Patents by Inventor Christopher Daniel Curl

Christopher Daniel Curl 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).

  • Patent number: 10088157
    Abstract: A gas outlet monitoring system for a boiler system includes a gas probe(s) with a plurality of gas sensing locations wherein each location measures a plurality of parameters of the gas flow, such a oxygen concentration and temperature. The multi-sensor probe includes a tubular lance and a plurality of sensor pods spaced along the lance. Each sensor pod has an oxygen sensor disposed in a first port, and a first temperature sensor disposed in a second port. An enclosure is disposed at one end of the tubular lance. The enclosure has a respective pressure sensor for each oxygen sensor port. A plurality of first tubes passes through the lance between the enclosure and the first port of a respective sensor pod to provide a gas to the respective first port for the purpose of providing cleaning air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: James P. Sutton, Rebecca Lynn Tobiasz, David J. Matteson, Allan Gunn Ferry, Robert Federick Murphy, Christopher Daniel Curl
  • Publication number: 20160245516
    Abstract: A gas outlet monitoring system for a boiler system includes a gas probe(s) with a plurality of gas sensing locations wherein each location measures a plurality of parameters of the gas flow, such a oxygen concentration and temperature. The multi-sensor probe includes a tubular lance and a plurality of sensor pods spaced along the lance. Each sensor pod has an oxygen sensor disposed in a first port, and a first temperature sensor disposed in a second port. An enclosure is disposed at one end of the tubular lance. The enclosure has a respective pressure sensor for each oxygen sensor port. A plurality of first tubes passes through the lance between the enclosure and the first port of a respective sensor pod to provide a gas to the respective first port for the purpose of providing cleaning air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: James P. SUTTON, Rebecca Lynn TOBIASZ, David J. MATTESON, Allan Gunn FERRY, Robert Federick MURPHY, Christopher Daniel CURL
  • Patent number: 8813967
    Abstract: A classifier [100] is disclosed that employs adjustable vanes [140] that may be interactively adjusted to change the distribution of fuel particle sizes that are passed on to a furnace. The classifier employs a frame [133] having a plurality of windows [131] each having an adjustable vane [140]. A control ring [160] is rotated with respect to the frame [133] to simultaneously move links [150] connected between the control ring [160] and the vanes [140]. This causes the vanes [140] to open or close, changing the air flow path and changing the size distribution of particles passing through the classifier [100] to the furnace. The system may include an adjustment system [260] that can automatically sense particle size to optimize several physical parameters related to particle size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: ALSTOM Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Robert Plant, Mike Godwin, Christopher Daniel Curl
  • Publication number: 20130292304
    Abstract: A classifier [100] is disclosed that employs adjustable vanes [140] that may be interactively adjusted to change the distribution of fuel particle sizes that are passed on to a furnace. The classifier employs a frame [133] having a plurality of windows [131] each having an adjustable vane [140]. A control ring [160] is rotated with respect to the frame to simultaneously move links [150] connected between the control ring [160] and the vanes [140]. This causes the vanes [140] to open or close, changing the air flow path and changing the size distribution of particles passing through the classifier [100] to the furnace. The system may include an adjustment system [260] that can automatically sense particle size to optimize several physical parameters related to particle size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Robert Plant, Mike Godwin, Christopher Daniel Curl