Patents by Inventor Manuel Cardenas, JR.

Manuel Cardenas, JR. 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: 10386259
    Abstract: A gas monitoring system for monitoring gas leaks from a gas turbine engine disposed within a gas turbine enclosure includes a controller including a processor and a memory communicatively coupled to the processor. The memory stores instructions which when executed by the processor perform operations including obtaining one or more operational parameters associated with a gas turbine system having the gas turbine engine from one or more sensors during operation of the gas turbine engine. The operations also include utilizing a gas leakage monitoring model to monitor for gas leaks within the gas turbine enclosure and to generate a gas index indicative of a severity of a gas leak within the gas turbine enclosure based on the one or more operational parameters. The operations further include outputting the index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Hua Zhang, Manuel Cardenas, Jr., David Trayhan
  • Patent number: 10233846
    Abstract: A system for predicting performance of a liquid fuel system includes a processor and a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, wherein the memory stores instructions which when executed by the processor perform operations. The operations include establishing a baseline parameter for at least one physical parameter of a nozzle or a valve associated with at least one combustor of the liquid fuel system with at least one time. The operations also include obtaining one or more operational parameters associated with the liquid fuel system from one or more sensors during operation of a gas turbine engine. The operations further include utilizing an operational model of a fuel flow divider to output an action associated with the liquid fuel system based at least on the baseline parameter and the one or more operational parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Hua Zhang, Manuel Cardenas, Jr., David Trayhan
  • Publication number: 20180080846
    Abstract: A system includes a gas turbine enclosure and a robotic mobile hazardous gas detection device disposed within the gas turbine enclosure. The robotic mobile hazardous gas detection device includes one or more sensors configured to detect one or more parameters related to hazardous gas leakage within the gas turbine enclosure. The robotic mobile hazardous gas detection device is configured to move to different locations within the gas turbine enclosure to monitor for hazardous gas leakage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Hua Zhang, Manuel Cardenas, JR.
  • Publication number: 20180080390
    Abstract: A system for predicting performance of a liquid fuel system includes a processor and a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, wherein the memory stores instructions which when executed by the processor perform operations. The operations include establishing a baseline parameter for at least one physical parameter of a nozzle or a valve associated with at least one combustor of the liquid fuel system with at least one time. The operations also include obtaining one or more operational parameters associated with the liquid fuel system from one or more sensors during operation of a gas turbine engine. The operations further include utilizing an operational model of a fuel flow divider to output an action associated with the liquid fuel system based at least on the baseline parameter and the one or more operational parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Hua Zhang, Manuel Cardenas, JR., David Trayhan
  • Publication number: 20180058972
    Abstract: A gas monitoring system for monitoring gas leaks from a gas turbine engine disposed within a gas turbine enclosure includes a controller including a processor and a memory communicatively coupled to the processor. The memory stores instructions which when executed by the processor perform operations including obtaining one or more operational parameters associated with a gas turbine system having the gas turbine engine from one or more sensors during operation of the gas turbine engine. The operations also include utilizing a gas leakage monitoring model to monitor for gas leaks within the gas turbine enclosure and to generate a gas index indicative of a severity of a gas leak within the gas turbine enclosure based on the one or more operational parameters. The operations further include outputting the index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Hua Zhang, Manuel Cardenas, JR., David Trayhan