Patents by Inventor Sunilkant A. Patel

Sunilkant A. Patel 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).

  • Patent number: 8151716
    Abstract: Apparatus for protecting a feed injector and methods of assembly are provided. In one aspect, a method of assembling a feed injector cooling apparatus includes coupling a coolant source in flow communication with a mounting flange, coupling the mounting flange to a first end of a sheath, wherein the sheath circumscribes a feed injector barrel, and coupling a cap to a second end of the sheath, wherein the cap includes a center port through which a feed injector tip projects into a gasifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Monty Lee Harned, Sunilkant A. Patel, Salvatore Bernard Vasi
  • Publication number: 20090074638
    Abstract: Apparatus for protecting a feed injector and methods of assembly are provided. In one aspect, a method of assembling a feed injector cooling apparatus includes coupling a coolant source in flow communication with a mounting flange, coupling the mounting flange to a first end of a sheath, wherein the sheath circumscribes a feed injector barrel, and coupling a cap to a second end of the sheath, wherein the cap includes a center port through which a feed injector tip projects into a gasifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventors: Monty Lee Harned, Sunilkant A. Patel, Salvatore Bernard Vasi
  • Publication number: 20090056223
    Abstract: A quench ring rim and methods of fabrication are described. In one aspect, a method for fabricating a rim for use in a gasification system includes providing a hollow pipe, forming the pipe into a circular pipe, wherein a first end of the pipe is coupled to an opposite second end of the pipe, and cutting the pipe to form a rim having a desired circumference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2007
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Sunilkant A. Patel, Monty Lee Harned, Devin Richard Martin, Shashishekara Sitharamarao Talya