ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,912, issued on March 25, was assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD. (Tokyo).
"Gas turbine control device and gas turbine control method" was invented by Naoya Tatsumi (Tokyo) and Takashi Nishiumi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas turbine includes a combustor that can combust fuel, which can be heated by a heater, by mixing the fuel with compressed air generated by a compressor. The compressor includes an inlet guide vane for adjusting an amount of intake air. When a deviation between the temperature of the fuel at an outlet section of the heater and a set temperature of the heater exceeds a threshold value, the gas t...