ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,448, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD. (Tokyo).
"Method for starting gas turbine" was invented by Kentaro Suzuki (Tokyo), Daiki Yaguchi (Tokyo) and Hidetaka Okui (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Based on a state of the gas turbine, either a normal start mode or a hot start mode is selected as a start mode. When startup control is started based on the start mode, the rotational speed of the gas turbine gradually increases. In a low rotational speed region, an opening degree of the inlet guide vane provided by a compressor is maintained at a first opening degree and a bleed valve is maintained at ...