Patents by Inventor Bruce Wilhelm

Bruce Wilhelm 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: 11162389
    Abstract: A system for providing supercritical steam including a first boiler that generates steam via combusting a first fuel, and a second boiler fluidly connected to the first boiler via a conduit which heats the generated steam to supercritical steam temperatures via combusting a second fuel. A first temperature of the conduit may be below a critical corrosion temperature and a second temperature of the conduit is greater than or equal to the critical corrosion temperature. A combined carbon emission rate of the first boiler and the second boiler may be less than a combined carbon emission rate of generating and heating the steam to supercritical steam temperatures using boilers that only combust the first fuel. The first boiler may be fluidly connected to a heat exchanger that heats the generated steam to a supercritical steam temperature via a flue gas produced by a gas turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Wei Zhang, Armand Levasseur, Tidjani Niass, Mourad Younes, Glen Jukkola, Bruce Wilhelm, Daryl Philo, Timothy Maidenford
  • Publication number: 20200032675
    Abstract: A system for providing supercritical steam including a first boiler that generates steam via combusting a first fuel, and a second boiler fluidly connected to the first boiler via a conduit which heats the generated steam to supercritical steam temperatures via combusting a second fuel. A first temperature of the conduit may be below a critical corrosion temperature and a second temperature of the conduit is greater than or equal to the critical corrosion temperature. A combined carbon emission rate of the first boiler and the second boiler may be less than a combined carbon emission rate of generating and heating the steam to supercritical steam temperatures using boilers that only combust the first fuel. The first boiler may be fluidly connected to a heat exchanger that heats the generated steam to a supercritical steam temperature via a flue gas produced by a gas turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: General Electric Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Wei Zhang, Armand Levasseur, Tidjani Niass, Mourad Younes, Glen Jukkola, Bruce Wilhelm, Daryl Philo, Timothy Maidenford
  • Patent number: 10465562
    Abstract: A system for providing supercritical steam including a first boiler that generates steam via combusting a first fuel, and a second boiler fluidly connected to the first boiler via a conduit which heats the generated steam to supercritical steam temperatures via combusting a second fuel. A first temperature of the conduit may be below a critical corrosion temperature and a second temperature of the conduit is greater than or equal to the critical corrosion temperature. A combined carbon emission rate of the first boiler and the second boiler may be less than a combined carbon emission rate of generating and heating the steam to supercritical steam temperatures using boilers that only combust the first fuel. The first boiler may be fluidly connected to a heat exchanger that heats the generated steam to a supercritical steam temperature via a flue gas produced by a gas turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Wei Zhang, Armand Levasseur, Tidjani Niass, Mourad Younes, Glen Jukkola, Bruce Wilhelm, Daryl Philo, Timothy Maidenford
  • Publication number: 20180119577
    Abstract: A system for providing supercritical steam including a first boiler that generates steam via combusting a first fuel, and a second boiler fluidly connected to the first boiler via a conduit which heats the generated steam to supercritical steam temperatures via combusting a second fuel. A first temperature of the conduit may be below a critical corrosion temperature and a second temperature of the conduit is greater than or equal to the critical corrosion temperature. A combined carbon emission rate of the first boiler and the second boiler may be less than a combined carbon emission rate of generating and heating the steam to supercritical steam temperatures using boilers that only combust the first fuel. The first boiler may be fluidly connected to a heat exchanger that heats the generated steam to a supercritical steam temperature via a flue gas produced by a gas turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: General Electric Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Wei Zhang, Armand Levasseur, Tidjani Niass, Mourad Younes, Glen Jukkola, Bruce Wilhelm, Daryl Philo, Timothy Maidenford