Patents by Inventor Timothy Joseph Braun

Timothy Joseph Braun 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).

  • SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THE FLOW DISTRIBUTION OF SOLID PARTICLES
    Publication number: 20190291119
    Abstract: A turret includes a generally frusto-conical shaped body and a plurality of static vanes arranged interior to the body and extending inwardly from an interior sidewall of the body. The vanes are configured to guide a swirling flow of solid particles as they enter the body, and to divide the swirling flow into a plurality of controlled flows that are communicated to a plurality of coal outlet pipes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Joseph David Bianca, Paul John Chapman, Timothy Joseph Braun
  • System, method and apparatus for controlling the flow distribution of solid particles
    Patent number: 10363564
    Abstract: A turret includes a generally frusto-conical shaped body and a plurality of static vanes arranged interior to the body and extending inwardly from an interior sidewall of the body. The vanes are configured to guide a swirling flow of solid particles as they enter the body, and to divide the swirling flow into a plurality of controlled flows that are communicated to a plurality of coal outlet pipes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Joseph David Bianca, Paul John Chapman, Timothy Joseph Braun
  • SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THE FLOW DISTRIBUTION OF SOLID PARTICLES
    Publication number: 20170246644
    Abstract: A turret includes a generally frusto-conical shaped body and a plurality of static vanes arranged interior to the body and extending inwardly from an interior sidewall of the body. The vanes are configured to guide a swirling flow of solid particles as they enter the body, and to divide the swirling flow into a plurality of controlled flows that are communicated to a plurality of coal outlet pipes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: JOSEPH DAVID BIANCA, PAUL JOHN CHAPMAN, TIMOTHY JOSEPH BRAUN
  • Steam mill system useful for mercury control
    Patent number: 9205430
    Abstract: A steam mill system for transport of powdered activated carbon (PAC) from a storage silo to a steam powered jet mill to produce milled sorbent for use in a coal-fired power plant flue gas for mercury control. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to a cyclone separator arranged in a PAC transport line prior to a steam powered jet mill for separation of PAC according to particle size for the purpose of achieving reductions in associated compressed air usage, operating costs and capital costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: ALSTOM Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Carl David Edberg, Raymond W. Cournoyer, Richard C. Laflesh, Timothy Joseph Braun
  • STEAM MILL SYSTEM USEFUL FOR MERCURY CONTROL
    Publication number: 20140361105
    Abstract: A steam mill system for transport of powdered activated carbon (PAC) from a storage silo to a steam powered jet mill to produce milled sorbent for use in a coal-fired power plant flue gas for mercury control. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to a cyclone separator arranged in a PAC transport line prior to a steam powered jet mill for separation of PAC according to particle size for the purpose of achieving reductions in associated compressed air usage, operating costs and capital costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Carl David Edberg, Raymond W. Cournoyer, Richard C. Laflesh, Timothy Joseph Braun