Patents by Inventor Joshua Adam Bagwell
Joshua Adam Bagwell 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).
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Patent number: 11519808Abstract: A fluid monitoring system includes a controller configured to determine that a value of at least one fluid property of a fluid is greater than a threshold value, and to control actuators to identify which fluid source has the fluid with the value of the at least one fluid property greater than the threshold value. Each actuator is configured to drive a respective crossover valve between a first position and a second position to direct the fluid from a respective first fluid source to a first manifold or a second manifold and to direct the fluid from a respective second fluid source to the first manifold or the second manifold. In addition, the first manifold is configured to direct the fluid to a first sensor assembly, and the second manifold is configured to direct the fluid to a second sensor assembly.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Joshua Adam Bagwell, Alberto José Negroni, Jonathan Carl Thatcher, John Paul Metz
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Publication number: 20220136921Abstract: A fluid monitoring system includes a controller configured to determine that a value of at least one fluid property of a fluid is greater than a threshold value, and to control actuators to identify which fluid source has the fluid with the value of the at least one fluid property greater than the threshold value. Each actuator is configured to drive a respective crossover valve between a first position and a second position to direct the fluid from a respective first fluid source to a first manifold or a second manifold and to direct the fluid from a respective second fluid source to the first manifold or the second manifold. In addition, the first manifold is configured to direct the fluid to a first sensor assembly, and the second manifold is configured to direct the fluid to a second sensor assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2020Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Joshua Adam Bagwell, Alberto José Negroni, Jonathan Carl Thatcher, John Paul Metz
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Patent number: 11248610Abstract: A liquid injection apparatus for use with a compressor having a rotor shaft and a casing part is provided. The liquid injection apparatus includes at least one conduit and at least one nozzle coupled to the conduit(s). The liquid injection apparatus is panel-shaped and has a first panel segment, a second panel segment, and at least one of: a passage defined between the first panel segment and the second panel segment, the passage sized to receive at least one of the rotor shaft and the casing part; and a third panel segment positioned between the first panel segment and the second panel segment. The third panel segment is at least in part detachable from the first panel segment and/or the second panel segment for receiving at least one of the rotor shaft and the casing part between the first panel segment and the second panel segment.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2020Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Laxmikant Merchant, Valery Ivanovich Ponyavin, Jeffrey Patrick Mills, Divya Reddy Kothakapu, Weilun Yu, Joshua Adam Bagwell
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Patent number: 11207716Abstract: A system includes a fluid distribution system. The fluid distribution system includes a first water wash nozzle configured to spray a wash fluid into an intake flow received through a bell mouth of a compressor during operation of the compressor in a water wash mode. The first water wash nozzle includes a first inlet end coupled to the bell mouth of the compressor, a first tip disposed opposite the first inlet end, and a first body of the first water wash nozzle extending from the first inlet end to the first tip toward an axis of the compressor. The first water was nozzle further includes a first outlet disposed at the first tip and configured to spray a first portion of the wash fluid into the intake flow during operation of the compressor in the water wash mode and a second outlet disposed along the first body and configured to spray a second portion of the wash fluid into the intake flow during operation of the compressor in the water wash mode.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2018Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Karthik Mantravadi, Srinivas Avishetti, Shubhra Bhatnagar, Laxmikant Merchant, Joshua Adam Bagwell
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Publication number: 20200284261Abstract: A liquid injection apparatus for use with a compressor having a rotor shaft and a casing part is provided. The liquid injection apparatus includes at least one conduit and at least one nozzle coupled to the conduit(s). The liquid injection apparatus is panel-shaped and has a first panel segment, a second panel segment, and at least one of: a passage defined between the first panel segment and the second panel segment, the passage sized to receive at least one of the rotor shaft and the casing part; and a third panel segment positioned between the first panel segment and the second panel segment. The third panel segment is at least in part detachable from the first panel segment and/or the second panel segment for receiving at least one of the rotor shaft and the casing part between the first panel segment and the second panel segment.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2020Publication date: September 10, 2020Inventors: Laxmikant Merchant, Valery Ivanovich Ponyavin, Jeffrey Patrick Mills, Divya Reddy Kothakapu, Weilun Yu, Joshua Adam Bagwell
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Patent number: 10670018Abstract: A liquid injection apparatus for use with a compressor having a rotor shaft and a casing part is provided. The liquid injection apparatus includes at least one conduit and at least one nozzle coupled to the conduit(s). The liquid injection apparatus is panel-shaped and has a first panel segment, a second panel segment, and at least one of: a passage defined between the first panel segment and the second panel segment, the passage sized to receive at least one of the rotor shaft and the casing part; and a third panel segment positioned between the first panel segment and the second panel segment. The third panel segment is at least in part detachable from the first panel segment and/or the second panel segment for receiving at least one of the rotor shaft and the casing part between the first panel segment and the second panel segment.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2017Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Laxmikant Merchant, Valery Ivanovich Ponyavin, Jeffrey Patrick Mills, Divya Reddy Kothakapu, Weilun Yu, Joshua Adam Bagwell
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Publication number: 20190111458Abstract: A system includes a fluid distribution system. The fluid distribution system includes a first water wash nozzle configured to spray a wash fluid into an intake flow received through a bell mouth of a compressor during operation of the compressor in a water wash mode. The first water wash nozzle includes a first inlet end coupled to the bell mouth of the compressor, a first tip disposed opposite the first inlet end, and a first body of the first water wash nozzle extending from the first inlet end to the first tip toward an axis of the compressor. The first water was nozzle further includes a first outlet disposed at the first tip and configured to spray a first portion of the wash fluid into the intake flow during operation of the compressor in the water wash mode and a second outlet disposed along the first body and configured to spray a second portion of the wash fluid into the intake flow during operation of the compressor in the water wash mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2018Publication date: April 18, 2019Inventors: Karthik MANTRAVADI, Srinivas AVISHETTI, Shubhra BHATNAGAR, Laxmikant MERCHANT, Joshua Adam BAGWELL
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Patent number: 10012148Abstract: A method of purging a combustor is provided. The method includes opening an isolation valve configured to regulate a flow rate of a fluid sent to at least one fuel nozzle of a combustor. The method also includes opening a control valve located upstream of the isolation valve after opening the isolation valve, wherein the isolation valve and the control valve are located within a fluid supply line.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2014Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Kenneth Eugene Selfridge, Joshua Adam Bagwell
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Publication number: 20170321700Abstract: A liquid injection apparatus for use with a compressor having a rotor shaft and a casing part is provided. The liquid injection apparatus includes at least one conduit and at least one nozzle coupled to the conduit(s). The liquid injection apparatus is panel-shaped and has a first panel segment, a second panel segment, and at least one of: a passage defined between the first panel segment and the second panel segment, the passage sized to receive at least one of the rotor shaft and the casing part; and a third panel segment positioned between the first panel segment and the second panel segment. The third panel segment is at least in part detachable from the first panel segment and/or the second panel segment for receiving at least one of the rotor shaft and the casing part between the first panel segment and the second panel segment.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2017Publication date: November 9, 2017Inventors: Laxmikant Merchant, Valery Ivanovich Ponyavin, Jeffrey Patrick Mills, Divya Reddy Kothakapu, Weilun Yu, Joshua Adam Bagwell
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Patent number: 9371995Abstract: A method of flushing liquid fuel from valves and nozzles in a gas turbine is conducted via a mixing valve including flow passages for fuel and water. In the method, water is flowed through the flow passages, and the flow is interrupted for a period of no flow. This flow profile is repeated such that the water flow is pulsed through the flow passages.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2013Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Joshua Adam Bagwell, Mark Jason Fisher, Kenneth Eugene Selfridge
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Publication number: 20150337735Abstract: A method of purging a combustor is provided. The method includes opening an isolation valve configured to regulate a flow rate of a fluid sent to at least one fuel nozzle of a combustor. The method also includes opening a control valve located upstream of the isolation valve after opening the isolation valve, wherein the isolation valve and the control valve are located within a fluid supply line.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2014Publication date: November 26, 2015Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Kenneth Eugene Selfridge, Joshua Adam Bagwell
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Publication number: 20140305512Abstract: A method of flushing liquid fuel from valves and nozzles in a gas turbine is conducted via a mixing valve including flow passages for fuel and water. In the method, water is flowed through the flow passages, and the flow is interrupted for a period of no flow. This flow profile is repeated such that the water flow is pulsed through the flow passages.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2013Publication date: October 16, 2014Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Joshua Adam Bagwell, Mark Jason Fisher, Kenneth Eugene Selfridge