Patents by Inventor Sendilkumaran Soundiramourty
Sendilkumaran Soundiramourty 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: 10907491Abstract: A sealing system for a rotary machine is provided. The sealing system includes a pair of circumferentially-adjacent rotary components and an axial seal. Each of the rotary components includes a platform including a first side channel and an opposite second side channel, a shank extending radially inwardly from the platform, and a dovetail region extending radially inwardly from the shank. The axial seal is sized and shaped to be received in the first side channel of a first of the rotary components and the second side channel of a second of the rotary components, such that the axial seal sealingly interfaces with the first and second channels.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2018Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Jagdish Prasad Tyagi, Sendilkumaran Soundiramourty, Amit Grover, Sunil Rajagopal, Rajesh Mavuri, Andrew Paul Giametta
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Patent number: 10641174Abstract: A gas turbine casing with an internal heat exchange system. The gas turbine extends between an inlet section and an exhaust section and defines a downstream direction from the inlet section to the exhaust section. The casing includes a forward end, an aft end downstream of the forward end, a first exterior surface facing radially outward, a second exterior surface facing radially inward, and an internal body at least partially defined between the first exterior surface and the second exterior surface. The heat exchange system includes an inlet and an outlet formed in an exterior surface of the casing proximate the aft end, a supply bore extending upstream from the inlet through the interior body of the casing, and a return bore extending downstream to the outlet through the interior body of the casing.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2017Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Debabrata Mukhopadhyay, Sanjeev Kumar Jain, Sendilkumaran Soundiramourty, Rajesh Mavuri, Jagdish Prasad Tyagi
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Patent number: 10422246Abstract: A bearing housing configured to enclose a bearing assembly rotatable supporting a shaft coupled to a rotating assembly of a turbine engine, may include a housing base and a housing cover each including a flange for coupling the housing base to the housing cover. The housing cover may include an inner shell and an outer shell radially spaced outward of the inner shell to provide a cavity therebetween. The bearing housing may include a plurality of outlets arranged along an outer surface of the inner shell and configured to spray the pressurized cooling fluid to an inner surface of the housing cover defining the cavity. At least one of the outlets may be configured to spray the pressurized cooling fluid to a region of the inner surface of the housing cover that is adjacent to the flange of the housing cover.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2016Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Rajesh Mavuri, Sendilkumaran Soundiramourty
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Publication number: 20190162073Abstract: A sealing system for a rotary machine is provided. The sealing system includes a pair of circumferentially-adjacent rotary components and an axial seal. Each of the rotary components includes a platform including a first side channel and an opposite second side channel, a shank extending radially inwardly from the platform, and a dovetail region extending radially inwardly from the shank. The axial seal is sized and shaped to be received in the first side channel of a first of the rotary components and the second side channel of a second of the rotary components, such that the axial seal sealingly interfaces with the first and second channels.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2018Publication date: May 30, 2019Inventors: Jagdish Prasad Tyagi, Sendilkumaran Soundiramourty, Amit Grover, Sunil Rajagopal, Rajesh Mavuri, Andrew Paul Giametta
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Publication number: 20180202360Abstract: A gas turbine casing with an internal heat exchange system. The gas turbine extends between an inlet section and an exhaust section and defines a downstream direction from the inlet section to the exhaust section. The casing includes a forward end, an aft end downstream of the forward end, a first exterior surface facing radially outward, a second exterior surface facing radially inward, and an internal body at least partially defined between the first exterior surface and the second exterior surface. The heat exchange system includes an inlet and an outlet formed in an exterior surface of the casing proximate the aft end, a supply bore extending upstream from the inlet through the interior body of the casing, and a return bore extending downstream to the outlet through the interior body of the casing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2017Publication date: July 19, 2018Inventors: Debabrata Mukhopadhyay, Sanjeev Kumar Jain, Sendilkumaran Soundiramourty, Rajesh Mavuri, Jagdish Prasad Tyagi
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Publication number: 20180112553Abstract: A bearing housing configured to enclose a bearing assembly rotatable supporting a shaft coupled to a rotating assembly of a turbine engine, may include a housing base and a housing cover each including a flange for coupling the housing base to the housing cover. The housing cover may include an inner shell and an outer shell radially spaced outward of the inner shell to provide a cavity therebetween. The bearing housing may include a plurality of outlets arranged along an outer surface of the inner shell and configured to spray the pressurized cooling fluid to an inner surface of the housing cover defining the cavity. At least one of the outlets may be configured to spray the pressurized cooling fluid to a region of the inner surface of the housing cover that is adjacent to the flange of the housing cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2016Publication date: April 26, 2018Inventors: Rajesh MAVURI, Sendilkumaran SOUNDIRAMOURTY
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Patent number: 9903215Abstract: An inner casing assembly for a turbine including: an annular inner casing including cooling passages, wherein each passage extends through a wall of the inner casing from a source of cooling fluid to an outer surface of the wall of the inner casing, and struts extending outward from the outer surface of the inner casing wherein the cooling passages are arranged on the inner casing such that a pair of the cooling passages is on opposite sides of each of the struts, and the cooling passages in each pair are equidistant to the corresponding strut.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2014Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Sendilkumaran Soundiramourty, Srinivas Pakkala
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Publication number: 20170321606Abstract: A compressor includes a purge flow extraction path extending radially and configured to direct an airflow radially inwardly. Also included is a center bore at least partially defined by a rotor structure extending axially and fluidly coupled to the purge flow extraction path. Further included is an airflow manipulation device disposed entirely within the center bore, the airflow manipulation device having a plurality of vanes defining at least one vane slot.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2014Publication date: November 9, 2017Inventors: Sudhakar SOLTYSIUK, Jakub SOLTYSIUK, Sendilkumaran SOUNDIRAMOURTY, Robert Cormack YOUNG
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Publication number: 20150361809Abstract: An inner casing assembly for a turbine including: an annular inner casing including cooling passages, wherein each passage extends through a wall of the inner casing from a source of cooling fluid to an outer surface of the wall of the inner casing, and struts extending outward from the outer surface of the inner casing wherein the cooling passages are arranged on the inner casing such that a pair of the cooling passages is on opposite sides of each of the struts, and the cooling passages in each pair are equidistant to the corresponding strut.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2014Publication date: December 17, 2015Inventors: Sendilkumaran SOUNDIRAMOURTY, SRINIVAS PAKKALA
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Patent number: 9127558Abstract: A gas turbomachine includes a casing having a first casing half including first and second edge portions and a second casing half including first and second edge sections. The first edge portion is configured and disposed to be joined to the first edge section to form a first horizontal joint and the second edge portion is configured and disposed to be joined to the second edge section to form a second horizontal joint. At least one of the first edge portion and the first edge section including a first fluid passage, and at least one of the second edge portion and second edge section including a second fluid passage. The first and second fluid passages are configured and disposed to guide heated fluid along respective ones of the first and second horizontal joints.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2012Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Sendilkumaran Soundiramourty, Srinivasa Rao Pakkala
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Publication number: 20140054863Abstract: A seal assembly for a turbine system includes a sealing strip having a forward surface and an aft surface, wherein the sealing strip is operably coupled to a first component and extends radially outwardly toward a second component for inhibiting a flow of fluid passing through a fluid path defined by the first component and the second component. Also included is at least one groove disposed within at least one of the forward surface and the aft surface of the sealing strip.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2012Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Sendilkumaran Soundiramourty, Ravi Shankar Venkata Kasibhotla, Vignesh Radhakrishnan
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Publication number: 20140033735Abstract: A gas turbomachine includes a casing having a first casing half including first and second edge portions and a second casing half including first and second edge sections. The first edge portion is configured and disposed to be joined to the first edge section to form a first horizontal joint and the second edge portion is configured and disposed to be joined to the second edge section to form a second horizontal joint. At least one of the first edge portion and the first edge section including a first fluid passage, and at least one of the second edge portion and second edge section including a second fluid passage. The first and second fluid passages are configured and disposed to guide heated fluid along respective ones of the first and second horizontal joints.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2012Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Sendilkumaran Soundiramourty, Srinivasa Rao Pakkala
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Publication number: 20140017061Abstract: A gas turbomachine includes a turbine portion including at least one turbine wheel, and a wheel shaft operatively connected to the at least one turbine wheel. The wheel shaft includes an outer surface. A stationary member includes an inner surface positioned outward of the outer surface of the wheel shaft to form a purge flow passage. A bearing housing is linked to the stationary member and spaced radially outward of the wheel shaft. The bearing housing includes at least one purge flow passage configured and disposed to guide a purge flow toward the wheel shaft. At least one of the outer surface of the wheel shaft and the inner surface of the stationary member includes a roughness inducing coating configured and disposed to increase drag and residence time of purge flow in the purge flow passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2012Publication date: January 16, 2014Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Srinivasa Rao Pakkala, Ravi Shankar Venkata Kasibhotla, Sendilkumaran Soundiramourty
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Patent number: 8529200Abstract: Apparatus for sealing and purging a bearing region includes a bearing housing having at least one hole that allows a flow of air to flow through the at least one hole, and at least one bearing seal that allows the flow of air to flow through the at least one bearing seal, thereby creating a pressure difference across the bearing seal. The apparatus also includes an air directional device having at least a portion of the flow of air to flow adjacent to the air directional device, and a pair of components having a gap between the pair of components that allows the at least a portion of the flow of air to flow through the gap, thereby purging the gap.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2010Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Srinivas Pakkala, Nagendra Karthik Depuru Mohan, Sendilkumaran Soundiramourty
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Publication number: 20110164964Abstract: Apparatus for sealing and purging a bearing region includes a bearing housing having at least one hole that allows a flow of air to flow through the at least one hole, and at least one bearing seal that allows the flow of air to flow through the at least one bearing seal, thereby creating a pressure difference across the bearing seal. The apparatus also includes an air directional device having at least a portion of the flow of air to flow adjacent to the air directional device, and a pair of components having a gap between the pair of components that allows the at least a portion of the flow of air to flow through the gap, thereby purging the gap.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2010Publication date: July 7, 2011Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Srinivas Pakkala, Nagendra Karthik Depuru Mohan, Sendilkumaran Soundiramourty