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https://drivepatents.com/patents/980960 · 11 Dec 2013
A system includes a gas turbine system model 50 configured to model a turbine system operational behavior of a gas turbine system 12, and a shaft contribution model (SCM) 52 including a bottoming cycle performance (BCP) model 54 configured to model a botto...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/983919 · 2 Oct 2013
The method involves coupling a generator (18) to a gas turbine (2). A frequency converter (27) is connectable to an electrical grid (1) so as to feed current with a grid frequency. The frequency converter is controlled before the nominal rotational speed o...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/983887 · 2 Oct 2013
The steam turbine system has a steam turbine (1) with a steam side (6), a waste-steam side (12) and a turbine housing. The turbine housing has a turbine shaft on a bushing in which a seal (15) is provided. The bushing is provided for minimizing the fluid f...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/988647 · 17 Jul 2013
A method of controlling a steam turbine receiving steam from a steam generator and having a rotor linked to a power generator and a steam turbine controller controlling at least the position of a steam inlet valve located in a steam conduit between the ste...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/988885 · 10 Jul 2013
A method of delivering a purge flow through a gas turbomachine (4) includes generating a purge flow, guiding the purge flow through at least one of a combustor assembly (14) and a turbine portion (12) of the gas turbomachine (4), determining a cumulative p...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/989547 · 19 Jun 2013
A system for warming up a steam turbine (38) includes a gas turbine (12) and a controller (50) operably connected to the gas turbine (12). The controller (50) is programmed to receive a plurality of measured input signals (52) and control the gas turbine (...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/985060 · 17 Apr 2013
A gas turbine is operated using a varying blend of a first fuel, preferably natural gas, and a second fuel, that is hydrogen. The hydrogen concentration is varied depending on operating conditions in order to reduce emissions of CO and NOx, and/or to mitig...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/993310 · 30 Jan 2013
The method for starting up a stationary gas turbine, involves supplying fuel to a pilot burner, and supplying fuel to a main burner. A different type of fuel is supplied prior to the achievement of the nominal speed of burner fuel. The different type of fu...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/994275 · 2 Jan 2013
A gas turbine engine (10) includes a high spool (14), a low spool (12) mechanically connected to a fan (26, 28), a gear system (24), an actuator (22; 22'), and a starter (50). The gear system is actuable to engage and disengage the low spool to and from th...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1004385 · 14 Mar 2012
Methods and devices for performing a low torque low speed test to determine whether a rotor of a turbomachinery is free to rotate are provided. A method includes automatically applying a torque to the rotor, the torque gradually increasing up to a predeter...