Patents by Inventor Alston Liford Scipio

Alston Liford Scipio 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).

  • LOAD RAMP AND START-UP SYSTEM FOR COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANT AND METHOD OF OPERATION
    Publication number: 20140150447
    Abstract: The disclosure includes a load ramp system for a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) of a combined cycle power plant and a method of increasing the rate of the load ramp process of a gas turbine system of the combined cycle power plant. In one embodiment, the load ramp system for the HRSG of the combined cycle power plant includes a conduit in fluid communication with a supercharger positioned upstream of a compressor of a gas turbine system in the combined cycle power plant. The conduit of the load ramp system is configured to direct a portion of supercharged air for use in cooling the HRSG during a load ramp process of the gas turbine system in the combined cycle power plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Sanji Ekanayake, Julio Enrique Mestroni, Alston Liford Scipio, Gordon Raymond Smith