Patents by Inventor Sethuraman Balasubramaniyan

Sethuraman Balasubramaniyan 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).

  • Publication number: 20160122669
    Abstract: A system includes an integrated reactor-syngas cooler that may gasify a feedstock. The integrated reactor-syngas cooler includes a reaction zone that may receive a first syngas and the feedstock, and that may gasify the feedstock to generate a second syngas. The second syngas has a composition different from the first syngas. The system also includes one or more feed injectors disposed in the integrated reactor-syngas cooler and that may supply the feedstock to the reaction zone and a cooling zone disposed downstream of the reaction zone and including one or more cooling tubes. The cooling zone may receive and cool the second syngas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Hidayathullah Shaik Mohammad, Sethuraman Balasubramaniyan, John Saunders Stevenson, Thomas Frederick Leininger
  • Patent number: 9102882
    Abstract: A system includes a gasifier. The gasifier includes a chamber, a first nozzle, and a second nozzle. The first nozzle is configured to output a first fuel and a first oxidant to create a mixture that combusts in a combustion-reduction zone of the chamber. The second nozzle is configured to output a reduction promoter into the combustion-reduction zone to reduce combustion products in the combustion-reduction zone of the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Sethuraman Balasubramaniyan, Pravin Sadashiv Naphade, Richard Anthony DePuy, Atul Kumar Vij, Satish Sambhaji Jadhav
  • Publication number: 20140061539
    Abstract: A system includes a gasifier. The gasifier includes a chamber, a first nozzle, and a second nozzle. The first nozzle is configured to output a first fuel and a first oxidant to create a mixture that combusts in a combustion-reduction zone of the chamber. The second nozzle is configured to output a reduction promoter into the combustion-reduction zone to reduce combustion products in the combustion-reduction zone of the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Sethuraman Balasubramaniyan, Pravin Sadashiv Naphade, Richard Anthony DePuy, Atul Kumar Vij, Satish Sambhaji Jadhav