Inventor · Waldshut-Tiengen, DE

Franz Joos

27Patents
12h-index
33Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 19, 1986 → Mar 30, 2009

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5782626A Airblast atomizer nozzle Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 73 Expired
US5784889A Device for damping thermoacoustic pressure vibrations Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 59 Expired
US5373693A Burner for gas turbine engines with axially adjustable swirler Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 50 Expired
US5729967A Method of operating a gas turbine on reformed fuel Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 48 Expired
US4842197A Fuel injection apparatus and associated method Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 35 Expired
US5487659A Fuel lance for liquid and/or gaseous fuels and method for operation thereof Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 30 Expired
US6085514A Method of steam cooling thermally highly loaded units of a gas-turbine group Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 29 Expired
US5699667A Gas-operated premixing burner for gas turbine Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 26 Expired
US7104065B2 Damping arrangement for reducing combustion-chamber pulsation in a gas turbine system Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 23 Expired
US5593302A Combustion chamber having self-ignition Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 18 Expired
US6370879B1 Damping device for reducing the vibration amplitude of acoustic waves for a burner Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 17 Expired
US6490864B1 Burner with damper for attenuating thermo acoustic instabilities Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 16 Expired
US5664943A Method and device for operating a combined burner for liquid and gaseous fuels Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 12 Expired
US6128894A Method of operating a burner Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 12 Expired
US6402059B1 Fuel lance for spraying liquid and/or gaseous fuels into a combustion chamber, and method of operating such a fuel lance Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 11 Expired
US5357743A Burner for gas turbine engines Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 10 Expired
US6325618A Fuel lance for spraying liquid and/or gaseous fuels into a combustion chamber Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 10 Expired
US6883730B2 Atomizing nozzle for a burner Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 7 Expired
US6216644A Flow duct with cross-sectional step Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 6 Expired
US7096670B2 Method for igniting the combustion chamber of a gas turbine unit and an ignition device for carrying out the method Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 2 Expired
US4723413A Reverse flow combustion chamber, especially reverse flow ring combustion chamber, for gas turbine propulsion units, with at least one flame tube wall film-cooling arrangement Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Expired
US6398491B1 Multistage turbocompressor Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 2 Expired
US6718773B2 Method for igniting a thermal turbomachine Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 2 Expired
US6449951B1 Combustion device for generating hot gases Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 2 Expired
US9170023B2 Operation of a gas turbine Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 2 Active

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