| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 415169100 | INCLUDING MEANS FOR HANDLING PORTION SEPARATED FROM WORKING FLUID | 23 |
| 20090060723 | SEPARATOR FOR FEEDING COOLING AIR TO A TURBINE - The invention relates to the field of combustion chambers. A combustion chamber is fitted with a separator disposed between the radially inner wall of the chamber and the inner flange of the chamber, the separator having both a tubular portion and a fastener portion, the tubular portion being centered on the main axis of the combustion chamber, with the upstream end thereof being situated upstream from orifices in the radially inner wall of the chamber, and the fastener portion being secured to the combustion chamber, such that the tubular portion splits the flow of air running along the said radially inner wall into an inner air flow passing between said tubular portion and the inner flange of the chamber, and an outer air flow passing between the radially inner wall and said tubular portion. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20100061841 | FROTH HANDLING PUMP - A froth handling pump includes a pump casing, an impeller mounted within the casing, and a de-aeration chamber mounted to the rear side of the pump casing. The impeller comprises multiple pumping vanes, each of the vanes having an inlet angle and an outlet angle, wherein the outlet angle is greater than the inlet angle, the outlet angles terminating at a rear shroud. The rear shroud includes multiple vent holes for the passage of gases therethrough. The de-aeration chamber, which comprises an inner volume, includes an inlet formed on the inner side for receiving gases passing through the plurality of vent holes. At least one vent outlet is provided for the discharge of gases from the de-aeration chamber. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20110020112 | SEWAGE SEPERATION GENERATOR - A system is presented that can partially separate solids from liquids and produce energy simultaneously. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110142603 | MOLTEN METAL PUMP FILTER - The invention relates to filtering molten metal and more particularly, to a pump, pump base and filter for filtering molten metal, wherein the filter is preferably comprised of a ceramic foam material. The ceramic foam material may be buoyant in molten aluminum. In one embodiment, a molten metal pump includes a pump base configured to receive the molten metal pump filter without using cement. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110318169 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING THRUST IN STEAM TURBINE - A system controls net thrust of a steam turbine having a stepped rotating shaft. A first leak off line fluidly couples a first stage of a turbine section to a packing near a stepped portion on the rotating shaft. A second leak off line fluidly couples a second stage of the turbine section that has a pressure different from the first stage to a step area immediately adjacent to the stepped portion, and a connection line fluidly couples the first leak off line to the second leak off line. The lines include control valves such that a controller can actively control the net thrust by regulating thrust pressure on the stepped portion using steam from the first and second stages of the turbine section. The controller may also prevent damage to an active retractable seal using the control valves. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120099966 | COMPRESSOR WITH CYCLONE AND INTERNAL OIL RESERVOIR - A rotary compressor including a housing that defines an inlet, a low pressure chamber, an outlet, and a high pressure chamber defining a high pressure lubricant sump. A drive shaft passes through the housing and a compression element is coupled to the drive shaft between the low pressure chamber and the high pressure chamber. A first path connects the high pressure lubricant sump to the low pressure chamber such that lubricant flows through the first path from the high pressure lubricant sump to the low pressure chamber. A low pressure lubricant sump is positioned within the low pressure chamber and includes a movable gate movable from a closed position to an open position in response to a hydrostatic pressure of the lubricant within the low pressure lubricant sump. A second path connects a lubricant separator and the low pressure lubricant sump. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120315131 | Axial turbocompressor - An axial turbocompressor having an annular compressor passage which is arranged concentrically around a rotational axis, is delimited radially on the outside by a passage wall, and in which rotor blades, which may be assembled to form a ring, are arranged in a rotatably mounted manner around the rotational axis, is provided. The free-ending tips of the rotor blades lie opposite the passage wall in each case, forming a gap, and the passage wall, in the axial section of the tips, at least partially has a wall structuring and wherein a bleed opening of a bleed passage is provided in the passage wall for the tapping of medium flowing in the compressor passage. In order to enable an exceptionally efficient bleed of medium flowing in the compressor passage, the bleed opening is located in the wall structuring. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20130017066 | COMPRESSORS WITH INTEGRATED SECONDARY AIR FLOW SYSTEMSAANM Nolcheff; NickAACI ChandlerAAST AZAACO USAAGP Nolcheff; Nick Chandler AZ USAANM Lee; JongAACI TempeAAST AZAACO USAAGP Lee; Jong Tempe AZ US - A compressor includes a rotor platform; a rotor blade; and a casing having an inner surface surrounding the tip and spaced radially outwardly from the tip to define a gap. A secondary air flow system includes a bleed inlet configured to remove secondary air flow from the primary air flow; an injection opening disposed in the inner surface of the casing upstream of the bleed inlet; an accessory conduit; and a plenum fluidly coupled to the bleed inlet, the injection opening, and the accessory conduit. The bleed inlet and plenum at least partially define a secondary air flow path such that a first portion of the secondary air flow is directed in through the bleed inlet, through the plenum, and out through the injection opening and a second portion of the secondary air flow is directed in through the bleed inlet, through the plenum, and out through the accessory conduit. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20140050570 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PUMPING GASEOUS FLUID - An apparatus, system and method for pumping gaseous fluid are described. The gas separator of the invention homogenizes at least a portion of produced well fluid and vents unhomogenized gas thereby improving the efficiency and decreasing the downtime of the assembly. A system for pumping gaseous fluid from an underground well comprises a gas separator, the gas separator comprising an impeller configured to homogenize at least a portion of a gas and a liquid in a pumped fluid to obtain homogenized fluid, the impeller comprising a top side open to the diffuser and a truncated vane located at a mid-pitch location between at least two untruncated vanes starting from a bottom side of the impeller, and a gas separation chamber downstream of the impeller, the gas separation chamber configured to vent an unhomogenized gas, and a centrifugal pump arranged to receive the homogenized fluid from the gas separation chamber. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20150132115 | Unknown - A gas turbine compressor including a guide vane ( | 05-14-2015 |
| 20160131140 | Pump Priming Assemblies - An assembly for indicating and communicating a priming charge to a fluid pump to establish self-sustained operation of the fluid pump is disclosed. The priming assembly includes an enlarged inlet associated with a fluid priming chamber and an outlet that is in fluid communication with the working fluid passage associated with the pump. The priming assembly includes one or more of a cap or valve assembly associated with isolating the pump chamber from atmosphere and preferably includes indicia associated with use and/or operation of the priming assembly. | 05-12-2016 |
| 415169200 | Moisture or liquid separated from gaseous working fluid e.g., condensate removal, etc.) | 12 |
| 20100290896 | Compressor Unit and Assembly Method - The invention relates to a compressor unit, in particular, for submarine application, comprising an electric motor. The transported medium for compression, in particular, natural gas for transport, not only frequently contains various aggressive chemical compounds but is also carrier of various condensates which hinder compression and in particular lead to increased wear of the compressor. On assembly aggressive sea water can also enter the compressor unit. The invention provides a solution to the above, wherein the rotation axis is arranged vertically during operation and the housing comprises a drain at the lower axial end. The invention further relates to an assembly method for a compressor unit, in which the compressor unit is filed above water with an incompressible fluid, transported to a submarine operating position, connectors are connected to the inlet and the outlet and the fluid removed from the compressor unit through the drain. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100329853 | MOISTURE REMOVAL PROVISIONS FOR STEAM TURBINE - Disclosed herein is a moisture removal system for a steam turbine including at least one perforated ring in an outer casing enclosing a stage of the steam turbine. The ring is configured to allow moisture to pass therethrough out of a steam path of the steam turbine. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20120195740 | Drain Discharge Equipment for Compressor and Gas Turbine System - A drain discharge equipment of a compressor having a separator for separating drain discharged from the compressor to compressed air and liquid drain, which is disposed on some part of a drain capture pipe connected between stages and/or to an outlet of the compressor to compress air with a liquid sprayed, and discharging the liquid drain separated by the separator to outside the compressor through a discharge pipe system, characterized in that the separator is provided with a device for intermittently discharging the liquid drain separated by the separator to the discharge pipe system. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120201660 | WET GAS COMPRESSOR SYSTEMS - The present application provides for a wet gas compressor system. The wet gas compressor system may include a wet gas compressor with an inlet section. A variable cross-section nozzle may be positioned about the inlet section. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20130121812 | Wet Gas Compression Systems with a Thermoacoustic Resonator - The present application provides a wet gas compression system for a wet gas flow having a number of liquid droplets therein. The wet gas compression system may include a pipe, a compressor in communication with the pipe, and a thermoacoustic resonator in communication with the pipe so as to break up the liquid droplets in the wet gas flow. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20160017748 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE EXHAUST DRAIN - An exhaust system of a gas turbine engine includes an exhaust duct, and a venturi drainage device that drains fluid collected in the exhaust duct. The venturi drainage device includes an inlet in fluid communication with the exhaust duct. The venturi drainage device operates in an entrain mode when a flight condition occurs during operating of the gas turbine engine and operates in a drain mode when the gas turbine engine is not operating to drain the fluid from the exhaust duct. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160061220 | FAN - Examples are disclosed herein that relate to fans for cooling systems. One example provides a device including an impingement surface, and a fan positioned to direct a flow of air onto the impingement surface. The fan comprises an impeller and motor assembly, and a housing comprising an inlet end, an outlet end, and a side extending at least partially between the inlet end and the outlet end. The fan further comprises a strut located to position the impeller and motor assembly relative to the housing, and an opening formed in the side of the housing, the opening comprising an upstream edge located farther from the impingement surface than a downstream edge of the housing along an axial direction of the fan. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160186780 | DRAIN HOLES IN RAM AIR FAN HOUSING - A ram air fan housing includes an outer cylindrical housing portion centered on a central axis, with a first end and a second end positioned axially away from the first end. The ram air fan housing also includes an inner cylindrical housing portion centered on a central axis, with a first end and a second end positioned axially away from the first end. The first end of the outer cylindrical housing portion is connected to the first end of the inner cylindrical housing portion with a disk portion. The ram air fan housing also includes a first drain hole in the outer cylindrical housing portion adjacent to the second end of the outer cylindrical housing portion. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20220136410 | TURBINE EXHAUST DRAIN SYSTEM - A turbine exhaust drain system has a sump where liquid collects and a suction pipe having an inlet end fluidly connected to the sump and an outlet end fluidly connected to a core gas path of a turbine exhaust case. In use, the combustion gases flowing through the exhaust case creates a venturi effect to draw the liquid from the sump into the core gas path where the liquid and the combustions gases combine into a mixed flow before being discharged through an outlet end of the exhaust case. | 05-05-2022 |
| 415169300 | Vane having specific moisture or liquid directing surface | 2 |
| 20140271140 | STEAM TURBINE - A steam turbine | 09-18-2014 |
| 20150037144 | Moisture Separator Unit for Steam Turbine and Steam-Turbine Stationary Blade - A steam turbine stationary blade is configured to be a stationary blade structure having a hollow structure. The steam turbine stationary blade is provided with a slit disposed on a stationary blade surface. The pressure of a stationary blade hollow is reduced to suction a liquid film through the slit for removing the liquid film formed on the stationary blade surface. An opening portion of the slit is covered with a sheet in a meshed pattern formed of a fine mesh thereby reducing an accompanied steam amount so as to effectively remove the liquid film. | 02-05-2015 |
| 415169400 | Axial flow blade set and area for collecting moisture or liquid thrown radially outward | 1 |
| 20120099967 | STEAM TURBINE - A steam turbine includes two or more rotating blades and a diaphragm outer ring. Each of the rotating blades includes a tip cover, moisture-trapping grooves, a droplet ejection hole, and a drain guide groove. The tip cover is provided to a tip of each of the rotating blades and is connected in contact with another tip cover adjacent to the tip cover. The moisture-trapping grooves are formed in a longitudinal direction of each of the rotating blades. The droplet ejection hole is to connect an outside of the tip cover on a side of the diaphragm outer ring with an inside of the tip cover. The drain guide groove is to connect ends of the moisture-trapping grooves on the side of the tip cover with the droplet ejection hole. The diaphragm outer ring includes a drain pocket which faces the droplet ejection hole. | 04-26-2012 |
