Patents by Inventor David Thimsen

David Thimsen 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).

  • Reheating of a working fluid within a turbine system for power generation
    Patent number: 10605122
    Abstract: An in-situ incremental reheating system configured to increase steam temperature and thermodynamic efficiencies of a steam turbine is disclosed. The system includes a pump; a radiant heater; piping inter-connecting the pump, radiant heater and steam turbine to create a flow circuit; and a heat transfer material configured to flow through the flow circuit and transfer heat directly to steam used in the steam turbine. The pump moves the heat transfer material through the flow circuit and the radiant heater regenerates the heat transfer material after the heat transfer material transfers heat to the steam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Scott Alexander Hume, David Thimsen
  • REHEATING OF A WORKING FLUID WITHIN A TURBINE SYSTEM FOR POWER GENERATION
    Publication number: 20180016945
    Abstract: An in-situ incremental reheating system configured to increase steam temperature and thermodynamic efficiencies of a steam turbine is disclosed. The system includes a pump; a radiant heater; piping inter-connecting the pump, radiant heater and steam turbine to create a flow circuit; and a heat transfer material configured to flow through the flow circuit and transfer heat directly to steam used in the steam turbine. The pump moves the heat transfer material through the flow circuit and the radiant heater regenerates the heat transfer material after the heat transfer material transfers heat to the steam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Scott Alexander Hume, David Thimsen