Patents by Inventor Elden W. Crom

Elden W. Crom 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).

  • MULTI-SPEED TURBINE REDUCTION GEARBOX SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20240084739
    Abstract: A system for controlling a turbine is disclosed. The system includes a turbine control fuel governor that has a plurality of VCPIDs operating in parallel with one another. Each VCPID is associated with a respective turbine parameter and one or more external parameters. Each VCPID incorporates feedback from the parallel operating VCPIDs to feed an integral term of a current VCPID in the following manner: a previous derivative gain and a previous proportional gain are summed and subtracted from a selected output for the turbine to yield a result, and the result is input to an integral gain portion of the current VCPID.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Signal Power Group Operating LLC
    Inventors: David Keith Crowe, Elden W. Crom
  • System for controlling a turbine
    Patent number: 11859562
    Abstract: A system for controlling a turbine is disclosed. The system includes a turbine control fuel governor that has a plurality of VCPIDs operating in parallel with one another. Each VCPID is associated with a respective turbine parameter and one or more external parameters. Each VCPID incorporates feedback from the parallel operating VCPIDs to feed an integral term of a current VCPID in the following manner: a previous derivative gain and a previous proportional gain are summed and subtracted from a selected output for the turbine to yield a result, and the result is input to an integral gain portion of the current VCPID.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Signal Power Group Operating LLC
    Inventors: David Keith Crowe, Elden W. Crom
  • SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A TURBINE
    Publication number: 20230043822
    Abstract: A system for controlling a turbine is disclosed. The system includes a turbine control fuel governor that has a plurality of VCPIDs operating in parallel with one another. Each VCPID is associated with a respective turbine parameter and one or more external parameters. Each VCPID incorporates feedback from the parallel operating VCPIDs to feed an integral term of a current VCPID in the following manner: a previous derivative gain and a previous proportional gain are summed and subtracted from a selected output for the turbine to yield a result, and the result is input to an integral gain portion of the current VCPID.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: Signal Power Group Operating LLC
    Inventors: David Keith Crowe, Elden W. Crom
  • System for controlling a turbine
    Patent number: 11499484
    Abstract: A system for controlling a turbine is disclosed. The system includes a turbine control fuel governor that has a plurality of VCPIDs operating in parallel with one another. Each VCPID is associated with a respective turbine parameter and one or more external parameters. Each VCPID incorporates feedback from the parallel operating VCPIDs to feed an integral term of a current VCPID in the following manner: a previous derivative gain and a previous proportional gain are summed and subtracted from a selected output for the turbine to yield a result, and the result is input to an integral gain portion of the current VCPID.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: SIGNAL POWER GROUP OPERATING LLC
    Inventors: David Keith Crowe, Elden W. Crom
  • SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A TURBINE
    Publication number: 20220099032
    Abstract: A system for controlling a turbine is disclosed. The system includes a turbine control fuel governor that has a plurality of VCPIDs operating in parallel with one another. Each VCPID is associated with a respective turbine parameter and one or more external parameters. Each VCPID incorporates feedback from the parallel operating VCPIDs to feed an integral term of a current VCPID in the following manner: a previous derivative gain and a previous proportional gain are summed and subtracted from a selected output for the turbine to yield a result, and the result is input to an integral gain portion of the current VCPID.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: David Keith Crowe, Elden W. Crom