Patents by Inventor Charles Steven Renfro

Charles Steven Renfro 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).

  • Economic optimization of power generation system with alternative operating modes
    Patent number: 10018972
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an apparatus including: a controller communicatively coupled to a power generation system and configured to shift the power generation system between a first operating mode and a second operating mode, the second operating mode being different from the first operating mode; and a economic optimization engine in communication with the controller, wherein the economic optimization engine calculates: an economic benefit for shifting the power generation system from the first operating mode to the second operating mode based on at least one of a power generation demand, a power generation cost, and an operating condition of the power generation system; and a billing rate per unit of time of operation in the second operating mode based on at least one of the economic benefit, an operating difference between the first operating mode and the second operating mode, and a predetermined cost differential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Rahul Jaikaran Chillar, Ernest George Cusick, Julio Enrique Mestroni, Charles Steven Renfro
  • ECONOMIC OPTIMIZATION OF POWER GENERATION SYSTEM WITH ALTERNATIVE OPERATING MODES
    Publication number: 20150355606
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an apparatus including: a controller communicatively coupled to a power generation system and configured to shift the power generation system between a first operating mode and a second operating mode, the second operating mode being different from the first operating mode; and a economic optimization engine in communication with the controller, wherein the economic optimization engine calculates: an economic benefit for shifting the power generation system from the first operating mode to the second operating mode based on at least one of a power generation demand, a power generation cost, and an operating condition of the power generation system; and a billing rate per unit of time of operation in the second operating mode based on at least one of the economic benefit, an operating difference between the first operating mode and the second operating mode, and a predetermined cost differential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Rahul Jaikaran Chillar, Ernest George Cusick, Julio Enrique Mestroni, Charles Steven Renfro