US Patent Issued to Doosan Enerbility on Aug. 25 for "Systems and methods for surge margin testing of gas turbine engine using an undersized load component" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,815, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Doosan Enerbility Co. Ltd. (Changwon-si, South Korea).

"Systems and methods for surge margin testing of gas turbine engine using an undersized load component" was invented by Alexander Bograd (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to off-grid testing of a gas turbine engine using an undersized load compressor as part of the testing apparatus. By lowering the pressure experienced by the gas turbine engine at its intake and/or exhaust, validation testing can be performed at the gas turbine's maximum combustion temperature and/or maximum cycle press...