General Electric Company

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation

David Lee Williamson

Gilbert Otto Kraemer

James Michael Storey

Julio Enrique Mestroni

Anthony Wayne Krull

John Joseph Lipinski

Kenneth Paul Rivard

Zachary Paul Farque

Jason Randolph Marshall

Zachary Paul Fargque

A control system and method control release of a braking device from a wheel or disc. Release of the braking device is slowed or stopped based on a speed at which the braking device is released. The braking device may include a return limiting device through which a rod is configured to move. The return limiting device permits the rod to slide within the return limiting device while the brake pad holder releases from the wheel or disc no faster than a designated speed, but engages and restricts movement of the rod within the return limiting device while the brake pad holder releases from the wheel or disc faster than the designated speed.

Braking device

A system may detect a flame about a fuel nozzle of a gas turbine. The gas turbine may have a compressor and a combustor. The system may include a first pressure sensor, a second pressure sensor, and a transducer. The first pressure sensor may detect a first pressure upstream of the fuel nozzle. The second pressure sensor may detect a second pressure downstream of the fuel nozzle. The transducer may be operable to detect a pressure difference between the first pressure sensor and the second pressure sensor.

Systems and methods for detecting a flame in a fuel nozzle of a gas turbine

A liquid-cooled camera assembly that includes a camera for viewing the combustion process in an industrial gas turbine that further includes a tri-concentric tube assembly, and a window cap positioned at a first end of the tri-concentric tube assembly. The camera may be positioned adjacent to and behind the window cap. The tri-concentric tube assembly may form channels between the tubes that direct the flow of coolant to the camera from an inlet and from the camera to an outlet. The coolant may be water. The window cap may be cylindrical and may not exceed 1 inch (2.54 cm) in diameter. The window cap may be brazed quartz.

Liquid-cooled combustion camera

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David Lee Williamson