ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,415, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JULICH GMBH (Germany).

"Operation of a gas turbine at a high temperature and gas turbine assembly" was invented by Robert VaBen (Herzogenrath, Germany), Daniel Emil Mack (Cologne, Germany), Martin Tandler (Viersen, Germany) and Olivier Guillon (Julich, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a method for operating a gas turbine at a high temperature and to a gas turbine assembly. In the method, a gas turbine having a structural material and a thermal barrier layer disposed on the structural material is cooled down in a decelerated manner after operatio...