Patents by Inventor Shawn DAMM

Shawn DAMM 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).

  • Publication number: 20240151126
    Abstract: A control system identifies preferred performance information associated with a hydraulic fracturing system; and obtains engine operation information associated with a plurality of engines included in a plurality of respective pump systems of the hydraulic fracturing system. The control system identifies, based on the engine operation information, a set of one or more engines, of the plurality of engines, that are utilizing gaseous fuel and/or that are capable of utilizing gaseous fuel, and obtains methane number information associated with the set of one or more engines. The control system selects, based on the preferred performance information and the methane number information, a set of one or more operation optimization maps, determines, based on the set of one or more operation optimization maps and the engine operation information, control information associated with the plurality of pump systems. The control system controls, based on the control information, the plurality of pump systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Yanchai ZHANG, Isaac E. FOX, Matthew PARKER, Shawn DAMM
  • Patent number: 11035317
    Abstract: A control system for controlling pilot fuel injection in a dual fuel engine is disclosed. The control system may determine, using measurements from one or more sensors, one or more combustion parameters associated with the dual fuel engine during operation of the dual fuel engine. The control system may determine an estimated nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions level based on the one or more combustion parameters, and may determine a NOx error based on a comparison between the estimated NOx emissions level and a desired NOx emissions level. The control system may control a quantity of pilot fuel injected into the dual fuel engine based on the NOx error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Fiveland, Arvind Sivasubramanian, Shivangi Wagle, Shawn Damm, Christopher Gallmeyer, Andy Pierpont
  • Publication number: 20200386175
    Abstract: A control system for controlling pilot fuel injection in a dual fuel engine is disclosed. The control system may determine, using measurements from one or more sensors, one or more combustion parameters associated with the dual fuel engine during operation of the dual fuel engine. The control system may determine an estimated nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions level based on the one or more combustion parameters, and may determine a NOx error based on a comparison between the estimated NOx emissions level and a desired NOx emissions level. The control system may control a quantity of pilot fuel injected into the dual fuel engine based on the NOx error.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Scott FIVELAND, Arvind SIVASUBRAMANIAN, Shivangi WAGLE, Shawn DAMM, Christopher GALLMEYER, Andy PIERPONT