Patents by Inventor A. Edwin Toombs

A. Edwin Toombs 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: 5457951
    Abstract: A process and system which improves the capacity and efficiency of a combined cycle power plant. A LNG supply system fuels the combined cycle plant. Gasified LNG in a combustor mixes with the air from the air compressor to provide the hot combustion gas for the gas turbine. The expanding LNG is used to chill a primary heat exchange fluid, e.g. water, which primary heat exchange fluid cools and densifies the intake air for the air compressor. Subsequently, the primary heat exchange fluid is used to condense the spent steam discharged from the steam turbine. The primary heat exchange fluid is then re-chilled and recycled to cool and densify the intake air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 17, 1995
    Assignee: Cabot Corporation
    Inventors: Paul C. Johnson, A. Edwin Toombs