Robert C Mendoza

US Patent:

8468835, Jun 25, 2013

Filed:

Mar 27, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/413088

Inventors:

Steven Howard DeMoss - San Diego CA, US
Robert Eleazar Mendoza - Poway CA, US
Roy Thomas Collins - San Diego CA, US

Assignee:

Solar Turbines Inc. - San Diego CA

International Classification:

F02C 9/48
F02C 9/56

US Classification:

60784, 60773, 60778, 60783, 60793, 60801

Abstract:

A method of operating a drive system for a load is disclosed. The drive system may have an electric motor/generator and a gas turbine engine. The engine may have a combustor, and main and pilot flow paths via which fuel is supplied to the combustor. The engine may be operable in low and standard emissions modes. A proportion of the fuel that is supplied to the combustor via the pilot flow path may be greater in the standard emissions mode than in the low emissions mode. The method may include determining an engine power requirement of the load, and whether the engine power requirement of the load is sufficiently large to operate the engine in the low emissions mode. Additionally, the method may include operating the electric motor/generator if the engine power requirement of the load is not sufficiently large to operate the engine in the low emissions mode.

US Patent:

20090133379, May 28, 2009

Filed:

Nov 28, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/987151

Inventors:

Robert Eleazar Mendoza - Poway CA, US
Paul Elliot Morrison - Edmonton, CA
Marco Ezra Leon - San Diego CA, US
Tiziano Marco Bognuda - Tenero, CH
Satoshi Ito - , US

International Classification:

F02C 9/26

US Classification:

60 39281, 701100, 60773

Abstract:

A combustion control system for a turbine engine is disclosed. The combustion control system includes a fuel injector having a main fuel supply and pilot fuel supply coupled to a combustor of the turbine engine. The combustion control system also includes a sensor coupled to a transfer tube. The transfer tube is fluidly coupled to the combustor, and the sensor is configured to detect a pressure pulse in the combustor. A semi-infinite coil is also coupled to the transfer tube. The combustion control system also includes a controller electrically connected to the sensor. The controller is configured to compare an amplitude of the pressure pulse within a frequency range to a threshold amplitude, and adjust the pilot fuel supply in response to the comparison.

US Patent:

20130239577, Sep 19, 2013

Filed:

May 9, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/890713

Inventors:

Robert Eleazar Mendoza - Poway CA, US
Roy Thomas Collins - San Diego CA, US

Assignee:

Solar Turbines Incorporated - San Diego CA

International Classification:

F02C 9/28

US Classification:

60772, 60801

Abstract:

A method of operating a drive system for a load is disclosed. The drive system may have an electric motor/generator and a gas turbine engine. The engine may have a combustor, and main and pilot flow paths via which fuel is supplied to the combustor. The engine may be operable in low and standard emissions modes. A proportion of the fuel that is supplied to the combustor via the pilot flow path may be greater in the standard emissions mode than in the low emissions mode. The method may include determining an engine power requirement of the load, and whether the engine power requirement of the load is sufficiently large to operate the engine in the low emissions mode. Additionally, the method may include operating the electric motor/generator if the engine power requirement of the load is not sufficiently large to operate the engine in the low emissions mode.

US Patent:

20140294559, Oct 2, 2014

Filed:

Mar 28, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/852292

Inventors:

- San Diego CA, US
Robert Eleazar Mendoza - Poway CA, US

Assignee:

Solar Turbines Incorporated - San Diego CA

International Classification:

F02C 9/26

US Classification:

415 1

Abstract:

A method for operating a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The method includes determining whether the gas turbine engine fuel system is in a steady state mode or a transient mode. The method also includes modifying the gas turbine engine power output by modifying a pressure set point of the fuel system while maintaining a fuel control valve in a steady state when in the steady state mode. The method further includes modifying the gas turbine engine output by modifying the position of the fuel control valve while maintaining the pressure set point of the fuel system constant when in the transient mode.

Address:

4415 Anice St, Houston, TX 77039

VIN:

1B3HB28BX7D535310

Make:

DODGE

Model:

CALIBER

Year:

2007