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).

  • Patent number: 11519808
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Joshua Adam Bagwell, Alberto José Negroni, Jonathan Carl Thatcher, John Paul Metz
  • Publication number: 20220136921
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Joshua Adam Bagwell, Alberto José Negroni, Jonathan Carl Thatcher, John Paul Metz
  • Patent number: 11248610
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Laxmikant Merchant, Valery Ivanovich Ponyavin, Jeffrey Patrick Mills, Divya Reddy Kothakapu, Weilun Yu, Joshua Adam Bagwell
  • Patent number: 11207716
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Karthik Mantravadi, Srinivas Avishetti, Shubhra Bhatnagar, Laxmikant Merchant, Joshua Adam Bagwell
  • Publication number: 20200284261
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Laxmikant Merchant, Valery Ivanovich Ponyavin, Jeffrey Patrick Mills, Divya Reddy Kothakapu, Weilun Yu, Joshua Adam Bagwell
  • Patent number: 10670018
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Laxmikant Merchant, Valery Ivanovich Ponyavin, Jeffrey Patrick Mills, Divya Reddy Kothakapu, Weilun Yu, Joshua Adam Bagwell
  • Publication number: 20190111458
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Karthik MANTRAVADI, Srinivas AVISHETTI, Shubhra BHATNAGAR, Laxmikant MERCHANT, Joshua Adam BAGWELL
  • Patent number: 10012148
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Kenneth Eugene Selfridge, Joshua Adam Bagwell
  • Publication number: 20170321700
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Laxmikant Merchant, Valery Ivanovich Ponyavin, Jeffrey Patrick Mills, Divya Reddy Kothakapu, Weilun Yu, Joshua Adam Bagwell
  • Patent number: 9371995
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Joshua Adam Bagwell, Mark Jason Fisher, Kenneth Eugene Selfridge
  • Publication number: 20150337735
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Kenneth Eugene Selfridge, Joshua Adam Bagwell
  • Publication number: 20140305512
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Joshua Adam Bagwell, Mark Jason Fisher, Kenneth Eugene Selfridge