Patents by Inventor Krishan Lal Luthra
Krishan Lal Luthra 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).
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Publication number: 20120183788Abstract: Silicon carbide ceramic matrix composites, and hybrid ceramic materials are provided. In one embodiment, the silicon carbide composites comprise reinforcement material further comprising a simplified coating, and in others, the composites comprise uncoated reinforcement material. The hybrid ceramic materials comprise at least two of a conventional ceramic matrix composite, a monolithic ceramic, the composite comprising uncoated reinforcement material, and the composite comprising reinforcement material comprising a simplified coating. Methods of providing the composites are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2009Publication date: July 19, 2012Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Gregory Scot Corman, Peter Joel Meschter, Krishan Lal Luthra
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Patent number: 8168259Abstract: An article for use in aggressive environments is presented. In one embodiment, the article comprises a substrate and a self-sealing and substantially hermetic sealing layer disposed over the bondcoat. The substrate may be any high-temperature material, including, for instance, silicon-bearing ceramics and ceramic matrix composites. A method for making such articles is also presented. The method comprises providing a substrate; disposing a self-sealing layer over the substrate; and heating the sealing layer to a sealing temperature at which at least a portion of the sealing layer will flow.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2010Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Reza Sarrafi-Nour, Krishan Lal Luthra, Peter Joel Meschter, Curtis Alan Johnson
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Patent number: 8105683Abstract: A treated refractory material includes a sintered porous refractory material having one or more protective materials disposed within pores of the refractory material, wherein the protective material is selected from the group consisting of aluminum oxide, chromium oxide, silica, rare earth oxides, rare earth zirconates, titanium oxide, mullite, zirconium oxide, zirconium silicate, yttrium oxide, magnesium oxide, iron oxide, and blends thereof. Methods of preparing the treated refractory material are also provided. The treated refractory material provides protection from the penetration of slag and extends the service life of the refractory.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2007Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Anthony Mark Thompson, Roman Shuba, Peter Joel Meschter, Krishan Lal Luthra, Vikas Behrani
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Publication number: 20110203281Abstract: An article comprises a substrate and a coating disposed over the substrate, wherein the coating comprises a monoclinic silicate phase that undergoes no solid state phase transformation reaction in the temperature range from about 1100 degrees Celsius to about 1275 degrees Celsius.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2010Publication date: August 25, 2011Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Reza Sarrafi-Nour, Peter Joel Meschter, Curtis Alan Johnson, Krishan Lal Luthra
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Publication number: 20110171399Abstract: A process and apparatus for continuously depositing a coating on a fibrous material. The process is a chemical vapor deposition process that includes causing multiple strands of a fibrous material to continuously travel through a coating zone within an enclosed chamber defined by a housing so that portions of the strands contact a reactant gas as the portions travel through the chamber, directly heating the portions of the strands without physically contacting the strands and without directly heating the housing, and depositing a coating material on the strands as a result of the reactant gas contacting the portions of the strands and decomposing to form a coating of the coating material. Heating of the strands can be achieved by capacitive coupling, inductive coupling, microwave radiation, and radiant heating.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2010Publication date: July 14, 2011Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Milivoj Konstantin Brun, Krishan Lal Luthra, Timothy John Sommerer, Joseph Darryl Michael, William Paul Minnear
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Patent number: 7968217Abstract: An article for use in aggressive environments is presented. In one embodiment, the article comprises a substrate and a self-sealing and substantially hermetic sealing layer disposed over the bondcoat. The substrate may be any high-temperature material, including, for instance, silicon-bearing ceramics and ceramic matrix composites. A method for making such articles is also presented. The method comprises providing a substrate; disposing a self-sealing layer over the substrate; and heating the sealing layer to a sealing temperature at which at least a portion of the sealing layer will flow.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2007Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Reza Sarrafi-Nour, Krishan Lal Luthra, Peter Joel Meschter, Curtis Alan Johnson
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Publication number: 20110097589Abstract: An article for use at high temperature, such as a component for a gas turbine assembly, is presented. The article comprises a substrate comprising silicon; a bondcoat disposed over the substrate, wherein the bondcoat comprises a silicide of a platinum-group metal; and a topcoat disposed over the bondcoat, wherein the topcoat comprises a ceramic material.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2009Publication date: April 28, 2011Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Peter Joel Meschter, Krishan Lal Luthra, Curtis Alan Johnson
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Patent number: 7910172Abstract: A method for fabricating a component having an environmental barrier coating. The method includes providing a component including silicon having a first coefficient of thermal expansion. A bondcoat is bonded to at least a portion of an outer surface of the component. An intermediate layer having a general composition of RE2Si2O7 is bonded to the bondcoat. The intermediate layer has a second coefficient of thermal expansion matched to the first coefficient of thermal expansion. A protective layer having a general composition of RE2SiO5 is bonded to the intermediate layer. A surface layer is bonded to the protective layer. The surface layer includes RE and has a ratio of RE to oxygen of at least 2:3.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2009Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Peter Joel Meschter, Curtis Alan Johnson, Krishan Lal Luthra, Reza Sarrafi-Nour
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Publication number: 20110052925Abstract: An article for use in aggressive environments is presented. In one embodiment, the article comprises a substrate and a self-sealing and substantially hermetic sealing layer comprising an alkaline-earth aluminosilicate disposed over the bondcoat. The substrate may be any high-temperature material, including, for instance, silicon-bearing ceramics and ceramic matrix composites. A method for making such articles is also presented. The method comprises providing a substrate; disposing a self-sealing alkaline-earth aluminosilicate layer over the substrate; and heating the sealing layer to a sealing temperature at which at least a portion of the sealing layer will flow.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2007Publication date: March 3, 2011Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Reza Sarrafi-Nour, Peter Joel Meschter, Curtis Alan Johnson, Krishan Lal Luthra, Larry Steven Rosenzweig
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Publication number: 20110027483Abstract: An article for use in aggressive environments is presented. In one embodiment, the article comprises a substrate and a self-sealing and substantially hermetic sealing layer disposed over the bondcoat. The substrate may be any high-temperature material, including, for instance, silicon-bearing ceramics and ceramic matrix composites. A method for making such articles is also presented. The method comprises providing a substrate; disposing a self-sealing layer over the substrate; and heating the sealing layer to a sealing temperature at which at least a portion of the sealing layer will flow.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2010Publication date: February 3, 2011Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Reza Sarrafi-Nour, Krishan Lal Luthra, Peter Joel Meschter, Curtis Alan Johnson
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Publication number: 20100154430Abstract: A method of operating a gas turbine that utilizes vanadium-containing fuels at a combustion stage of the turbine thereby producing a combustion product having vanadium gaseous species, the method comprising increasing the volatility of the vanadium gaseous species in the combustion product atmosphere generated in a combustor of the turbine by increasing concentration of water vapor in the combustion product.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2008Publication date: June 24, 2010Inventors: Krishan Lal Luthra, Henry Stephen Spacil, Jessica W. Spacil
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Publication number: 20090250153Abstract: A method for fabricating a component having an environmental barrier coating. The method includes providing a component including silicon having a first coefficient of thermal expansion. A bondcoat is bonded to at least a portion of an outer surface of the component. An intermediate layer having a general composition of RE2Si2O7 is bonded to the bondcoat. The intermediate layer has a second coefficient of thermal expansion matched to the first coefficient of thermal expansion. A protective layer having a general composition of RE2SiO5 is bonded to the intermediate layer. A surface layer is bonded to the protective layer. The surface layer includes RE and has a ratio of RE to oxygen of at least 2:3.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2009Publication date: October 8, 2009Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Peter Joel Meschter, Curtis Alan Johnson, Krishan Lal Luthra, Reza Sarrafi-Nour
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Patent number: 7595114Abstract: An environmental barrier coating for a component including silicon that has a first coefficient of thermal expansion is provided. The environmental coating includes a silicon bondcoat that is bonded to at least a portion of an outer surface of the component. An intermediate layer is bonded to the silicon bondcoat and has a second coefficient of thermal expansion matched to the first coefficient of thermal expansion. The intermediate layer has a general composition of RE2Si2O7. A protective layer is bonded to the intermediate layer and has a general composition of RE2SiO5. A surface layer is bonded to the protective layer. The surface layer includes RE and has a ratio of RE to oxygen of at least 2:3.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2005Date of Patent: September 29, 2009Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Peter Joel Meschter, Curtis Alan Johnson, Krishan Lal Luthra, Reza Sarrafi-Nour
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Publication number: 20090220776Abstract: An environmental barrier coating for a component including silicon that has a first coefficient of thermal expansion is provided. The environmental coating includes a silicon bondcoat that is bonded to at least a portion of an outer surface of the component. An intermediate layer is bonded to the silicon bondcoat and has a second coefficient of thermal expansion matched to the first coefficient of thermal expansion. The intermediate layer has a general composition of RE2Si2O7. A protective layer is bonded to the intermediate layer and has a general composition of RE2SiO5. A surface layer is bonded to the protective layer. The surface layer includes RE and has a ratio of RE to oxygen of at least 2:3.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2005Publication date: September 3, 2009Inventors: Peter Joel Meschter, Curtis Alan Johnson, Krishan Lal Luthra, Reza Sarrafi-Nour
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Publication number: 20090155554Abstract: An article resistant to recession in high temperature environments, and methods for making the article, are presented herein. The article comprises a substrate, an intermediate coating system disposed over the substrate, and a topcoat disposed over the intermediate coating system. The intermediate coating system comprises a separator layer comprising an oxygen getter material, and a barrier layer disposed over the separator layer, the barrier layer comprising a ceramic composition. The topcoat also comprises this ceramic composition. Moreover, at least about 50% by volume of the ceramic composition present in the barrier layer is a metastable precursor material that tends to transform over time into a product material. At least about 75% by volume of the ceramic composition present in the topcoat is the product material, and up to about 25% by volume of the ceramic composition present in the topcoat is the metastable precursor material.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2007Publication date: June 18, 2009Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Molly Maureen Gentleman, Peter Joel Meschter, Yungyee Jennifer Su Saak, Curtis Alan Johnson, Krishan Lal Luthra
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Publication number: 20090004427Abstract: An article for use in aggressive environments is presented. In one embodiment, the article comprises a substrate and a self-sealing and substantially hermetic sealing layer disposed over the bondcoat. The substrate may be any high-temperature material, including, for instance, silicon-bearing ceramics and ceramic matrix composites. A method for making such articles is also presented. The method comprises providing a substrate; disposing a self-sealing layer over the substrate; and heating the sealing layer to a sealing temperature at which at least a portion of the sealing layer will flow.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2007Publication date: January 1, 2009Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Reza Sarrafi-Nour, Krishan Lal Luthra, Peter Joel Meschter, Curtis Alan Johnson
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Publication number: 20080216603Abstract: A treated refractory material includes a sintered porous refractory material having one or more protective materials disposed within pores of the refractory material, wherein the protective material is selected from the group consisting of aluminum oxide, chromium oxide, silica, rare earth oxides, rare earth zirconates, titanium oxide, mullite, zirconium oxide, zirconium silicate, yttrium oxide, magnesium oxide, iron oxide, and blends thereof. Methods of preparing the treated refractory material are also provided. The treated refractory material provides protection from the penetration of slag and extends the service life of the refractory.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2007Publication date: September 11, 2008Inventors: Anthony Mark Thompson, Roman Shuba, Peter Joel Meschter, Krishan Lal Luthra, Vikas Behrani
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Publication number: 20070099527Abstract: In a method of coating a CMC fiber, a multiplicity of fiber tows aligned as a ribbon are simultaneously passed through a reactor and a flow of fiber coating reactant is passed though the reactor to coat the tow fibers. A coating system comprises a reactor chamber to accommodate a multiplicity of fiber tows passing along a path substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the chamber and a flow of fiber coating reactant and an aligning structure at an end of the chamber to maintain the multiplicity of fiber tows in a narrow, elongated ribbon configuration. An article comprises a multiplicity of fiber tows aligned in a longitudinal planar array in the form of a ribbon.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2005Publication date: May 3, 2007Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Milivoj Konstantin Brun, Krishan Lal Luthra, Henry Charles McGuigan, Gregory Scot Corman
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Patent number: 6974619Abstract: A material and an article comprising the material are presented. The material comprises a plurality of structural components. The structural components are configured in a series of increasing structural component size classes. The series has a base unit size class and at least one modular size class, and a component of the at least one modular size class comprises a plurality of components of the next smaller size class in the series. The structural components of the base unit size class comprise at least one bulk phase, and the structural components are bonded together at interfaces. Mechanical damage originating within a modular size class structural component is energetically favored to propagate in a distributed fashion among the plurality of structural components contained within the modular size class structural component.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2003Date of Patent: December 13, 2005Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Mohan Manoharan, William Paul Minnear, Reza Sarrafi-Nour, Krishan Lal Luthra
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Patent number: 6969555Abstract: A coating for silicon based materials such as those used in high temperature, aqueous environments. An aspect of the invention is directed to an article including a silicon based substrate, a bond coat comprising silicon, and a barrier coat. The barrier coat includes an aluminate such as an alkaline earth metal aluminate or a rare earth aluminate. The barrier coat may be an intermediate coat between the bond coat and a top coat, or it may be the top coat.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2003Date of Patent: November 29, 2005Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Peter Joel Meschter, David Joseph Mitchell, Krishan Lal Luthra, Jennifer Su Saak