Patents by Inventor Ajoy Patra

Ajoy Patra has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230175695
    Abstract: A combustor for a turbomachine engine includes a combustion chamber, a liner forming a boundary of the combustion chamber, and multiple dilution holes through the liner to permit airflow into the combustion chamber. The dilution holes include converging dilution holes and diverging dilution holes, the converging dilution holes having a converging cross-sectional profile and the diverging dilution holes having a diverging cross-sectional profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Rimple Rangrej, Saket Singh, Pradeep Naik, Ajoy Patra
  • Patent number: 11649966
    Abstract: A turbine engine having a combustion section. The combustion section can have a combustor, at least one fuel cup, and at least one ignition tube. The combustor can include a combustor liner and a dome wall, which together at least partially define a combustion chamber. The at least one fuel cup can include a swirler and a fuel injector. The at least one ignition tube can include an outlet directly fluidly coupled to the combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ajoy Patra, Pradeep Naik, Perumallu Vukanti, Michael T. Bucaro, R Narasimha Chiranthan, Manampathy G. Giridharan, Michael A. Benjamin, Clayton S. Cooper
  • Publication number: 20230104395
    Abstract: A swirler assembly includes a primary swirler having a primary swirler connecting portion, a fuel nozzle connecting portion for connecting a fuel nozzle to the primary swirler, and a primary oxidizer flow passage that extends at least partially in the longitudinal direction, and a secondary swirler having a secondary swirler connecting member, where the primary swirler connecting portion and the secondary swirler connecting member engage to connect the primary swirler and the secondary swirler in the longitudinal direction, and to permit radial movement of the primary swirler with respect to the secondary swirler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Pradeep Naik, David A. Lind, Shai Birmaher, Ranganatha Narasimha Chiranthan, Ajoy Patra, Saket Singh
  • Publication number: 20220325891
    Abstract: A combustor for a gas turbine engine has an annular inner liner and an annular outer liner forming a combustion chamber therebetween. A dilution horn pair includes dilution horns that provide a flow of an oxidizer gas into the combustion chamber in a dilution zone. At least one of the dilution horns forming the dilution horn pair is arranged so as to provide a lateral flow component of the flow of oxidizer gas therethrough into the combustion chamber, the lateral flow component having a flow direction extending laterally across and non-orthogonal to an axial flow direction of combustion gases within the combustion chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Vishal Sanjay Kediya, Pradeep Naik, Ajoy Patra, Narasimhan S. Sahana
  • Publication number: 20220042683
    Abstract: A premixer assembly for a combustor includes: at least one ring of premixers, each premixer having a central axis, an annular peripheral wall surrounding a centerbody, and at least one swirler disposed between the centerbody and the peripheral wall, wherein the peripheral wall defines an inlet area of the premixer; and a lip extending forward along the central axis from the peripheral wall, the lip extending at an oblique angle to the axis of symmetry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: David A. Lind, Ajoy Patra, Ting-Yu Tu, Pradeep Naik, Gregory A. Boardman
  • Patent number: 11175046
    Abstract: A premixer assembly for a combustor includes: at least one ring of premixers, each premixer having a central axis, an annular peripheral wall surrounding a centerbody, and at least one swirler disposed between the centerbody and the peripheral wall, wherein the peripheral wall defines an inlet area of the premixer; and a lip extending forward along the central axis from the peripheral wall, the lip extending at an oblique angle to the axis of symmetry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: David A. Lind, Ajoy Patra, Ting-Yu Tu, Pradeep Naik, Gregory A. Boardman
  • Patent number: 10895384
    Abstract: A fuel injector assembly for a gas turbine engine is generally provided. The first fuel injector includes a first centerbody surrounding a first walled fuel injection circuit. A first fuel injection port is extended at least partially radially through the first centerbody in fluid communication with the first walled fuel injection circuit. The first centerbody defines a cooling circuit surrounding the first walled fuel injection circuit. The first centerbody defines a plurality of cooling openings at a downstream end of the first centerbody. The plurality of cooling openings is in fluid communication with the cooling circuit. The first centerbody defines an axially extended cooling outlet at the downstream end of the first centerbody.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Randall Charles Boehm, Gregory Allen Boardman, Ajoy Patra, David Albin Lind, Pradeep Naik, Ranjeet Kumar Mishra
  • Publication number: 20200355371
    Abstract: A premixer assembly for a combustor includes: at least one ring of premixers, each premixer having a central axis, an annular peripheral wall surrounding a centerbody, and at least one swirler disposed between the centerbody and the peripheral wall, wherein the peripheral wall defines an inlet area of the premixer; and a lip extending forward along the central axis from the peripheral wall, the lip extending at an oblique angle to the axis of symmetry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: David A. Lind, Ajoy Patra, Ting-Yu Tu, Pradeep Naik, Gregory A. Boardman
  • Publication number: 20200173662
    Abstract: A fuel injector assembly for a gas turbine engine is generally provided. The first fuel injector includes a first centerbody surrounding a first walled fuel injection circuit. A first fuel injection port is extended at least partially radially through the first centerbody in fluid communication with the first walled fuel injection circuit. The first centerbody defines a cooling circuit surrounding the first walled fuel injection circuit. The first centerbody defines a plurality of cooling openings at a downstream end of the first centerbody. The plurality of cooling openings is in fluid communication with the cooling circuit. The first centerbody defines an axially extended cooling outlet at the downstream end of the first centerbody.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Randall Charles Boehm, Gregory Allen Boardman, Ajoy Patra, David Albin Lind, Pradeep Naik, Ranjeet Kumar Mishra
  • Patent number: 10598380
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a combustion section for a gas turbine engine including a combustor assembly, an outer casing, a fuel injector assembly, and an inner casing. An inner liner and an outer liner are each extended at least partially along a lengthwise direction and at an acute angle. A dome assembly is extended between the inner liner and the outer liner, and the inner liner, and the outer liner together define a combustion chamber therebetween. A bulkhead assembly defining a plurality of walls is coupled to the inner liner and generally surrounding the outer liner and dome assembly. The outer casing surrounds the combustor assembly. The inner casing, the outer casing, and the combustor assembly together define a primary flowpath. An oxidizer flows through the primary flowpath in serial flow through the plenum and the fuel injector assembly into the combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: David Albin Lind, Rishikesh Karande, Pradeep Naik, Ajoy Patra, Gregory Allen Boardman
  • Publication number: 20190086085
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a combustion section for a gas turbine engine. The combustion section includes a combustor assembly, an outer casing, a fuel injector assembly, and an inner casing. The combustor assembly includes an inner liner and an outer liner each extended at least partially along a lengthwise direction and at an acute angle relative to the longitudinal centerline. The combustor assembly further includes a dome assembly extended between the inner liner and the outer liner. The dome assembly, the inner liner, and the outer liner together define a combustion chamber therebetween. The combustor assembly still further includes a bulkhead assembly defining a plurality of walls coupled to the inner liner and generally surrounding the outer liner and dome assembly. At least a portion of the bulkhead assembly is extended at least partially along a forward direction and defines a plenum between the bulkhead assembly and the dome assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: David Albin Lind, Rishikesh Karande, Pradeep Naik, Ajoy Patra, Gregory Allen Boardman
  • Patent number: 9657242
    Abstract: The present application provides a gasifier for creating a flow of a syngas. The gasifier may include a reaction chamber and a quench chamber. The quench chamber may include a number of integrated scrubber trays therein such that the syngas first enters a quench pool via a dip tube and then passes through the scrubber trays before leaving the quench chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Paromita Bhattacharya, Atul Vij, Ajoy Patra, Rajeshwar Sripada
  • Publication number: 20160194570
    Abstract: The present application provides a gasifier for creating a flow of a syngas. The gasifier may include a reaction chamber and a quench chamber. The quench chamber may include a number of integrated scrubber trays therein such that the syngas first enters a quench pool via a dip tube and then passes through the scrubber trays before leaving the quench chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: PAROMITA BHATTACHARYA, ATUL VIJ, AJOY PATRA, RAJESHWAR SRIPADA
  • Publication number: 20120171054
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, a system includes a fluidization elbow. The fluidization elbow includes an elbow inlet, an elbow outlet downstream from the elbow inlet, and an elbow body disposed between the elbow inlet and the elbow outlet, wherein the elbow body turns and converges from the elbow inlet toward the elbow outlet. The fluidization elbow also includes multiple gas nozzles coupled to the elbow body, wherein the multiple gas nozzles include injection axes that generally converge toward the elbow outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Steven Craig Russell, James Michael Storey, Ajoy Patra, Xinyuan Zhang