Abstract: An ultrasonic fog generator can be used to advantage in injecting a fog into the input air of a combustion chamber, in order to improve the efficiency of the combustion chamber and reduce the noxious emissions in the exhaust. In accordance with a feature of the disclosure, a sensor is provided to sense the concentration of noxious emissions in the exhaust of the combustion chamber. The volume per unit time of the injected fog is increased as the concentration of the noxious emissions increases, and controlled to a preselected emissions setpoint. In accordance with a further feature of the disclosure, a supply of chemical suitable for reacting with a component of the noxious emissions is provided, along with means for combining the chemical with the water supplied to the fogging device.

Abstract: A control system is disclosed for controlling Cheng dual-fluid cycle engines over a wide operating range to maintain high efficiency under partial load conditions.

Abstract: An ultrasonic fog generator can be used to advantage in injecting a fog into the input air of a combustion chamber, in order to improve the efficiency of the combustion chamber and reduce the noxious emissions in the exhaust. In accordance with a feature of the disclosure, a sensor is provided to sense the concentration of noxious emissions in the exhaust of the combustion chamber. The volume per unit time of the injected fog is increased as the concentration of the noxious emissions increases, and controlled to a preselected emissions setpoint. In accordance with a further feature of the disclosure, a supply of chemical suitable for reacting with a component of the noxious emissions is provided, along with means for combining the chemical with the water supplied to the fogging device.

Abstract: Disclosed is a dual output, pressure responsive, adjustable, fluid flow control system. It includes first and second flow networks coupled in parallel flow communication, the networks each have first and second flow paths, and the first flow path of flow networks has an adjustable flow control valve for regulating the flow therethrough. Similarly, the second flow path of said networks has a pressure responsive valve disposed therein for maintaining substantially constant flow therethrough with variations in fluid flow pressure therein. Also included are feed means for supplying fluid to said flow networks, and means for receiving fluid from said fluid flow networks, as well as means for engaging and disengaging the second flow network to said fluid supply means for selectively permitting the flow therethrough and facilitating a dual flow output from the system.

Abstract: A gas turbine engine comprising a compression means, combustion means, a first turbine, and a second turbine is provided with improved thermal efficiency and power output through bypassing a portion of the engine operating fluid from a first engine position downstream of at least a portion of the compression means and upstream of a control area of the first turbine and injecting at least a portion of the bypassed flow downstream of the control area of the first turbine. High pressure steam is injected at a position between the engine position initiating the bypass and the engine position injecting the bypass into the fluid stream. The amount of steam injected is substantially equivalent in mass flow to the removed fluid.

Abstract: An improved shutdown procedure, which minimizes the potential for steam condensation in the superheater section, combustion chamber and turbines during the coast to halt of the engine maintains high temperatures until all the steam has passed through the system.

Abstract: A gas turbine including at least a compressor, a combustor, and a turbine is constructed to operate at a preferred thermal efficiency in predetermined compressor and turbine flow pressure ratios. A fluid, such as steam, for example produced by waste heat and pressurized as water, and characterized as having a higher specific heat at constant pressure than effluent from the combustor is introduced into such effluent to provide a turbine operating medium of improved potential to transfer energy downstream of the combustor. Such injection provides effective variable geometry to the system. This injection system maintains such pressure flow ratios substantially independent of engine power output.

Abstract: A control system is disclosed for controlling Cheng dual-fluid cycle engines over a wide operating range to maintain high efficiency under partial load conditions.

Abstract: A control system is disclosed for controlling Cheng dual-fluid cycle engines over a wide operating range to maintain high efficiency under partial load conditions.

Abstract: A combined cycle power plant includes a gas turbine and an afterburner to which fuel is supplied for speed and load control. Water is injected into the turbine combustors by a controlled water injection system to control total NOx emissions from the turbine and the afterburner as a function of turbine load corrected for changes in inlet air temperature and inlet guide vane position.

Abstract: A multiple fuel supply or an internal combustion engine wherein phase separation of components is deliberately induced. The resulting separation permits the use of a single fuel tank to supply components of either or both phases to the engine. Specifically, phase separation of a gasoline/methanol blend is induced by the addition of a minor amount of water sufficient to guarantee separation into an upper gasoline phase and a lower methanol/water phase. A single fuel tank holds the two-phase liquid with separate fuel pickups and separate level indicators for each phase. Either gasoline or methanol, or both, can be supplied to the engine as required by predetermined parameters. A fuel supply system for a phase-separated multiple fuel supply contained in a single fuel tank is described.