Patents by Inventor TIMOTHY RUSSELL BILTON
TIMOTHY RUSSELL BILTON 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).
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Patent number: 9435258Abstract: A system for heating combustor fuel includes a turbine exhaust plenum and a heat exchanger downstream from the turbine exhaust plenum. The heat exchanger has an exhaust inlet, an exhaust outlet, a fuel inlet, and a fuel outlet. An exhaust recirculation plenum has a recirculation inlet connection downstream from the exhaust outlet and a recirculation outlet connection upstream from the exhaust inlet. The system further includes structure for controlling a recirculated exhaust flow from the exhaust outlet into the exhaust recirculation plenum.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2012Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Durgaprasad Janapaneedi, Korey Frederic Rendo, Dean Matthew Erickson, Timothy Russell Bilton, Christina Renee Pompey
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Patent number: 8850818Abstract: Systems and methods for supplying fuel to a gas turbine are described. A fuel may be received, and one or more parameters associated with the received fuel may be determined. Based at least in part upon the determined one or more parameters, a desired pressure for removing one or more liquids from the fuel utilizing a separator may be calculated. The operation of a pressure changing device may then be controlled in order to achieve the desired pressure. In certain embodiments, the operations of the method may be performed by a controller that includes one or more computers.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2010Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Timothy Russell Bilton, Daniel Martin Moss, Korey Frederic Rendo, Colin Wilkes
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Patent number: 8783040Abstract: A fuel delivery system for a combustion turbine engine, comprising: a fuel line having a fuel compressor and parallel branches downstream of the fuel compressor: a cold branch that includes an after-cooler; and a hot branch that bypasses the after-cooler; a rapid heating value meter configured to measure the heating value of the fuel from the fuel source and transmit heating value data relating to the measurements; means for controlling the amount of fuel being directed through the cold branch and the amount of fuel being directed through the hot branch; and a fuel-mixing junction at which the cold branch and the hot branch converge; wherein the fuel-mixing junction resides in close proximity to a combustor gas control valve.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2010Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Dean Matthew Erickson, Timothy Russell Bilton
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Patent number: 8739510Abstract: A combined cycle power plant includes a gas turbomachine, a steam turbomachine operatively connected to the gas turbomachine, a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) operatively connected to the gas turbomachine and the steam turbomachine, and a cooling system fluidly connected to the gas turbomachine. The cooling system is configured and disposed to pass a coolant through the gas turbomachine to absorb heat. A condensate system is fluidly connected to the steam turbine and the HRSG. The condensate system is configured and disposed to deliver a steam condensate from the steam turbine to the HRSG. A heat exchange member is fluidly connected to the cooling system and the condensate system. The heat exchange member is configured and disposed to transfer heat entrained in the coolant to the steam condensate.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2010Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Rakesh Sivasankaran, Timothy Russell Bilton, Hatim Khandwavala, Indrajit Mazumder, Ezhil Nargunan
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Publication number: 20140102105Abstract: A system for heating combustor fuel includes a turbine exhaust plenum and a heat exchanger downstream from the turbine exhaust plenum. The heat exchanger has an exhaust inlet, an exhaust outlet, a fuel inlet, and a fuel outlet. An exhaust recirculation plenum has a recirculation inlet connection downstream from the exhaust outlet and a recirculation outlet connection upstream from the exhaust inlet. The system further includes structure for controlling a recirculated exhaust flow from the exhaust outlet into the exhaust recirculation plenum.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2012Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Durgaprasad Janapaneedi, Korey Frederic Rendo, Dean Matthew Erickson, Timothy Russell Bilton, Christina Renee Pompey
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Patent number: 8677729Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention takes the form of a system that uses exhaust from the combustion turbine engine to heat the fuel gas consumed by a combustion turbine engine. The benefits of the present invention include reducing the need to use a parasitic load to heat the fuel gas.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2011Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Timothy Russell Bilton, David Wesley Ball, Jr., Brian Michael Gallagher, Korey Frederic Rendo, Gary Cletus Mobley, Jr.
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Patent number: 8528335Abstract: A system is provided and includes first and second water supplies at first and second relatively high and low temperatures, respectively, a heat exchanger, coupled to the water supplies, through which fuel and relative amounts of the water supplies at the first and second temperatures flow for fuel heating and a controller, operably interposed between the water supplies and the heat exchanger, to select and/or modulate the relative amounts of the water supplies permitted to flow through the heat exchanger to heat the fuel to a temperature based on a heating requirement to meet a modified wobbe index (MWI) rating.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2010Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Timothy Russell Bilton, Dean Matthew Erickson, Brian Michael Gallagher, Ravi Praveen Eluripati, Rakesh Sivasankaran
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Publication number: 20130098038Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention takes the form of a system that uses exhaust from the combustion turbine engine to heat the fuel gas consumed by a combustion turbine engine. The benefits of the present invention include reducing the need to use a parasitic load to heat the fuel gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2011Publication date: April 25, 2013Inventors: Timothy Russell Bilton, David Wesley Ball, JR., Brian Michael Gallagher, Korey Frederic Rendo, Gary Cletus Mobley, JR.
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Publication number: 20120102962Abstract: A combined cycle power plant includes a gas turbomachine, a steam turbomachine operatively connected to the gas turbomachine, a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) operatively connected to the gas turbomachine and the steam turbomachine, and a cooling system fluidly connected to the gas turbomachine. The cooling system is configured and disposed to pass a coolant through the gas turbomachine to absorb heat. A condensate system is fluidly connected to the steam turbine and the HRSG. The condensate system is configured and disposed to deliver a steam condensate from the steam turbine to the HRSG. A heat exchange member is fluidly connected to the cooling system and the condensate system. The heat exchange member is configured and disposed to transfer heat entrained in the coolant to the steam condensate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2010Publication date: May 3, 2012Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Rakesh Sivasankaran, Timothy Russell Bilton, Hatim Khandwavala, Indrajit Mazumder, Ezhil Nargunan
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Publication number: 20120090331Abstract: Systems and methods for supplying fuel to a gas turbine are described. A fuel may be received, and one or more parameters associated with the received fuel may be determined. Based at least in part upon the determined one or more parameters, a desired pressure for removing one or more liquids from the fuel utilizing a separator may be calculated. The operation of a pressure changing device may then be controlled in order to achieve the desired pressure. In certain embodiments, the operations of the method may be performed by a controller that includes one or more computers.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2010Publication date: April 19, 2012Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Timothy Russell Bilton, Daniel Martin Moss, Korey Frederic Rendo, Colin Wilkes
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Publication number: 20110203291Abstract: A fuel delivery system for a combustion turbine engine, comprising: a fuel line having a fuel compressor and parallel branches downstream of the fuel compressor: a cold branch that includes an after-cooler; and a hot branch that bypasses the after-cooler; a rapid heating value meter configured to measure the heating value of the fuel from the fuel source and transmit heating value data relating to the measurements; means for controlling the amount of fuel being directed through the cold branch and the amount of fuel being directed through the hot branch; and a fuel-mixing junction at which the cold branch and the hot branch converge; wherein the fuel-mixing junction resides in close proximity to a combustor gas control valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2010Publication date: August 25, 2011Inventors: Dean Matthew Erickson, Timothy Russell Bilton
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Publication number: 20110185702Abstract: A system is provided and includes first and second water supplies at first and second relatively high and low temperatures, respectively, a heat exchanger, coupled to the water supplies, through which fuel and relative amounts of the water supplies at the first and second temperatures flow for fuel heating and a controller, operably interposed between the water supplies and the heat exchanger, to select and/or modulate the relative amounts of the water supplies permitted to flow through the heat exchanger to heat the fuel to a temperature based on a heating requirement to meet a modified wobbe index (MWI) rating.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2010Publication date: August 4, 2011Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Timothy Russell Bilton, Dean Matthew Erickson, Brian Michael Gallagher, Ravi Praveen Eluripati, Rakesh Sivasankaran
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Publication number: 20110023491Abstract: A system for supplying fuel to a gas turbine includes piping containing fuel at a pressure greater than approximately 500 psi. A pressure reducing valve connected downstream of the piping reduces the pressure of the fuel to less than approximately 200 psi. A heat exchanger connected downstream of the pressure reducing valve heats the wet saturated fuel or dry saturated fuel to produce a superheated fuel. A control valve connected downstream of the heat exchanger reduces the pressure of the superheated fuel to less than approximately 50 psi. A method for supplying superheated fuel to a gas turbine includes receiving fuel having a pressure greater than approximately 500 psi and reducing the pressure to less than approximately 200 psi. The method further includes separating gaseous fuel from liquid fuel, reducing the pressure of the gaseous fuel to less than approximately 50 psi, and flowing the superheated fuel to the gas turbine.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2009Publication date: February 3, 2011Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: KOREY FREDERIC RENDO, COLIN WILKES, DANIEL MARTIN MOSS, TIMOTHY RUSSELL BILTON