Patents by Inventor Eric Tracy Watson

Eric Tracy Watson 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: 10533496
    Abstract: A system includes a modularized air inlet system. The modularized air inlet system includes an air filter house section configured to receive air via an air inlet. The modularized air inlet system also includes a transition/silencer section configured to direct the air from the modularized air inlet system, via an air outlet, into an air inlet plenum coupled to a gas turbine engine enclosure. The modularized air inlet system is configured to couple directly to the air inlet plenum and the gas turbine enclosure without an expansion joint disposed between the modularized air inlet system and the air inlet plenum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Donald Gordon Laing, Eric Tracy Watson, Balakrishnan Ponnuraj, Ravinder Yerram
  • Patent number: 10494969
    Abstract: A device includes a housing and a core configured to be secured within the housing. The core includes a microphone configured to detect a sound signal. The core also includes a control board configured to generate a noise-canceling sound signal based on the sound signal and a set of transfer functions. The core further includes a speaker configured to deliver the noise-canceling sound signal. The device also includes a fastener configured to connect the housing to an air filter of an intake vent of an enclosure of a power generation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Quoc Hoai Nguyen, Arkadiusz Bartlomiej Nagorski, Eric YuHang Fung, Eric Tracy Watson
  • Patent number: 10436086
    Abstract: A system includes an Active Noise Control (ANC) module unit configured to be installed within an air intake or exhaust of a power generation unit. The ANC module unit includes an ANC housing shaped to fit within the air intake or exhaust, an ANC core configured to be secured within the ANC housing, which includes a microphone configured to detect a sound generated by the power generation unit, a control board configured to control the noise-canceling sound based on the sound signal from the microphone and a set of pre-determined noise reduction transfer functions, and a first speaker configured to deliver a first noise-canceling sound to the air intake or exhaust.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Quoc Nguyen, Eric Fung, Eric Tracy Watson, Arkadiusz Bartlomiej Nagorski
  • Publication number: 20190136729
    Abstract: A device includes a housing and a core configured to be secured within the housing. The core includes a microphone configured to detect a sound signal. The core also includes a control board configured to generate a noise-canceling sound signal based on the sound signal and a set of transfer functions. The core further includes a speaker configured to deliver the noise-canceling sound signal. The device also includes a fastener configured to connect the housing to an air filter of an intake vent of an enclosure of a power generation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Quoc Hoai Nguyen, Arkadiusz Bartlomiej Nagorski, Eric YuHang Fung, Eric Tracy Watson
  • Patent number: 10184371
    Abstract: A device includes a housing and a core configured to be secured within the housing. The core includes a microphone configured to detect a sound signal. The core also includes a control board configured to generate a noise-canceling sound signal based on the sound signal and a set of transfer functions. The core further includes a speaker configured to deliver the noise-canceling sound signal. The device also includes a fastener configured to connect the housing to an air filter of an intake vent of an enclosure of a power generation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Quoc Hoai Nguyen, Arkadiusz Bartlomiej Nagorski, Eric YuHang Fung, Eric Tracy Watson
  • Publication number: 20180094555
    Abstract: A device includes a housing and a core configured to be secured within the housing. The core includes a microphone configured to detect a sound signal. The core also includes a control board configured to generate a noise-canceling sound signal based on the sound signal and a set of transfer functions. The core further includes a speaker configured to deliver the noise-canceling sound signal. The device also includes a fastener configured to connect the housing to an air filter of an intake vent of an enclosure of a power generation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Quoc Hoai Nguyen, Arkadiusz Bartlomiej Nagorski, Eric YuHang Fung, Eric Tracy Watson
  • Publication number: 20180030895
    Abstract: A system includes a modularized air inlet system. The modularized air inlet system includes an air filter house section configured to receive air via an air inlet. The modularized air inlet system also includes a transition/silencer section configured to direct the air from the modularized air inlet system, via an air outlet, into an air inlet plenum coupled to a gas turbine engine enclosure. The modularized air inlet system is configured to couple directly to the air inlet plenum and the gas turbine enclosure without an expansion joint disposed between the modularized air inlet system and the air inlet plenum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Donald Gordon Laing, Eric Tracy Watson, Balakrishnan Ponnuraj, Ravinder Yerram
  • Patent number: 9852725
    Abstract: A system configured to thermally regulate heat dissipation of a power plant system (e.g. steam turbine, gas turbine compressor, intercooler or other fluidic thermal source, etc.) and acoustically attenuate operation of an air cooled heat exchanger via sound reflection, sound absorption, sound diffraction, and/or active noise cancellation is disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes: a set of inner barriers; a base barrier disposed beneath the set of inner barriers; a set of outer barriers disposed about the base barrier and the set of inner barriers, the set of outer barriers including a top surface located above a bottom surface of the set of inner barriers; a heat exchanger fluidly connected to a power generation system and disposed within the set of inner barriers; and a set of fans disposed within the set of inner barriers and configured to form a flow of air through the set of inner barriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Quoc Hoai Nguyen, Arkadiusz Bartlomiej Nagorski, Eric Tracy Watson
  • Publication number: 20170175602
    Abstract: A system includes an Active Noise Control (ANC) module unit configured to be installed within an air intake or exhaust of a power generation unit. The ANC module unit includes an ANC housing shaped to fit within the air intake or exhaust, an ANC core configured to be secured within the ANC housing, which includes a microphone configured to detect a sound generated by the power generation unit, a control board configured to control the noise-canceling sound based on the sound signal from the microphone and a set of pre-determined noise reduction transfer functions, and a first speaker configured to deliver a first noise-canceling sound to the air intake or exhaust.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Quoc Nguyen, Eric Fung, Eric Tracy Watson, Arkadiusz Bartlomiej Nagorski
  • Publication number: 20160180828
    Abstract: A system configured to thermally regulate heat dissipation of a power plant system (e.g. steam turbine, gas turbine compressor, intercooler or other fluidic thermal source, etc.) and acoustically attenuate operation of an air cooled heat exchanger via sound reflection, sound absorption, sound diffraction, and/or active noise cancellation is disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes: a set of inner barriers; a base barrier disposed beneath the set of inner barriers; a set of outer barriers disposed about the base barrier and the set of inner barriers, the set of outer barriers including a top surface located above a bottom surface of the set of inner barriers; a heat exchanger fluidly connected to a power generation system and disposed within the set of inner barriers; and a set of fans disposed within the set of inner barriers and configured to form a flow of air through the set of inner barriers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Quoc Hoai Nguyen, Arkadiusz Bartlomiej Nagorski, Eric Tracy Watson
  • Patent number: 9309842
    Abstract: An air inlet silencer for turbomachines is provided. In one embodiment, the air inlet silencer includes a body, and a plurality of concentric baffles coupled to and axially surrounding the body. In another embodiment, an air inlet system for a turbomachine includes the air inlet silencer, as discussed herein, positioned within a silencer housing. The air inlet system may also include a deflector positioned within the silencer housing adjacent the air inlet silencer. In a further embodiment, a turbomachine includes a turbine coupled to a compressor, and an air inlet system, as described herein, coupled to the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Eric Tracy Watson, Robert Allen Baten, Doyle Jackson Marrs
  • Patent number: 9039352
    Abstract: A sound attenuating chimney element for a turbomachine system includes a high density outer body having an external surface and an internal surface, and one or more acoustic attenuation layers provided on the external surface of the outer body. The one or more acoustic attenuation layers include an outer surface portion and an inner surface portion. A structural layer is provided on the outer surface portion of the one or more acoustic attenuation layers. The structural layer includes an external surface that defines a duct configured and disposed to pass gases from the turbomachine system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Eric Tracy Watson, Joseph Gabriel Harris, Quoc Hoai Nguyen, Yunyi Zou
  • Publication number: 20140219781
    Abstract: An air inlet silencer for turbomachines is provided. In one embodiment, the air inlet silencer includes a body, and a plurality of concentric baffles coupled to and axially surrounding the body. In another embodiment, an air inlet system for a turbomachine includes the air inlet silencer, as discussed herein, positioned within a silencer housing. The air inlet system may also include a deflector positioned within the silencer housing adjacent the air inlet silencer. In a further embodiment, a turbomachine includes a turbine coupled to a compressor, and an air inlet system, as described herein, coupled to the compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Eric Tracy Watson, Robert Allen Baten, Doyle Jackson Marrs
  • Publication number: 20140126997
    Abstract: A sound attenuating chimney element for a turbomachine system includes a high density outer body having an external surface and an internal surface, and one or more acoustic attenuation layers provided on the external surface of the outer body. The one or more acoustic attenuation layers include an outer surface portion and an inner surface portion. A structural layer is provided on the outer surface portion of the one or more acoustic attenuation layers. The structural layer includes an external surface that defines a duct configured and disposed to pass gases from the turbomachine system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Eric Tracy Watson, Joseph Gabriel Harris, Quoc Hoai Nguyen, Yunyi Zou