Patents by Inventor Jesse E. Trout

Jesse E. Trout 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).

  • Method and system for regulating a cooling fluid within a turbomachine in real time
    Patent number: 8015824
    Abstract: A method and system for regulating a cooling fluid within a turbomachine in real time. The system may an external flow conditioning system for adjusting at least one property of the cooling fluid, wherein the external flow conditioning system comprises an inlet portion and an outlet portion. The system may also include at least one heat exchanger; at least one control valve; at least one bypass orifice; at least one stop valve; and a control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Sivaraman Vedhagiri, Ravi Meenaksh, Jesse E. Trout, Jun Yang
  • Method and system for regulating a cooling fluid within a turbomachine in real time
    Publication number: 20080271459
    Abstract: A method and system for regulating a cooling fluid within a turbomachine in real time. The system may an external flow conditioning system for adjusting at least one property of the cooling fluid, wherein the external flow conditioning system comprises an inlet portion and an outlet portion. The system may also include at least one heat exchanger; at least one control valve; at least one bypass orifice; at least one stop valve; and a control system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2007
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Inventors: Sivaraman Vedhagiri, Ravi Meenaksh, Jesse E. Trout, Jun Yang
  • Integrated turbine sealing air and active clearance control system and method
    Patent number: 7293953
    Abstract: An active clearance control system is provided that uses compressor extraction air to manipulate blade tip clearance in an industrial gas turbine and compressor. A stream of air is taken from a cooling and sealing air circuit and redirected to be used for active clearance control. The spent clearance control air is re-introduced into the hot gas path of the gas turbine for cooling and sealing purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: David Leach, Douglas Frank Beadie, Tagir Robert Nigmatulin, Brittany Dees, Jesse E. Trout, Daniel Waugh