Patents by Inventor Weston G. Frost

Weston G. Frost 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).

  • Power generating apparatus having combustion turbine inlet air flow temperature sensor for sensing a drybulb temperature and related methods
    Patent number: 6923003
    Abstract: A power generating apparatus 20? includes an electrical generator 22? and a combustion turbine 24? for driving the electrical generator. The combustion turbine 24? may have a combustion turbine air inlet 30? for receiving an inlet air flow 25?. The power generating apparatus 20? may also include an evaporative water cooler 26? for evaporating water into the inlet air flow 25? to cool the inlet air flow, and an inlet air flow temperature sensor 28? between the evaporative water cooler and the combustion turbine air inlet 30?. The inlet air flow temperature sensor 28? may include a hollow body 32? connected in fluid communication with the inlet air flow 25?, and a temperature sensing device 34? carried by the hollow body. The hollow body 32? may include interior portions to reduce water accumulation on the temperature sensing device 34? so that the temperature sensing device senses a drybulb temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel E. Willems, Weston G. Frost
  • Power generating apparatus having combustion turbine inlet air flow temperature sensor for sensing a drybulb temperature and related methods
    Publication number: 20040050069
    Abstract: A power generating apparatus 20′ includes an electrical generator 22′ and a combustion turbine 24′ for driving the electrical generator. The combustion turbine 24′ may have a combustion turbine air inlet 30′ for receiving an inlet air flow 25′. The power generating apparatus 20′ may also include an evaporative water cooler 26′ for evaporating water into the inlet air flow 25′ to cool the inlet air flow, and an inlet air flow temperature sensor 28′ between the evaporative water cooler and the combustion turbine air inlet 30′. The inlet air flow temperature sensor 28′ may include a hollow body 32′ connected in fluid communication with the inlet air flow 25′, and a temperature sensing device 34′ carried by the hollow body. The hollow body 32′ may include interior portions to reduce water accumulation on the temperature sensing device 34′ so that the temperature sensing device senses a drybulb temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Applicant: Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel E. Willems, Weston G. Frost