ANNULAR ARRANGEMENT OF HEAT EXCHANGERSA heat exchanger having: front and aft ends (110, 120); heat exchanger cores (130) in an annular loop (140) that define circumferential gaps (150) between adjacent pairs of the cores, the cores, indiv…DRIVE·Apr 15·2 min readFollowF02C7/08HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORP [US]
Method for controlling the CO emissions of a gas turbineA method for regulating CO emissions of a gas turbine (1) with a compressor (4) and a turbine (8) is intended to permit comparatively lower power output of the gas turbine during part-load operation w…DRIVE·Oct 15·1 min readFollowF02C7/08SIEMENS AG [DE]
Gas turbine engine thermal management systemA thermal management system (100) for a gas turbine engine (20) includes a first heat exchanger (66) that provides a first conditioned fluid (83), a second heat exchanger (68) in series flow communica…DRIVE·May 1·2 min readFollowF02C7/08UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP [US]
Swirl reducing gas turbine engine recuperatorA gas turbine engine recuperator (30) includes exhaust passages (42) providing fluid flow communication between an exhaust inlet (50) and an exhaust outlet (52). The exhaust inlet (50) is oriented to …DRIVE·Aug 29·1 min readFollowF02C7/08PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA [CA]
Gas Turbine Engine Recuperator with Floating ConnectionA gas turbine engine recuperator (30) including a plurality of independent arcuate segments (32), each segment having an inlet connection member (58) designed to sealingly engage a plenum (28) in flui…DRIVE·Aug 29·1 min readFollowF02C7/08PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA [CA]
Diffusing Gas Turbine Engine RecuperatorA gas turbine engine recuperator (30) includes exhaust passages (42) providing fluid flow communication between an exhaust inlet (50) and an exhaust outlet (52). The exhaust inlet (50) is oriented to …DRIVE·Aug 29·1 min readFollowF02C7/08PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA [CA]
Gas turbine heat exchanger assembly and method for fabricating sameA method for assembling a gas turbine engine includes fabricating a heat exchanger (50) that includes a first manifold (56) including an inlet and an outlet (72), a first quantity of heat exchanger el…DRIVE·Feb 1·2 min readFollowF02C7/08GEN ELECTRIC [US]
Gas turbine heat exchanger assemblyA method for assembling a gas turbine engine (10) including a compressor (14) and a combustor (18) includes providing a heat exchanger assembly that includes at least one heat exchanger (60), and coup…DRIVE·Oct 26·1 min readFollowF02C7/08GEN ELECTRIC [US]
Improved heat exchanger for power generation equipmentA heat exchanger (100) for a turbine is provided wherein the heat exchanger (100) comprises a heat transfer cell (110) comprising a sheet of material (120) having two opposed ends (130, 135) and two o…DRIVE·Mar 3·1 min readFollowF02C7/08GEN ELECTRIC [US]
Inlet bleed heater for heating inlet air to a compressor and methods of fabricating and transporting the heaterAn inlet bleed heater for flowing heated air to the inlet of a compressor is fabricated wholly at a factory site. The heater interconnects a manifold (34) which receives extraction air from the compre…DRIVE·Jan 2·1 min readFollowF02C7/08GEN ELECTRIC [US]
Counterflow plate-fin heat exchanger with extended header finA plate-fin heat exchanger (18) includes a stacked array of cells (22). Each cell (22) includes top and bottom sheets (58,62) defining manifolds (26,30) and header finned members (66,70) disposed betw…DRIVE·Feb 5·1 min readFollowF02C7/08INGERSOLL RAND ENERGY SYSTEMS [US]
