Patents by Inventor Paul William Plummer

Paul William Plummer 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: 10041407
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method that allows air to be extracted from a plurality of gas turbine engines and fed to a downstream process, even in situations in which one or more of the gas turbine engines are operating in a part load condition. For example, in an embodiment, a method includes monitoring signals representative of a header pressure of a header, or a pressure of extraction air flow from one or more gas turbine engines to the header, or both, and maintaining substantially continuous flows of extraction air from the gas turbine engines to the header. The substantially continuous flows are maintained when the gas turbine engines are under symmetric and asymmetric load conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Vijay Anand Raghavendran Nenmeni, Michael Joseph Alexander, Paul William Plummer, Timothy Lee Janssen
  • Patent number: 8753440
    Abstract: The present embodiments are directed towards the cooling of a solvent of a gas treatment system using a fluid flow from an air separation unit. In one embodiment, a system is provided that includes an air separation unit. The air separation unit has an air inlet configured to receive an air flow, an oxygen outlet configured to output an oxygen flow, a nitrogen outlet configured to output a nitrogen flow and a cooling system configured to cool the air flow to enable separation of the air flow into the oxygen flow and the nitrogen flow, wherein the cooling system is configured to cool a first solvent of a first gas treatment system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Fredric Samuel Russ, George Frederick Frey, Charles Martin Mitchell, Paul William Plummer
  • Publication number: 20120247113
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method that allows air to be extracted from a plurality of gas turbine engines and fed to a downstream process, even in situations in which one or more of the gas turbine engines are operating in a part load condition. For example, in an embodiment, a method includes monitoring signals representative of a header pressure of a header, or a pressure of extraction air flow from one or more gas turbine engines to the header, or both, and maintaining substantially continuous flows of extraction air from the gas turbine engines to the header. The substantially continuous flows are maintained when the gas turbine engines are under symmetric and asymmetric load conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Vijay Anand Raghavendran Nenmeni, Michael Joseph Alexander, Paul William Plummer, Timothy Lee Janssen
  • Publication number: 20120227442
    Abstract: The present embodiments are directed towards the cooling of a solvent of a gas treatment system using a fluid flow from an air separation unit. In one embodiment, a system is provided that includes an air separation unit. The air separation unit has an air inlet configured to receive an air flow, an oxygen outlet configured to output an oxygen flow, a nitrogen outlet configured to output a nitrogen flow and a cooling system configured to cool the air flow to enable separation of the air flow into the oxygen flow and the nitrogen flow, wherein the cooling system is configured to cool a first solvent of a first gas treatment system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Fredric Samuel Russ, George Frederick Frey, Charles Martin Mitchell, Paul William Plummer