Patents by Inventor Raghunandan Murthy

Raghunandan Murthy 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).

  • Corrosion assessment method and system
    Patent number: 7818156
    Abstract: A method includes assessing corrosion in a refinery operation having a piping network. Assessing can include identifying in a petroleum sample a presence and an amount of a species determined to be potentially corrosive to corrodible equipment in a refinery. A corrosion risk presented by the presence, the amount, and the boiling point of the species is determined. And, the corrosion risk is evaluated in view of piping network information. A system for implementing the method is provided, also.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Pramod Vachhani, Sunil Shirish Shah, Collin Wade Cross, Yatin Tayalia, Nishith Pramod Vora, Raghunandan Murthy
  • CORROSION ASSESSMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20080257782
    Abstract: A method includes assessing corrosion in a refinery operation having a piping network. Assessing can include identifying in a petroleum sample a presence and an amount of a species determined to be potentially corrosive to corrodible equipment in a refinery. A corrosion risk presented by the presence, the amount, and the boiling point of the species is determined. And, the corrosion risk is evaluated in view of piping network information. A system for implementing the method is provided, also.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2007
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Pramod Vachhani, Sunil Shirish Shah, Collin Wade Cross, Yatin Tayalia, Nishith Pramod Vora, Raghunandan Murthy