Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and system for tuning a turbine using a secondary injection valve
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Application No.: US14662378Application Date: 2015-03-19
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Publication No.: US10267318B2Publication Date: 2019-04-23
- Inventor: Jason B. Hunt
- Applicant: Fluid Equipment Development Company, LLC
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Main IPC: F01D17/10
- IPC: F01D17/10 ; F03B3/18 ; F04D17/10 ; F04D25/02 ; F04D27/00 ; F16K31/122

Abstract:
A turbine and method of operating a turbine includes a housing having an inlet, a volute and an outlet. The inlet is coupled to the volute through a primary fluid path and a secondary fluid path. The turbine further includes an impeller rotatably coupled to the housing and a hydraulically actuated valve assembly disposed within the secondary fluid path selectively communicating fluid from the inlet to the volute. The turbine includes a hydraulic actuator coupled to the valve assembly moving the valve assembly from a first position communicating fluid from the inlet into the volute to a second position blocking flow from the inlet to the volute.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150267706A1 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TUNING A TURBINE USING A SECONDARY INJECTION VALVE Public/Granted day:2015-09-24
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