Patents by Inventor Eugene Delano White

Eugene Delano White 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: 10900420
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method includes performing a turbine combustor diagnostic routine including operating a first turbine combustor of a plurality of turbine combustors at a substantially steady state of combustion; adjusting an operational parameter of the first turbine combustor to cause a change in combustion products produced by the first turbine combustor; identifying a first sensor response of a first subset of a plurality of sensors disposed within or downstream from a turbine fluidly coupled to the turbine combustor, the first sensor response being indicative of the change in the combustion products, and wherein the first subset comprises one or more first sensors; correlating the first subset of sensors with the first turbine combustor; and diagnosing a condition of the first subset of the plurality of sensors, the first turbine combustor, or a combination thereof, based on the first sensor response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
    Inventor: Eugene Delano White
  • Publication number: 20180347473
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method includes performing a turbine combustor diagnostic routine including operating a first turbine combustor of a plurality of turbine combustors at a substantially steady state of combustion; adjusting an operational parameter of the first turbine combustor to cause a change in combustion products produced by the first turbine combustor; identifying a first sensor response of a first subset of a plurality of sensors disposed within or downstream from a turbine fluidly coupled to the turbine combustor, the first sensor response being indicative of the change in the combustion products, and wherein the first subset comprises one or more first sensors; correlating the first subset of sensors with the first turbine combustor; and diagnosing a condition of the first subset of the plurality of sensors, the first turbine combustor, or a combination thereof, based on the first sensor response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventor: Eugene Delano White
  • Patent number: 10030588
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method includes performing a turbine combustor diagnostic routine including operating a first turbine combustor of a plurality of turbine combustors at a substantially steady state of combustion; adjusting an operational parameter of the first turbine combustor to cause a change in combustion products produced by the first turbine combustor; identifying a first sensor response of a first subset of a plurality of sensors disposed within or downstream from a turbine fluidly coupled to the turbine combustor, the first sensor response being indicative of the change in the combustion products, and wherein the first subset comprises one or more first sensors; correlating the first subset of sensors with the first turbine combustor; and diagnosing a condition of the first subset of the plurality of sensors, the first turbine combustor, or a combination thereof, based on the first sensor response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignees: General Electric Company, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
    Inventor: Eugene Delano White
  • Patent number: 9587510
    Abstract: A system includes a gas turbine engine that includes a combustor section having a turbine combustor that generates combustion products, a turbine section having one or more turbine stages driven by the combustion products, an exhaust section disposed downstream of the turbine section, an oxygen sensor adaptor housing disposed in at least one of the combustor section, the turbine section, or the exhaust section, or any combination thereof, and an oxygen sensor disposed in the oxygen sensor adaptor housing. The oxygen sensor adaptor housing is configured to maintain a temperature of a portion of the oxygen sensor below an upper threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignees: General Electric Company, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
    Inventors: Eugene Delano White, Douglas Frank Beadie, Anthony Wayne Krull, Donald Earl Floyd, II
  • Publication number: 20150152791
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method includes performing a turbine combustor diagnostic routine including operating a first turbine combustor of a plurality of turbine combustors at a substantially steady state of combustion; adjusting an operational parameter of the first turbine combustor to cause a change in combustion products produced by the first turbine combustor; identifying a first sensor response of a first subset of a plurality of sensors disposed within or downstream from a turbine fluidly coupled to the turbine combustor, the first sensor response being indicative of the change in the combustion products, and wherein the first subset comprises one or more first sensors; correlating the first subset of sensors with the first turbine combustor; and diagnosing a condition of the first subset of the plurality of sensors, the first turbine combustor, or a combination thereof, based on the first sensor response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventor: Eugene Delano White
  • Publication number: 20150033757
    Abstract: A system includes a gas turbine engine that includes a combustor section having a turbine combustor that generates combustion products, a turbine section having one or more turbine stages driven by the combustion products, an exhaust section disposed downstream of the turbine section, an oxygen sensor adaptor housing disposed in at least one of the combustor section, the turbine section, or the exhaust section, or any combination thereof, and an oxygen sensor disposed in the oxygen sensor adaptor housing. The oxygen sensor adaptor housing is configured to maintain a temperature of a portion of the oxygen sensor below an upper threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Eugene Delano White, Douglas Frank Beadie, Anthony Wayne Krull, Donald Earl Floyd, II
  • Publication number: 20120137695
    Abstract: The present application provides a fuel nozzle. The fuel nozzle may include a tube and a gas only insert tip positioned on the tube. The gas only insert tip may include a tip aperture. A plug may be positioned within the tip aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Eugene Delano White, Charles Steber, Jean-Marc Carre, Jason Tuma, Sean Timberlake