Patents by Inventor David Paul Wolf

David Paul Wolf 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).

  • Gas turbine cooling systems and methods of assembly
    Patent number: 7685827
    Abstract: A method for operating a gas turbine engine, including a first compressor, a second compressor, and a turbine, coupled together in serial flow arrangement. The method includes channeling compressed airflow discharged from the first compressor through an intercooler having a cooling medium flowing therethrough, operating the intercooler such that condensate is formed in the intercooler from the compressed airflow, and channeling the condensate to an inlet of the first or second compressor to facilitate reducing an operating temperature of the gas turbine engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Michael Joseph Reale, Narendra Digamber Joshi, David Paul Wolf
  • Methods and apparatus for operating gas turbine engines
    Patent number: 7487642
    Abstract: A method for operating a gas turbine engine including a compressor, a combustor, and a turbine, coupled together in serial flow arrangement, and a fuel heating system including a heat exchanger and an economizer. The method includes channeling fuel through the heat exchanger, channeling a working fluid through the heat exchanger to facilitate regulating the operating temperature of the fuel and the operating temperature of the working fluid, and channeling the fuel and the working fluid into the gas turbine engine combustor to facilitate increasing a fuel efficiency of the gas turbine engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: General Electric Comapny
    Inventors: Narendra Digamber Joshi, David Paul Wolf
  • Method and apparatus for operating an intercooler for a gas turbine engine
    Patent number: 7284377
    Abstract: A method for operating a gas turbine engine includes channeling compressed airflow discharged from a first compressor through an intercooler having a cooling medium flowing therethrough, channeling a working fluid through the intercooler to facilitate increasing an operating temperature of the working fluid, and channeling the discharged working fluid to a combustor to facilitate increasing an operating efficiency of the gas turbine engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Narendra Digamber Joshi, Timothy James Held, David Paul Wolf, Michael Joseph Reale
  • Methods and apparatus for operating gas turbine engines
    Patent number: 7272933
    Abstract: A method for operating a gas turbine engine, including a first compressor, a second compressor, and a turbine, coupled together in serial flow arrangement. The method includes channeling compressed airflow discharged from the first compressor through an intercooler having a cooling medium flowing therethrough, operating the intercooler such that condensate is formed in the intercooler from the compressed airflow, and channeling the condensate to an inlet of the first or second compressor to facilitate reducing an operating temperature of the gas turbine engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Michael Joseph Reale, Narendra Digamber Joshi, David Paul Wolf