Patents by Inventor Jonathan Kay Allen

Jonathan Kay Allen 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: 10788212
    Abstract: A system includes a turbine combustor. The turbine combustor has a combustor liner disposed about a combustion chamber, a flow sleeve, and a radial passageway. The flow sleeve disposed at an offset about the combustor liner to define a passage, wherein the passage is configured to direct an exhaust gas flow toward a head end of the turbine combustor. The radial passageway extends between the flow sleeve and the combustor liner, and the radial passageway is configured to isolate an oxidant flow through the radial passageway from the exhaust gas flow through the passage for a first operating condition and a second operating condition of the turbine combustor. The offset between the combustor liner and the flow sleeve at the first operating condition is greater than the offset between the combustor liner and the flow sleeve at the second operating condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignees: General Electric Company, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Kay Allen, Jesse Edwin Trout, Ilya Aleksandrovich Slobodyanskiy, Bradford David Borchert, Michael V. Kazakis, Igor Petrovich Sidko
  • Patent number: 10316746
    Abstract: A system includes a turbine combustor having a first volume configured to receive a combustion fluid and to direct the combustion fluid into a combustion chamber. The turbine combustor includes a second volume configured to receive a first flow of an exhaust gas and to direct the first flow of the exhaust gas into the combustion chamber. The turbine combustor also includes a third volume disposed axially downstream from the first volume and circumferentially about the second volume. The third volume is configured to receive a second flow of the exhaust gas and to direct the second flow of the exhaust gas out of the turbine combustor via an extraction outlet, and the third volume is isolated from the first volume and from the second volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignees: General Electric Company, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Kay Allen, Bradford David Borchert, Jesse Edwin Trout, Ilya Aleksandrovich Slobodyanskiy, Almaz Valeev, Igor Petrovich Sidko, Matthew Eugene Roberts, Leonid Yul'evich Ginesin
  • Patent number: 10253690
    Abstract: A system includes a turbine combustor having a first volume configured to receive a combustion fluid and to direct the combustion fluid into a combustion chamber and a second volume configured to receive a first flow of an exhaust gas. The second volume is configured to direct a first portion of the first flow of the exhaust gas into the combustion chamber and to direct a second portion of the first flow of the exhaust gas into a third volume isolated from the first volume. The third volume is in fluid communication with an extraction conduit that is configured to direct the second portion of the first flow of the exhaust gas out of the turbine combustor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignees: General Electric Company, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Kay Allen, Bradford David Borchert, Jesse Edwin Trout, Ilya Aleksandrovich Slobodyanskiy, Almaz Valeev, Igor Petrovich Sidko, Andrey Pavlovich Subbota
  • Publication number: 20160222884
    Abstract: A system includes a turbine combustor having a first volume configured to receive a combustion fluid and to direct the combustion fluid into a combustion chamber. The turbine combustor includes a second volume configured to receive a first flow of an exhaust gas and to direct the first flow of the exhaust gas into the combustion chamber. The turbine combustor also includes a third volume disposed axially downstream from the first volume and circumferentially about the second volume. The third volume is configured to receive a second flow of the exhaust gas and to direct the second flow of the exhaust gas out of the turbine combustor via an extraction outlet, and the third volume is isolated from the first volume and from the second volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Jonathan Kay Allen, Bradford David Borchert, Jesse Edwin Trout, Ilya Aleksandrovich Slobodyanskiy, Almaz Valeev, Igor Petrovich Sidko, Matthew Eugene Roberts, Leonid Yulk'evich Ginesin
  • Publication number: 20160222883
    Abstract: A system includes a turbine combustor having a first volume configured to receive a combustion fluid and to direct the combustion fluid into a combustion chamber and a second volume configured to receive a first flow of an exhaust gas. The second volume is configured to direct a first portion of the first flow of the exhaust gas into the combustion chamber and to direct a second portion of the first flow of the exhaust gas into a third volume isolated from the first volume. The third volume is in fluid communication with an extraction conduit that is configured to direct the second portion of the first flow of the exhaust gas out of the turbine combustor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Jonathan Kay Allen, Bradford David Borchert, Jesse Edwin Trout, Ilya Aleksandrovich Slobodyanskiy, Almaz Valeev, Igor Petrovich Sidko, Andrey Pavlovich Subbota
  • Publication number: 20160201916
    Abstract: A system includes a turbine combustor. The turbine combustor has a combustor liner disposed about a combustion chamber, a flow sleeve, and a radial passageway. The flow sleeve disposed at an offset about the combustor liner to define a passage, wherein the passage is configured to direct an exhaust gas flow toward a head end of the turbine combustor. The radial passageway extends between the flow sleeve and the combustor liner, and the radial passageway is configured to isolate an oxidant flow through the radial passageway from the exhaust gas flow through the passage for a first operating condition and a second operating condition of the turbine combustor. The offset between the combustor liner and the flow sleeve at the first operating condition is greater than the offset between the combustor liner and the flow sleeve at the second operating condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Jonathan Kay Allen, Jesse Edwin Trout, Ilya Aleksandrovich Slobodyanskiy, Bradford David Borchert, Michael V. Kazakis, Igor Petrovich Sidko
  • Patent number: 9353952
    Abstract: A crossfire tube assembly between adjacent combustors includes a first sleeve adapted to provide fluid communication from a first combustor and a second sleeve adapted to connect to provide fluid communication from a second combustor. The second sleeve extends at least partially inside the first sleeve. A bias is between the first and second sleeves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Brandon Taylor Overby, Keith Cletus Belsom, Jonathan Kay Allen, Kyle Eric Benson, Patrick Benedict Melton, Richard Martin DiCintio, Lucas John Stoia, Ronnie Ray Pentecost
  • Publication number: 20140144122
    Abstract: A crossfire tube assembly between adjacent combustors includes a first sleeve adapted to provide fluid communication from a first combustor and a second sleeve adapted to connect to provide fluid communication from a second combustor. The second sleeve extends at least partially inside the first sleeve. A bias is between the first and second sleeves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Brandon Taylor Overby, Keith Cletus Belsom, Jonathan Kay Allen, Kyle Eric Benson, Patrick Benedict Melton, Richard Martin DiCintio, Lucas John Stoia, Ronnie Ray Pentecost