Patents by Inventor Edwin Toombs

Edwin Toombs 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).

  • Liquified natural gas (LNG) fueled combined cycle power plant and a (LNG) fueled gas turbine plant
    Patent number: 6374591
    Abstract: A process and system which improves the capacity and efficiency of a power plant. A LNG supply system fuels the plant. Gasified LNG in a combustor mixes with the air from an air compressor to provide the hot combustion gas for a gas turbine. The expanding LNG is used to chill a heat exchange fluid, e.g. water, which heat exchange fluid cools and densifies the intake air for the air compressor. Subsequently, the heat exchange fluid is used in another heat exchange step and is then re-chilled and recycled to cool and densify the intake air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Tractebel LNG North America LLC
    Inventors: Paul C. Johnson, Edwin Toombs