Patents by Inventor David Clayton Poole

David Clayton Poole 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: 10415432
    Abstract: A power plant includes a gas turbine including a turbine extraction port that is in fluid communication with a hot gas path of the turbine and an exhaust duct that receives exhaust gas from the turbine outlet. The power plant further includes a first gas cooler having a primary inlet fluidly coupled to the turbine extraction port, a secondary inlet fluidly coupled to a coolant supply system and an outlet in fluid communication with the exhaust duct. The first gas cooler provides a cooled combustion gas to the exhaust duct which mixes with the exhaust gas to provide an exhaust gas mixture to a heat exchanger downstream from the exhaust duct. The power plant further includes a fuel heater in fluid communication with the outlet of the first gas cooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Alston Ilford Scipio, Sanji Ekanayake, Joseph Philip Klosinski, Paul Robert Fernandez, David Clayton Poole
  • Publication number: 20170342900
    Abstract: A system includes a controller configured to control a heated flow discharged from an outlet of an eductor to an inlet control system to control a temperature of an intake flow through a compressor inlet of a compressor of a gas turbine system. The controller is configured to control a turbine extraction gas (TEG) flow to a suction inlet of the eductor. The controller is configured to control a motive flow to a motive inlet of the eductor. The TEG flow is extracted through a turbine casing. The heated flow includes the TEG flow and the motive flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Alston Ilford Scipio, Jason Brian Schaffer, Joseph Philip Klosinski, David Clayton Poole, George Vargese Mathai
  • Publication number: 20170167307
    Abstract: A power plant includes a gas turbine including a turbine extraction port that is in fluid communication with a hot gas path of the turbine and an exhaust duct that receives exhaust gas from the turbine outlet. The power plant further includes a first gas cooler having a primary inlet fluidly coupled to the turbine extraction port, a secondary inlet fluidly coupled to a coolant supply system and an outlet in fluid communication with the exhaust duct. The first gas cooler provides a cooled combustion gas to the exhaust duct which mixes with the exhaust gas to provide an exhaust gas mixture to a heat exchanger downstream from the exhaust duct. The power plant further includes a fuel heater in fluid communication with the outlet of the first gas cooler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Alston Ilford Scipio, Sanji Ekanayake, Joseph Philip Klosinski, Paul Robert Fernandez, David Clayton Poole
  • Publication number: 20130199576
    Abstract: A system to clear a liquid fuel supply line in a turbomachine includes a valve configured to control a flow of cleanser into the liquid fuel supply line. The system also includes a controller configured to control the valve to allow the flow of cleanser when liquid fuel is not being supplied to a combustion can of the turbomachine through the liquid fuel supply line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: David Clayton Poole, Alston Ilford Scipio