Patents by Inventor Bradly Kippel

Bradly Kippel 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: 10724398
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a turbine system includes a compressor, an intake section including a filter house and an inlet duct. The intake section is coupled to the compressor, and the filter house is upstream from the inlet duct. The turbine system also includes one or more sensors disposed in the intake section, and a processor configured to receive sensor data from the one or more sensors, one or more filter degradation rates for one or more filtration stages of the filter house, or some combination thereof, predict a compressor degradation rate for the compressor using a compressor degradation prediction model that provides a function of performance of the compressor based on the sensor data, the one or more filter degradation rates, or some combination thereof, and perform one or more preventative actions based on the compressor degradation rate prediction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Hua Zhang, Bradly Kippel, David Trayhan, Iris Hu
  • Patent number: 10124283
    Abstract: A filter assembly for a gas turbine system includes a filter element configured to remove entrained particles from air which passes through the filter element in a first direction toward a central air passageway. A motion generator arranged to rotate the filter element about a longitudinal axis extending in an airflow direction of the air passageway to cause particles accumulated on the filter element to fall downwardly away from the filter element due to gravity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Christopher Conrad Frese, Bradly Kippel
  • Publication number: 20180140988
    Abstract: A filter assembly for a gas turbine system includes a filter element configured to remove entrained particles from air which passes through the filter element in a first direction toward a central air passageway. A motion generator arranged to rotate the filter element about a longitudinal axis extending in an airflow direction of the air passageway to cause particles accumulated on the filter element to fall downwardly away from the filter element due to gravity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Christopher Conrad FRESE, Bradly KIPPEL
  • Publication number: 20180073386
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a turbine system includes an intake section including a filter house, the filter house including at least one filtration stage, each of the at least one filtration stage, including a filter. The turbine system also includes one or more sensors disposed in the intake section, and a processor configured to receive performance data related to testing conditions of the intake section, sensor data from the one or more sensors, local conditions data, or some combination thereof, predict a filter degradation rate for the filter using a filter degradation prediction model that provides a function of performance of the filter based on the performance data, the sensor data, the local conditions data, or some combination thereof, and perform one or more preventative actions based on the filter degradation rate prediction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Hua Zhang, Bradly Kippel, David Trayhan, Iris Hu
  • Publication number: 20180073389
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a turbine system includes a compressor, an intake section including a filter house and an inlet duct. The intake section is coupled to the compressor, and the filter house is upstream from the inlet duct. The turbine system also includes one or more sensors disposed in the intake section, and a processor configured to receive sensor data from the one or more sensors, one or more filter degradation rates for one or more filtration stages of the filter house, or some combination thereof, predict a compressor degradation rate for the compressor using a compressor degradation prediction model that provides a function of performance of the compressor based on the sensor data, the one or more filter degradation rates, or some combination thereof, and perform one or more preventative actions based on the compressor degradation rate prediction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Hua Zhang, Bradly Kippel, David Trayhan, Iris Hu