Patents by Inventor Benjamin Shimin DENG

Benjamin Shimin DENG 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: 11555446
    Abstract: A power production facility comprises a power plant that combusts fuel to produce energy for generating electricity and exhaust gas, an emissions capture unit to receive the exhaust gas to remove pollutants, a fuel cell to generate electricity via reaction of constituents and provide byproduct heat to operate the emissions capture unit, and an electrolyzer to generate constituents for the fuel cell from water byproduct received from the fuel cell resulting from the reaction process. A method of generating power with an emissions capture unit comprises providing a hybrid power plant configured to generate hydrogen gas and oxygen gas with an electrolyzer from a water input using an electrical input, generate electricity, heat and the water input with a fuel cell from the hydrogen gas and oxygen gas of the electrolyzer, and capture emissions from exhaust gas with an emissions capture unit using the heat from the fuel cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Power Americas, Inc.
    Inventor: Benjamin Shimin Deng
  • Publication number: 20220397057
    Abstract: A power production facility comprises a power plant that combusts fuel to produce energy for generating electricity and exhaust gas, an emissions capture unit to receive the exhaust gas to remove pollutants, a fuel cell to generate electricity via reaction of constituents and provide byproduct heat to operate the emissions capture unit, and an electrolyzer to generate constituents for the fuel cell from water byproduct received from the fuel cell resulting from the reaction process. A method of generating power with an emissions capture unit comprises providing a hybrid power plant configured to generate hydrogen gas and oxygen gas with an electrolyzer from a water input using an electrical input, generate electricity, heat and the water input with a fuel cell from the hydrogen gas and oxygen gas of the electrolyzer, and capture emissions from exhaust gas with an emissions capture unit using the heat from the fuel cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventor: Benjamin Shimin Deng
  • Publication number: 20220282671
    Abstract: A power plant comprises a combustor for combusting first and second constituents to generate a gas stream, a turbine for rotation by the gas stream, a compressor to receive a first portion of the gas stream and provide compressed gas to the combustor, a recompressor configured to receive a second portion of the gas stream and provide compressed gas to the combustor, a generator to be driven by the turbine, and a methane reforming reactor configured to dry reform methane to provide the first constituent. A method of operating a power plant comprises operating a supercritical CO2 power cycle to turn a turbine, driving a generator with the turbine, extracting CO2 byproduct from the power cycle, reacting fuel and CO2 to produce a synthesis gas in a dry reforming of methane reactor, and mixing the synthesis gas with oxygen to execute a combustion process for the power cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventor: Benjamin Shimin Deng
  • Patent number: 11434786
    Abstract: A power plant can comprise a gas turbine productive of an exhaust gas, a steam turbine, a heat recovery steam generator that extracts heat from gas turbine exhaust gas and supplies fluid to the steam turbine, a thermal storage unit storing a thermal storage working medium that is configured to discharge thermal energy into the fluid supplied from the heat recovery steam generator to supplement power generation by the steam turbine, a first heat exchanger disposed within the heat recovery steam generator to transfer thermal energy from the exhaust gas to the thermal storage working medium, and a second heat exchanger in flow communication with the heat recovery steam generator and the thermal storage unit, the second heat exchanger facilitating a direct heat transfer of thermal energy from the thermal storage working medium in the thermal storage unit to the fluid supplied from the heat recovery steam generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Power Americas, Inc.
    Inventor: Benjamin Shimin Deng
  • Publication number: 20220213818
    Abstract: A gas turbine combined-cycle power plant comprising a gas turbine engine comprising a compressor for generating compressed air, a combustor that can receive a fuel and the compressed air to produce combustion gas and a turbine for receiving the combustion gas and generating exhaust gas; a heat recovery steam generator for generating steam from water utilizing heat from the exhaust gas; a steam turbine for producing power from the steam generated by the heat recovery steam generator; a fuel regasification and expansion system in fluid communication with and disposed downstream of the fuel regasification and expansion system for producing power from gasified fuel; and a fuel expansion turbine in fluid communication with and disposed downstream of the fuel regasification and expansion system for producing power from gasified fuel. In examples, the power plant can include an Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) using heat input from the heat recovery steam generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Power, Ltd.
    Inventor: Benjamin Shimin Deng
  • Publication number: 20210254547
    Abstract: A gas turbine combined-cycle power plant can comprise a gas turbine engine, a heat recovery steam generator, a steam turbine, a fuel regasification system and a Rankine Cycle system. The gas turbine engine can comprise a compressor for generating compressed air, a combustor that can receive a fuel and the compressed air to produce combustion gas, and a turbine for receiving the combustion gas and generating exhaust gas. The heat recovery steam generator is configured to generate steam from water utilizing the exhaust gas. The steam turbine is configured to produce power from steam from the heat recovery steam generator. The fuel regasification system is configured to convert the fuel from a liquid to a gas before entering the combustor. The Organic Rankine Cycle system is configured to cool compressed air extracted from the compressor to cool the gas turbine engine, and heat liquid fuel entering the fuel regasification system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventor: Benjamin Shimin DENG