Patents by Inventor Katherine L. Hart

Katherine L. Hart 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: 10472994
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for controlling the pressure of a working fluid at an inlet of a main pressurization device of a heat engine system. The heat engine system may include a control system and a working fluid circuit including a waste heat exchanger, an expansion device, a recuperator, a main pressurization device, and a heat exchanger assembly. The heat exchanger assembly may include a plurality of gas-cooled heat exchangers configured to transfer thermal energy from the working fluid to a cooling medium, a plurality of fans configured to direct the cooling medium into contact with the gas-cooled heat exchangers, and a plurality of drivers, each driver configured to drive a respective fan. The control system may be communicatively coupled to the heat exchanger assembly and configured to modulate a rotational speed of at least one fan to regulate a pressure of the working fluid at the inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: ECHOGEN POWER SYSTEMS LLC
    Inventors: Vamshi Krishna Avadhanula, Timothy Held, Jason D. Miller, Katherine L. Hart
  • Publication number: 20180340450
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for controlling the pressure of a working fluid at an inlet of a main pressurization device of a heat engine system. The heat engine system may include a control system and a working fluid circuit including a waste heat exchanger, an expansion device, a recuperator, a main pressurization device, and a heat exchanger assembly. The heat exchanger assembly may include a plurality of gas-cooled heat exchangers configured to transfer thermal energy from the working fluid to a cooling medium, a plurality of fans configured to direct the cooling medium into contact with the gas-cooled heat exchangers, and a plurality of drivers, each driver configured to drive a respective fan. The control system may be communicatively coupled to the heat exchanger assembly and configured to modulate a rotational speed of at least one fan to regulate a pressure of the working fluid at the inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Vamshi Krishna Avadhanula, Timothy Held, Jason D. Miller, Katherine L. Hart