Patents by Inventor Krishnan Gowri

Krishnan Gowri 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).

  • Decision support for operations and maintenance (DSOM) system
    Patent number: 7016742
    Abstract: A method for minimizing the life cycle cost of processes such as heating a building. The method utilizes sensors to monitor various pieces of equipment used in the process, for example, boilers, turbines, and the like. The method then performs the steps of identifying a set optimal operating conditions for the process, identifying and measuring parameters necessary to characterize the actual operating condition of the process, validating data generated by measuring those parameters, characterizing the actual condition of the process, identifying an optimal condition corresponding to the actual condition, comparing said optimal condition with the actual condition and identifying variances between the two, and drawing from a set of pre-defined algorithms created using best engineering practices, an explanation of at least one likely source and at least one recommended remedial action for selected variances, and providing said explanation as an output to at least one user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: BaHelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Donald B. Jarrell, Richard J. Meador, Daniel R. Sisk, Darrel D. Hatley, Daryl R. Brown, Gary R. Keibel, Krishnan Gowri, Jorge F. Reyes-Spindola, Kevin J. Adams, Kenneth R. Yates, Elizabeth J. Eschbach, Rex C. Stratton
  • Decision support for operations and maintenance (DSOM) system
    Publication number: 20040102924
    Abstract: A method for minimizing the life cycle cost of processes such as heating a building. The method utilizes sensors to monitor various pieces of equipment used in the process, for example, boilers, turbines, and the like. The method then performs the steps of identifying a set optimal operating conditions for the process, identifying and measuring parameters necessary to characterize the actual operating condition of the process, validating data generated by measuring those parameters, characterizing the actual condition of the process, identifying an optimal condition corresponding to the actual condition, comparing said optimal condition with the actual condition and identifying variances between the two, and drawing from a set of pre-defined algorithms created using best engineering practices, an explanation of at least one likely source and at least one recommended remedial action for selected variances, and providing said explanation as an output to at least one user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Inventors: Donald B. Jarrell, Richard J. Meador, Daniel R. Sisk, Darrel D. Hatley, Daryl R. Brown, Gary R. Keibel, Krishnan Gowri, Jorge F. Reyes-Spindola, Kevin J. Adams, Kenneth R. Yates, Elizabeth J. Eschbach, Rex C. Stratton