Patents by Inventor Joshua Daniel Brooks

Joshua Daniel Brooks 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).

  • INTEGRATED FLARE COMBUSTION CONTROL
    Publication number: 20210071865
    Abstract: A system for flare combustion control includes a sound speed measurement device for measuring sound speed in a flare vent gas, and a flare combustion controller including a memory and a processor. The processor is configured to receive the measured sound speed and determine, based on the measured sound speed, a molecular weight of the flare vent gas. The processor is further configured to determine, based on the determined molecular weight, a net heating value of the flare vent gas, and adjust the net heating value of the flare vent gas by regulating an amount of a supplemental fuel gas in the flare vent gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Daniel Robert Johnson, Chong Tao, Joshua Daniel Brooks, Randy Scott Pfenninger, Lei Sui
  • Integrated flare combustion control
    Patent number: 10746400
    Abstract: A system for flare combustion control includes a sound speed measurement device for measuring sound speed in a flare vent gas, and a flare combustion controller including a memory and a processor. The processor is configured to receive the measured sound speed and determine, based on the measured sound speed, a molecular weight of the flare vent gas. The processor is further configured to determine, based on the determined molecular weight, a net heating value of the flare vent gas, and adjust the net heating value of the flare vent gas by regulating an amount of a supplemental fuel gas in the flare vent gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Daniel Robert Johnson, Chong Tao, Joshua Daniel Brooks, Randy Scott Pfenninger, Lei Sui
  • INTEGRATED FLARE COMBUSTION CONTROL
    Publication number: 20170370579
    Abstract: A system for flare combustion control includes a sound speed measurement device for measuring sound speed in a flare vent gas, and a flare combustion controller including a memory and a processor. The processor is configured to receive the measured sound speed and determine, based on the measured sound speed, a molecular weight of the flare vent gas. The processor is further configured to determine, based on the determined molecular weight, a net heating value of the flare vent gas, and adjust the net heating value of the flare vent gas by regulating an amount of a supplemental fuel gas in the flare vent gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Daniel Robert Johnson, Chong Tao, Joshua Daniel Brooks, Randy Scott Pfenninger, Lei Sui