Patents by Inventor James E. Hanway

James E. Hanway 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).

  • Optimizing reactive power distribution in an industrial power network
    Patent number: 5081591
    Abstract: A system and method for optimizing the costs associated with the generation and flow of reactive power in an industrial plant connected to receive power from an electrical power utility and including a plurality of electromechanical rotating machines and electrical loads connected in a network, each machine having a reactive power characteristic and an excitation element which is controllable for adjusting the reactive power generated or absorbed by the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 14, 1992
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: James E. Hanway, Richard E. Putman