Patents by Inventor Eric Motter

Eric Motter 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: 8122725
    Abstract: Methods and systems for delivering fuel in a gas turbine engine are provided. The system includes a plurality of can annular combustors that includes at least a first set of combustors of the plurality of can annular combustors and at least a second set of combustors of the plurality of can annular combustors wherein each set of combustors is supplied by a separately controllable respective fuel delivery system. The method includes supplying fuel at a first fuel schedule to the first set of combustors and supplying fuel at a second fuel schedule to the second set of combustors during a first mode of operation wherein the second fuel schedule is different than the first fuel schedule, and supplying fuel at the second fuel schedule to the first and second sets of combustors during a second mode of operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Geoffrey David Myers, David August Snider, Eric Motter, Daniel R. Tegel, James Harper, Stephen R. Watts, Joseph Citeno
  • Publication number: 20100043387
    Abstract: Methods and systems for delivering fuel in a gas turbine engine are provided. The system includes a plurality of can annular combustors that includes at least a first set of combustors of the plurality of can annular combustors and at least a second set of combustors of the plurality of can annular combustors wherein each set of combustors is supplied by a separately controllable respective fuel delivery system. The method includes supplying fuel at a first fuel schedule to the first set of combustors and supplying fuel at a second fuel schedule to the second set of combustors during a first mode of operation wherein the second fuel schedule is different than the first fuel schedule, and supplying fuel at the second fuel schedule to the first and second sets of combustors during a second mode of operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2007
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Geoffrey David Myers, David August Snider, Eric Motter, Daniel R. Tegel, James Harper, Stephen R. Watts, Joseph Citeno
  • Patent number: 7513100
    Abstract: Methods and systems for a dry low NOx gas turbine engine system include a gas turbine engine including at least one dry low NOx combustor. The combustor includes a plurality of injection points wherein at least some of the injection points are configured to inject a fuel into the combustor at a plurality of different locations. The system includes a water source coupled to the combustor and operable to inject water into others of the plurality of injection points. The system also includes a control system that includes a sensor configured to measure an exhaust gas concentration of the turbine, a processor programmed to receive a signal indicative of the turbine exhaust gas concentration, and to automatically control the water injection using the received exhaust gas concentration signal. Such systems in use together can mitigate visible emissions from the exhaust stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Eric Motter, Willy Steve Ziminsky, Arthur James Fossum, Robert Joseph Iasillo
  • Publication number: 20070089425
    Abstract: Methods and systems for a dry low NOx gas turbine engine system include a gas turbine engine including at least one dry low NOx combustor. The combustor includes a plurality of injection points wherein at least some of the injection points are configured to inject a fuel into the combustor at a plurality of different locations. The system includes a water source coupled to the combustor and operable to inject water into others of the plurality of injection points. The system also includes a control system that includes a sensor configured to measure an exhaust gas concentration of the turbine, a processor programmed to receive a signal indicative of the turbine exhaust gas concentration, and to automatically control the water injection using the received exhaust gas concentration signal. Such systems in use together can mitigate visible emissions from the exhaust stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2005
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Inventors: Eric Motter, Willy Ziminsky, Arthur Fossum, Robert Iasillo