COMBUSTOR WITH DILUTION OPENINGSA gas turbine engine (10) including a compressor section (12) and a combustion section (14) in serial flow arrangement along an engine centerline (21), the combustion section having an annular dome wa…DRIVE·Apr 29·1 min readFollowF02C3/04GEN ELECTRIC [US]
AIRCRAFT POWER PLANT WITH HYDROGEN TURBO-EXPANDERA method of operating an aircraft power plant (112) includes: driving a load (16) onboard an aircraft with a combustion engine (14); heating a solid metal hydride (34) onboard the aircraft to cause hy…DRIVE·Apr 29·1 min readFollowF02C3/04PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA [CA]
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNTHESIZING ENGINE OUTPUT POWERA method and a system for synthesizing output power provided by an engine (10) are provided. The engine (10) comprising a compressor section (14), a combustor (16), and a turbine section (18) in seria…DRIVE·Apr 1·2 min readFollowF02C3/04PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA [CA]
METHOD FOR OPERATING A GAS TURBINE ENGINEThe gas turbine engine (1) comprises a compressor (2), a combustion system (3) and a turbine (4). The combustion system (3) comprises a heat exchanger (6) for heating compressed air from the compresso…DRIVE·Mar 25·1 min readFollowF02C3/04ANSALDO ENERGIA SWITZERLAND AG [CH]
OFFSET CORE WITH SIDE EJECTOR NACELLE NOZZLESA propulsion system (20) for an aircraft includes a fan (22), a core engine (24) configured for generating a gas flow (36) utilized to generate shaft power for driving the fan (22), a nacelle (48) tha…DRIVE·Feb 25·2 min readFollowF02C3/04RTX CORP [US]
ANTI-ICING SYSTEM WITH A FLOW-DEFLECTOR ASSEMBLYAn anti-icing system (38) for a gas turbine system (10) includes multiple nozzles (40), wherein each nozzle (40) of the multiple nozzles (40) includes one or more outlets (102) that are configured to …DRIVE·Jan 28·2 min readFollowF02C3/04GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH [CH]
COMBUSTOR AND GAS TURBINE INCLUDING SAMEA combustor (10) including a liner (11) provided with a combustion chamber at an inner side of which a mixture of fuel and compressed air is combusted, a transition piece (12) connected to an end of t…DRIVE·Nov 19·2 min readFollowF02C3/04DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO LTD [KR]
AIRCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM WITH MULTI-DIRECTION BLEED VALVEAn assembly for an aircraft propulsion system (20) includes an engine core (26), a bypass duct (58) and a bleed circuit (102). The engine core (26) includes a compressor section (48), a combustor sect…DRIVE·Oct 1·1 min readFollowF02C3/04RTX CORP [US]
BLEED HOLE FLOW DISCOURAGERA gas turbine engine (20) includes a compressor section (92), a turbine section (28) and an intermediate combustor (56). The compressor section (92) has a plurality of rotating compressor blades (101,…DRIVE·Aug 27·2 min readFollowF02C3/04RTX CORP [US]
STRESS RELIEVING COMPRESSOR SHROUD COMPRESSION RINGSA compressor assembly (300) includes a compressor (144) including a central shaft (210) including an external surface (214), a shroud (220) extending circumferentially around the central shaft. The sh…DRIVE·Aug 13·2 min readFollowF02C3/04HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORP [US]
METHOD OF CONTROLLING A GAS TURBINE POWER PLANT AND GAS TURBINE POWER PLANTA method of controlling a gas turbine power plant includes controlling at least one of a load (PE) and an exhaust temperature (TE) of a gas turbine engine (5) in accordance with a sliding-mode control…DRIVE·Jul 30·1 min readFollowF02C3/04ANSALDO ENERGIA SPA [IT]
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNTHESIZING THRUST FROM A TURBOFAN ENGINEA method and a system for synthesizing thrust from a turbofan engine (100) are provided. The turbofan engine (100) comprising a compressor section (14), a combustor (16), and a turbine section (18) in…DRIVE·Apr 23·1 min readFollowF02C3/04PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA [CA]
COMBUSTION SYSTEM WITH PANEL FUEL INJECTORThe present disclosure is directed to an annular combustion system. The annular combustion system includes an inner liner and an outer liner that define therebetween an annulus that circumscribes a ce…DRIVE·Apr 23·1 min readFollowF02C3/04GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH [CH]
ENGINE USING HEATED AND TURBO-EXPANDED AMMONIA FUELAn energy extraction system according to an exemplary embodiment of this disclosure, among other possible things includes an ammonia fuel storage tank assembly (34) that is configured to store a liqui…DRIVE·Feb 12·1 min readFollowF02C3/04RTX CORP [US]
METHOD OF OPERATING A GAS TURBINE ENGINE AT A LOW POWER CONDITIONA system and method for operating a gas turbine engine (12A, 12B) are provided. The system and method remove fuel (46) from a fuel (46) manifold during a low-power mode of operation of the gas turbine…DRIVE·Nov 27·2 min readFollowF02C3/04PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA [CA]
ANTI-ICING SYSTEM WITH A FLOW-DEFLECTOR ASSEMBLYAn anti-icing system (38) for a gas turbine system (10) includes multiple nozzles (40), wherein each nozzle (40) of the multiple nozzles (40) includes one or more outlets (102) that are configured to …DRIVE·Oct 16·2 min readFollowF02C3/04GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH [CH]
COMBUSTOR HAVING FUEL SWEEPING STRUCTURESA combustor (17) includes a combustion liner (46) surrounded an outer sleeve (48) and a fuel injection assembly (80). The fuel injection assembly (80) includes a fuel injector (100) that extends throu…DRIVE·Sep 25·1 min readFollowF02C3/04GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH [CH]
GEARED TURBOFANA gas turbine engine (20) comprises a fan rotor (62) having a hub (84) and a plurality of fan blades (82) extending radially outwardly of the hub (84). A compressor is positioned downstream of the fan…DRIVE·Sep 11·2 min readFollowF02C3/04RTX CORP [US]
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR POWER PRODUCTION WITH IMPROVED EFFICIENCYA method for heating a recirculating gas stream comprising:passing a heated exhaust gas stream through a recuperative heat exchanger to withdraw heat therefrom and form a cooled gas stream;separating …DRIVE·Sep 4·2 min readFollowF02C3/048 RIVERS CAPITAL LLC [US]
LUBRICATION OF EPICYCLIC GEAR SYSTEM FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINEAn epicyclic gear system (36) includes a sun gear (42), a ring gear (40), and two or more star gear assemblies enmeshed between the sun gear and the ring gear. Each star gear assembly includes a star …DRIVE·Aug 28·1 min readFollowF02C3/04RTX CORP [US]
HYBRID ELECTRIC TURBINE ENGINESA hybrid electric gas turbine engine (100) includes a fan section (112) having a fan (124), a turbine section (114) having a turbine (142) drivably connected to the fan through a main shaft (126) that…DRIVE·Aug 28·1 min readFollowF02C3/04RTX CORP [US]
COMBUSTOR NOZZLEA combustor nozzle (1220) comprising a plurality of nozzle modules (1400) is proposed. The nozzle module (1400) comprises a fuel supply pipe (1410) having an internal fuel flow path through which fuel…DRIVE·Aug 7·2 min readFollowF02C3/04DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO LTD [KR]
GAS TURBINE ENGINE WITH COMBUSTOR WITH DILUTION OPENINGSA gas turbine engine (10) including a compressor section (12) and a combustion section (14) in serial flow arrangement along an engine centerline (21), the combustion section (14) having a combustor l…DRIVE·Aug 7·2 min readFollowF02C3/04GEN ELECTRIC [US]
GAS TURBINE ENGINE WITH CLUTCH SYSTEMA gas turbine engine (10; 100) having: an engine core having, in serial flow communication, a low-pressure compressor (12a), a high-pressure compressor (14a), a high-pressure turbine (14b) drivingly c…DRIVE·Aug 7·1 min readFollowF02C3/04PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA [CA]
MICRO-MIXER AND GAS TURBINE INCLUDING SAMEA micro-mixer (1400) comprises a plurality of fuel tubes (1410) through which air and fuel flow, a casing (1420) accommodating the plurality of fuel tubes (1410) therein, and a plurality of injection …DRIVE·Jun 12·1 min readFollowF02C3/04DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO LTD [KR]
COMBUSTOR NOZZLEA combustor nozzle (1220) comprises a plurality of nozzle modules (1400). The nozzle module (1400) comprises a fuel supply pipe (1410) having an internal fuel flow path through which fuel flows from t…DRIVE·Apr 24·2 min readFollowF02C3/04DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO LTD [KR]
TORCH IGNITOR SYSTEM FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAMEA torch ignitor system provides a continuous flame to ignite fuel within a combustor of a gas turbine engine. The torch ignitor system includes a torch ignitor, a housing, a flow channel (30), and an …DRIVE·Feb 28·1 min readFollowF02C3/04COLLINS ENGINE NOZZLES INC [US]
DETECTION OF TRANSIENT EVENTSAn apparatus (40) for detecting a transient event in an operating machine, the apparatus comprising: a controller (42) configured to control performance of the following steps: a measurement step (60)…DRIVE·Jan 17·1 min readFollowF02C3/04ROLLS ROYCE PLC [GB]
AIR TURBINE STARTER AIR VALVEA starter air valve has a valve member (57) and an actuator. A rotary spool valve has a rotatable valve body (56) and an outer housing (70) to selectively provide three modes of operation for the star…DRIVE·Aug 23·2 min readFollowF02C3/04HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORP [US]
ASSEMBLY FOR A TURBOMACHINE COMPRISING A COMBUSTOR, AN OUTER CASING AND A HIGH PRESSURE PLENUMA combustor (50) for a turbomachine includes a head end (72), a liner (66) at least partially defining a hot gas path, and a flow sleeve (68) circumferentially surrounding at least a portion of the li…DRIVE·Jul 26·2 min readFollowF02C3/04GEN ELECTRIC [US]
GAS TURBINE ENGINE INLET TEMPERATURE SENSOR CONFIGURATIONA gas turbine engine (20) includes a compressor (24), a combustor (56) fluidly connected to the compressor (24) via a primary flowpath (C), a turbine (28) fluidly connected to the combustor (56) via t…DRIVE·May 17·1 min readFollowF02C3/04RAYTHEON TECH CORP [US]
COMBUSTOR FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE OF AN AIRCRAFT WITH A SPALL PLATE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COMBUSTOR FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE OF AN AIRCRAFTA combustor (140) may comprise an outer wall (164) defining, at least, a portion of a combustion chamber (142). A dilution chute (180) may extend from an interior surface (182) of the outer wall (164)…DRIVE·Feb 15·1 min readFollowF02C3/04RAYTHEON TECH CORP [US]
Active measurement of gas flow velocity or simultaneous measurement of velocity and temperature, including in gas turbine combustorsActive acoustic velocity and pyrometry-based gas flow velocity and temperature measurement, such as for monitoring of gas turbine combustors, including industrial gas turbine (IGT) combustors is incor…DRIVE·Jun 24·1 min readFollowF02C3/04SIEMENS ENERGY INC [US]
Gas generating systemIn a gas generation system for producing lifting gases based on the decomposition of gaseous, liquid and/or solid propellants or fuels, the outlet of a gas generator is connected to the inlet of a tur…DRIVE·Nov 26·2 min readFollowF02C3/04ASTRIUM GMBH [DE]
Method for reducing the CO emissions of a gas turbine and gas turbineA method for reducing CO emissions of a gas turbine (1) having a compressor (6), a turbine (10), and an air preheater (22) connected upstream of the compressor (6) is to allow technically simpler cont…DRIVE·Oct 15·1 min readFollowF02C3/04SIEMENS AG [DE]
Automatic Testing System for a Gas TurbineThe present invention relates to a gas turbine system comprising a gas turbine engine (101) for generating power, a control unit (102) for controlling the gas turbine engine (101), a data acquisition …DRIVE·Aug 6·2 min readFollowF02C3/04SIEMENS AG [DE]
Stand-by operation of a gas turbineThe invention relates a method for operating a power plant with a single shaft gas turbine (6), in which the gas turbine (6) is operated at a constant speed which is below the speed at which the gas t…DRIVE·Jan 1·1 min readFollowF02C3/04ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD [CH]
Aircraft engineThe aircraft engine has one-or multi-stage compressor arrangement (V), downstream combustion chamber (BK), one or multi-stage turbine assembly (HT,NT), compressor heat exchanger arrangement (WV), turb…DRIVE·Sep 18·1 min readFollowF02C3/04MTU AERO ENGINES AG [DE]
Fuel nozzle assembly for use in a turbine engine and methods of assembling sameA fuel nozzle assembly (34) for use with a turbine engine is described herein. The fuel nozzle assembly includes a plurality of fuel nozzles (38) positioned within an air plenum defined by a casing. E…DRIVE·Jul 10·2 min readFollowF02C3/04GEN ELECTRIC [US]
Gas turbine and method for guiding compressed fluid in a gas turbineGas turbine (100) comprising a combustion chamber (101) with an exhaust section (102) through which a combustion gas (103) is exhausted, a plenum chamber (104) and a compressor (105) for generating a …DRIVE·May 1·2 min readFollowF02C3/04SIEMENS AG [DE]
