| MAN Diesel & Turbo SE Patent applications |
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| 20120128477 | Radial Compressor and Method for Producing a Radial Compressor - A radial compressor has a compressor housing, a rotatably supported compressor shaft in the compressor housing, at least one compressor impeller arranged on the compressor shaft, and a fluid discharge element arranged downstream of a last compressor impeller in a fluid path in the compressor housing and which has a predetermined extension in radial direction and in axial direction of the radial compressor, wherein the fluid discharge element has a fluid passage for guiding fluid that is accelerated by the last compressor impeller out of the compressor housing, which fluid passage extends in a circumferential direction by a predetermined angular amount, and wherein the fluid discharge element is formed of material having a defined material structure, and the fluid passage is formed as a subsequently introduced spatial interruption in a material cohesion of the material structure. A method of producing the radial compressor is also disclosed. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120121383 | Turbomachine Component and Turbomachine Equipped Therewith - Turbomachine component and turbomachine outfitted therewith. The turbomachine component has a sensor unit arranged at the turbomachine component. The sensor unit has a sensor for detecting a parameter to be monitored and a transmitter for sending a measurement signal corresponding to the parameter to an evaluation unit of the turbomachine for processing. The transmitter of the sensor unit sends an encoded identification signal to the evaluation unit along with the measurement signal, this encoded identification signal contains an identification code that identifies the sensor unit. The sensor unit is configured such that the sensor unit cannot be separated from the turbomachine component without functional destruction of the sensor unit. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120111025 | System For The Generation Of Mechanical And/Or Electrical Energy - A system for the generation of energy includes a further chain of units coupled with a gas turbine plant and at least one compressor consuming mechanical energy and/or at least one generator generating electrical energy. The further chain of units comprises a closed circuit having a work fluid and at least one heat exchanger, at least one expander for expanding the work fluid and for subsequently obtaining mechanical energy for the compressor and/or generator, at least one condenser for condensing the expanded work medium, and at least one pump for conveying the work fluid. The coupling of the gas turbine plant to the further chain of units is carried out by means of the heat exchanger which is fed with heat by means of the compressor air of the compressor and starts the closed circuit through the work fluid. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120100954 | System for the generation of mechanical and/or electrical energy - A power split gearbox ( | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120009067 | Rotor of a Turbomachine - A rotor of a turbomachine has a rotor base body and a plurality of rotor blades. Every rotor blade has a blade body and a coupling element segment. The coupling element segment of every rotor blade is contoured at a first side and at a second side opposite the first side that, at the first side and at the second side, a radially outer edge of the respective coupling element segment extends substantially in axial direction and a radially inner edge of the respective coupling element segment extends substantially in axial direction respectively delimit two surfaces separated from one another by a separating line. In at least one circumferential position of the rotor between two directly adjacent rotor blades, the separating lines run approximately parallel to, or in alignment with, the mounting direction of the rotor blades at the rotor base body, which mounting direction is defined by the blade roots. In every other circumferential position between two directly adjacent rotor blades, the separating lines formed at directly adjacent sides of the coupling element segments are oblique relative to the mounting direction. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20110272893 | Labyrinth Seal For A Turbomachine - Labyrinth seal for a turbomachine having a plurality of elongated seal blades arranged along a longitudinal direction of the labyrinth seal next to one another and at a distance from one another so that a chamber is formed between adjacent seal blades. The seal blades each have a free end and at least one seal wall extending in longitudinal direction of the labyrinth seal. A seal gap is formed between each free end and the seal wall, adjacent chambers being in fluid communication with one another by the seal gap so that a working fluid impinging on the labyrinth seal can flow through the labyrinth seal in a throttled manner in a throttling direction proceeding from a first seal blade to a final seal blade. A fluid discharge device is provided that is arranged to bring about a continuous reduction in a specific enthalpy of the working fluid by discharging working fluid from the labyrinth seal along the throttling direction. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110265483 | Combustor For A Turbine, and Gas Turbine Outfitted With A Combustor of This Kind - Combustor for a turbine, and gas turbine outfitted with a combustor. The combustor has a housing in which an air collecting chamber, a combustion antechamber, and a combustion chamber are formed. A combustor head plate is arranged in the housing so that the combustor head plate separates the combustion antechamber from the combustion chamber. A baffle plate is arranged in the combustion antechamber so that the baffle plate divides the combustion antechamber into a first sub-chamber adjoining an air supply fluidically connected with the air collecting chamber and a second sub-chamber adjoining the combustor head plate. Wherein baffle plate has a plurality of through-passages that fluidically connect the first sub-chamber with the second sub-chamber so that air that has flowed into the first sub-chamber from the air collecting chamber via the air supply can flow into the second sub-chamber via the through-passages and to a back surface of the combustor head plate facing the second sub-chamber. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110259667 | Duct Sound Damper For A Flow Machine - Duct sound damper for deliberate reduction of sound waves for a flow machine, particularly for a compressor, with a housing having at least one horizontally extending acoustically reflective back wall and at least one front cover plate. At least one flow channel connected together through inlet opening and outlet opening is enclosed by at least one damper member reducing the sound. The damper member includes horizontal axial stringers, circumferential stringers, the front cover plate, at least one sound-insulating metal element extending horizontal to the flow-guiding cross section, and the acoustically reflective back wall. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110167832 | Method for operating a premix burner, and a premix burner for carving out the method - A method for operating a premix burner for gaseous fuels having a multi-stage pilot gas system whose diffusion fuel is injected into a flame chamber of the premix burner as at least two partial streams with different orientations, and a premix burner for carrying out the method. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110110786 | Rotor Blade and Flow Engine Comprising a Rotor Blade - A rotor blade for a flow machine, in particular a steam turbine, includes an insertion root with a first finger and two second fingers which are arranged on either side of the first finger in axial direction. The first finger and the second fingers have a shoulder in axial direction on axial sides facing one another such that the fingers have a radially outer first portion and a radially inner second portion whose axial extension is shorter than that of the outer, first portion. In relation to a total axial width between axial sides of the two second fingers which face away from one another, the radial height of the first, radially outer portion is in the range of 0.39 to 0.45, particularly 0.40 to 0.44, and the radial height of the second, radially inner portion is between 0.40 and 0.46, particularly between 0.41 and 0.45. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110094240 | Swirl Generator - A swirl generator for injecting fuel into a gas turbine by injection of the fuel into a channel of the swirl generator of the gas turbine. The fuel injection is predetermined by the arrangement of a fuel injecting insert in a swirl generator segment. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110072821 | Control Device and Method for a Quick-Acting Gate Valve of a Steam Turbine - A control device for a quick-closing valve of a steam turbine including a relief valve for reducing a hydraulic pressure opening the quick-closing valve, and a relief valve control valve arrangement having at least three valves which are hydraulically interconnected with the relief valve in such a way that the relief valve does not close the quick-closing valve unless at least two valves of the relief valve control valve arrangement are switched to a quick-closing position. The system includes a test control valve arrangement for selectively reducing and increasing the hydraulic pressure opening the quick-closing valve when the relief valve is closed. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110038718 | Fluid Flow Machine - A fluid flow machine has a stator, a rotor which is supported so as to be rotatable relative to the stator, and a brush seal which seals a gap formed between the stator and rotor in a radial direction to prevent the passage of fluid. The brush seal has a brush holder and a plurality of sealing bristles, each of which has a first end that is fastened to the brush holder and a second end that contacts a sealing surface. The sealing surface is rotationally displaceable relative to the second ends of the respective sealing bristles. The sealing surface is formed by a circumferential surface of an intermediate sleeve which is arranged between the stator and rotor and which radially divides the gap. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110020543 | Method For Installing Function Monitoring Means In A Flow Machine Installation - A method for installing function monitoring means in a flow machine installation, wherein the function monitoring means are formed by at least one thermochromic paint, and wherein the method comprises: selecting at least one component of the flow machine installation whose function is to be monitored; selecting a predetermined thermochromic paint for the component whose function is to be monitored; applying the thermochromic paint on the component whose function is to be monitored; and wherein the thermochromic paint is applied to at least one component of the flow machine installation, which component is to be monitored with respect to the through-flow of process fluid therein. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110008160 | COVER DISK FOR A CLOSED IMPELLER - A cover disk ( | 01-13-2011 |
| 20100329861 | Inlet Connecting Piece for an Axial-Flow Compressor - An inlet connection piece for an axial compressor, particularly for a turbocompressor, includes an inlet housing ( | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100322765 | Turbo engine with improved compensating piston gasket - A flow machine ( | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100290911 | Turbine Rotor for a Gas Turbine - A turbine rotor ( | 11-18-2010 |
