Patents by Inventor Ashok Kola

Ashok Kola 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).

  • Gasification system and method
    Patent number: 9556390
    Abstract: A method includes providing a gasifier with a fuel source comprising a heavy oil, a light oil, and recovered soot. The gasifier may gasify the fuel source to generate a syngas and soot. The method also includes recovering the soot in a first separation unit that may receive a portion of the heavy oil and separate the soot from an extraction oil used to recover the soot. The first separation unit generates soot bottoms that include the portion of the heavy oil and the recovered soot. The method also includes flowing a first separation co-fractionate to a second separation unit. The first separation co-fractionate includes the extraction oil and the light oil. The second separation unit may separate the extraction oil and the light oil, and direct the light oil towards the first separation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Srikanth Konda, George Morris Gulko, Ashok Kola, Nithyanandam Mani, Ramesh Mamillapalli, Abhinav Gour
  • GASIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20150329358
    Abstract: A method includes providing a gasifier with a fuel source comprising a heavy oil, a light oil, and recovered soot. The gasifier may gasify the fuel source to generate a syngas and soot. The method also includes recovering the soot in a first separation unit that may receive a portion of the heavy oil and separate the soot from an extraction oil used to recover the soot. The first separation unit generates soot bottoms that include the portion of the heavy oil and the recovered soot. The method also includes flowing a first separation co-fractionate to a second separation unit. The first separation co-fractionate includes the extraction oil and the light oil. The second separation unit may separate the extraction oil and the light oil, and direct the light oil towards the first separation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Srikanth Konda, George Morris Gulko, Ashok Kola, Nithyanandam Mani, Ramesh Mamillapalli, Abhinav Gour