Patents by Inventor Howard Brilliant

Howard Brilliant 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).

  • Systems and methods for cooling high pressure and intermediate pressure sections of a steam turbine
    Patent number: 8888436
    Abstract: The present application provides a section cooling system for a steam turbine to limit a leakage flow therethrough. The section cooling system may include a first pressure flow extraction from a first section to a shaft packing location between the first section and a second section and a rotor aperture extending towards the first section. The first pressure flow extraction diverts the leakage flow from the first section into the rotor aperture so as to limit the leakage flow to the second section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Santhosh Donkada, Howard Brilliant, Vishwas Kumar Pandey, Debabrata Mukhopadhyay
  • Method and apparatus for double flow turbine first stage cooling
    Patent number: 8414252
    Abstract: A cooling path is defined through a double-flow steam turbine. The steam turbine includes a generator end and a turbine end and a double-flow tub diaphragm disposed axially between the generator end and the turbine end. A first stage of the steam turbine includes a plurality of first stage nozzles and a plurality of first stage buckets, and a steam path is defined from an inlet region, through the turbine end, to a steam outlet. The cooling path includes cooling holes in the tub diaphragm and root radial seals permitting steam flow beneath the tub diaphragm and around the first stage nozzles and back into the steam path before the first stage buckets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Flor Del Carmen Rivas, Howard Brilliant, Kenneth Michael Koza, Vishwas Kumar Pandey
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COOLING HIGH PRESSURE AND INTERMEDIATE PRESSURE SECTIONS OF A STEAM TURBINE
    Publication number: 20120328409
    Abstract: The present application provides a section cooling system for a steam turbine to limit a leakage flow therethrough. The section cooling system may include a first pressure flow extraction from a first section to a shaft packing location between the first section and a second section and a rotor aperture extending towards the first section. The first pressure flow extraction diverts the leakage flow from the first section into the rotor aperture so as to limit the leakage flow to the second section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Santhosh Donkada, Howard Brilliant, Vishwas Kumar Pandey, Debabrata Mukhopadhyay
  • Method and Apparatus for Double Flow Turbine First Stage Cooling
    Publication number: 20110164957
    Abstract: A cooling path is defined through a double-flow steam turbine. The steam turbine includes a generator end and a turbine end and a double-flow tub diaphragm disposed axially between the generator end and the turbine end. A first stage of the steam turbine includes a plurality of first stage nozzles and a plurality of first stage buckets, and a steam path is defined from an inlet region, through the turbine end, to a steam outlet. The cooling path includes cooling holes in the tub diaphragm and root radial seals permitting steam flow beneath the tub diaphragm and around the first stage nozzles and back into the steam path before the first stage buckets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2010
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventors: Flor Del Carmen Rivas, Howard Brilliant, Kenneth Michael Koza, Vishwas Kumar Pandey