Patents by Inventor Shailesh Vijay Potnis

Shailesh Vijay Potnis 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: 8632627
    Abstract: A gas dehydrator system, including, a desiccant transport wheel configured to rotate a solid desiccant from a first dehydration section to a first regeneration section, a first gas path extending through the first dehydration section, wherein the solid desiccant is configured to collect moisture from a first gas in the first gas path, and a second gas path extending through the first regeneration section, wherein the solid desiccant is configured to release the moisture into a second gas in the second gas path to regenerate the solid desiccant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Arnaldo Frydman, Raul Eduardo Ayala, Shailesh Vijay Potnis
  • Publication number: 20120037002
    Abstract: A gas dehydrator system, including, a desiccant transport wheel configured to rotate a solid desiccant from a first dehydration section to a first regeneration section, a first gas path extending through the first dehydration section, wherein the solid desiccant is configured to collect moisture from a first gas in the first gas path, and a second gas path extending through the first regeneration section, wherein the solid desiccant is configured to release the moisture into a second gas in the second gas path to regenerate the solid desiccant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Arnaldo Frydman, Raul Eduardo Ayala, Shailesh Vijay Potnis
  • Patent number: 7943266
    Abstract: The solid oxide fuel cell module includes a manifold, a plate, a cathode electrode, a fuel cell and an anode electrode. The manifold includes an air or oxygen inlet in communication with divergent passages above the periphery of the cell which combine to flow the air or oxygen radially or inwardly for reception in the center of the cathode flow field. The latter has interconnects providing circuitous cooling passages in a generally radial outward direction cooling the fuel cell and which interconnects are formed of different thermal conductivity materials for a preferential cooling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Shailesh Vijay Potnis, Timothy Joseph Rehg
  • Patent number: 6837056
    Abstract: A turbine inlet air-cooling system improves turbine performance and efficiency. A dehumidifier receives process airflow and reduces a moisture content of the process airflow. An indirect evaporative cooler receives the process airflow from the dehumidifier and is driven by the process airflow from the dehumidifier such that a first portion of the process airflow is contacted directly with water and a second portion of the process airflow is cooled without any addition of moisture. A direct evaporative cooler receives the second portion of the process airflow, which is contacted directly with water to provide evaporative cooling. Subsequently, the direct evaporative cooler outputs the second portion of the process airflow to the turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Shailesh Vijay Potnis, Narendra Digamber Joshi
  • Publication number: 20040118125
    Abstract: A turbine inlet air-cooling system improves turbine performance and efficiency. A dehumidifier receives process airflow and reduces a moisture content of the process airflow. An indirect evaporative cooler receives the process airflow from the dehumidifier and is driven by the process airflow from the dehumidifier such that a first portion of the process airflow is contacted directly with water and a second portion of the process airflow is cooled without any addition of moisture. A direct evaporative cooler receives the second portion of the process airflow, which is contacted directly with water to provide evaporative cooling. Subsequently, the direct evaporative cooler outputs the second portion of the process airflow to the turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Shailesh Vijay Potnis, Narendra Digamber Joshi