1. A universal meta model for creating tools for other meta models, the universal meta model implemented on a computer readable medium or in computer memory and comprising:
a. means for representing a plurality of classes of objects;
b. means for representing a plurality of default class behavior categories;
c. means for representing a plurality of data members of classes of objects;
d. means for representing a plurality of default member behavior categories;
e. means for representing a plurality of varied and unanticipated composite relationships between classes of objects;
f. means for representing a plurality of relationships between objects;
g. means responsive to at least one of a\u2013f for representing edit-time data formations and validation constraints thereon;
h. means for receiving a plurality of edit commands; and
i. means for interpreting said edit commands, identifying valid edit commands, and executing said valid edit commands to alter said data formations in conformance with the validation constraints of said universal meta model.
2. A universal meta model as in claim 1 comprising means for representing a plurality of optional additional class behaviors for a plurality of class behavior categories.
3. A universal meta model as in claim 1 comprising means for representing a plurality of optional additional member behaviors for a plurality of member behavior categories.
4. A universal meta model as in claim 1 comprising means for representing a plurality of links between relationships between classes of objects.
5. A universal meta model as in claim 4 comprising means for representing a plurality of composite relationships composed of a plurality of links between a plurality of relationships between classes of objects.
6. A universal meta model as in claim 4 comprising means for representing direction of relation links.
7. A universal meta model as in claim 1 comprising means for representing a plurality of default relationship behavior categories.
8. A universal data editor component comprising
a. a universal meta model as in claim 1;
b. means for storing data instantiations of said universal meta model classes;
c. means for storing data instantiations of said universal meta model members;
d. means for storing data instantiations of said universal meta model relations; and
e. means for storing data instantiations of said universal meta model relation links.
9. A universal data editor component as in claim 8 comprising
a. means for storing data instantiations of said universal meta model tree views; and
b. means for storing data instantiations of said universal meta model tree levels.
10. A universal data editor component as in claim 8 comprising
a. means for storing data instantiations of said universal meta model elements representing instantiations of classes represented by said universal meta model classes; and
b. means for storing data instantiations of said universal meta model values representing instantiations of said universal meta model members.
11. A viewer and controller for universal data editor component comprising
a. a universal data editor component as in claim 8;
b. means for displaying a graphical representation of data;
c. means for displaying textual representation of data; and
d. means for displaying tabular representation of data.
12. A viewer and controller for universal data editor component as in claim 11 comprising
a means for displaying a graphical representation of data formations;
b. means for displaying textual representation of data formations; and
c. means for displaying tabular representation of data formation.
13. A universal meta model for creating tools for other meta models, the universal meta model implemented on a computer readable medium or in computer memory, and comprising:
a means for representing a plurality of classes of objects;
b. means for representing a plurality of default class behavior categories;
c. means for representing a plurality of data members of classes of objects;
d. means for representing a plurality of default member behavior categories;
e. means for representing a plurality of virtual recursive relationships between classes of objects;
f. means for representing virtual recursive relationships between objects;
g. means responsive to at least one of a\u2013f for representing edit-time data formations and virtual recursive validation constraints thereon;
h. means for receiving a plurality of edit commands; and
i. means for interpreting said edit commands, identifying valid edit commands, and executing said valid edit commands to alter said data formations in conformance with said virtual recursive constraints of said universal meta model.
14. Previously presented) A universal meta model for creating tools for other meta models, the universal meta model implemented on a computer readable medium or in computer memory, and comprising:
a. means for representing a plurality of classes of objects;
b. means for representing a plurality of default class behavior categories;
c. means for representing a plurality of data members of classes of objects;
d. means for representing a plurality of default member behavior categories;
e. means for representing a plurality of varied and unanticipated distant virtual recursive relationships between classes of objects;
f. means for representing distant virtual recursive relationships between objects;
g. means responsive to at least one of a\u2013f for representing edit-time data formations and distant virtual recursive validation constraints thereon;
h. means for receiving a plurality of edit commands; and
i. means for interpreting said edit commands, identifying valid edit commands, and executing said valid edit commands to alter said data formations in conformance with said distant virtual recursive constraints of said universal meta model.
15. The universal meta model as recited in claim 14, further comprising
a. means for receiving a representation of a CanDrop edit request comprising a drag source representative of a first object and a drop target representative of a second object
b. means for determining validity of said CanDrop edit request by interpreting i) a meta model; ii) a plurality of instantiations of meta model data including composite relationships; and iii) a plurality of instantiated edit time data;
c. means for executing valid edit commands to alter said data formations in conformance with constraints of said meta model; and
d. means for returning a signal in response to invalid edit commands indicative of basis for such invalidity such that editing, testing, and execution environments can be created for independently-conceived meta models.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A compressor comprising:
a rotor having a plurality of stages, each of the plurality of stages including a set of radially extending rotor wheels;
a working fluid supply path for providing working fluid to each of the plurality of stages for compression by each set of radially extending rotor wheels;
a purge circuit for diverting a first portion of the working fluid from an upstream portion of the working fluid supply path to at least one downstream stage of the plurality of stages; and
a substantially axial bypass path bypassing the at least one downstream stage, the substantially axial bypass path for diverting a second portion of the working fluid around the at least one downstream stage.
2. The compressor of claim 1, wherein the substantially axial bypass path extends along a radial outer dimension of the plurality of stages.
3. The compressor of claim 1, wherein the portion of the working fluid supply path is an eleventh stage of the compressor, and wherein the at least one downstream stage includes a twelfth, a thirteenth and a fourteenth stage of the compressor.
4. The compressor of claim 1, wherein the axial bypass path is fluidly connected with the purge circuit.
5. The compressor of claim 4, wherein the axial bypass path diverts the second portion of the working fluid from a location upstream of the purge circuit to a location downstream of the at least one downstream stage.
6. The compressor of claim 5, wherein the second portion of the working fluid is joined with the first portion of the working fluid in the axial bypass path to form a bucket supply fluid.
7. The compressor of claim 6, wherein the axial bypass path is fluidly connected with an outlet of the compressor.
8. A gas turbine system comprising:
a turbine; and
a compressor fluidly connected to the turbine, the compressor including:
a rotor having a plurality of stages, each of the plurality of stages including a set of radially extending rotor wheels;
a working fluid supply path for providing working fluid to each of the plurality of stages for compression by each set of radially extending rotor wheels;
a purge circuit for diverting a first portion of the working fluid from an upstream portion of the working fluid supply path to at least one downstream stage of the plurality of stages; and
a substantially axial bypass path bypassing the at least one downstream stage, the substantially axial bypass path for diverting a second portion of the working fluid around the at least one downstream stage.
9. The gas turbine system of claim 8, wherein the substantially axial bypass path extends along a radial outer dimension of the plurality of stages.
10. The gas turbine system of claim 8, wherein the upstream portion of the working fluid supply path is an eleventh stage of the compressor, and wherein the at least one downstream stage includes a twelfth, a thirteenth and a fourteenth stage of the compressor.
11. The gas turbine system of claim 8, wherein the axial bypass path is fluidly connected with the purge circuit.
12. The gas turbine system of claim 11, wherein the axial bypass path diverts the second portion of the working fluid from a location upstream of the purge circuit to a location downstream of the at least one downstream stage.
13. The gas turbine system of claim 12, wherein the second portion of the working fluid is joined with the first portion of the working fluid in the axial bypass path to form a bucket supply fluid for use by the turbine.
14. The gas turbine system of claim 13, wherein the axial bypass path is fluidly connected with an outlet of the compressor, the outlet of the compressor fluidly connected with an inlet of the turbine.
15. The gas turbine system of claim 8, further comprising a generator connected with the turbine.
16. A method of cooling a compressor, the method comprising:
providing working fluid to each of a plurality of stages in the compressor from a working fluid supply path;
diverting a first portion of the working fluid from an upstream portion of the working fluid supply path to at least one downstream stage of the plurality of stages; and
diverting a second portion of the working fluid around the at least one downstream stage.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein the second portion of the working fluid is diverted along a radial outer dimension of the plurality of stages.
18. The method of claim 16, further comprising mixing the first portion and the second portion after the diverting of each of the first portion and the second portion.
19. The method of claim 18, wherein the mixing is performed in an axial bypass path to form a bucket supply fluid for use by the turbine.