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Catalin G Fotache

Georgios S Zafiris

Zhongtao Dai

Jeffrey Mark Cohen

Lance L Smith

Donald J Hautman

Edgar A Bernal

Mark R Jaworowski

Ziyou Xiong

Zhongfen Ding

Weilong Zhang

Michael A Kryzman

Louis J Spadaccini

Bart Antonie Van Hassel

Ozgur Erdinc

Jose Miguel Pasini

Alexander Chen

Joseph A Sylvestro

Richard W Osborne, Iii

Zhongfen (Vivian) Ding

Sergio S Frutuoso

Gene B Donskoy

Alan Matthew Finn

Tahany Ibrahim El-Wardany

Om Parkash Sharma

Foster Philip Lamm

Zidu Ma

Thomas Gregory Tillman

Matthew E Lynch

Scott A Liljenberg

Charles C Coffin

Olusegun T Oshin

Michael R Carey

Brian M Welch

Lou Chiappetta

Olusegun Oshin

Seyed Reza Mahmoudi

James A Wilkinson

Alexander G Chen

A method for robotic inspection of a part, includes the steps of: supporting the part with a robot mechanism; obtaining part-related sensor input with a sensor positioned to inspect the part supported by the robot mechanism; and controlling movement of the robot mechanism relative to the sensor, wherein the controlling is done by a feedback control unit which receives the sensor input, and the feedback control unit is configured to control the robot mechanism based upon the sensor input.

System and method for robotic inspection

A method of making cerium citrate includes combining cerium carbonate and citric acid to produce cerium citrate and carbon dioxide. The cerium citrate is substantially free of negative ions other than citrate. The cerium citrate can be used in a corrosion inhibitor composition.

Cerium citrate, method of making and corrosion inhibitor comprising cerium citrate

A low friction coated article includes a first structure that has a first lubricated surface coated with a first polyelectrolyte coating. A second structure has a second lubricated surface with a second polyelectrolyte coating opposite the first lubricated surface. The first and second polyelectrolyte coatings include alternating layers of positively charged polyelectrolyte layers and negatively charged polyelectrolyte layers hydrated with a lubricant.

Friction reducing polyelectrolyte coating

A corrosion resistant article including an aluminum substrate and a corrosion-inhibiting cerium based corrosion inhibitor corrosion inhibiting additive on the aluminum substrate, the corrosion inhibiting additive comprising an anodic corrosion inhibitor and a cathodic corrosion inhibitor, the anodic corrosion inhibitor greater than 25 wt % of the total inhibitor.

Corrosion inhibiting additive

An embodiment of a fan blade includes an interior region between a metallic pressure sidewall and a metallic suction sidewall. Each sidewall extends in span from a base to a tip, and extends in chord from a leading edge to a trailing edge. The interior region of the fan blade includes a first fully dense metallic portion and a first porous metallic portion. The first fully dense metallic portion has a volume occupying at least 10% of a total volume of the interior region, and substantially no porosity. The first porous metallic portion is integrally joined to the fully dense metallic portion, and is selected from a structured lattice, an unstructured foam, and combinations thereof.

Gas turbine engine fan blade, design, and fabrication

A mixer assembly for a gas turbine engine is provided, including a main mixer with fuel injection holes located between at least one radial swirler and at least one axial swirler, wherein the fuel injected into the main mixer is atomized and dispersed by the air flowing through the radial swirler and the axial swirler.

Mixer assembly for a gas turbine engine

A burner for use with an induced draft furnace and which satisfies reduced nitrous oxide (NO) emission standards is disclosed. The burner may employ a mechanical swirler that introduces a rotational vector to the emitted air and fuel mixed by the burner. By introducing the rotational vector, the resulting flame is more stable and sustainable even with the relatively low air flow afforded by an induced system. Such flame stability can be enhanced by positioning the burner directly within an inlet to a heat exchanger and manufacturing the inlet with reception surfaces that form a frusto-conically shaped flame expansion zone. In doing so, a secondary source of air is avoided and NOemissions are reduced.

Induced-draft low swirl burner for low NOx emissions

A mixer assembly for a gas turbine engine is provided, including a main mixer, and a pilot mixer having an annular housing in which a corner is formed between an aft portion of the housing and a bulkhead wall in which a corner recirculation zone is located to stabilize and anchor the flame of the pilot mixer. The pilot mixer can further include features to cool the annular housing, including in the area of the corner recirculation zone.

Mixer assembly for a gas turbine engine having a pilot mixer with a corner flame stabilizing recirculation zone

A fuel stabilization system includes a first deoxygenator and a second deoxygenator both for removing dissolved oxygen from a hydrocarbon fuel. The first and second deoxygenators are arranged in parallel or series to sequentially remove a portion of dissolved oxygen from the hydrocarbon fuel. The arrangement of several deoxygenators for a single fuel stream improves removal of dissolved oxygen and provides for scalability of the fuel system to meet application specific demands. The arrangement also provides for the preservation of partial system functionality in the event of the failure of one of the deoxygenator modules.

Modular fuel stabilization system

A method and device of this invention includes a fuel deoxygenator and a heating device for removing dissolved oxygen from fuel and then heating that fuel to a temperature above the temperature that would otherwise produce undesirable insoluble materials from a hydrocarbon fuel. The temperature of the fuel and the amount of dissolved oxygen that is removed from the fuel are adjusted according to the combustion process and optimization of desired combustion characteristics.

Fuel deoxygenation for improved combustion performance

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West Hartford, CT, United States of America

Catalin G Fotache