Patents by Inventor Anthony Bruce Campbell

Anthony Bruce Campbell 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).

  • Modeling and control of gas cycle power plant operation with variant control profile
    Patent number: 11525375
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method for operating a combined cycle power plant (CCPP). The method may include creating a variant control profile for the CCPP for a power plant model of the CCPP. The method may include modifying the variant control profile in response to the variant control profile not reducing the fuel consumption or meeting the quality threshold. The method may also include adjusting the CCPP to use the variant control profile in response to the variant control profile reducing the fuel consumption and meeting the quality threshold. Using the variant control profile adjusts a turbine section inlet temperature schedule or an exhaust temperature schedule for the CCPP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Nilesh Tralshawala, David Spencer Ewens, Difei Wang, Karthik Subramanyan, Anthony Bruce Campbell
  • MODELING AND CONTROL OF GAS CYCLE POWER PLANT OPERATION BY VARYING SPLIT LOAD FOR MULTIPLE GAS TURBINES
    Publication number: 20210317782
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method for operating a combined cycle power plant (CCPP). The method may include generating a power plant model for operating the CCPP, determining whether at least two gas turbines in the power plant model generate a power output, and modeling a fuel consumption of the CCPP for a baseline split ratio between the at least two gas turbines. The method may also include determining whether the variant split ratio meets a quality threshold for the CCPP, and adjusting the CCPP to use the variant split ratio in response to the variant split ratio meeting the quality threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Nilesh Tralshawala, Difei Wang, David Spencer Ewens, Karthik Subramanyan, Aditya Kumar, Junqiang Zhou, Anthony Bruce Campbell
  • MODELING AND CONTROL OF GAS CYCLE POWER PLANT OPERATION WITH VARIANT CONTROL PROFILE
    Publication number: 20210317759
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method for operating a combined cycle power plant (CCPP). The method may include creating a variant control profile for the CCPP for a power plant model of the CCPP. The method may include modifying the variant control profile in response to the variant control profile not reducing the fuel consumption or meeting the quality threshold. The method may also include adjusting the CCPP to use the variant control profile in response to the variant control profile reducing the fuel consumption and meeting the quality threshold. Using the variant control profile adjusts a turbine section inlet temperature schedule or an exhaust temperature schedule for the CCPP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Nilesh Tralshawala, David Spencer Ewens, Difei Wang, Karthik Subramanyan, Anthony Bruce Campbell
  • Methods and apparatus for controlled solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC)/turbine hybrid power generation
    Patent number: 7456517
    Abstract: A method for operating a pressurized solid oxide fuel cell/turbine (SOFC/turbine) hybrid power generation system in which the hybrid power generation system includes an SOFC generator and a turbine generator includes controlling airflow to the SOFC/turbine hybrid power generation system in accordance with power demand and utilizing electrical current drawn from the SOFC generator to regulate SOFC generator temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Anthony Bruce Campbell, Craig Steven Smugeresky