Patents by Inventor Arnaldo Frydman
Arnaldo Frydman 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: 9150804Abstract: A method of producing substitute natural gas (SNG) includes providing a gasification reactor having a cavity defined at least partially by a first wall. The reactor also includes a first passage defined at least partially by at least a portion of the first wall and a second wall, wherein the first passage is in heat transfer communication with the first wall. The reactor further includes a second passage defined at least partially by at least a portion of the second wall and a third wall. The method also includes coupling the cavity in flow communication with the first and second passages. The method further includes producing a first synthetic gas (syngas) stream within the cavity. The method also includes channeling at least a portion of the first syngas stream to the first and second passages.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Paul Steven Wallace, Arnaldo Frydman
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Patent number: 9003796Abstract: A system includes a heat exchanger and an organic Rankine cycle system. The heat exchanger is configured to exchange heat between extraction air from a power block and nitrogen from an air separation unit. The organic Rankine cycle system is coupled to the heat exchanger. In addition, the organic Rankine cycle system is configured to convert heat from the extraction air into work.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2012Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Qiong Zhou, Deila Peng, Arnaldo Frydman, Thomas Glen Cobb
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Publication number: 20140026484Abstract: A method of producing substitute natural gas (SNG) includes providing a gasification reactor having a cavity defined at least partially by a first wall. The reactor also includes a first passage defined at least partially by at least a portion of the first wall and a second wall, wherein the first passage is in heat transfer communication with the first wall. The reactor further includes a second passage defined at least partially by at least a portion of the second wall and a third wall. The method also includes coupling the cavity in flow communication with the first and second passages. The method further includes producing a first synthetic gas (syngas) stream within the cavity. The method also includes channeling at least a portion of the first syngas stream to the first and second passages.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2013Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Paul Steven Wallace, Arnaldo Frydman
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Patent number: 8632627Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 10, 2010Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Arnaldo Frydman, Raul Eduardo Ayala, Shailesh Vijay Potnis
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Publication number: 20130318969Abstract: A system includes a heat exchanger and an organic Rankine cycle system. The heat exchanger is configured to exchange heat between extraction air from a power block and nitrogen from an air separation unit. The organic Rankine cycle system is coupled to the heat exchanger. In addition, the organic Rankine cycle system is configured to convert heat from the extraction air into work.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2012Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Qiong Zhou, Deila Peng, Arnaldo Frydman, Thomas Glen Cobb
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Patent number: 8528343Abstract: A method of producing substitute natural gas (SNG) includes providing at least one steam turbine engine. The method also includes providing a gasification system that includes at least one gas shift reactor configured to receive a boiler feedwater stream and a synthesis gas (syngas) stream. The at least one gas shift reactor is further configured to produce a high pressure steam stream. The method further includes producing a steam stream within the at least one gas shift reactor and channeling at least a portion of the steam stream to the at least one steam turbine engine.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2008Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Paul Steven Wallace, Arnaldo Frydman
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Patent number: 8419843Abstract: In one embodiment, a system includes a hydrogen sulfide (H2S) absorber, a first flash tank, a flash gas treatment column, and a CO2 absorber. The system also includes a first fluid path extending sequentially through the H2S absorber, the first flash tank, the flash gas treatment column, the H2S absorber, and the CO2 absorber.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2010Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Arnaldo Frydman, Pradeep Stanley Thacker, Sachin Suhas Naphad
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Patent number: 8398730Abstract: A method of producing substitute natural gas (SNG) includes providing a gasification reactor having a cavity defined at least partially by a first wall. The reactor also includes a first passage defined at least partially by at least a portion of the first wall and a second wall, wherein the first passage is in heat transfer communication with the first wall. The reactor further includes a second passage defined at least partially by at least a portion of the second wall and a third wall. The method also includes coupling the cavity in flow communication with the first and second passages. The method further includes producing a first synthetic gas (syngas) stream within the cavity. The method also includes channeling at least a portion of the first syngas stream to the first and second passages.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2008Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Paul Steven Wallace, Arnaldo Frydman
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Patent number: 8354082Abstract: In an embodiment, a system includes a methanation section generally including a fuel inlet configured to receive a first fuel, a fuel outlet configured to output methane, and a first fuel path configured to route a first flow of the first fuel from the fuel inlet to the fuel outlet. The first fuel path includes a first methanator configured to generate the methane from the first fuel in an exothermic methanation region. The system also includes a second fuel path configured to route a second flow of a second fuel without conversion to methane. The second fuel path is also configured to receive heat from the exothermic methanation region.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2010Date of Patent: January 15, 2013Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Arnaldo Frydman, Omprakash Mall, Saumar Jyoti Hazarika, Jinmesh Pranav Majmudar
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Patent number: 8182771Abstract: A system comprising a multi-stage reactor. The multi-stage reactor may include a water gas shift (WGS) reactor and a sour methanation reactor configured to generate methane without prior removal of acid gas. Furthermore, the multistage reactor may be a single unit having both the WGS reactor and the methanation reactor.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2009Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Arnaldo Frydman, Ke Liu
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Publication number: 20120037002Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2010Publication date: February 16, 2012Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Arnaldo Frydman, Raul Eduardo Ayala, Shailesh Vijay Potnis
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Publication number: 20110286894Abstract: In one embodiment, a system includes a hydrogen sulfide (H2S) absorber, a first flash tank, a flash gas treatment column, and a CO2 absorber. The system also includes a first fluid path extending sequentially through the H2S absorber, the first flash tank, the flash gas treatment column, the H2S absorber, and the CO2 absorber.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2010Publication date: November 24, 2011Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Arnaldo Frydman, Pradeep Stanley Thacker, Sachin Suhas Naphad
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Publication number: 20110229382Abstract: In an embodiment, a system includes a methanation section generally including a fuel inlet configured to receive a first fuel, a fuel outlet configured to output methane, and a first fuel path configured to route a first flow of the first fuel from the fuel inlet to the fuel outlet. The first fuel path includes a first methanator configured to generate the methane from the first fuel in an exothermic methanation region. The system also includes a second fuel path configured to route a second flow of a second fuel without conversion to methane. The second fuel path is also configured to receive heat from the exothermic methanation region.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2010Publication date: September 22, 2011Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Arnaldo Frydman, Omprakash Mall, Saumar Jyoti Hazarika, Jinmesh Pranav Majmudar
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Patent number: 8012344Abstract: A fuel preparation system includes a fractionation unit for treating fuel containing vanadium. A gas turbine is connected to the fractionation unit to receive treated fuel. The gas turbine may deliver exhaust from the gas turbine to the fractionation unit. The fuel preparation system may include a burner for burning a heavy fuel fraction from the faction unit and for delivering exhaust from the burner to the fractionation unit. The fuel preparation unit may include a boiler to receive the heavy fuel fraction for combustion and for delivering steam to the fractionation unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2010Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Parag Prakash Kulkarni, Gregory Anthony DeLuga, Arnaldo Frydman, Gregory Ronald Gillette, Narendra Joshi, Ke Liu, Vladimir Zamansky
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Patent number: 7892324Abstract: Methods and systems for handling sour carbon dioxide (CO2) streams are provided. In one aspect, a method for sequestering an emissions-heavy gas includes removing at least a portion of an acid gas from a rich solvent in an acid gas stripper to create the emissions-heavy gas, and channeling the emissions-heavy gas to a storage system.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2007Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Arnaldo Frydman, Pradeep Thacker, Sachin Naphad, Aaron John Avagliano
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Publication number: 20110023445Abstract: A fuel preparation system includes a fractionation unit for treating fuel containing vanadium. A gas turbine is connected to the fractionation unit to receive treated fuel. The gas turbine may deliver exhaust from the gas turbine to the fractionation unit. The fuel preparation system may include a burner for burning a heavy fuel fraction from the faction unit and for delivering exhaust from the burner to the fractionation unit. The fuel preparation unit may include a boiler to receive the heavy fuel fraction for combustion and for delivering steam to the fractionation unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2010Publication date: February 3, 2011Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Parag Prakash Kulkarni, Gregg Anthony DeLuga, Arnaldo Frydman, Gregory Ronald Gillette, Narendra Joshi, Ke Liu, Vladimir Zamansky
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Patent number: 7879297Abstract: A method of operating a carbon-to-liquids system is provided. The method includes receiving a flow of syngas at the carbon-to-liquids system, shifting the syngas to facilitate increasing a hydrogen to carbon monoxide ratio (H2/CO) of the syngas, adding additional hydrogen to the shifted syngas to increase the H2/CO ratio, reacting the hydrogen/shifted syngas mixture with a catalyst in a vessel, extracting hydrogen from the syngas mixture, recycling the hydrogen to facilitate increasing the H2/CO ratio, and recycling naphta to act as solvent for wax extraction, and to facilitate catalyst recovery.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2008Date of Patent: February 1, 2011Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Paul Steven Wallace, Arnaldo Frydman
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Patent number: 7879295Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system for reducing NOx emissions comprising a fuel tank in fluid communication with a fuel converter, wherein the fuel converter is located down stream of the fuel tank and wherein the fuel converter comprises a catalyst composition that is operative to continuously convert heavy hydrocarbon molecules having 9 or more carbon atoms per molecule into light hydrocarbon molecules having 8 or less carbon atoms per molecule; a selective catalytic reduction catalyst reactor in fluid communication with the fuel converter and located downstream of the fuel converter; and an engine in fluid communication with the fuel tank and the selective catalytic reduction catalyst reactor, wherein the engine is located downstream of the fuel tank and upstream of the selective catalytic reduction catalyst reactor.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2005Date of Patent: February 1, 2011Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Ke Liu, Arnaldo Frydman, Vladimir Zamansky, Teresa Grocela Rocha, Jonathan Lloyd Male, Harish Radhakrishna Acharya, Roy James Primus
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Patent number: 7833409Abstract: A method for treating fuel containing vanadium including extracting vanadium from the fuel with an adsorption material and fractionating the fuel into a light oil fraction and a heavy fuel fraction. The light fuel fraction has a reduced amount of vanadium. Systems for fuel preparation are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2007Date of Patent: November 16, 2010Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Parag Prakash Kulkarni, Gregg Anthony Deluga, Arnaldo Frydman, Gregory Ronald Gillette, Narendra Joshi, Ke Liu, Vladimir Zamansky
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Publication number: 20100272619Abstract: A system comprising a multi-stage reactor. The multi-stage reactor may include a water gas shift (WGS) reactor and a sour methanation reactor configured to generate methane without prior removal of acid gas. Furthermore, the multistage reactor may be a single unit having both the WGS reactor and the methanation reactor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2009Publication date: October 28, 2010Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Arnaldo Frydman, Ke Liu