Patents by Inventor WILLIAM COOK LIVINGOOD

WILLIAM COOK LIVINGOOD 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: 11450992
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a plug load management system having automatic and dynamic load detection, meaning it has the ability to identify devices that are plugged into outlets of a building and determine the location of the plug load down to the specific outlet. When a device is moved, the plug load management system can determine this change and update accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Thien-Kim Leckie Trenbath, William Cook Livingood, III, Amy LeBar, Bennett R. Doherty
  • Publication number: 20210288451
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a plug load management system having automatic and dynamic load detection, meaning it has the ability to identify devices that are plugged into outlets of a building and determine the location of the plug load down to the specific outlet. When a device is moved, the plug load management system can determine this change and update accordingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Thien-Kim Leckie TRENBATH, William Cook LIVINGOOD, III, Amy LeBAR, Bennett R. DOHERTY
  • Patent number: 8496412
    Abstract: A system for controlling gas leakage in a solids delivery system is provided. The system includes a bulk solids pump comprising an inlet for a particulate material and an outlet for discharge of said particulate material. The system also includes a buffer gas channel configured to impede backflow of process gas into the bulk solids pump, such as from a downstream system or process. The system further includes a pressure differential system configured to control a flow rate of the buffer gas and maintain a positive differential in pressure between the buffer gas and the process gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: William Cook Livingood, III, John Saunders Stevenson, Randy Scott Longtin
  • Patent number: 8495882
    Abstract: A syngas cleanup section includes a water-gas shift reactor, a first operation unit and a second operation unit. The first operation unit includes a high permeance membrane with H2/CO2 selectivity in flow communication with the water-gas shift reactor to provide a H2-rich permeate stream and an H2-poor retentate stream. The second operation unit recovers H2 and CO from the retentate stream to produce a single, CO2-rich product stream, the entire content of which has a minimum pressure of at least about 10.0 bar. In one embodiment, the second operation unit includes a membrane with Knudsen selectivity for permeating H2, CO and CO2. In this embodiment, the permeate streams are combined to produce a H2 and CO-rich fuel stream used by a combined cycle power generation unit to produce electricity, and the retentate stream is sent to a catalytic oxidation unit to produce the CO2-rich product stream. In another embodiment, the second operation unit is the catalytic oxidation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Anthony Yu-Chung Ku, Harish Radhakrishna Acharya, Parag Prakash Kulkarni, Scott Michael Miller, William Cook Livingood, III
  • Publication number: 20110030384
    Abstract: A syngas cleanup section includes a water-gas shift reactor, a first operation unit and a second operation unit. The first operation unit includes a high permeance membrane with H2/CO2 selectivity in flow communication with the water-gas shift reactor to provide a H2-rich permeate stream and an H2-poor retentate stream. The second operation unit recovers H2 and CO from the retentate stream to produce a single, CO2-rich product stream, the entire content of which has a minimum pressure of at least about 10.0 bar. In one embodiment, the second operation unit includes a membrane with Knudsen selectivity for permeating H2, CO and CO2. In this embodiment, the permeate streams are combined to produce a H2 and CO-rich fuel stream used by a combined cycle power generation unit to produce electricity, and the retentate stream is sent to a catalytic oxidation unit to produce the CO2-rich product stream. In another embodiment, the second operation unit is the catalytic oxidation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Anthony Yu-Chung Ku, Harish Radhakrishna Acharya, Parag Prakash Kulkarni, Scott Michael Miller, William Cook Livingood, III
  • Publication number: 20080145156
    Abstract: A system for controlling gas leakage in a solids delivery system is provided. The system includes a bulk solids pump comprising an inlet for a particulate material and an outlet for discharge of said particulate material. The system also includes a buffer gas channel configured to impede backflow of process gas into the bulk solids pump, such as from a downstream system or process. The system further includes a pressure differential system configured to control a flow rate of the buffer gas and maintain a positive differential in pressure between the buffer gas and the process gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: WILLIAM COOK LIVINGOOD, JOHN SAUNDERS STEVENSON, RANDY SCOTT LONGTIN