Gas turbine engine heaters
AssigneeHotStart, Inc.
InventorsBenjamin J. Boyce, Michael T. Abbott
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Abstract
An engine heater system for supplying compressed air to an air brake of a vehicle. The engine heater system including a gas turbine. A compressor fluidly coupled to an air reservoir of the vehicle. The air reservoir fluidly coupled to an air brake of the vehicle. A shaft rotatably attached between the gas turbine and the compressor, and when the gas turbine rotates the shaft, the compressor provides compressed air to the air reservoir of the vehicle for operating the air brake of the vehicle.
Claims20
An engine heater system for supplying compressed air to an air brake of a vehicle, the engine heater system comprising:
- a gas turbine having an intake side opposite an exhaust side;
- a combustor disposed proximate to the intake side of the gas turbine, the combustor being configured to provide heated air to the gas turbine;
- a compressor having an inlet side opposite an outlet side, the outlet side being disposed proximate to the combustor and fluidly coupled to an air reservoir of the vehicle, the air reservoir being fluidly coupled to the air brake of the vehicle;
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- a shaft operably coupled between the gas turbine and the compressor,
- wherein during rotation of the shaft via the gas turbine, the shaft rotates the compressor, thereby increasing pressure at the outlet side of the compressor and supplying compressed air to the air reservoir of the vehicle for operating the air brake of the vehicle.
An engine heater system for supplying compressed air to an air brake of a vehicle, the engine heater system comprising:
- a combustor;
- a gas turbine;
- a compressor disposed proximate to the gas turbine and fluidly coupled to an air reservoir of the vehicle, the air reservoir being fluidly coupled to the air brake of the vehicle;
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- a shaft rotatably attached to the gas turbine and the compressor, wherein during operation of the gas turbine, the shaft rotates the compressor to supply compressed air to the air reservoir of the vehicle for operating the air brake of the vehicle.
An engine heater system for supplying compressed air to an air brake of a vehicle, the engine heater system comprising:
- a gas turbine;
- a combustor disposed proximate to the gas turbine, the combustor being configured to provide heated air to the gas turbine;
- a compressor disposed proximate to the combustor and fluidly coupled to an air reservoir of the vehicle, the air reservoir being fluidly coupled to the air brake of the vehicle;
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- a shaft operably coupled between the gas turbine and the compressor,
- wherein during rotation of the shaft via the gas turbine, the shaft rotates the compressor, thereby supplying compressed air to the air reservoir of the vehicle for operating the air brake of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.