Inventor · Flawil, CH

Rolf Althaus

41Patents
16h-index
25Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 22, 1990 → May 9, 2011

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5584182A Combustion chamber with premixing burner and jet propellent exhaust gas recirculation Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 94 Expired
US5577378A Gas turbine group with reheat combustor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 44 Expired
US7464551B2 Method for operation of a power generation plant Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 40 Active
US5454220A Method of operating gas turbine group with reheat combustor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 38 Expired
US5513982A Combustion chamber Performing Operations; Transporting 28 Expired
US5518311A Mixing chamber with vortex generators for flowing gases Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 27 Expired
US5647200A Heat generator Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 26 Expired
US5687571A Combustion chamber with two-stage combustion Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 25 Expired
US5647202A Cooled wall part Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 23 Expired
US5558515A Premixing burner Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 22 Expired
US7150154B2 Power station Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Expired
US7500349B2 Power plant and operating method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Active
US5557919A Method of operating a gas turbine installation Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 19 Expired
US5593302A Combustion chamber having self-ignition Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 18 Expired
US5609030A Combustion chamber with temperature graduated combustion flow Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 17 Expired
US5353589A Gas turbine plant having a water or steam cooled energy exchanger Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 17 Expired
US6148603A Method of operating a gas-turbine-powered generating set using low-calorific-value fuel Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 15 Expired
US5573395A Premixing burner Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 15 Expired
US7954330B2 Method for operating a power plant and power plant Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Active
US5313783A Gas turbine plant Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 13 Expired
US7566992B2 Method and apparatus for operation of a power station Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Active
US5154583A Rotor of a pressure wave machine Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 11 Expired
US7568335B2 Gas turbogroup Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 11 Active
US5426943A Gas turbine combustion chamber Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 11 Expired
US5617718A Gas-turbine group with temperature controlled fuel auto-ignition Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 10 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.