Patents by Inventor David S. Stapp

David S. Stapp 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).

  • Publication number: 20230203988
    Abstract: A system for determining the temperature of a supercritical fluid that involves determining the speed of sound in the supercritical fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventor: David S. STAPP
  • Patent number: 11073339
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to heat exchanger for a power generation system and related methods that use supercritical fluids, and in particular to a heat exchanger configured to minimize axial forces during operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Peregrine Turbine Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: David S. Stapp
  • Publication number: 20190128615
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to heat exchanger for a power generation system and related methods that use supercritical fluids, and in particular to a heat exchanger configured to minimize axial forces during operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventor: David S. Stapp
  • Patent number: 10254048
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to heat exchanger for a power generation system and related methods that use supercritical fluids, and in particular to a heat exchanger configured to minimize axial forces during operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Peregrine Turbine Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: David S. Stapp
  • Publication number: 20190003386
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system for determining the temperature of a supercritical fluid that involves determining the speed of sound in the supercritical fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventor: David S. Stapp
  • Patent number: 10101092
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a power generation system and related methods that use closed supercritical fluid cycles, and in particular, to a power generation system and related methods where multiple cores may be selectively operated to adjust power levels generated by the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Peregrine Turbine Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David S. Stapp, Robert Brooks
  • Patent number: 10072574
    Abstract: A dual cycle system for generating shaft power using a supercritical fluid and a fossil fuel. The first cycle is an open, air breathing Brayton cycle. The second cycle is a closed, supercritical fluid Brayton cycle. After compression of air in the first cycle, the compressed air flows through a first cross cycle heat exchanger through which the supercritical fluid from the second cycle flows after it has been compressed and then expanded in a turbine. In the first cross cycle heat exchanger, the compressed air is heated and the expanded supercritical fluid is cooled. Prior to expansion in a turbine, the compressed supercritical fluid flows through a second cross cycle heat exchanger through which also flows combustion gas, produced by burning a fossil fuel in the compressed air in the first cycle. In the second cross cycle heat exchanger, the combustion gas is cooled and the compressed supercritical fluid is heated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Peregrine Turbine Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: David S. Stapp
  • Publication number: 20170122203
    Abstract: A dual cycle system for generating shaft power using a supercritical fluid and a fossil fuel. The first cycle is an open, air breathing Brayton cycle. The second cycle is a closed, supercritical fluid Brayton cycle. After compression of air in the first cycle, the compressed air flows through a first cross cycle heat exchanger through which the supercritical fluid from the second cycle flows after it has been compressed and then expanded in a turbine. In the first cross cycle heat exchanger, the compressed air is heated and the expanded supercritical fluid is cooled. Prior to expansion in a turbine, the compressed supercritical fluid flows through a second cross cycle heat exchanger through which also flows combustion gas, produced by burning a fossil fuel in the compressed air in the first cycle. In the second cross cycle heat exchanger, the combustion gas is cooled and the compressed supercritical fluid is heated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventor: David S. Stapp
  • Patent number: 9540999
    Abstract: A dual cycle system for generating shaft power using a supercritical fluid and a fossil fuel. The first cycle is an open, air breathing Brayton cycle. The second cycle is a closed, supercritical fluid Brayton cycle. After compression of air in the first cycle, the compressed air flows through a first cross cycle heat exchanger through which the supercritical fluid from the second cycle flows after it has been compressed and then expanded in a turbine. In the first cross cycle heat exchanger, the compressed air is heated and the expanded supercritical fluid is cooled. Prior to expansion in a turbine, the compressed supercritical fluid flows through a second cross cycle heat exchanger through which also flows combustion gas, produced by burning a fossil fuel in the compressed air in the first cycle. In the second cross cycle heat exchanger, the combustion gas is cooled and the compressed supercritical fluid is heated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Peregrine Turbine Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: David S. Stapp
  • Publication number: 20160084584
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to heat exchanger for a power generation system and related methods that use supercritical fluids, and in particular to a heat exchanger configured to minimize axial forces during operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventor: David S. Stapp
  • Publication number: 20160053638
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a power generation system and related methods that use closed supercritical fluid cycles, and in particular, to a power generation system and related methods where multiple cores may be selectively operated to adjust power levels generated by the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventor: David S. Stapp
  • Publication number: 20130180259
    Abstract: A dual cycle system for generating shaft power using a supercritical fluid and a fossil fuel. The first cycle is an open, air breathing Brayton cycle. The second cycle is a closed, supercritical fluid Brayton cycle. After compression of air in the first cycle, the compressed air flows through a first cross cycle heat exchanger through which the supercritical fluid from the second cycle flows after it has been compressed and then expanded in a turbine. In the first cross cycle heat exchanger, the compressed air is heated and the expanded supercritical fluid is cooled. Prior to expansion in a turbine, the compressed supercritical fluid flows through a second cross cycle heat exchanger through which also flows combustion gas, produced by burning a fossil fuel in the compressed air in the first cycle. In the second cross cycle heat exchanger, the combustion gas is cooled and the compressed supercritical fluid is heated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Inventor: David S. Stapp