Patents by Inventor W. Dean Warnock

W. Dean Warnock 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).

  • Gas turbine by-pass system
    Patent number: 7191598
    Abstract: A gas turbine by-pass system is used between a gas turbine generator outlet nozzle and the inlet of a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG). The system allows operators to divert gasses from the HRSG in combined cycle mode to a silencer assembly to operate in simple cycle mode. The system thereby allows maintenance to be performed to the HRSG by crew of human workers without danger of an encounter with hot lethal gasses. The system includes a monorail and a series of hoists which operators use to position a blank off plate and an expansion joint as necessary with respect to the HRSG and diverter box. Consequently, the system provides for safe operation of a gas turbine in both combined cycle mode and simple cycle mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Process Equipment, Inc.
    Inventors: James M. Coleman, Monroe L. Johnson, III, William L. Wallace, W. Dean Warnock
  • Gas turbine by-pass system
    Patent number: 6748734
    Abstract: A gas turbine by-pass system is used between a gas turbine generator outlet nozzle and the inlet of a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG). The system allows operators to divert gasses from the HRSG in combined cycle mode to a silencer assembly to operate in simple cycle mode. The system thereby allows maintenance to be performed to the HRSG by crew of human workers without danger of an encounter with hot lethal gasses. The system includes a monorail and a series of hoists which operators use to position a blank off plate and an expansion joint as necessary with respect to the HRSG and diverter box. Consequently, the system provides for safe operation of a gas turbine in both combined cycle mode and simple cycle mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Barron Industries, Inc
    Inventors: James M. Coleman, Monroe H. Johnson, III, William L. Wallace, W. Dean Warnock