Gaseous fuel combustion

GJ Hampson, D Chiera - US Patent 9,890,689, 2018 - Google Patents
In an internal combustion engine, gaseous fuel is injected in a first injection through a pre-
combustion chamber into the combustion chamber to mix with air in the combustion …

Controlled spark ignited flame kernel flow in fuel-fed prechambers

D Chiera, DC Petruska, GJ Hampson - US Patent 9,476,347, 2016 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A pre-chamber spark plug that includes a shell. Additionally, the pre-
chamber spark plug includes an insulator disposed within the shell. In a particular …

Pre-chamber spark plug with tubular electrode and method of manufacturing same

GJ Hampson, D Chiera - US Patent 9,172,217, 2015 - Google Patents
A pre-chamber sparkplug that includes a shell, and an endcap attached to the shell.
Additionally, the pre-chamber spark plug includes an insulator disposed within the shell. In a …

Multi-chamber igniter

D Chiera, GJ Hampson, N Polley - US Patent 8,839,762, 2014 - Google Patents
US8839762B1 - Multi-chamber igniter - Google Patents US8839762B1 - Multi-chamber igniter -
Google Patents Multi-chamber igniter Download PDF Info Publication number US8839762B1 …

Intelligent control method with predictive emissions monitoring ability

G Brickwood, G Bulat - US Patent App. 15/034,916, 2016 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A combustor system for a gas turbine engine includes a combustion
chamber into which a pilot fuel and a main fuel is injectable and flammable, wherein an …

Multi-chamber igniter

D Chiera, GJ Hampson - US Patent 9,765,682, 2017 - Google Patents
Air/fuel mixture is received from a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine
into an enclosure about a flame kernel initiation gap between a first ignition body and a …

Stoichiometric combustion control for gas turbine system with exhaust gas recirculation

AW Krull, RA Morgan, KD Minto - 2020 - Google Patents
EP2914831B1 - Stoichiometric combustion control for gas turbine system with exhaust gas
recirculation - Google Patents EP2914831B1 - Stoichiometric combustion control for gas …

Quiescent chamber hot gas igniter

D Chiera, GJ Hampson - US Patent 9,856,848, 2018 - Google Patents
An engine has an ignition source in a combustion chamber of the engine. An inner housing
is provided that includes one or more jet apertures and defines an inner chamber containing …

Controlled spark ignited flame kernel flow

D Chiera, GJ Hampson - US Patent 9,893,497, 2018 - Google Patents
In some aspects, a spark plug includes a spark gap in an enclosure of the spark plug. The
spark plug includes a passage in the interior of the enclosure. During operation of the …

Controlling flame stability of a gas turbine generator

IA Slobodyanskiy, MJ Hughes… - US Patent App. 13 …, 2013 - Google Patents
ABSTRACT A method and apparatus for controlling a flame stability at a gas turbine
generator is disclosed. The method includes form ing combustible mixtures at a plurality of …