Patents by Inventor Daniel Robert Tegel

Daniel Robert Tegel 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).

  • Methods of determining sensor probe location in a closed loop emissions control system
    Patent number: 9745900
    Abstract: Methods of determining a desired sensor probe location in a closed loop emissions control (CLEC) system of a gas turbine engine are provided. One method includes determining, at different locations, a plurality of temperature contour profiles for exhaust flowing through an exhaust duct, selecting an emissions component entrained in the exhaust to be measured, and determining a desired sensor probe installation location based on the emissions component to be measured and based on the plurality of temperature contour profiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Siddharth Aphale, Scott Alan Kopcho, Daniel Robert Tegel, Aarron Dell Johansen
  • METHODS OF DETERMINING SENSOR PROBE LOCATION IN A CLOSED LOOP EMISSIONS CONTROL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150315953
    Abstract: Methods of determining a desired sensor probe location in a closed loop emissions control (CLEC) system of a gas turbine engine are provided. One method includes determining, at different locations, a plurality of temperature contour profiles for exhaust flowing through an exhaust duct, selecting an emissions component entrained in the exhaust to be measured, and determining a desired sensor probe installation location based on the emissions component to be measured and based on the plurality of temperature contour profiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Siddharth Aphale, Scott Alan Kopcho, Daniel Robert Tegel, Aarron Dell Johansen
  • Measurement method for detecting and quantifying combustor dynamic pressures
    Patent number: 6354071
    Abstract: A method of detecting combustor dynamic pressures in combustors of a gas turbine combustor includes the steps of: a) mounting at least one accelerometer (24) on a combustor casing; b) establishing a baseline vibration signature for the casing when combustion dynamics are minimal; and c) measuring subsequent vibration signatures and comparing those signatures to the baseline signature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Daniel Robert Tegel, Gerald P. Hunt, Jack Edward Lawton, Robert Edward Malo
  • MEASUREMENT METHOD FOR DETECTING AND QUANTIFYING COMBUSTOR DYNAMIC PRESSURES
    Publication number: 20020005037
    Abstract: A method of detecting combustor dynamic pressures in combustors of a gas turbine combustor includes the steps of: a) mounting at least one accelerometer on a combustor casing; b) establishing a baseline vibration signature for the casing when combustion dynamics are minimal; and c) measuring subsequent vibration signatures and comparing those signatures to the baseline signature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 1998
    Publication date: January 17, 2002
    Inventors: DANIEL ROBERT TEGEL, GERALD P. HUNT, JACK E. LAWTON, ROBERT E. MALO