Patents by Inventor Douglas F. Beadie

Douglas F. Beadie 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).

  • Patent number: 11629618
    Abstract: A gas turbine system includes a compressor section, a turbine section, a combustor section. The combustor section is in fluid communication with a fuel supply via a fuel supply line. The water circuit includes a first water line extending between a first feed water supply line and a return water line. The gas turbine system further includes an extraction-air line that extends between an inlet port on the compressor section and an outlet port on the turbine section. A first heat exchanger thermally couples the first water line to the extraction-air line for transferring heat from a flow of extraction-air within the extraction-air line to a flow of water within the water circuit. A second heat exchanger thermally couples the first water line to the fuel supply line for transferring heat from the flow of water within the water circuit to a flow of fuel within the fuel supply line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Paul Pierre Antoine Drouvot, Brian M. Gallagher, Douglas F. Beadie
  • Publication number: 20220325639
    Abstract: A gas turbine system includes a compressor section, a turbine section, a combustor section. The combustor section is in fluid communication with a fuel supply via a fuel supply line. The water circuit includes a first water line extending between a first feed water supply line and a return water line. The gas turbine system further includes an extraction-air line that extends between an inlet port on the compressor section and an outlet port on the turbine section. A first heat exchanger thermally couples the first water line to the extraction-air line for transferring heat from a flow of extraction-air within the extraction-air line to a flow of water within the water circuit. A second heat exchanger thermally couples the first water line to the fuel supply line for transferring heat from the flow of water within the water circuit to a flow of fuel within the fuel supply line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Paul Pierre Antoine Drouvot, Brian M. Gallagher, Douglas F. Beadie
  • Patent number: 7536864
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine system. The system includes a compressor with a first compressor stage and a second compressor stage, a turbine with a first turbine stage and a second turbine stage, a first flow path connecting the first compressor stage and the first turbine stage, a second flow path connecting the second compressor stage and the second turbine stage, a crossover flow path connecting the first flow path and the second flow path, and an ejector positioned about the crossover flow path and the first flow path. The ejector may be a variable motive nozzle ejector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Christopher E. Wolfe, Douglas F. Beadie, Kenneth N. Whaling, David W. Ball, Kevin T. McGovern, Ravi Praveen Eluripati, Omprakash Samudrala