Patents by Inventor Siddharth Girishkumar Upadhyay

Siddharth Girishkumar Upadhyay 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 ONLINE REPLACEMENT OF GAS TURBINE INLET AIR FILTER ELEMENTS
    Publication number: 20150114229
    Abstract: A method and system for online filter element replacement are provided. The system includes a filter chamber and a tubesheet dividing the filter chamber into a dirty air compartment and a clean air compartment, the tubesheet including a plurality of apertures therethrough. The system also includes a plurality of filter elements positioned in the dirty air compartment and coupled to the tubesheet in flow communication with a respective one of the plurality of apertures such that air entering the clean air compartment from the dirty air compartment passes through at least some of the plurality of filter elements and respective apertures and a shutter operatively positioned in the clean air compartment and configured to selectably cover at least one of the plurality of apertures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: BHA Altair, LLC
    Inventors: Susanta Kumar Rout, Siddharth Girishkumar Upadhyay, Stephen David Hiner, Etienne René Jarrier
  • AUTOMATIC COALESCER REPLACEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20140251129
    Abstract: An inlet air treatment system and method comprises a used coalescer having intake air passing therethrough and an unused coalescer not having intake air passing therethrough. A mechanism automatically adjusts the inlet air treatment system such that the used coalescer is no longer in the airflow and the unused coalescer is in the airflow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: BHA Altair, LLC
    Inventors: Siddharth Girishkumar Upadhyay, Rajesh PS, Bhalchandra Arun Desai
  • System for heating an airstream by recirculating waste heat of a turbomachine
    Patent number: 8261528
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention takes the form of an application and process that incorporates a waste heat source to increase the temperature of the airstream entering an inlet section of a combustion turbine. An embodiment of the present invention may perform an anti-icing operation that reduces the need to operate the IBH system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Rahul Jaikaran Chillar, Siddharth Girishkumar Upadhyay
  • SYSTEM FOR HEATING AN AIRSTREAM BY RECIRCULATING WASTE HEAT OF A TURBOMACHINE
    Publication number: 20110247313
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention takes the form of an application and process that incorporates a waste heat source to increase the temperature of the airstream entering an inlet section of a combustion turbine. An embodiment of the present invention may perform an anti-icing operation that reduces the need to operate the IBH system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Inventors: Rahul Jaikaran Chillar, Siddharth Girishkumar Upadhyay