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Frank Thomas
Also filed as: THOMAS FRANK · THOMAS FRANK A
26 granted patents·8 pending applications·131 citations·filing 1975–2019
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34 records- 0182US4001198AMethod of recovering nutrients from cheese whey and purifying the effluentTHOMAS FRANK A·Filed 1975·Granted Jan 4, 1977·39 cites·21 claims
- 0279US10100680B2Combined cycle gas turbine plant comprising a waste heat steam generator and fuel preheating stepSIEMENS AG·Filed 2014·Granted Oct 16, 2018·2 cites·5 claims
- 0378US8959915B2Waste heat steam generatorBRÜCKNER JAN·Filed 2011·Granted Feb 24, 2015·3 cites·4 claims
- 0477US9593844B2Method for operating a waste heat steam generatorBRÜCKNER JAN·Filed 2009·Granted Mar 14, 2017·4 cites·12 claims
- 0570US9568216B2Method for operating a directly heated, solar-thermal steam generatorBIRNBAUM JÜRGEN·Filed 2012·Granted Feb 14, 2017·2 cites·8 claims
- 0669US9518481B2Method for operating a recirculating waste heat steam generatorBRUCKNER JAN·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 13, 2016·2 cites·17 claims
- 0769US5103179AWater analyzer with multiple electrodesIND CHEMICAL MEASUREMENT INC·Filed 1990·Granted Apr 7, 1992·43 cites·13 claims
- 0868US9222373B2Method for operating a combined gas and steam turbine system, gas and steam turbine system for carrying out said method, and corresponding control deviceBRÜCKNER JAN·Filed 2011·Granted Dec 29, 2015·2 cites·14 claims
- 0967US10948178B2Method for operating a waste heat steam generatorSIEMENS AG·Filed 2016·Granted Mar 16, 2021·1 cites·3 claims
- 1067US7624708B2Process for operating a continuous steam generatorSIEMENS AG·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 1, 2009·5 cites·8 claims
- 1166US11530812B2Feedwater control for a forced-flow waste-heat steam generatorSIEMENS ENERGY GLOBAL GMBH & CO KG·Filed 2019·Granted Dec 20, 2022·0 cites·13 claims
- 1263US9291345B2Method for operating a continuous flow steam generatorBRÜCKNER JAN·Filed 2009·Granted Mar 22, 2016·3 cites·16 claims
- 1358US10731525B2Method for flexible operation of a power plantSIEMENS AG·Filed 2014·Granted Aug 4, 2020·0 cites·5 claims
- 1457US8701602B2Waste heat steam generatorBRÜCKNER JAN·Filed 2009·Granted Apr 22, 2014·1 cites·8 claims
- 1557US4400315AMethod of removing phosphate materials from deproteinized cheese wheyTHOMAS FRANK A·Filed 1983·Granted Aug 23, 1983·17 cites·5 claims
- 1656US9482427B2Method for operating a once-through steam generator and forced-flow steam generatorBRÜCKNER JAN·Filed 2008·Granted Nov 1, 2016·1 cites·9 claims
- 1755US2016208657A1Operating method for starting a once-through steam generator heated using solar thermal energySIEMENS AG·Filed 2014·Application pending·0 cites
- 1854US9574766B2Once-through steam generatorSIEMENS AG·Filed 2014·Granted Feb 21, 2017·0 cites·10 claims
- 1954US2016208656A1Operating method for an externally heated forced-flow steam generatorSIEMENS AG·Filed 2014·Application pending·0 cites
- 2053US10101021B2Control method for operating a heat recovery steam generatorSIEMENS AG·Filed 2015·Granted Oct 16, 2018·0 cites·3 claims
- 2151US9080465B2Method for controlling a short-term increase in power of a steam turbineEFFERT MARTIN·Filed 2011·Granted Jul 14, 2015·0 cites·5 claims
- 2251US7516719B2Continuous steam generatorSIEMENS AG·Filed 2004·Granted Apr 14, 2009·6 cites·15 claims
- 2350US9506376B2Fossil-fired steam generatorEFFERT MARTIN·Filed 2011·Granted Nov 29, 2016·0 cites·8 claims
- 2449US10487696B2Method for the flexible operation of a power plantSIEMENS AG·Filed 2013·Granted Nov 26, 2019·0 cites·8 claims
- 2548US9080467B2Method for regulating a brief increase in power of a steam turbineBRÜCKNER JAN·Filed 2012·Granted Jul 14, 2015·0 cites·6 claims
- 2648US2011162592A1Continuous steam generatorEFFERT MARTIN·Filed 2009·Application pending·0 cites
- 2748US2013319403A1Method for operating a solar-thermal parabolic trough power plantBRUECKNER JAN·Filed 2012·Application pending·0 cites
- 2845US2015083111A1Method and apparatus for operating a solar thermal power plantSIEMENS AG·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 2943US11118781B2Vertical heat recovery steam generatorSIEMENS AG·Filed 2016·Granted Sep 14, 2021·0 cites·5 claims
- 3043US9810101B2Method for starting a continuous steam generatorKRAL RUDOLF·Filed 2009·Granted Nov 7, 2017·0 cites·15 claims
- 3143US2018237712A1Composition for Minimum Quantity Lubrication, and Use of SameFUCHS PETROLUB SE·Filed 2016·Application pending·0 cites
- 3235US2013167504A1Method for regulating a short-term power increase of a steam turbineBRUECKNER JAN·Filed 2011·Application pending·0 cites
- 3333US11255224B2Method for the short-term adjustment of the output of a combined-cycle power plant steam turbine, for primary frequency controlSIEMENS ENERGY GLOBAL GMBH & CO KG·Filed 2017·Granted Feb 22, 2022·0 cites·5 claims
- 3430US2012255300A1Solar thermal power plant and method for operating a solar thermal power plantBIRNBAUM JUERGEN·Filed 2010·Application pending·0 cites
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