Patents by Inventor Siddharth Aphale

Siddharth Aphale 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: 9745900
    Abstract: Methods of determining a desired sensor probe location in a closed loop emissions control (CLEC) system of a gas turbine engine are provided. One method includes determining, at different locations, a plurality of temperature contour profiles for exhaust flowing through an exhaust duct, selecting an emissions component entrained in the exhaust to be measured, and determining a desired sensor probe installation location based on the emissions component to be measured and based on the plurality of temperature contour profiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Siddharth Aphale, Scott Alan Kopcho, Daniel Robert Tegel, Aarron Dell Johansen
  • Patent number: 9702302
    Abstract: Methods and a sensor module for use in controlling operation of a gas turbine system are provided herein. The sensor module is coupled within a combustion system and is configured to obtain an aspirated exhaust sample of exhaust flowing through an exhaust duct. The exhaust is generated by the combustion system. The aspirated exhaust sample is analyzed to determine a plurality of exhaust parameters. The sensor module also controls at least one combustion system parameter in a closed loop emission control (CLEC) system based on at least one of the plurality of exhaust parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Siddharth Aphale, Nilesh Tralshawala, Aarron Dell Johansen
  • Publication number: 20150315992
    Abstract: Methods and a sensor module for use in controlling operation of a gas turbine system are provided herein. The sensor module is coupled within a combustion system and is configured to obtain an aspirated exhaust sample of exhaust flowing through an exhaust duct. The exhaust is generated by the combustion system. The aspirated exhaust sample is analyzed to determine a plurality of exhaust parameters. The sensor module also controls at least one combustion system parameter in a closed loop emission control (CLEC) system based on at least one of the plurality of exhaust parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Siddharth Aphale, Nilesh Tralshawala, Aarron Dell Johansen
  • Publication number: 20150315953
    Abstract: Methods of determining a desired sensor probe location in a closed loop emissions control (CLEC) system of a gas turbine engine are provided. One method includes determining, at different locations, a plurality of temperature contour profiles for exhaust flowing through an exhaust duct, selecting an emissions component entrained in the exhaust to be measured, and determining a desired sensor probe installation location based on the emissions component to be measured and based on the plurality of temperature contour profiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Siddharth Aphale, Scott Alan Kopcho, Daniel Robert Tegel, Aarron Dell Johansen
  • Publication number: 20150198097
    Abstract: Certain embodiments herein relate to systems and methods for managing a combustor of a gas turbine engine. In one embodiment, a system can include at least one memory configured to store computer-executable instructions and at least one controller configured to access the at least one memory and execute the computer-executable instructions. The instructions may be configured to monitor the dynamic and static pressures of the combustor by a single sensor. The instructions may be further configured to generate a signal based at least in part on the dynamic and static pressures. Furthermore, the instructions may be configured to facilitate in the execution of at least combustor control event based at least in part on the signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Siddharth Aphale, Shiva Srinivasan, Anthony Wayne Krull, Sarah Lori Crothers