Patents by Inventor Pierino G. Bonanni

Pierino G. Bonanni 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).

  • Method and system for temperature estimation of gas turbine combustion cans
    Patent number: 6952639
    Abstract: A method for estimating a temperature profile for individual combustion cans at an inlet of a gas turbine is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, the method includes determining an exhaust temperature profile of exhaust gas of the gas turbine, and inputting the exhaust temperature profile into a model-based estimator of turbine components through which turbine gas flows. The model-based estimator calculates an estimated inlet temperature profile at the gas turbine inlet, based upon the exhaust temperature profile and design parameters of the gas turbine, the estimate inlet temperature profile being indicative of the actual firing temperature of each of the individual combustion cans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Aditya Kumar, Nishith Pramod Vora, Bruce G. Norman, Pierino G. Bonanni
  • Method and system for temperature estimation of gas turbine combustion cans
    Publication number: 20040093147
    Abstract: A method for estimating a temperature profile for individual combustion cans at an inlet of a gas turbine is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, the method includes determining an exhaust temperature profile of exhaust gas of the gas turbine, and inputting the exhaust temperature profile into a model-based estimator of turbine components through which turbine gas flows. The model-based estimator calculates an estimated inlet temperature profile at the gas turbine inlet, based upon the exhaust temperature profile and design parameters of the gas turbine, the estimate inlet temperature profile being indicative of the actual firing temperature of each of the individual combustion cans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Inventors: Aditya Kumar, Nishith Pramod Vora, Bruce G. Norman, Pierino G. Bonanni