Patents by Inventor Parag Prakash Kulkarni
Parag Prakash Kulkarni 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: 9856768Abstract: A turbomachine system according to an embodiment includes: a gas turbine system including a compressor component, a combustor component, and a turbine component; a mixing area for receiving an exhaust gas stream produced by the gas turbine system; a fluid injection system for injecting a fluid into the mixing area to reduce a temperature of the exhaust gas stream; and an exhaust processing system for processing the reduced temperature exhaust gas stream.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2015Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Lewis Berkley Davis, Jr., Gilbert Otto Kraemer, Parag Prakash Kulkarni, Hua Zhang
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Patent number: 9850794Abstract: A power generation system according to an embodiment includes: a gas turbine system including a compressor component, a combustor component, and a turbine component; an airflow generation system coupled to an expander shaft downstream of the gas turbine system for drawing in a flow of ambient air through an air intake section; a mixing area for receiving an exhaust gas stream produced by the gas turbine system; a flow directing system for directing the flow of ambient air generated by the airflow generation system to the mixing area to reduce a temperature of the exhaust gas stream; and an exhaust processing system for processing the reduced temperature exhaust gas stream.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2015Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Parag Prakash Kulkarni, Lewis Berkley Davis, Jr., Robert Joseph Reed
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Patent number: 9850818Abstract: An airflow control system for a gas turbine system according to an embodiment includes: a compressor component of a gas turbine system; a mixing area for receiving an exhaust gas stream produced by the gas turbine system; an air extraction system for extracting a supply of bypass air from an excess flow of air generated by the compressor component of the gas turbine system; an enclosure surrounding the gas turbine system and forming an air passage, the bypass air flowing through the air passage and around the gas turbine system into the mixing area to reduce a temperature of the exhaust gas stream; and an exhaust processing system for processing the reduced temperature exhaust gas stream.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2015Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Parag Prakash Kulkarni, Lewis Berkley Davis, Jr., Robert Joseph Reed
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Patent number: 9840953Abstract: A system for reducing a temperature of an exhaust gas stream of a gas turbine system according to an embodiment includes: a compressor component of a gas turbine system; an airflow generation system for attachment to a rotatable shaft of the gas turbine system, the airflow generation system and the compressor component drawing in an excess flow of air through an air intake section; a mixing area for receiving an exhaust gas stream produced by the gas turbine system; an air extraction system for: extracting at least a portion of the excess flow of air generated by the airflow generation system and the compressor component to provide bypass air; and diverting the bypass air into the mixing area to reduce a temperature of the exhaust gas stream; and a fluid injection system for injecting an atomized fluid into the mixing area to reduce a temperature of the exhaust gas stream.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2015Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Parag Prakash Kulkarni, Lewis Berkley Davis, Jr., Robert Joseph Reed
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Publication number: 20170342911Abstract: An airflow control system control system for a gas turbine system according to an embodiment includes: an airflow generation system including a plurality of air moving systems for selective attachment to a rotatable shaft of a gas turbine system, the airflow generation system drawing in an excess flow of air through an air intake section; and a mixing area for receiving an exhaust gas stream of the gas turbine system; the airflow generation system: directing a first portion and a second portion of the excess flow of air generated by the airflow generation system into the mixing area to reduce a temperature of the exhaust gas stream; and directing a third portion of the excess flow of air generated by the airflow generation system into a discharge chamber of a compressor component of the gas turbine system.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2016Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventors: Parag Prakash Kulkarni, Lewis Berkley Davis, JR., Sanji Ekanayake, Alston Ilford Scipio
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Patent number: 9752503Abstract: An airflow control system for a gas turbine system according to an embodiment includes: a compressor component of a gas turbine system for generating an excess flow of air; a mixing area for receiving an exhaust gas stream produced by the gas turbine system; an air extraction system for extracting at least a portion of the excess flow of air generated by the compressor component of the gas turbine system to provide bypass air; and diverting the bypass air into the mixing area to reduce a temperature of the exhaust gas stream; and an exhaust processing system for processing the reduced temperature exhaust gas stream.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2015Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Lewis Berkley Davis, Jr., Parag Prakash Kulkarni, Robert Joseph Reed
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Patent number: 9752502Abstract: An airflow control system for a gas turbine according to an embodiment includes: an airflow generation system for attachment to a rotatable shaft of a gas turbine system, the airflow generation system drawing in an excess flow of air through an air intake section; a mixing area for receiving an exhaust gas stream of the gas turbine system; an air extraction system for: extracting at least a portion of the excess flow of air generated by the airflow generation system to provide bypass air; and diverting the bypass air into the mixing area to reduce a temperature of the exhaust gas stream; and an exhaust processing system for processing the reduced temperature exhaust gas stream.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2015Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Lewis Berkley Davis, Jr., Parag Prakash Kulkarni, Robert Joseph Reed
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Publication number: 20170204771Abstract: A system includes a system includes an exhaust section which receives an exhaust flow of a gas turbine, where the exhaust section includes a catalyst assembly. The system includes an exhaust duct coupled to the diffuser section upstream of the catalyst assembly, where the exhaust duct extracts a return portion of the exhaust flow. The system includes a filter house coupled to the exhaust duct, where the filter house is receives a combined flow of an ambient air flow and the return portion. The system includes a return conduit coupled to the filter house and the exhaust section, where the return conduit is coupled to the exhaust section upstream of the exhaust duct. The return conduit directs the combined flow to the exhaust section, and the catalyst assembly receives a mixed flow including the exhaust flow and the combined flow.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2016Publication date: July 20, 2017Inventors: Hua Zhang, Parag Prakash Kulkarni, Bradly Aaron Kippel
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Publication number: 20170204786Abstract: A gas turbine system includes a gas turbine engine, an exhaust processing system disposed downstream of and fluidly coupled to the gas turbine engine, and an air delivery system that may supply treated air to the gas turbine engine and the exhaust processing system. The air delivery system includes a main air duct fluidly coupled to the gas turbine engine and that may supply a first portion of the treated air to the gas turbine engine, an auxiliary air duct fluidly coupled to the main air duct and the exhaust processing system and that may supply a second portion of the treated air to the exhaust processing system, and an air treatment unit fluidly coupled to the main air duct and that may generate the treated air.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2016Publication date: July 20, 2017Inventors: Hua Zhang, Parag Prakash Kulkarni, Bradly Aaron Kippel
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Patent number: 9670843Abstract: A system includes a catalyst system having at least one catalyst to treat an exhaust gas from a gas turbine system, and a thermal storage system having at least one storage tank to store thermal energy in a medium, wherein the system is configured to transfer heat from the medium to the at least one catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2013Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Raymond Pang, Parag Prakash Kulkarni, Huijuan Chen
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Publication number: 20170058742Abstract: An exhaust processing system for treating an exhaust gas stream that includes an exhaust duct for directing the exhaust gas stream; a first catalyst positioned within the exhaust duct for receiving the exhaust gas stream flowing therethrough; and an injection system for injecting cooling air and reductant in the exhaust gas stream. The injection system may include: a reductant supply feed for supplying the reductant; a cooling air supply feed for supplying the cooling air; a junction configured at which the reductant supply feed and the cooling air supply feed combine to form a combined supply feed thereafter; and an injector disposed within the exhaust duct to which the combined supply feed connects.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2015Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Hua Zhang, Gordon Raymond Smith, Parag Prakash Kulkarni
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Publication number: 20160376992Abstract: An airflow control system for a gas turbine system according to an embodiment includes: a compressor component of a gas turbine system for generating an excess flow of air; a mixing area for receiving an exhaust gas stream produced by the gas turbine system; an air extraction system for extracting at least a portion of the excess flow of air generated by the compressor component of the gas turbine system to provide bypass air; and diverting the bypass air into the mixing area to reduce a temperature of the exhaust gas stream; and an exhaust processing system for processing the reduced temperature exhaust gas stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2015Publication date: December 29, 2016Inventors: Lewis Berkley Davis, Jr., Parag Prakash Kulkarni, Robert Joseph Reed
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Publication number: 20160376958Abstract: An airflow control system for a combined cycle power generation system according to an embodiment includes: a compressor component of a gas turbine system for generating an excess flow of air; a mixing area for receiving an exhaust gas stream produced by the gas turbine system; and an air extraction system for extracting at least a portion of the excess flow of air generated by the compressor component of the gas turbine system to provide bypass air, and for diverting the bypass air into the mixing area to reduce a temperature of the exhaust gas stream; wherein the reduced temperature exhaust gas stream is provided to a heat recovery steam generator.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2015Publication date: December 29, 2016Inventors: Lewis Berkley Davis, JR., Parag Prakash Kulkarni, Robert Joseph Reed
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Publication number: 20160376959Abstract: An airflow control system for a combined cycle turbomachine system according to an embodiment includes: an airflow generation system for attachment to a rotatable shaft of a gas turbine system, the airflow generation system drawing in an excess flow of air through an air intake section; a mixing area for receiving an exhaust gas stream produced by the gas turbine system; an air extraction system for extracting a first portion of the excess flow of air to provide bypass air, and for diverting the bypass air into the mixing area to reduce a temperature of the exhaust gas stream; diverting a second portion of the excess flow of air into the compressor component; and in response to an increase in a temperature of the air, increasing the second portion of the excess flow of air diverted into the compressor component.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2015Publication date: December 29, 2016Inventors: Lewis Berkley Davis, JR., Parag Prakash Kulkarni, Robert Joseph Reed
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Publication number: 20160376960Abstract: An airflow control system for a combined cycle turbomachine system in accordance with an embodiment includes: an airflow generation system for attachment to a rotatable shaft of a gas turbine system, the airflow generation system drawing in an excess flow of air through an air intake section; a mixing area for receiving an exhaust gas stream produced by the gas turbine system; an air extraction system for extracting a first portion of the excess flow of air to provide bypass air, and for diverting the bypass air into the mixing area to reduce a temperature of the exhaust gas stream; and an airflow regulation system for diverting a second portion of the excess flow of air into the compressor component and, in response to an under-frequency grid event, for increasing the second portion of the excess flow of air diverted into the compressor component.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2015Publication date: December 29, 2016Inventors: Robert Joseph Reed, Lewis Berkley Davis, JR., Parag Prakash Kulkarni
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Publication number: 20160376967Abstract: An airflow control system for a gas turbine system according to an embodiment includes: an airflow generation system for attachment to a rotatable shaft of a gas turbine system for drawing in an excess flow of air through an air intake section; a mixing area for receiving an exhaust gas stream produced by the gas turbine system; an air extraction system for extracting at least a portion of the excess flow of air generated by the airflow generation system to provide bypass air; an enclosure surrounding the gas turbine system and forming an air passage, the bypass air flowing through the air passage and around the gas turbine system into the mixing area to reduce a temperature of the exhaust gas stream; and an exhaust processing system for processing the reduced temperature exhaust gas stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2015Publication date: December 29, 2016Inventors: Parag Prakash Kulkarni, Lewis Berkley Davis, JR., Robert Joseph Reed
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Publication number: 20160376955Abstract: An airflow system for a gas turbine system according to an embodiment includes: a compressor component of a gas turbine system; an airflow generation system for attachment to a rotatable shaft of the gas turbine system, the airflow generation system and the compressor component drawing in an excess flow of air through an air intake section; a mixing area for receiving an exhaust gas stream produced by the gas turbine system; an air extraction system for: extracting at least a portion of the excess flow of air generated by the airflow generation system and the compressor component to provide bypass air; and diverting the bypass air into the mixing area to reduce a temperature of the exhaust gas stream; and an exhaust processing system for processing the reduced temperature exhaust gas stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2015Publication date: December 29, 2016Inventors: Robert Joseph Reed, Lewis Berkley Davis, Jr., Parag Prakash Kulkarni
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Publication number: 20160376954Abstract: A turbomachine system according to an embodiment includes: a gas turbine system including a compressor component, a combustor component, and a turbine component; a mixing area for receiving an exhaust gas stream produced by the gas turbine system; a fluid injection system for injecting a fluid into the mixing area to reduce a temperature of the exhaust gas stream; and an exhaust processing system for processing the reduced temperature exhaust gas stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2015Publication date: December 29, 2016Inventors: Lewis Berkley Davis, JR., Gilbert Otto Kraemer, Parag Prakash Kulkarni, Hua Zhang
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Publication number: 20160376994Abstract: An airflow control system for a gas turbine system according to an embodiment includes: a compressor component of a gas turbine system; a mixing area for receiving an exhaust gas stream produced by the gas turbine system; an air extraction system for extracting a supply of bypass air from an excess flow of air generated by the compressor component of the gas turbine system; an enclosure surrounding the gas turbine system and forming an air passage, the bypass air flowing through the air passage and around the gas turbine system into the mixing area to reduce a temperature of the exhaust gas stream; and an exhaust processing system for processing the reduced temperature exhaust gas stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2015Publication date: December 29, 2016Inventors: Parag Prakash Kulkarni, Lewis Berkley Davis, JR., Robert Joseph Reed
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Publication number: 20160376957Abstract: A power generation system according to an embodiment includes: a gas turbine system including a compressor component, a combustor component, and a turbine component; an airflow generation system coupled to an expander shaft downstream of the gas turbine system for drawing in a flow of ambient air through an air intake section; a mixing area for receiving an exhaust gas stream produced by the gas turbine system; a flow directing system for directing the flow of ambient air generated by the airflow generation system to the mixing area to reduce a temperature of the exhaust gas stream; and an exhaust processing system for processing the reduced temperature exhaust gas stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2015Publication date: December 29, 2016Inventors: Parag Prakash Kulkarni, Lewis Berkley Davis, JR., Robert Joseph Reed