Patents by Inventor Charles Steber

Charles Steber 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: 8783007
    Abstract: The present application provides a liquid fuel system for use with a flow of a liquid fuel and a combustor of a gas turbine engine. The liquid fuel system may include a number of fuel lines in communication with the combustor, a purge air inlet positioned about each of the fuel lines, a number of drain lines with each drain line in communication with a respective fuel line, and a number of drain valves with each drain valve in communication with a respective drain line so as to drain the flow of liquid fuel in the fuel lines via a flow of purge air through the purge air inlet and opening the drain valves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Julio Enrique Mestroni, Douglas Byrd, Charles Steber, Rahul J. Chillar, Robert R. Reed
  • Publication number: 20120137695
    Abstract: The present application provides a fuel nozzle. The fuel nozzle may include a tube and a gas only insert tip positioned on the tube. The gas only insert tip may include a tip aperture. A plug may be positioned within the tip aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Eugene Delano White, Charles Steber, Jean-Marc Carre, Jason Tuma, Sean Timberlake
  • Publication number: 20110271679
    Abstract: The present application provides a liquid fuel system for use with a flow of a liquid fuel and a combustor of a gas turbine engine. The liquid fuel system may include a number of fuel lines in communication with the combustor, a purge air inlet positioned about each of the fuel lines, a number of drain lines with each drain line in communication with a respective fuel line, and a number of drain valves with each drain valve in communication with a respective drain line so as to drain the flow of liquid fuel in the fuel lines via a flow of purge air through the purge air inlet and opening the drain valves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Julio Enrique Mestroni, Douglas Byrd, Charles Steber, Rahul J. Chillar, Robert R. Reed
  • Publication number: 20070113560
    Abstract: Methods and systems for operating a gas turbine engine system include an electrical generator configured to provide electrical energy to a load, a gas turbine engine including at least one combustor that includes a plurality of fuel injection points configured to inject a fuel into the combustor at a plurality of different locations wherein the combustor configured to combust the fuel and the gas turbine engine is rotatably coupled to the generator through a shaft. The gas turbine engine system includes a control system including a plurality of sensors positioned about the gas turbine engine system and configured to measure at least one parameter associated with the sensor, a processor programmed to receive a signal indicative of a heating value of the fuel, and automatically control a fuel split between the fuel injection points on the combustor using the determined heating value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2005
    Publication date: May 24, 2007
    Inventors: Charles Steber, Massoud Parisay, Ravindra Annigeri, Willy Ziminsky, John Henderson