Patents by Inventor Charles Martin Mitchell

Charles Martin Mitchell 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).

  • System and method for pulverizing a substance
    Patent number: 8893992
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a fuel preparation system. The feedstock preparation system includes an acoustic chamber configured to receive a fuel and at least one acoustic wave generator configured to generate acoustic waves to at least partially break up the fuel in the acoustic chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Charles Martin Mitchell, Fredric S. Russ, Chris J. Villa, Steven Craig Russell
  • System and method for cooling a solvent for gas treatment
    Patent number: 8753440
    Abstract: The present embodiments are directed towards the cooling of a solvent of a gas treatment system using a fluid flow from an air separation unit. In one embodiment, a system is provided that includes an air separation unit. The air separation unit has an air inlet configured to receive an air flow, an oxygen outlet configured to output an oxygen flow, a nitrogen outlet configured to output a nitrogen flow and a cooling system configured to cool the air flow to enable separation of the air flow into the oxygen flow and the nitrogen flow, wherein the cooling system is configured to cool a first solvent of a first gas treatment system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Fredric Samuel Russ, George Frederick Frey, Charles Martin Mitchell, Paul William Plummer
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PULVERIZING A SUBSTANCE
    Publication number: 20130277464
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a fuel preparation system. The feedstock preparation system includes an acoustic chamber configured to receive a fuel and at least one acoustic wave generator configured to generate acoustic waves to at least partially break up the fuel in the acoustic chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Charles Martin Mitchell, Fredric S. Russ, Chris J. Villa, Steven Craig Russell
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COOLING A SOLVENT FOR GAS TREATMENT
    Publication number: 20120227442
    Abstract: The present embodiments are directed towards the cooling of a solvent of a gas treatment system using a fluid flow from an air separation unit. In one embodiment, a system is provided that includes an air separation unit. The air separation unit has an air inlet configured to receive an air flow, an oxygen outlet configured to output an oxygen flow, a nitrogen outlet configured to output a nitrogen flow and a cooling system configured to cool the air flow to enable separation of the air flow into the oxygen flow and the nitrogen flow, wherein the cooling system is configured to cool a first solvent of a first gas treatment system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Fredric Samuel Russ, George Frederick Frey, Charles Martin Mitchell, Paul William Plummer