gas-turbine system, an expander configured to generate power by expanding an oxidant from the gas-turbine system, and a motor/generator configured to function in a motor mode and in a generator mode, wherein the motor/generator drives fuel compression with the auxiliary fuel-gas compressor in the motor mode, and the motor/generator generates power in the generator mode as the expander uses oxidant from the gas-turbine system to drive the motor/generatorType: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2013Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Hua Zhang, Wenjie Wu, Yongjiang Hao
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Publication number: 20140238040Abstract: A combined cycle engine is used to provide power to a vehicle. In one form the combined cycle engine includes two engines coupled through a gearbox. The engines can include a gas turbine engine, reciprocating engine, and a rotary engine. In one embodiment the combined cycle engine includes a gas turbine engine coupled to a gearbox along with either a reciprocating or rotary engine also coupled to the gearbox. One or more clutches can be provided to selectively couple the gas turbine engine and the reciprocating or rotary engine to the vehicle through the gearbox. In one embodiment the diesel engine can provide power to the vehicle during an idle condition and then also provide power to the gas turbine engine to assist the starting of the gas turbine engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2013Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: Rolls-Royce CorporationInventor: Robert T. DUGE
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Publication number: 20140238041Abstract: The present application provides a fuel delivery system for a combustor with reduced coherence and/or reduced combustion dynamics. The combustor can assembly may include a first manifold for delivering a first flow of fuel to a first set of fuel injectors and a second manifold for delivering a second flow of fuel to a second set of fuel injectors. The first flow of fuel may have a first temperature and the second flow of fuel may have a second temperature. The first temperature may be higher than the second temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2013Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: SARAH LORI CROTHERS, CHRISTAN XAVIER STEVENSON, DAVID LEACH
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Publication number: 20140238042Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a fan, a compressor section, and a turbine section configured to drive the compressor section and the fan. A buffer system is configured to communicate a buffer supply air to a portion of the gas turbine engine. The buffer system includes a first bleed air supply having a first pressure, a second bleed air supply having a second pressure that is greater than the first pressure, and an ejector that selectively augments the first bleed air supply to prepare the buffer supply air for communication to the portion of the gas turbine engine. A method and a buffer system are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Inventors: Peter M. Munsell, Philip S. Stripinis
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Publication number: 20140238043Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention is a unique gas turbine engine system. Another embodiment is a unique exhaust nozzle system for a gas turbine engine. Other embodiments include apparatuses, systems, devices, hardware, methods, and combinations for gas turbine engine systems and exhaust nozzle systems for gas turbine engines. Further embodiments, forms, features, aspects, benefits, and advantages of the present application will become apparent from the description and figures provided herewith.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2012Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: ROLLSROYCE NORTH AMERICAN TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventors: Jagdish S. Sokhey, Anthony F. Pierluissi
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Publication number: 20140238044Abstract: The present invention provides an air conditioned headgear and clothing. The headgear includes a thermoelectric cooling module and a control chip. The control chip includes a power supply circuit to supply driving current to the thermoelectric cooling module. The inner temperature of the headgear, the temperature of a heat sink, and the environmental temperature are sensed. A microcontroller of the control chip controls the power supply circuit to provide the driving current to the thermoelectric cooling module via processing the inner temperature of the headgear, a preset temperature, the temperature of the heat sink, and the environmental temperature using the PID control. In the present invention, the temperature is controlled using the PID control, thus wide fluctuations of the temperature is avoided, energy can be used effectively, and thermal cycle can be avoided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2013Publication date: August 28, 2014Inventor: Ming Kin LAU