Power plants inventions 11/07

20070271899 - Method for supplying energy and system therefor: The sensible heat of an exhaust gas of a power generator, a combustion device, or a transport device 21 in a virtual area wherein a plurality of energy-consuming devices 23 are provided (energy supply and demand grid) is recovered as H2 or CO+H2 by reforming dimethyl ether (DME); and the... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070271901 - An outlet nozzle for a jet engine, an aircraft comprising the outlet nozzle and a method for controlling a gas flow from the jet engine: An outlet nozzle for a jet engine has a gas intake and a gas outlet, at least one opening being provided through the nozzle boundary wall for the injection of a fluid into the nozzle in a direction perpendicular to one plane, for the purpose of controlling the direction of... Agent: Wrb-ip LLP

20070271902 - Method and device for regenerating a particle filter integrated into and exhaust line of an internal combustion engine: The invention relates to a method for regenerating a particle filter (10) integrated into an exhaust line (12) of an internal combustion engine (34), wherein the exhaust gas flows into the filter via an inflow surface (16) and exit the filter via an outflow surface (18). According to the invention,... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070271903 - Particle-based flow sensor: A fluid conveyance apparatus having more than one particulate matter sensing probe situated at two or more locations on the apparatus. Signals from the probes from at least two locations may indicate particulate matter flowing within a fluid through the conveyance apparatus. The times between signals may be indicated the... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070271906 - System and method for inhibiting regeneration of a diesel particulate filter: A system and method for initiation and control of passive regeneration (38) of a diesel particulate filter (34), and the integration of that regeneration strategy with an active regeneration strategy (36) and a strategy (40, 40A) for inhibiting passive regeneration. Passive regeneration can be initiated by driver actuation of an... Agent: International Engine Intellectual Property Company

20070271908 - Engine exhaust emission control system providing on-board ammonia generation: An exhaust emission control system that provides on-board ammonia generation includes a valve disposed upstream of the LNT and SCR catalyst that operates to selectively control the flow of engine exhaust gas to an LNT and/or an SCR catalyst; while reformate fuel is being conveyed from a reformer to the... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070271909 - Method for control of a propulsion system comprising a diesel engine and a nitrogen oxides trap: A propulsion system, including a diesel engine, an air inlet circuit, and an exhaust circuit, for exhaust gases coming from the engine. The inlet circuit includes an adjustment mechanism to control the air flow into the engine and the exhaust circuit includes a nitrogen oxides trap for storage of nitrogen... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070271910 - Heat exchange tube bundle for regulating the temperature of the gases entering an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle: The module comprises an intake air cooler (2) and a recirculated exhaust gas cooler (4). The intake air cooler (2) comprises an intake air inlet manifold (34) and an intake air outlet manifold (36). An inlet line (38) is connected to the inlet manifold (34) and an outlet line (40)... Agent: Valeo, Inc. Intellectual Property Department

20070271914 - Transmission having a coaxial lubricant pump: A transmission has a lubricant pump which is arranged in the interior of a transmission housing and which includes a rotor rotationally fixedly connected to a transmission shaft in a pump housing, with the pump housing being rotationally fixedly connected to the transmission housing and being sealed with respect to... Agent: Harness Dickey And Pierce, PLC

20070271916 - Device for producing energy: A device for producing energy, using a reservoir (1) filled with liquid or submerged in liquid and at least two moving pistons (3, 3′) which are tightly installed in guides (4) in wall of the reservoir. There are at least two pairs of pistons and in the immediate vicinity of... Agent: Joel D. Skinner, Jr. Skinner And Associates

20070271917 - Actuating element for a supercharger in combustion engines: In a device for operating a first control element for controlling gaseous media, a transmission element is formed on a final controlling element manipulatable by an actuator, the transmission element being able to be moved, on one hand, inside a slot of a slotted lever and being, the other hand,... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070271918 - Exhaust emission control device of internal combustion engine: To provide an exhaust emission control device of an internal combustion engine able to well atomize a reducing agent and ensure supply of combustion air. Since a controller of the exhaust emission control device also controls a nozzle opening degree of a variable geometry turbocharger for purpose of spraying a... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070271919 - Alternative (reciprocating) engine with recirculation of exhaust gases intended for the propulsion of automobiles and method turbocharging these motors: A reciprocating engine includes a turbocharging unit that: supplies the intake manifold with air via a coolant; is supplied with gas by the exhaust manifold; and has the turbine supply pressure substantially equal to the compressor discharge pressure. At constant air temperature, the turbocharging unit delivers a substantially constant volume... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20070271930 - Gas turbine having cooling-air transfer system: A gas turbine includes a cooling-air transfer system. The cooing-air transfer system extracts part of air discharged from a compressor to a chamber, and transfers the part of air as cooling air to a rotor disk. The cooling-air transfer system includes a plurality of tubular nozzles independently arranged in a... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070266695 - Flexible power and thermal architectures using a common machine: A power and cooling management system configured to flexibly couple various adaptive modules to an integrated power and cooling unit to suit any aircraft platform is provided. The integrated power and cooling unit has a compressor, a power turbine, a cooling turbine and an integral starter generator mounted to the... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20070266697 - Exhaust emission purifying apparatus for engine: A technology for purifying an exhaust emission from an engine is provided, in which a misjudgment caused by a time lag between the abnormality detection and an abnormality judgment is avoided, in the case where a plurality of abnormalities is judged on the aqueous solution of a reducing agent or... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070266698 - Metering device and internal combustion engine having a metering device: The invention relates to a dosing device (100) for introducing an operating means especially into an exhaust manifold (140) of an internal combustion engine (210). Said dosing device (100) comprises a cooling system for cooling particularly an injector module (110) of the dosing device (100). The cooling system is provided... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20070266699 - Supply system for a medium, in particular for treating exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine; exhaust gas cleaning device; and method for operating a supply system: The invention relates to a medium supply system, in particular of an exhaust gas cleaning device for treating the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine comprising a storage tank (10) and a supply line (11) which is connected to the storage tank (10) for supplying the medium to a... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20070266700 - Method for the lambda and torque control of an internal combustion engine and program algorithm: In a method for controlling the air ratio lambda and for controlling the torque of an internal combustion engine, e.g. of a diesel engine, a fuel is supplied in at least two injection processes, including a main injection of a main injection quantity and a post-injection of a post-injection quantity,... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070266701 - Exhaust particulate filter: A method and system is disclosed for regenerating a particulate filter for an exhaust system. A source of hydrocarbon is injected into the exhaust flow upstream of the filter. The injected hydrocarbon within the filter is caused to oxidize and a temperature within the filter to rise, the temperature rise... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070266703 - Apparatus for judging condition of injection of reducing agent incorporated in exhaust gas purification system: In relation to an exhaust gas purification system that mixes a liquid reducing agent with air and injection-supplies this mixture into an exhaust gas flowing on an upstream side of a reduction catalyst (20) to thereby effect reduction purification of NOx in exhaust gas, a technical attention is directed to... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070266704 - Wave energy converter (wec) with heave plates: The stability and power conversion efficiency of a wave energy converter (WEC) which includes a float, a spar and a power taken device (PTO) connected between the spar and the float is increased by connecting a heave plate to the spar in a very secure manner and by carefully limiting... Agent: Henry I. Schanzer, Esq

20070266707 - Boundary layer suction arrangement: A suction arrangement for drawing off a boundary layer on an aircraft comprises a suction arrangement including an outer skin having suction surfaces in critical flow areas, and at least one air breathing engine providing suction. Bleed air is drawn from a comparatively high-pressure region of the engine by means... Agent: Christopher Paradies, Ph.d.

20070266711 - Method for operating a vehicle drive and device for carrying out said method: The invention relates to a method for operating a vehicle drive comprising at least one internal combustion engine and at least one electric machine that is mechanically coupled to the internal combustion engine, in addition to an energy accumulator that is actively coupled to the electric machine and/or the internal... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070266712 - Exhaust assembly forming a horizontal propulsion gas elbow in an aircraft: The present invention relates to a propulsion gas exhaust assembly in an aircraft propelled by hot gases produced along the axis of the latter by a gas generator, comprising a duct (21) and a nozzle (24). It is noteworthy by the fact that said duct forms a vertical elbow.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070261383 - Method and device for influencing combustion processes, in particular during the operation of a gas turbine: An embodiment of the invention relates to the use of electromagnetic fields for influencing combustion processes. According to an embodiment of the invention, the flame is controlled by the coupling of repeated, inductive, pulsed energy. The associated device uses at least one induction coil that at least partially surrounds the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070261384 - Engine health monitoring: A method of monitoring the health of a gas turbine engine 10 comprising a fuel system 30 having a fuel metering valve 36 and a fuel pump 40 for supplying fuel to combustor apparatus 15. The method comprising the steps of; monitoring the fuel metering valve percentage open, detecting and... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter

20070261385 - Basalt fiber and nanoclay compositions, articles incorporating the same, and methods of insulating a rocket motor with the same: An insulation composition that comprises at least one nitrile butadiene rubber, basalt fibers, and nanoclay is disclosed. Further disclosed is an insulation composition that comprises polybenzimidazole fibers, basalt fibers, and nanoclay. The basalt fibers may be present in the insulation compositions in a range of from approximately 1% by weight... Agent: Traskbritt, P.C./ Alliant Tech Systems

20070261386 - Single-piece hybrid rocket motor: A hybrid rocket motor is formed from a single piece of material, such as, for example, by extrusion or injection molding. The rocket motor includes various components, such as casing, structure, oxidizer tank, combustion chamber, fuel, port and nozzle that are all formed from a single piece of material. The... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20070261387 - Motorcycle exhaust enhancement device: Embodiments of the present invention provide an exhaust enhancement device that allows a motorcyclist to achieve a desired engine sound while also achieving improved engine performance by reducing exhaust reversion. More particularly, embodiments of the present invention provide for an exhaust enhancement device having a cylindrical tubular body portion configured... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070261389 - System for assisting the regeneration of depollution means for a motor vehicle engine: The inventive system for assisting in the regeneration of depollution means (1) which is integrated in the exhaust means (3) of a diesel engine (4), wherein the engine (4) is associated with a common rail supplying means (7, 8) for injecting fuel into cylinders thereof using at least one post-injection... Agent: Nicolas E. Seckel Patent Attorney

20070261390 - Deterioration diagnostic system of exhaust gas purifying catalyst: A deterioration diagnostic system of an exhaust gas purifying catalyst includes: an upstream side switching frequency calculator calculating the number of times of switching on the upstream side; a reference value calculator calculating a downstream side rich/lean determination level having a first width; a downstream side rich/lean determination level adjuster... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070261393 - Multi-cylinder internal combustion engine: A multi-cylinder internal combustion engine, wherein exhaust gas outlets of a first portion of the cylinders of the engine communicate with a first exhaust gas manifold section, and the exhaust gas outlets of the remaining cylinders communicate with a second exhaust gas manifold section. An oxidation catalytic converter is disposed... Agent: Robert W. Becker & Associates

20070261392 - Procedure to operate a particle filter disposed in an exhaust gas area of an internal combustion engine and device to implement the procedure: A procedure to operate a particle filter disposed in an exhaust gas area of an internal combustion engine and a device to implement the procedure are proposed. The particle filter is regenerated if required by the particles lodged in the filter, whereby the particle filter is heated for regeneration by... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070261394 - Fluid extraction arrangement for engine air induction system: An engine includes an air induction system for providing air to a plurality of cylinders, an exhaust system for conveying exhaust gas from the cylinders, and a secondary air injection (SAI) system for extracting air from the induction system and injecting the air into the exhaust system to promote exhaust... Agent: Christopher Devries General Motors Corporation

20070261395 - Diesel exhaust system variable backpressure muffler: The invention concerns diesel particulate filter regeneration in an exhaust system of a vehicle having a diesel engine. The particulate filter regeneration is selectively accomplished by actuating a particulate filter backpressure valve located downstream of the diesel particulate filter. Exhaust noise is attenuated for both normal driving and regeneration modes... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070261397 - Plasma injector, exhaust gas purifying system and method for injecting reducing agent: The present invention provides a plasma injector wherein a reducing agent injected from an injection port (19) at the distal end portion of an injection nozzle (18) is at least partially converted into a plasma; an exhaust gas purifying system; and a method for injecting a reducing agent. Using the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070261396 - Variable position catalyst: A variable position catalyst comprises a catalyst housing (7) accommodating a catalyst body (1) and an actuator member (9) for moving the catalyst body (1) with respect to the catalyst housing (7) such that the catalyst body (1) can be moved to an active catalyst position (35) or to an... Agent: Honeywell Turbo Technologies

20070261398 - Intake and exhaust tuning system: An intake and exhaust tuning system is disclosed. The exhaust system includes a collector slidably mounted within the exhaust fluid path and adjustable by an actuator to change the fluid path length between the collector and the exhaust ports of an engine. The intake tuning system includes a sliding member... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20070261399 - Cooling device: A device for cooling a gas is provided. The device comprises an inlet having a first diameter, a mixing section downstream of the inlet and having a second diameter, and an opening in fluid communication with the mixing section and a source of air. The device is such that the... Agent: Caterpillar Inc. Intellectual Property Dept.

20070261400 - Air-cooled exhaust gas heat exchanger, in particular exhaust gas cooler for motor vehicles: The invention relates to an air-cooled exhaust gas heat exchanger, in particular exhaust gas cooler (1) for motor vehicles comprising channels (exhaust gas channels) which can be cross-flown by the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine, between which ribs (4) for air cooling are arranged. According to the invention,... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070261401 - Exhaust bypass valve remote linkage: An exhaust bypass valve assembly for an internal combustion engine includes an exhaust bypass valve having valve structure coupled to a rotatable shaft such that rotation of the shaft moves the valve structure between opened and closed positions. An actuator is disposed remotely from the bypass valve for selectively causing... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070261402 - Multi-stage regulation of exhaust back pressure: An exhaust system for a two-cycle engine includes an exhaust conduit having both a bypass port and a regulator port for discharging exhaust gases to atmosphere. The bypass port has a fixed size but the regulator port has a variable size that varies over the range of engine speeds. Within... Agent: Stephen B. Salai, Esq. Harter, Secrest & Emery LLP

20070261403 - Pressure shuttle: A method and devices are disclosed by releasing residual pressure form a hydraulic system and maintaining hydraulic vent to reservoir until system start-up. Quick-connect quick-disconnect hydraulic devices may be utilized herein.... Agent: Forrest L. Collins Law Offices, LLC

20070261404 - Active impedance matching systems and methods for wave energy converter: The invention relates to active impedance matching systems (AIMS) and methods for increasing the efficiency of a wave energy converter (WEC) having a shaft and a shell intended to be placed in a body of water and to move relative to each other in response to forces applied to the... Agent: Henry I. Schanzer

20070261405 - Hydraulic system: A hydraulic system, in particular for motor vehicles, including a master cylinder having a housing and a ring piston that is axially displaceable in it and is sealed against this housing, and a pressure medium outlet, as well as a slave cylinder having a housing and a ring piston that... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20070261406 - Systems and methods of reducing nox emissions in internal combustion engines: A method of operating an internal combustion engine system comprises introducing an oxygen containing gas and a fuel into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine; combusting the fuel to produce an exhaust gas; introducing the exhaust gas into a turbine of a turbocharger, wherein the turbine is a... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070261407 - Cooled infrared sensor assembly with compact configuration: An integrated sensor assembly (10) includes a gas compression unit (104) having a first longitudinal axis (308) and a gas expansion unit (112) having a second longitudinal axis (366) and the gas expansion unit is disposed with its second longitudinal axis orthogonal to the gas compression unit first longitudinal axis... Agent: Edward L. Kelley Dba Invention Management Associates

20070261409 - Gas turbine floating collar: A method of providing a floating collar for a gas turbine engine combustor is provided, and comprises providing an annular sheet metal blank and bending the blank to provide the floating collar with an axial extending annular collar portion, an annular flange portion extending radially from the collar portion and... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP (pwc)

20070261408 - Gas turbine having exhaust recirculation: A gas turbine adapted to operate in a highly diluted mode comprises a compressor 3 adapted to compress oxidant 5; a combustion chamber 3 adapted to accept the compressed oxidant 7 and provide an exit means for flue gas 9; a turbine 4; and a flue gas re-circulation means 12,... Agent: Cermak Kenealy & Vaidya LLP

20070261410 - Bleed air relief system for engines: A bleed air relief system for engines in which a flow of bleed air from the engine compressor is passed along a bleed air duct and exhausted into a bypass air stream passing through the engine. A cover is mounted over the outlet of the bleed air duct and can... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC Goodrich Corp.

20070261411 - Tailorable design configuration topologies for aircraft engine mid-turbine frames: A mid-turbine frame has a pre-stress design and is connected to an engine casing of a jet turbine engine to distribute a first load from a first bearing and a second load from a second bearing. The mid-turbine frame includes at least one torque box, a first bearing, a second... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20070256404 - Method of adjusting a triggering clearance and a trigger: A method of adjusting a triggering clearance and a trigger wherein the triggering clearance can be readily adjusted directly on the assembly line by selectively fixing an axial adjustive position between first and second triggering members.... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP (pwc)

20070256405 - Method of exhaust gas purification and exhaust gas purification system: In exhaust gas purification system (10) including catalyst unit (50) carrying a NOx occlusion-reduction type catalyst, a first-stage rich control having a target air-fuel ratio lower than theoretical air-fuel ratio is conducted through addition of the amount of reducing agent meeting the amount of oxygen emitted in the initial stage... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070256408 - Particulate matter remaining amount estimating method for particulate filter and particulate filter regenerating method: Every time a specified period of time is counted during execution of filter regeneration control, a PM remaining amount every time that the specified period of time passes is estimated by subtracting the product of the specified period of time, a PM removal rate per unit time, and a PM... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070256407 - Reformer temperature control with leading temperature estimation: One concept relates to a method of controlling fuel reforming within an internal combustion engine exhaust line. Fuel injections are controlled using a predicted temperature, the predicted temperature being a temperature that would occur at some point in the future if predetermined assumptions are met. Preferably, the prediction is made... Agent: Paul V. Keller, LLC

20070256409 - Exhaust device and vehicle with exhaust device: An exhaust device for a vehicle, such as a motorcycle or scooter, includes an exhaust pipe and a muffler. A first end portion of the exhaust pipe is connectable to an engine of the vehicle. A second end portion of the exhaust pipe is located within the muffler. A secondary... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070256410 - Diesel particulate filter service method: A diesel particulate filter of a motor vehicle is cleaned of ash, typically using equipment already available in a service shop. The filter apparatus is disconnected from the exhaust system of a motor vehicle. The filter apparatus is reversed and reconnected to the motor vehicle's exhaust system in a configuration... Agent: International Truck Intellectual Property Company,

20070256411 - Exhaust gas particle collector: A particle collector includes a housing within an internal chamber having inlet and outlet ports. The housing can comprise two joined-together housing members. A collector element is disposed in the internal chamber and includes a particulate passage extending axially therethrough. A gas passageway is disposed within the chamber between a... Agent: Honeywell Turbo Technologies

20070256412 - Compressor stage assembly lock: The present invention relates to a turbocharger assembly lock comprising a retaining ring partially disposed in a circumferential groove of a first turbocharger stage component and partially in a circumferential groove of a second turbocharger stage component so that the turbocharger stages are securely attached to each other.... Agent: Honeywell Turbo Technologies

20070256413 - Variable geometry egr mixer and system: The present invention provides a long route (i.e., low pressure) EGR system adapted for use in an internal combustion engine, the system providing for a variable mixture of EGR gas and fresh air supply to a turbocharger compressor for delivery to the engine intake manifold and further provides a variable... Agent: Honeywell Turbo Technologies

20070256415 - Clearance volume valves in a heat regenerative engine: A clearance volume valve for controlling cylinder compression at varying engine speeds in a steam engine. At the injector of each cylinder, a clearance volume valve is hydraulically operated in response to changes in engine RPMs to thereby control opening and closing of an inlet to a sealed tube that... Agent: Robert M. Downey, P.A.

20070256414 - System for recuperating, increasing and generating energy inherent within a heat source: A system that is used for recuperating, increasing and generating energy that is inherent within a heat source. Any type of heat source can be utilized such as “ambient air” which is preferred, or the like. The system incorporates fluids namely, a liquid refrigerant and hot oil. The unusual new... Agent: Cathy D. Santa Cruz

20070256416 - Combustor for gas turbine: A combustor for a gas turbine capable of performing stable combustion even by using high temperature air, comprising a first burner (5) jetting fuel and air into a combustion chamber (2) and a second burner (8) causing the circulating jet of the fuel and air installed at a position corresponding... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070256417 - Combustor liner for gas turbine engine: A combustor liner (230) for a gas turbine engine combustor (200) comprises an inner wall (232), an outer wall (238), a cooling air flow channel (244) formed there between, and a flow control ring (246). The flow control ring (246) is sealingly attached to the downstream ends of the inner... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070256418 - Method and apparatus for assembling a gas turbine engine: A method for assembling a gas turbine engine combustor is provided. The method includes providing a heat shield defined by a perimeter. The perimeter includes a radially inner edge, a radially outer edge, an axially inner edge, an axially outer edge, and an opening that extends from an upstream side... Agent: John S. Beulick (12729) C/o Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070256419 - Nozzle with an adjustable throat: One embodiment of the present invention includes a nozzle defining a passage to receive and discharge working fluid to produce thrust. The nozzle includes the first wall structure opposite a second wall structure. The first wall structure includes a first convergent flap pivotally connected to a first divergent flap. The... Agent: Krieg Devault LLP

20070256421 - Gas turbine engine oil system operation: A method of operating a gas turbine engine having at least one electric machine associated therewith, the engine having an oil system communicating with an electric oil pump, at least one bearing cavity of the engine and a coolant passage of the electric machine, the method comprising the step of... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP (pwc)

20070256423 - Method and arrangement for expanding a primary and secondary flame in a combustor: Disclosed is an arrangement for expanding an annular fluid flow and a center fluid flow, comprising a combustor including a venturi and a centerbody, the centerbody including an upstream end and a downstream end, and a venturi throat defined by the venturi and disposed upstream of 0.19 inches downstream of... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070256420 - Methods and apparatus for assembling a low noise ejector motive nozzle: A method of assembling an ejector is provided, wherein the method includes providing a motive nozzle tip having a centerline axis and including a nozzle tip edge having at least one protrusion extending through a plane substantially normal to the centerline axis. The method also includes coupling the motive nozzle... Agent: John S. Beulick (17851)

20070256422 - Production enhancements on integrated gasification combined cycle power plants: A method of using an apparatus for producing electric power or mechanical drive in which fuel gas produced in a gasifier using air as an oxidant is supplied to the gasifier by extraction from the exit of the air compressor of a gas turbine.... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP

20070256424 - Heat recovery gas turbine in combined brayton cycle power generation: A combined Brayton cycle power plant (5). A combustion gas turbine engine (21) in the power plant uses a first Brayton cycle (20), and produces waste heat in an exhaust combustion gas (36). A heat exchanger (58) transfers the waste heat to a compressed working airflow (56) for a second... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070256425 - Method for the operation of a gas turbo group: A method for operating a gas turbine set comprises the compression of an air mass flow in a compressor, feeding the compressed air mass flow into a first combustion chamber, burning the first mass fuel flow in the first combustion chamber in the compressed mass air flow, expanding the resulting... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070256426 - Triggered pulsed ignition system and method: The ignition system is for use in a gas turbine engine. It comprises an ignition plug having a triggered spark gap therein.... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP (pwc)

20070251209 - Heat generating system and method: The present invention provides a novel heat generating system and method which allow repeated generation of heat. The heat generating system comprises a heat generating part comprising a heat generating material which generates heat when oxidized, wherein the heat generating system further comprises an oxidizing gas source which supplies an... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070251210 - Liquid injection in a gas turbine during a cooling down phase: The invention relates to a method for cooling a gas turbine comprising a rotor, said method being carried out after the operation of the gas turbine and whereby the rotor is driven at least intermittently during a cooling phase at a reduced nominal speed. To provide a gas turbine with... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070251214 - Apparatus for detecting a state of a particulate filter: A particulate filter is provided in an exhaust system of the engine. Parameter values correlated with a flow amount of exhaust gas of the engine are determined, and differential pressure between upstream and downstream sides of the particulate filter is determined. The ratio of a variation rate of the parameter... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070251213 - Scheme for detecting deterioration of a catalyst in an engine: Deterioration of a catalyst provided in an exhaust system of the engine is determined. Air-fuel ratio sensors are provided in the upstream side and the downstream side of the catalyst. Air-fuel ratio is changed. Based on the sensor outputs in the upstream die and the downstream side of the catalyst,... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070251217 - Control apparatus of internal combustion engine: The ignition timing is sustained at an initial value during a predetermined time beginning at a start of an engine, and is retarded after the predetermined time is elapsed to heat a catalyst at an early time. The predetermined time ends when the negative pressure of an intake pipe or... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070251216 - Exhaust treatment system: An exhaust treatment system is provided. The system may include a particulate trap configured to remove one or more types of particulate matter from an exhaust flow of an engine. The system may also include a catalyst configured to chemically alter at least one component of the exhaust flow. Further,... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20070251215 - System and method for desulfating a nox trap: In an apparatus having an internal combustion engine and a catalytic device for treating NOx emissions from the internal combustion engine, a method of operating the engine comprising operating the engine for a first interval in such a manner as to store and reduce NOx emissions in the catalytic device... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20070251218 - Nox control using a neural network: A method of controlling engine NOx production is provided. The method may include determining a desired amount of NOx production for at least one engine cylinder at a first time and determining at least one engine operating parameter to produce the desired amount of NOx using a feed-forward neural network.... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070251219 - Internal combustion engine having a secondary air pump: An internal combustion engine includes an exhaust-gas system with n>1 exhaust-gas flow configurations, wherein n is an integer. The exhaust-gas flow configurations are at least partly separated from one another and each of the exhaust-gas flow configurations includes at least one catalytic converter. The internal combustion engine includes a secondary... Agent: Manfred Beck, P.A.

20070251220 - Brake torque load generation process for diesel particulate filter regeneration and sox removal from lean nox trap: A method of regeneration of an emission control device in a diesel engine of a vehicle having a wheel brake comprises receiving a generation request by an operator of the vehicle; activating the wheel brake; increasing engine torque; and regenerating the emission control device.... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20070251221 - System and method for monitoring a filter: An engine assembly may include an internal combustion engine configured to combust fuel. The combustion of fuel may produce exhaust and sound waves that may be directed into an exhaust line. A particulate filter may be operatively coupled to the exhaust line, and the particulate filter may be configured to... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20070251222 - Reverse flow heat exchanger for exhaust systems: An exhaust system includes a reverse flow heat exchanger having a plate separating an intake chamber and an exit chamber, each chamber having an inlet and an outlet located at opposing ends to allow flow therethrough. The plate can include a vane connected to the end of the plate in... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20070251223 - Exhaust gas control apparatus for internal combustion engine: An exhaust gas control apparatus (1) according to the invention is applied to a diesel engine (2) including a turbocharger (10). The exhaust gas control apparatus (1) includes an upstream side oxidation catalyst (13) which is provided down-stream of a turbine (10b) of the turbocharger (10); a downstream side oxidation... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070251224 - Method and system for improving sensor accuracy: A method and system for improving sensor accuracy of diesel emissions is disclosed. The method and system comprises changing the sensor reading as a function of sensor age to provide a more accurate measure of the diesel emissions. By estimating the degree of sensor error and then providing a gain... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20070251225 - Method and apparatus for separating air and oil: A method and apparatus for eliminating oil residue emitted from an engine used for powering motor vehicles, especially motorcycles, which includes a lower chamber separated by a plate having a plurality of openings and having at least one window located near a bottom of the lower chamber, an upper chamber... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (main)

20070251226 - Liquid supply device for exhaust gas post-treatment device: In a thermal-maintaining device (40) which is mounted to thermally maintain a pipe (3) for supplying urea water solution U stored in the inside of a tank (2) to an exhaust gas post-treatment device (100), a selecting part (50) which selectively outputs an ambient temperature signal (S2) when it is... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20070251228 - Closure with a thermal safeguard function: The invention relates to a closure with a thermal safeguard function, comprising a closure body (1), which is used to seal a cavity (10) that is to be closed; a fusible safeguard element (2), which is inserted into the closure body and which keeps closed, at least indirectly, a through-opening... Agent: Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, LLP

20070251230 - Apparatus for electrical signal generation based upon movement and associated methods: A generator/sensor may include a pair of arcuate swing arms having respective opposing ends pivotally carried by a base so that the arcuate swing arms are transverse to one another and define a movable crossing point therebetween. A body may be carried by the arcuate swing arms at the crossing... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20070251231 - Electrically driven power brake booster: An electrically driven power brake booster having an electrically driven actuator. A lever is pivotably attached to a first pivot point coincident with a the pivot point of the operator controlled primary brake pedal lever. The lever has a first end and a second end, with the first end being... Agent: Mcnees Wallace & Nurick LLC

20070251233 - Method and control unit for adjusting a variable turbocharger turbine flow cross section: In a method for actuating an actuating member for adjusting a turbine flow cross section of a turbocharger of an internal combustion engine in a motor vehicle in the event of a change of the load of the internal combustion engine from a relatively low load value to a relatively... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070251234 - Hybrid combustion in a diesel engine: A compression ignition engine (10) has a control system (40), one or more combustion chambers (12), and fuel injectors (42, 44) for injecting fuel into the combustion chambers. The control system controls fueling using a result of the processing of engine speed and engine load to select a particular domain... Agent: International Engine Intellectual Property Company

20070251235 - Internal combustion engine comprising an exhaust gas recirculation device: In an internal combustion engine with an intake tract and an exhaust tract, an exhaust gas recirculation device with a recirculation line between the exhaust tract and the intake tract and a controllable recirculation valve arranged in the recirculation line, the intact tract includes, upstream of the connection of the... Agent: Klaus J. Bach

20070251236 - Motor control and driver for electric boosting application: The invention proposes a system for driving a compressor, comprising an induction motor (2) for driving the compressor (3), said induction motor including a squirrel cage rotor, and a controller (1) for controlling the induction motor, said controller comprising a memory for storing drive patterns for driving the induction motor,... Agent: Honeywell Turbo Technologies

20070251237 - Apparatus for producing power using geothermal liquid: The present inventive subject matter is drawn to an apparatus for producing power using geothermal liquid comprising: a geothermal power plant for producing power using heat contained in geothermal liquid supplied thereto; and heating means apparatus for heating a solution and producing a heated solution for use in an electrolysis... Agent: Gary M. Nath The Nath Law Group

20070251238 - Steam engine device and methods of use: Steam engine products and related methods are disclosed. In one embodiment of the present invention, a steam engine includes a water pump, a steam generation system having a water inlet configured to receive water from the water pump, an electric heating element configured to convert the water into pressurized steam,... Agent: Kilpatrick Stockton LLP

20070251239 - High performance method for throttling of closed gas turbine cycles: A closed cycle recuperator microturbine and an open cycle heat generating system for supplying heat for driving the turbine includes a pair of valves fluidly connected to the compressor inlet and compressor outlet for bleeding air therefrom when the microturbine engine is operating in the lower power operating envelope of... Agent: Norman Friedland

20070251240 - Forward sleeve retainer plate and method: In a combustor section, wherein a forward sleeve is disposed to encircle a leading end of an impingement sleeve comprised of first and second impingement sleeve parts abutted along a longitudinal junction thereof, a retainer member disposed to overlie the longitudinal junction. The retainer member is welded to at least... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.

20070251241 - Hydrogen-fired hollow generator: A hydrogen-fired all-in-one electric generator/turbine that requires less rotational energy, substantially fewer parts, and less space in the power plant than traditional designs. The turbine is embedded within the rotor, each sharing a common, shaftless axis of rotation, and as a result, reduces the overall weight and size of the... Agent: William S. Fielder