Patents by Inventor Denise Marie Rico

Denise Marie Rico 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).

  • Gasification quench chamber and scrubber assembly
    Patent number: 9028569
    Abstract: A gasification quench chamber is disclosed. The gasification quench chamber includes a reservoir that contains liquid coolant in its lower portion and an exit for the cooled syngas in its upper portion; a dip tube that is configured to introduce a syngas mixture to contact the liquid coolant which produces the cooled syngas; a cooling device configured to further cool the cooled syngas in its upper portion; and a stability device in the lower portion that is configured to mitigate coolant level fluctuation and sloshing. In an embodiment of the quench chamber, the cooling device includes a heat exchanger pipe. A quench chamber and scrubber assembly is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Prashant Tiwari, Aaron Avagliano, Judeth Brannon Corry, Constantin Dinu, Helge Burghard Herwig Klockow, Gregory Michael Laskowski, Sarah Marie Monahan, Denise Marie Rico, James Michael Storey
  • Control system and method to operate a quench scrubber system under high entrainment
    Patent number: 8821598
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, a system includes a first water supply pump configured to pump water from a gas scrubber sump of a gas scrubber directly to a quench chamber sump of a quench chamber via a first water supply line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Constantin Dinu, George Gulko, Judeth Brannon Corry, Allyson Joy Jimenez-Huyke, Richard L. Zhao, Denise Marie Rico
  • GASIFICATION QUENCH CHAMBER AND SCRUBBER ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20110120010
    Abstract: A gasification quench chamber is disclosed. The gasification quench chamber includes a reservoir that contains liquid coolant in its lower portion and an exit for the cooled syngas in its upper portion; a dip tube that is configured to introduce a syngas mixture to contact the liquid coolant which produces the cooled syngas; a cooling device configured to further cool the cooled syngas in its upper portion; and a stability device in the lower portion that is configured to mitigate coolant level fluctuation and sloshing. In an embodiment of the quench chamber, the cooling device includes a heat exchanger pipe. A quench chamber and scrubber assembly is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Prashant Tiwari, Aaron Avagliano, Judeth Brannon Corry, Constantin Dinu, Helge Burghard Herwig Klockow, Gregory Michael Laskowski, Sarah Marie Monahan, Denise Marie Rico, James Michael Storey
  • CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD TO OPERATE A QUENCH SCRUBBER SYSTEM UNDER HIGH ENTRAINMENT
    Publication number: 20110016787
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, a system includes a first water supply pump configured to pump water from a gas scrubber sump of a gas scrubber directly to a quench chamber sump of a quench chamber via a first water supply line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Constantin Dinu, George Gulko, Judeth Brannon Corry, Allyson Joy Jimenez-Huyke, Richard L. Zhao, Denise Marie Rico
  • COOLING CHAMBER ASSEMBLY FOR A GASIFIER
    Publication number: 20100325956
    Abstract: A gasifier includes a combustion chamber in which a combustible fuel is burned to produce a syngas and a particulated solid residue. A cooling chamber having a liquid coolant is disposed downstream of the combustion chamber. A dip tube is disposed coupling the combustion chamber to the cooling chamber. The syngas is directed from the combustion chamber to the cooling chamber via the dip tube to contact the liquid coolant and produce a cooled syngas. An asymmetric or symmetric liquid separator is disposed proximate to an exit path of the cooling chamber and configured to remove entrained liquid content from the cooled syngas directed through the annular passage to the exit path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Constantin Dinu, Judeth Brannon Corry, James Michael Storey, Denise Marie Rico, Richard L. Zhao