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Simone Bei

Antonio Asti

Daniele Marcucci

Michele D'Ercole

Giovanni Tonno

Roberto Merlo

Mariateresa Paci

Jesse Floyd Stewart

Gianni Bagni

Andrea Casoni

Marco Lazzeri

Filippo Viti

Maciej Hofman

Daniele Benericetti

Guiseppe D'Alessandro

Massimo Betti

Francesco Maria Orgero

Giuseppe D'alessandro

A sump pressurization system comprising an off-board source of pressurized air is provided to supplement pressurized air to a bearing sump arrangement when the operating conditions of the gas turbine engine are such that the on-board pressurized air source, e.g. the compressor of the gas generator, are such that the air pressure generated thereby is insufficient to pressurize a sump pressurization cavity. A gas turbine engine comprising such a sump pressurization system is also provided, as is a corresponding method for operating a gas turbine engine to facilitate reducing leakage of lubrication oil.

Methods and systems for preventing lube oil leakage in gas turbines

Methods and devices for performing a low torque low speed test to determine whether a rotor of a turbomachinery is free to rotate are provided. A method includes automatically applying a torque to the rotor, the torque gradually increasing up to a predetermined torque value. The method further includes monitoring the speed of the rotor while the torque is gradually increased. The method also includes outputting an indication that the rotor is free to rotate after the speed of the rotor becomes positive, or outputting an indication that the rotor is locked when the speed of the rotor remains zero and the applied torque has reached the predetermined torque value.

Methods and devices for low speed low torque testing of a rotor in a turbomachinery

A method and apparatus are described for controlling the combustion in a gas turbine. The method includes measuring, with one or two calorimeters, the temperature, calorific value and relative density of a gaseous fuel in order to determine the Wobbe index, comparing the Wobbe index value measured with a predefined Wobbe index value for the gaseous fuel and regulating the temperature of the gaseous fuel with at least one heat exchanger in order to reach the predefined Wobbe index value. The method may also include using a second gaseous fuel, having a different Wobbe index from the gaseous fuel, or a fuel obtained by mixing the gaseous fuel and the second gaseous fuel, according to arbitrary proportions and variable with time.

Method and apparatus for controlling the combustion in a gas turbine

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