US Patent Issued to Nuovo Pignone Tecnologie-SRL on March 17 for "Gas turbines in mechanical drive applications and operating methods thereof" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,905, issued on March 17, was assigned to Nuovo Pignone Tecnologie-SRL (Florence, Italy).

"Gas turbines in mechanical drive applications and operating methods thereof" was invented by Marco Santini (Florence, Italy) and Marco Scarponi (Florence, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive system for driving a load, such as a pump, a compressor or the like, is disclosed. The drive system comprises two clutches operable so that it is possible to exclude the load, so as to maximize the power transferred to the electric powered grid, when a peak of energy is required. Also disclosed is a method for operating a drive system for driving a...