Patents by Inventor Tejas Bharat Shinde

Tejas Bharat Shinde 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).

  • Methods, systems and apparatus for detecting material defects in combustors of combustion turbine engines
    Patent number: 8720257
    Abstract: A method for detecting defects in a combustion duct in a combustion system of a turbine engine while the turbine engine operates, wherein the combustion duct comprises an inner surface, which, during operation, is exposed to the hot-gas flowpath, the method comprising the steps of: providing a first electrode that is electrically connected to the combustion duct; providing a second electrode that resides within the hot-gas flowpath; applying a voltage across the first electrode and the second electrode; and detecting current flowing between the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Anthony Wayne Krull, Dullal Ghosh, Saurav Dugar, Tejas Bharat Shinde, Gilbert Otto Kraemer
  • METHODS, SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING MATERIAL DEFECTS IN COMBUSTORS OF COMBUSTION TURBINE ENGINES
    Publication number: 20120176248
    Abstract: A method for detecting defects in a combustion duct in a combustion system of a turbine engine while the turbine engine operates, wherein the combustion duct comprises an inner surface, which, during operation, is exposed to the hot-gas flowpath, the method comprising the steps of: providing a first electrode that is electrically connected to the combustion duct; providing a second electrode that resides within the hot-gas flowpath; applying a voltage across the first electrode and the second electrode; and detecting current flowing between the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Inventors: Anthony Wayne Krull, Dullal Ghosh, Saurav Dugar, Tejas Bharat Shinde, Gilbert Otto Kraemer