Patents by Inventor David Robert Noble
David Robert Noble 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).
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Patent number: 11867397Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium with instructions stored thereon, the instructions executable by one or more processors for selecting infrequent or frequent autotuning of a combustor; and determining the health of a combustor. Also, a method of monitoring a combustor within a gas turbine engine system, comprising providing a gas turbine engine system, wherein the gas turbine engine includes an autotuning system; selecting infrequent or frequent autotuning of the combustor; and determining the health of the combustor; wherein said determining the health of a combustor comprises receiving real-time fuel gas temperature data from at least one thermocouple.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2019Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.Inventors: Leonard Charles Angello, Benjamin Emerson, Timothy Charles Lieuwen, David Robert Noble, Jared Kee
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Patent number: 11713725Abstract: A method for detecting blowout precursors in at least one gas turbine combustor comprising: receiving combustion dynamics acoustic data measured by an acoustic measuring device associated with the combustor in real time; performing wavelet analysis on the acoustic data using simplified Mexican Hat wavelet transform analysis; and determining the existence of a blowout precursor based at least in part on the wavelet analysis. Provided also is a system and a non-transitory computer readable medium configured to perform the method.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2020Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Electric Power Research Institute, Inc.Inventors: Leonard Charles Angello, David Robert Noble, Andrew Mueller, John Alexander Miltner, Benjamin Emerson, Scott Sheppard, Jared Kee, Timothy Charles Lieuwen
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Publication number: 20220074817Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium with instructions stored thereon, the instructions executable by one or more processors for calculating base swirl in a gas turbine; and calculating relative swirl in the gas turbine. Also, a method for gas turbine maintenance, comprising identifying a combustor in need of repair or replacement within a gas turbine; and repairing or replacing the combustor; wherein said identifying comprises calculating base swirl of the gas turbine and calculating relative swirl of the gas turbine in order to associate a gas path from a thermocouple to the combustor in need of repair or replacement.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2021Publication date: March 10, 2022Inventors: Leonard Charles ANGELLO, Benjamin EMERSON, Timothy Charles LIEUWEN, David Robert NOBLE
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Patent number: 11204303Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium with instructions stored thereon, the instructions executable by one or more processors for calculating base swirl in a gas turbine; and calculating relative swirl in the gas turbine. Also, a method for gas turbine maintenance, comprising identifying a combustor in need of repair or replacement within a gas turbine; and repairing or replacing the combustor; wherein said identifying comprises calculating base swirl of the gas turbine and calculating relative swirl of the gas turbine in order to associate a gas path from a thermocouple to the combustor in need of repair or replacement.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2019Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: Electric Power Research Institute, Inc.Inventors: Leonard Charles Angello, Benjamin Emerson, Timothy Charles Lieuwen, David Robert Noble
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Publication number: 20210372330Abstract: A method for detecting blowout precursors in at least one gas turbine combustor comprising: receiving combustion dynamics acoustic data measured by an acoustic measuring device associated with the combustor in real time; performing wavelet analysis on the acoustic data using simplified Mexican Hat wavelet transform analysis; and determining the existence of a blowout precursor based at least in part on the wavelet analysis. Provided also is a system and a non-transitory computer readable medium configured to perform the method.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2020Publication date: December 2, 2021Inventors: Leonard Charles ANGELLO, David Robert NOBLE, Andrew MUELLER, John Alexander MILTNER, Benjamin EMERSON, Scott SHEPPARD, Jared KEE, Timothy Charles LIEUWEN
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Publication number: 20200408639Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium with instructions stored thereon, the instructions executable by one or more processors for calculating base swirl in a gas turbine; and calculating relative swirl in the gas turbine. Also, a method for gas turbine maintenance, comprising identifying a combustor in need of repair or replacement within a gas turbine; and repairing or replacing the combustor; wherein said identifying comprises calculating base swirl of the gas turbine and calculating relative swirl of the gas turbine in order to associate a gas path from a thermocouple to the combustor in need of repair or replacement.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2019Publication date: December 31, 2020Inventors: Leonard Charles ANGELLO, Benjamin EMERSON, Timothy Charles LIEUWEN, David Robert Noble
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Publication number: 20200355368Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium with instructions stored thereon, the instructions executable by one or more processors for selecting infrequent or frequent autotuning of a combustor; and determining the health of a combustor. Also, a method of monitoring a combustor within a gas turbine engine system, comprising providing a gas turbine engine system, wherein the gas turbine engine includes an autotuning system; selecting infrequent or frequent autotuning of the combustor; and determining the health of the combustor; wherein said determining the health of a combustor comprises receiving real-time fuel gas temperature data from at least one thermocouple.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2019Publication date: November 12, 2020Inventors: Leonard Charles ANGELLO, Benjamin EMERSON, Timothy Charles LIEUWEN, David Robert Noble, Jared KEE
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Patent number: 9752960Abstract: A system and method for anomaly detection is provided. The system (100) and method (200) include utilizing one or more processors, such as in a server, for receiving (108) operational and dynamics data (104) from sensors associated with devices (102), filtering the data, establishing a set of baseline dynamics data and eliminating data dependencies (110). The system and method further include generating an expected level of data variation (112), identifying an anomaly based on a deviation of the device data from the baseline data normalized by the expected level of data variation (114), optionally correlating an anomaly with potential causes, and providing an output indicating an anomaly (116).Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2011Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: Electric Power Research Institute, Inc.Inventors: Leonard Angello, Tim Lieuwen, David Robert Noble, Brian Poole
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Publication number: 20150051847Abstract: A system and method for anomaly detection is provided. The system (100) and method (200) include utilizing one or more processors, such as in a server, for receiving (108) operational and dynamics data (104) from sensors associated with devices (102), filtering the data, establishing a set of baseline dynamics data and eliminating data dependencies (110). The system and method further include generating an expected level of data variation (112), identifying an anomaly based on a deviation of the device data from the baseline data normalized by the expected level of data variation (114), optionally correlating an anomaly with potential causes, and providing an output indicating an anomaly (116).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2011Publication date: February 19, 2015Applicant: ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.Inventors: Leonard Angello, Tim Lieuwen, David Robert Noble, Brian Poole