Patents by Inventor Jeremy LIU

Jeremy LIU 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).

  • Publication number: 20250139116
    Abstract: Systems and methods provide an interface for accessing a data analysis workbook through which data is accessed and manipulated using a plurality of programming languages and application programming interfaces (APIs). Input data on which one or more data transformations are to be performed within the data analysis workbook is accessed, wherein the input data corresponds to a first object representation of a dataset, and wherein the one or more data transformations require the dataset to be a different, second object representation of the dataset. The second object representation of the dataset can be extracted from the first object representation of the dataset through a first language delegate that manages data associated with the first object representation. The one or more data transformations can be applied to the extracted second object representation of the dataset through a different, second language delegate that manages data associated with the second object representation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Jeremy LIU, David Vogelbacher, Eoin Morgan, Helen Yu
  • Patent number: 12289034
    Abstract: A system includes an electric generator, a power electronics system, and a heat exchanger. The electric generator includes a turbine wheel, a rotor, and a stator. The turbine wheel is configured to receive process gas and rotate in response to expansion of the process gas flowing into an inlet of the turbine wheel and out of an outlet of the turbine wheel. The rotor is configured to rotate with the turbine wheel. The electric generator is configured to generate electrical power upon rotation of the rotor within the stator. The power electronics system is configured to convert the electrical power to specified power characteristics. The heat exchanger includes a first side in fluid communication with the process gas and a second side in fluid communication with a fluid stream from a second system. The heat exchanger is configured to cool the fluid stream using the process gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Sapphire Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Earl, Jeremy Liu
  • Patent number: 12212214
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an electric generator that includes a fluid inlet configured to receive hydrogen at a first pressure, a turbine wheel configured to expand the hydrogen and rotate in response to expansion of the hydrogen flowing into an inlet of the turbine wheel and out of the outlet of the turbine wheel, a rotor coupled to the turbine wheel and configured to rotate with the turbine wheel, a stationary stator, the electric generator to generate an alternating current upon rotation of the rotor within the stator, and a fluid outlet configured to output hydrogen at a second pressure less than the first pressure. The apparatus includes a power electronics system electrically connected to an electrical output of the electric generator and to receive alternating current from the electric generator. The power electronics can condition the generated electrical current to supply power to various types of loads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Sapphire Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Earl, Freddie Sarhan, Jeremy Liu
  • Patent number: 12189646
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for providing an interface for accessing a data analysis workbook through which data can be accessed and manipulated using a plurality of programming languages and application programming interfaces (APIs). Input data on which one or more data transformations are to be performed within the data analysis workbook can be accessed, wherein the input data corresponds to a first object representation of a dataset, and wherein the one or more data transformations require the dataset to be a different, second object representation of the dataset. The second object representation of the dataset can be extracted from the first object representation of the dataset through a first language delegate that manages data associated with the first object representation. The one or more data transformations can be applied to the extracted second object representation of the dataset through a different, second language delegate that manages data associated with the second object representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Palantir Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy Liu, David Vogelbacher, Eoin Morgan, Helen Yu
  • Patent number: 12104493
    Abstract: A first turboexpander generator defines a portion of a first conduit flow passage. The first turboexpander generator is configured to decrease a temperature or pressure of a process stream flowing through the first turboexpander generator by generating electrical power from the process stream. A second turboexpander generator defines a portion of a second conduit flow passage. The second turboexpander generator is configured to decrease a temperature or pressure of a process stream flowing through the second turboexpander generator by generating electrical power from the process stream. The first and second conduit flow passages are arranged to carry fluid flow in parallel to one another. The first and the second turboexpander generator are substantially identical in critical dimensions and performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Sapphire Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Earl, Freddie Sarhan, Jeremy Liu
  • Publication number: 20240309846
    Abstract: A turboexpander can operate as a microgrid electric generator for islanding operations. The turboexpander can recover energy lost during a pressure letdown sequence to generate electricity. Pressurized process gas can cause a turbine to rotate, thereby rotating a rotor within a stator of the turboexpander. A power electronics can include an islanding mode inverter to output an alternating current that comprises a frequency and an amplitude compatible with powering a load. The power electronics can include a battery that is charged by the turboexpander and can provide power for starting up the turboexpander. The power electrics can include a bidirectional inverter to send excess power from the turboexpander to a power grid and to receive power from the power grid for start-up.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Suratkal P. Shenoy, Liping Zheng, Jeremy Liu, Freddie Sarhan
  • Patent number: 11994115
    Abstract: A turboexpander can operate as a microgrid electric generator for islanding operations. The turboexpander can recover energy lost during a pressure letdown sequence to generate electricity. Pressurized process gas can cause a turbine to rotate, thereby rotating a rotor within a stator of the turboexpander. A power electronics can include an islanding mode inverter to output an alternating current that comprises a frequency and an amplitude compatible with powering a load. The power electronics can include a battery that is charged by the turboexpander and can provide power for starting up the turboexpander. The power electrics can include a bidirectional inverter to send excess power from the turboexpander to a power grid and to receive power from the power grid for start-up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Sapphire Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Suratkal P. Shenoy, Liping Zheng, Jeremy Liu, Freddie Sarhan
  • Publication number: 20240154496
    Abstract: A system includes a flow-through electric generator and an electrolytic cell. The flow-through electric generator includes a turbine wheel, a rotor, and a stator. The turbine wheel is configured to receive natural gas from a natural gas pipeline and rotate in response to expansion of the natural gas flowing into an inlet of the turbine wheel and out of an outlet of the turbine wheel. The rotor is coupled to the turbine wheel and configured to rotate with the turbine wheel. The flow-through electric generator is configured to generate electrical power upon rotation of the rotor within the stator. The electrolytic cell is configured to receive a water stream and the electrical power from the flow-through electric generator. The electrolytic cell is configured to perform electrolysis on the water stream using the received electrical power to produce a hydrogen stream and an oxygen stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Jeffrey Earl, Freddie Sarhan, Jeremy Liu
  • Publication number: 20240113594
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an electric generator that includes a fluid inlet configured to receive hydrogen at a first pressure, a turbine wheel configured to expand the hydrogen and rotate in response to expansion of the hydrogen flowing into an inlet of the turbine wheel and out of the outlet of the turbine wheel, a rotor coupled to the turbine wheel and configured to rotate with the turbine wheel, a stationary stator, the electric generator to generate an alternating current upon rotation of the rotor within the stator, and a fluid outlet configured to output hydrogen at a second pressure less than the first pressure. The apparatus includes a power electronics system electrically connected to an electrical output of the electric generator and to receive alternating current from the electric generator. The power electronics can condition the generated electrical current to supply power to various types of loads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Jeffrey Earl, Freddie Sarhan, Jeremy Liu
  • Publication number: 20240072607
    Abstract: An electric generator includes a turbine wheel configured to receive process gas and rotate in response to expansion of the process gas flowing into an inlet of the turbine wheel. A rotor is coupled to the turbine wheel and can rotate with the turbine wheel in a stator. The electric generator generates a current upon rotation of the rotor within the stator. A power electronics system is electrically connected to an electrical output of the electric generator and receives alternating current from the electric generator. The electric generator includes a brake resistor assembly having an impedance that matches an impedance of the electric generator. A contactor is electrically connected the electrical output of the electric generator and is configured to connect the electric generator to the brake resistor assembly based on a fault condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Jeremy Liu, Liping Zheng, Suratkal P. Shenoy
  • Publication number: 20240039369
    Abstract: An electric generator includes a turbine wheel configured to receive process gas and rotate in response to expansion of the process gas flowing into an inlet of the turbine wheel and out of the outlet of the turbine wheel, a rotor coupled to the turbine wheel and configured to rotate with the turbine wheel, and a stationary stator, the electric generator to generate an alternating current upon rotation of the rotor within the stator. The electric generator can supply power to a power grid. During a low voltage event, current from the electric generator can be diverted to a brake resistor assembly. The brake resistor assembly can include a brake resistor designed to allow the electric generator to operate during the low-voltage event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Suratkal P. Shenoy, Liping Zheng, Jeremy Liu
  • Publication number: 20240027128
    Abstract: Flow from a gas well is conditioned prior to a production pipeline. A flow line is coupled to a gas well to receive the gas and coupled to a production pipeline to direct the received gas away from the production site, the flow line residing at a production site and comprising an electric power generation system. The electric power generation system has a turbine generator. The inlet nozzle and turbine wheel of the turbine generator is configured to reduce the pressure and temperature of the received gas to conditions associated with the production pipeline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Jeffrey Earl, Archie Andonian, Jeremy Liu
  • Publication number: 20230383729
    Abstract: A turboexpander can operate as a microgrid electric generator for islanding operations. The turboexpander can recover energy lost during a pressure letdown sequence to generate electricity. Pressurized process gas can cause a turbine to rotate, thereby rotating a rotor within a stator of the turboexpander. A power electronics can include an islanding mode inverter to output an alternating current that comprises a frequency and an amplitude compatible with powering a load. The power electronics can include a battery that is charged by the turboexpander and can provide power for starting up the turboexpander. The power electrics can include a bidirectional inverter to send excess power from the turboexpander to a power grid and to receive power from the power grid for start-up.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Suratkal P. Shenoy, Liping Zheng, Jeremy Liu, Freddie Sarhan
  • Patent number: 11795873
    Abstract: An electric generator includes a process gas inlet on a downstream side of the flow control valve to receive process gas into the electric machine; a rotor shaft including a node position, the node position defining a position of a node of a first bending mode of the rotor shaft; a turbine wheel coupled to the rotor shaft at the node position, the turbine wheel configured to receive process gas and rotate in response to expansion of the process gas flowing into an inlet of the turbine wheel and out of the outlet of the turbine wheel, the rotor shaft configured to rotate with the turbine wheel, and a stationary stator, the electric generator to generate an alternating current upon rotation of the rotor within the stator. The turbine wheel selected from a plurality of turbine wheels based on the operational conditions of the electric generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Sapphire Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy Liu, Freddie Sarhan, Ovais Ahmed Bin Najeeb, James Ryan Yates
  • Publication number: 20230323785
    Abstract: A first turboexpander generator defines a portion of a first conduit flow passage. The first turboexpander generator is configured to decrease a temperature or pressure of a process stream flowing through the first turboexpander generator by generating electrical power from the process stream. A second turboexpander generator defines a portion of a second conduit flow passage. The second turboexpander generator is configured to decrease a temperature or pressure of a process stream flowing through the second turboexpander generator by generating electrical power from the process stream. The first and second conduit flow passages are arranged to carry fluid flow in parallel to one another. The first and the second turboexpander generator are substantially identical in critical dimensions and performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Jeffrey Earl, Freddie Sarhan, Jeremy Liu
  • Publication number: 20230323774
    Abstract: A first turboexpander generator is configured to decrease a temperature or pressure of a process stream flowing through the first turboexpander generator by generating electrical power from the process stream. A second turboexpander generator is configured to decrease a temperature or pressure of a process stream flowing through the second turboexpander generator by generating electrical power from the process stream. The second turboexpander generator is downstream of and receives a flow output from the first turboexpander generator. The first turboexpander generator and the second turboexpander generator each include the following features. An electric stator surrounds an electric rotor. An annulus defined by the electric rotor and the electric stator is configured to receive a process fluid flow. Magnetic bearings carry the rotor within the stator. A housing encloses the rotor and stator. The housing is hermetically sealed between an inlet and an outlet of each turboexpander generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Jeffrey Earl, Freddie Sarhan, Jeremy Liu
  • Publication number: 20230328934
    Abstract: A system includes an electric generator, a power electronics system, and a heat exchanger. The electric generator includes a turbine wheel, a rotor, and a stator. The turbine wheel is configured to receive process gas and rotate in response to expansion of the process gas flowing into an inlet of the turbine wheel and out of an outlet of the turbine wheel. The rotor is configured to rotate with the turbine wheel. The electric generator is configured to generate electrical power upon rotation of the rotor within the stator. The power electronics system is configured to convert the electrical power to specified power characteristics. The heat exchanger includes a first side in fluid communication with the process gas and a second side in fluid communication with a fluid stream from a second system. The heat exchanger is configured to cool the fluid stream using the process gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Jeffrey Earl, Jeremy Liu
  • Patent number: 11686223
    Abstract: A system includes an electric generator, a power electronics system, a first heat exchanger, and a second heat exchanger. The electric generator includes a turbine wheel, a rotor, and a stator. The turbine wheel is configured to receive process gas and rotate in response to expansion of the process gas flowing through the electric generator. The rotor is configured to rotate with the turbine wheel. The electric generator is configured to generate electrical power upon rotation of the rotor within the stator. The power electronics system is configured to receive the electrical power from the electric generator and convert the electrical power to specified power characteristics. A heat transfer fluid receives waste heat from the power electronics system through the first heat exchanger. The heat transfer fluid transfers the received waste heat to the process gas through the second heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Sapphire Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy Liu, James Ryan Yates
  • Patent number: 11619140
    Abstract: A first turboexpander generator is configured to decrease a temperature or pressure of a process stream flowing through the first turboexpander generator by generating electrical power from the process stream. A second turboexpander generator is configured to decrease a temperature or pressure of a process stream flowing through the second turboexpander generator by generating electrical power from the process stream. The second turboexpander generator is downstream of and receives a flow output from the first turboexpander generator. The first turboexpander generator and the second turboexpander generator each include the following features. An electric stator surrounds an electric rotor. An annulus defined by the electric rotor and the electric stator is configured to receive a process fluid flow. Magnetic bearings carry the rotor within the stator. A housing encloses the rotor and stator. The housing is hermetically sealed between an inlet and an outlet of each turboexpander generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Sapphire Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Earl, Freddie Sarhan, Jeremy Liu
  • Patent number: 11611263
    Abstract: An electric power generation system receives a gas flow at a heater, heats the gas flow at the heater with a heated fluid from a waste heat process, and directs the heated gas flow to a turbine wheel of an electric generator. The heated gas flow drives rotation of the turbine wheel, and in response to rotating the turbine wheel, electrical current is generated by the electric generator. Generated electrical current is then directed to power electronics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Sapphire Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Freddie Sarhan, Jeffrey Earl, Jeremy Liu