Patents by Inventor Christopher J. Lech

Christopher J. Lech 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).

  • Tube arrangement in a once-through horizontal evaporator
    Patent number: 10274192
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a once-through evaporator comprising an inlet manifold; one or more inlet headers in fluid communication with the inlet manifold; one or more tube stacks, where each tube stack comprises one or more inclined evaporator tubes; the one or more tube stacks being in fluid communication with the one or more inlet headers; where the inclined tubes are inclined at an angle of less than 90 degrees or greater than 90 degrees to a vertical; one or more outlet headers in fluid communication with one or more tube stacks; and an outlet manifold in fluid communication with the one or more outlet headers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Vinh Q. Truong, Christopher J. Lech, Jeffrey F. Magee
  • Tube and baffle arrangement in a once-through horizontal evaporator
    Patent number: 9989320
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a once-through evaporator comprising an inlet manifold; one or more inlet headers in fluid communication with the inlet manifold; one or more tube stacks, where each tube stack comprises one or more inclined evaporator tubes; the one or more tube stacks being in fluid communication with the one or more inlet headers; where the inclined tubes are inclined at an angle of less than 90 degrees or greater than 90 degrees to a vertical; one or more outlet headers in fluid communication with one or more tube stacks; and an outlet manifold in fluid communication with the one or more outlet headers; and a baffle system comprising a plurality of baffles; the baffle system being disposed adjacent to a tube stack so that the baffle system contacts a tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Christopher J. Lech, William D. Kupernik, Paul J. Chapman, James D. Pschirer, Jeffrey F. Magee
  • Solar receiver configuration
    Patent number: 9719696
    Abstract: A solar receiver configuration (receiver) adapted to include a plurality of receiver heat transfer passes. Each pass includes a plurality of panels. Further, each panel includes a plurality of tubes, tangentially arranged, vertically extending between horizontally placed lower and upper headers. The headers, which are pipe assemblies with closed ends, of adjacent panels are horizontally and vertically offset one to another to form a substantially continuous tube surface. Such continuous tube surface enables solar heating of the fluid flow therefrom in at least a parallel flow arrangement and a serpentine flow arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: ALSTOM Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Lech, Ronald Girard Payne, John Tweedie, Gary Pashko, Apurba Kumar Das, Lin Deng, David McGrane, Pedro Inigo, Rahul Jayant Terdalkar
  • Method and apparatus for connecting sections of a once-through horizontal evaporator
    Patent number: 9696098
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a once-through evaporator comprising an inlet manifold; one or more inlet headers in fluid communication with the inlet manifold; one or more tube stacks, where each tube stack comprises one or more substantially horizontal evaporator tubes; the one or more tube stacks being in fluid communication with the one or more inlet headers; one or more outlet headers in fluid communication with one or more tube stacks; and an outlet manifold in fluid communication with the one or more outlet headers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Jeffrey F. Magee, Wei D. Zhang, Bruce W. Wilhelm, Vinh Q. Truong, Christopher J. Lech, James D. Pschirer
  • SOLAR RECEIVER CONFIGURATION
    Publication number: 20150362218
    Abstract: A solar receiver configuration (receiver) adapted to include a plurality of receiver heat transfer passes. Each pass includes a plurality of panels. Further, each panel includes a plurality of tubes, tangentially arranged, vertically extending between horizontally placed lower and upper headers. The headers, which are pipe assemblies with closed ends, of adjacent panels are horizontally and vertically offset one to another to form a substantially continuous tube surface. Such continuous tube surface enables solar heating of the fluid flow therefrom in at least a parallel flow arrangement and a serpentine flow arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Christopher J. Lech, Ronald Girard Payne, John Tweedie, Gary Pashko, Apurba Kumar Das, Lin Deng, David McGrane, Pedro Inigo, Rahul Jayant Terdalkar