Systems and methods for detecting the flame state of a combustor of a turbine engine

MP Vershinin, A Moiseev, S Kopcho - US Patent 8,601,861, 2013 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and methods of determining a flame state within a combustor of a turbine
engine make use of characteristics of an output pressure of a compressor of the turbine …

Alloy for a fibre-forming plate

XU Yaxin, J Yan, F Sun, Y Gu - US Patent 11,261,506, 2022 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A metal alloy is for use at very high temperature, in particular the metal
alloy can be used in a process for the manufacture of mineral wool by fiberizing a molten …

Portable catalytic heater

BS Vandrak - US Patent 9,222,682, 2015 - Google Patents
One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for a portable heating device
comprising a combustion-powered heater, a regulator, and an air quality detector, such as …

System and method for monitoring a combustor

AW Krull, K Venkataraman - US Patent App. 13/204,796, 2013 - Google Patents
A combustor nozzle includes a center body that defines an axial centerline. A shroud
circumferentially surrounds at least a portion of the center body to define an annular …

Methods of detecting one failure in a burner of a combustor and turbine systems

A Asti, M Losapio, M Paci - US Patent 10,907,498, 2021 - Google Patents
The method is used for detecting one failure in a burner of a combustor of a turbine system;
the combustor comprises a plurality of burners arranged annularly; the turbine system …

Method for starting a turbomachine

HP Verdier, P Etchepare, P Giralt, L Reberga - US Patent 9,518,512, 2016 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method of starting a turbine engine, including a re-try performed if a main
injector has not ignited when a shaft has reached a first predetermined speed value, the re …