Patents by Inventor Mario Pudrlja

Mario Pudrlja 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).

  • Dual fuel lance with cooling microchannels
    Patent number: 11339968
    Abstract: A lance for a burner includes an innermost conduit defining a first fluid passage and a plurality of first fuel injection channels, each first fuel injection channel terminating at a first outlet; an intermediate conduit circumferentially surrounding the innermost conduit, the intermediate conduit defining a second fluid passage and a plurality of second fuel injection channels, each second fuel injection channel terminating at a second outlet; an outermost conduit circumferentially surrounding the intermediate conduit, the outermost conduit defining a third fluid passage, a plurality of third air outlets through the outermost conduit and surrounding the first outlets, a plurality of fourth air outlets through the outermost conduit and surrounding the second outlets, and a plurality of cooling microchannels; wherein each cooling microchannel includes and extends between a microchannel inlet in fluid communication with the third fluid passage and a microchannel outlet on an outer surface of the outermost condu
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Andre Theuer, Nico Biagioli, Mario Pudrlja, Rohit Madhukar Kulkarni
  • DUAL FUEL LANCE WITH COOLING MICROCHANNELS
    Publication number: 20200072469
    Abstract: A lance for a burner includes an innermost conduit defining a first fluid passage and a plurality of first fuel injection channels, each first fuel injection channel terminating at a first outlet; an intermediate conduit circumferentially surrounding the innermost conduit, the intermediate conduit defining a second fluid passage and a plurality of second fuel injection channels, each second fuel injection channel terminating at a second outlet; an outermost conduit circumferentially surrounding the intermediate conduit, the outermost conduit defining a third fluid passage, a plurality of third air outlets through the outermost conduit and surrounding the first outlets, a plurality of fourth air outlets through the outermost conduit and surrounding the second outlets, and a plurality of cooling microchannels; wherein each cooling microchannel includes and extends between a microchannel inlet in fluid communication with the third fluid passage and a microchannel outlet on an outer surface of the outermost condu
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Andre Theuer, Nico Biagioli, Mario Pudrlja, Rohit Madhukar Kulkarni