Patents by Inventor Keith Pronske

Keith Pronske 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: 7637109
    Abstract: A power generation system includes a gas generator configured to receive an oxygen stream and a gaseous hydrocarbon fuel stream at an inlet of the gas generator, and a turbine section disposed downstream from the gas generator to receive and expand a combustion product stream from the gas generator. A heat exchange section is provided to facilitate heat exchange between a liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply from a LNG supply source and at least one other stream flowing within the system such that at least a portion of the LNG stream is converted to the gaseous hydrocarbon fuel stream that is to be delivered to the gas generator and the at least one other stream is cooled to a selected temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignees: American Air Liquide, Inc., Clean Energy Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Ovidiu Marin, Ravikiran Sangras, Keith Pronske
  • Publication number: 20070204620
    Abstract: A fuel combustion power generation system is provided operating as a closed loop Rankine cycle and with zero atmospheric emissions. The fuel is combusted with oxygen in a combustor to generate high temperature products of combustion. The products of combustion are routed to a first side of a heat exchanger. A second side of the heat exchanger has a working fluid of the closed loop Rankine cycle passed therethrough to boil the working fluid into a gas. The working fluid is then expanded, condensed back to a liquid and pumped back to high pressure for return to the heat exchanger the products of combustion enter a condenser, where gases are collected and liquids recirculated or released. The products of combustion can be expanded upstream of the heat exchanger. The fuel can be a gaseous fuel or a solid or liquid fuel, such as coal or biomass, with gasification before combustion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2007
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Inventors: Keith Pronske, Roger Anderson, Fermin Viteri
  • Publication number: 20070044479
    Abstract: A system is provided for hydrogen production from a hydrogen and carbon containing fuel combusted within an oxyfuel combustor. The oxyfuel combustor combusts hydrogen and carbon containing fuel with oxygen at a non-stoichiometric ratio, typically fuel rich. In such an operating mode, products of combustion include steam, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and hydrogen. These products of combustion are then passed through a hydrogen separator where hydrogen is separated. Remaining products of combustion can be optionally combusted at a stoichiometric ratio with oxygen in a second oxyfuel combustor discharging substantially only steam and carbon dioxide. A turbine can be provided downstream from the gas generator to produce power and eliminate carbon monoxide from the system. The system can be operated in a second mode where the gas generator combusts the fuel with oxygen at a stoichiometric ratio to maximize electric power generation without hydrogen production at periods of peak electric power demand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2006
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Inventors: Harry Brandt, Muriel Brandt, Roger Anderson, Keith Pronske, Fermin Viteri, Scott MacAdam
  • Publication number: 20060032228
    Abstract: A power generation system includes a gas generator configured to receive an oxygen stream and a gaseous hydrocarbon fuel stream at an inlet of the gas generator, and a turbine section disposed downstream from the gas generator to receive and expand a combustion product stream from the gas generator. A heat exchange section is provided to facilitate heat exchange between a liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply from a LNG supply source and at least one other stream flowing within the system such that at least a portion of the LNG stream is converted to the gaseous hydrocarbon fuel stream that is to be delivered to the gas generator and the at least one other stream is cooled to a selected temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Publication date: February 16, 2006
    Inventors: Ovidiu Marin, Ravikiran Sangras, Keith Pronske
  • Publication number: 20050241311
    Abstract: A fuel combustion power generation system is provided operating as a closed loop Rankine cycle and with zero atmospheric emissions. The fuel is combusted with oxygen in a combustor to generate high temperature products of combustion. The products of combustion are routed to a first side of a heat exchanger. A second side of the heat exchanger has a working fluid of the closed loop Rankine cycle passed therethrough to boil the working fluid into a gas. The working fluid is then expanded, condensed back to a liquid and pumped back to high pressure for return to the heat exchanger. the products of combustion enter a condenser, where gases are collected and liquids recirculated or released. The products of combustion can be expanded upstream of the heat exchanger. The fuel can be a gaseous fuel or a solid or liquid fuel, such as coal or biomass, with gasification before combustion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2005
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Inventors: Keith Pronske, Roger Anderson, Fermin Viteri