INLET VALVE SYSTEM
    1.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220389924A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-08

    申请号:US17341572

    申请日:2021-06-08

    Inventor: Joel T. Sanford

    Abstract: An inlet valve system (10), as may be used for a cylinder chamber (20) of a compressor, such as a reciprocating compressor, is disclosed. A plurality of inlet valves (250) is movable between an open position and a closed position. The plurality of inlet valves is arranged between an unloader chamber (120) and a cylinder chamber (20) of the compressor. A control valve (270, 270′) is coupled to a controller (300) and is movable between a first position and a second position to close the inlet valves. A check valve (260, 260′) is movable between a first position and a second position to open the inlet valves. The check valve and the control valve are respectively fluidly coupled to a control chamber (252), which is decoupled from any pressure control external to cylinder chamber (20).

    PLATFORM SEAL AND DAMPER ASSEMBLY FOR TURBOMACHINERY AND METHODOLOGY FOR FORMING SAID ASSEMBLY

    公开(公告)号:US20220018256A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-20

    申请号:US17414816

    申请日:2019-08-07

    Inventor: Nicholas Vachon

    Abstract: A platform seal and damper assembly for turbomachinery (100), such as fluidized catalytic cracking (FCC) expanders or gas turbine engines; and methodologies for forming such assembly are provided. An axially-extending groove (160) is arranged on a side (162) of a respective platform. Groove (160) is defined by a radially-outward surface (168) at an underside of the platform and a surface (170) extending with a tangential component (T) toward radially-outward surface (168). A seal and damper member (152) is disposed in groove (160), where the body of seal and damper member has adjoining surfaces (190, 188) configured to respectively engage, in response to a camming action, with the surfaces (168, 170) that define the axially-extending groove. The camming action being effective to produce an interference fit of the seal and damper member (152) with the side of the respective platform (162) and an opposed side (163) of an adjacent platform.

    ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING A STAGGERED CONTACT CARRIER

    公开(公告)号:US20210242613A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-05

    申请号:US17051465

    申请日:2018-05-17

    Abstract: An electrical connector for making electrical contact with at least one lead of an electronic device. The connector includes a mounting flange portion and a connector housing portion. The connector also includes at least one conductor having a pin end and a terminal end, wherein the terminal end includes a lead opening that receives the lead and a fastener hole oriented substantially transverse to the lead opening. A fastening element is used to engage the fastener hole and contacts the lead to form electrical contact between the conductor and the lead. The connector further includes a conductor carrier that extends through the connector housing and mounting flange. The conductor carrier includes a base portion and at least one extended portion that extends from the base portion to form a staggered arrangement. The base and extended portions each include a plurality of channels wherein each channel includes a conductor.

    Turbomachine chemical reactor and method for cracking hydrocarbons in a process fluid

    公开(公告)号:US11059018B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-13

    申请号:US17049671

    申请日:2018-05-16

    Abstract: Chemical reactors (10) and methods crack hydrocarbons in process fluids by accelerating the process fluid to a velocity greater than Mach 1 with an axial impulse impeller (40) and generating a shock wave (90) in the process fluid by decelerating it in a static diffuser (70) having diverging diffuser passages (72). Temperature increase of the process fluid downstream of the shockwave cracks the entrained hydrocarbons in a single pass, through a unidirectional flow path (F), within a single stage, without recirculating the process fluid for another pass through the same stage. In some embodiments, the turbomachine chemical reactor (110) has multiple successive stages of one or more axial impulse impellers (40A, 40B), paired with a diverging passage, static diffuser (70). Successive stages crack additional hydrocarbons by successively raising temperature of the flowing process fluid.

    TURBOMACHINE CHEMICAL REACTOR AND METHOD FOR CRACKING HYDROCARBONS IN A PROCESS FLUID

    公开(公告)号:US20210069665A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-11

    申请号:US17049671

    申请日:2018-05-16

    Abstract: Chemical reactors (10) and methods crack hydrocarbons in process fluids by accelerating the process fluid to a velocity greater than Mach 1 with an axial impulse impeller (40) and generating a shock wave (90) in the process fluid by decelerating it in a static diffuser (70) having diverging diffuser passages (72). Temperature increase of the process fluid downstream of the shockwave cracks the entrained hydrocarbons in a single pass, through a unidirectional flow path (F), within a single stage, without recirculating the process fluid for another pass through the same stage. In some embodiments, the turbomachine chemical reactor (110) has multiple successive stages of one or more axial impulse impellers (40A, 40B), paired with a diverging passage, static diffuser (70). Successive stages crack additional hydrocarbons by successively raising temperature of the flowing process fluid.

    Systems and methods for cooling components of a gas turbine

    公开(公告)号:US10774746B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-15

    申请号:US15902488

    申请日:2018-02-22

    Inventor: Jason M. Kerth

    Abstract: Systems and methods for cooling one or more components of a gas turbine are provided. One system may include an expansion device and one or more conduits. The expansion device may be operatively coupled to the gas turbine and configured to convert a pressure drop of a stream of compressed process fluid to mechanical energy. The expansion device may be further configured to at least partially drive the gas turbine with the mechanical energy. The one or more conduits may fluidly couple the expansion device and the gas turbine. The one or more conduits may be configured to direct an expanded stream of the compressed process fluid to the one or more components of the gas turbine to cool the one or more components.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROTECTING A TURBOMACHINE

    公开(公告)号:US20200256207A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-13

    申请号:US16839670

    申请日:2020-04-03

    Abstract: Systems and methods for protecting a turbomachine may include a trip throttle valve having a throttle valve assembly and a trip valve assembly. The trip valve assembly may include a plurality of trip valves fluidly coupled to a hydraulic cylinder of the throttle valve assembly via a first flow path and a second flow path in parallel with one another. The trip valve assembly may also include a plurality of isolation valves fluidly coupled to the hydraulic cylinder via the first flow path and the second flow path. The plurality of isolation valves may be configured to selectively prevent fluid communication between the plurality of trip valves and the hydraulic cylinder to allow testing of one or more of the plurality of trip valves during operation of the turbomachine.

    Turbine diaphragm drain
    9.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10697329B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-30

    申请号:US16306272

    申请日:2017-07-18

    Abstract: A drainage system for a stage of a turbine. The drainage system may include at least one annular recess defined in the inner surface of the casing of the turbine and configured to accumulate liquid therein. An axial slot and a radial slot may be formed in a diaphragm of the turbine, the axial slot extending between the upstream and downstream faces of the diaphragm. The drainage system may further include a tubular member including an axially extending tubular portion disposed in the axial slot and a radially extending tubular portion disposed in the radial slot. The radially extending tubular portion may be sized and configured to fluidly couple the at least one annular recess and the axially extending tubular portion, such that liquid in the at least one annular recess may be drained therefrom and discharged from the stage of the turbine via the axially extending tubular portion.

    Poppet valve assembly
    10.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10662935B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-26

    申请号:US16301316

    申请日:2017-06-28

    Inventor: Glenn D. Hatch

    Abstract: A poppet valve assembly including a valve seat defining at least one inlet port configured to receive a working fluid, a valve guard coupled to or integral with the valve seat and defining at least one outlet port configured to discharge the working fluid therefrom, and a valve member disposed in a guide pocket defined in the valve guard. The valve member may include a primary impact surface configured to contact a planar surface of the valve guard facing the valve seat. The valve member may also include a secondary impact surface configured to contact a bottom portion of the valve guard within the guide pocket after a structural failure of the primary impact surface prevents substantially all of the primary contact surface from contacting the planar surface.

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