Embodiments of the present invention incorporate a relatively slow acting valve (170) to throttle the fuel flow through the compressor (100). Embodiments of the present invention seek to reduce the need for recirculating compressed fuel that is not needed ...

A method and system for testing a compressor are described. To perform a similitude test, a substitute for HFC-134a is selected. The substitute test gas is used, either in purity or in a mixture with other gases, to test the compressor in accordance with A...

Systems (100) and methods (200) for controlling fuel flow within a machine are provided. A plurality of fuel types provided to the machine and a plurality of fuel circuits (110) associated with the machine may be identified (205), each of the plurality of ...

The invention refers to a method for switching over a gas turbine burner operation from liquid fuel (21) to gas fuel (22, 23) and vice-versa. The burner (1) comprises two conical shells (2) defining a substantially conical swirl chamber (3) provided with t...

An electric power supply system capable of maintaining stable power generation or the like regardless of variation in the amount of fuel gas being supplied and variation in the gas calorie, comprises a gas engine, a gas turbine, a suction device (6) config...

A gas-turbine power generating installation capable of effectively utilizing gases produced in overage gas fields, etc. and a method of operating the installation are provided. The gas-turbine power generating installation (10) is installed in the vicinity...

The method for the running of a gas turbine (11) which at full load is run on a first fuel, entails running the turbine on a second fuel at part load to improve the emissions characteristic. The second fuel in relation to the first has a larger portion of ...