Turbogenerators Patents (Class 290/52)
  • Patent number: 12287656
    Abstract: A method includes receiving temperature measurements from multiple temperature sensors in a power supply system that includes multiple coils arranged in a series downstream of a turbine, each coil configured to receive thermal energy from an air stream exhausted from the turbine as the air stream moves toward a data center, each coil associated with at least one fluid loop. The method also includes using a first subset of the temperature measurements to determine a blended fluid mix from a primary fluid path and a heated fluid reservoir in order to obtain a predetermined leaving fluid temperature at a first coil of the multiple coils. The method further includes controlling a position of one or more valves associated with the primary fluid path and the heated fluid reservoir to achieve the determined blended fluid mix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Caeli, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Douglas Koerner, Brandon McDaniel, John A. Musilli, Jr.
  • Patent number: 12234798
    Abstract: A valve system for controlling the fluid flow in a duct, includes: a valve body adapted to be inserted in an interruption of the duct, and provided with an inlet and an outlet for a flow of fluid in the duct, a lateral flow valve, developing substantially transversally in the duct, placed in the valve body upstream of the fluid flow, the valve having an obstructer capable of moving transversally in the duct to “laterally” interrupt part of the fluid flow in the duct, an actuator adapted to move the obstructer from a first position, in which the duct is fully open, to a second position, in which the duct is fully closed, a rotor shaped substantially as a turbine, placed inside the valve body downstream of the valve with respect to the fluid flow, the rotor being located at a distance from the valve comprised within a pressure recovery zone, the pressure being generated by the valve in the absence of the turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Politecnico Di Milano
    Inventor: Stefano Malavasi
  • Patent number: 12196499
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to an energy storage and retrieval system for the generation of power. A compressor (301) pressurizes ambient air. The pressurized air flow passes through a thermal energy regenerator (280) for thermal energy storage and retrieval and onto an expander (302) for generating mechanical power. The compressor (301) and the expander (302) are coupled to an electrical machine (304) through a common shaft (303). The regenerator (280) comprises one or more Thermal Energy Storage (TES) units which can be coupled to one another in a parallel configuration. The TES units comprise a thermal medium for the storage and retrieval of thermal energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: KAAJ ENERGY INC.
    Inventor: Reza Lotfalian
  • Patent number: 12188394
    Abstract: An electromagnetic turbine system includes a circulation system for recirculating fluid that drives turbine impellers for electromagnetic turbine modules. The circulation system includes a fluid separator module which separates gas from liquid and circulates the liquid back to a pressure chamber. The liquid in the pressure chamber is propel by compressed gas. Multiple pressure chambers may be controlled to release pressurized fluid to drive their respective shafts on a staggered timing sequence. The turbine modules may be levitated from a supporting surface to reduce friction. Operation of valves may include use of a cam system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Inventor: Michael Newgent
  • Patent number: 12188441
    Abstract: A DC power plant generating DC power from a variety of engines including a Stirling cycle engine. The DC power plant includes a relatively small start-up power source that is discontinued after the engine is running. A method for producing DC power for a load including starting up an engine using power supplied by a relatively small power supply supplemented by a capacitor bank, providing output from the engine to a generator, producing alternating current (AC) power by the generator, converting the AC power to direct current (DC) power, disabling output of the DC power during a first set of pre-selected conditions, limiting a rate of change of current of the DC power during a second set of pre-selected conditions, reducing conducted and radiated emissions of the DC power, disconnecting the DC power from the load under a third set of pre-selected conditions, and providing the DC power to the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: DEKA Products Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Andrew A. Schnellinger, James R. Lowell, Bryan A. Finseth, Christopher L Barber, Jason M. Sachs, Donald J. Lucas, Shannon Prescott, Jeffrey W. Kite, Andras K. Fekete, Douglas R. Adams
  • Patent number: 12149154
    Abstract: An electric machine having a hybrid insulative-conductive manifold is disclosed. In one aspect, an electric machine includes a manifold that includes an insulative plate and a conductive backplate positioned adjacent to the insulative plate. The insulative plate and the backplate define a first channel and a second channel therebetween. The electric machine also includes a prime winding and a secondary winding electrically isolated from the prime winding. The prime winding and the secondary winding are both in fluid communication with the first channel and the second channel. A terminal conductor extends through the backplate and insulative plate and is electrically coupled with the prime winding. The terminal conductor is electrically isolated from the backplate and provides cooling fluid to the prime winding and the first channel so that cooling fluid flows between the terminal conductor and the prime winding and between the terminal conductor and the first channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Brendan Michael Freely, Pablo Gabriel Piazza Galarza, Fabian Isaza, Paul Robert Gemin, Darek Tomasz Zatorski, John Russell Yagielski, Andrew Michael Watson
  • Patent number: 12140089
    Abstract: In some examples, a system including a gas turbine engine, the engine including a high-pressure (HP) shaft; HP compressor; HP turbine, second shaft; second compressor; second turbine, the second turbine being coupled to the second compressor via the second shaft (e.g., LP shaft); and a generator coupled to the LP shaft. The generator is configured to generate electrical power from rotation of the LP shaft, and increase electrical power generated by the generator to increase a torque applied to the LP shaft by the generator, e.g., in combination with reduction in engine thrust, or in response to the detection of a stall and/or surge of the engine. The increase in torque applied to the second shaft is configured to increase a rate at which a rotational speed of the second shaft decreases, e.g., in combination with the reduction in engine thrust or during the stall/surge of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Andrew Morgan, Timothy Unton, Alan W. Smith, Adam Lagrange, James Christopher Muskat
  • Patent number: 12134970
    Abstract: An electromagnetic turbine system includes a circulation system for recirculating fluid that drives turbine impellers for electromagnetic turbine modules. The circulation system includes a fluid separator module which separates gas from liquid and circulates the liquid back to a pressure chamber. The liquid in the pressure chamber is propel by compressed gas. Multiple pressure chambers may be controlled to release pressurized fluid to drive their respective shafts on a staggered timing sequence. The turbine modules may be levitated from a supporting surface to reduce friction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Inventor: Michael Newgent
  • Patent number: 12104493
    Abstract: A first turboexpander generator defines a portion of a first conduit flow passage. The first turboexpander generator is configured to decrease a temperature or pressure of a process stream flowing through the first turboexpander generator by generating electrical power from the process stream. A second turboexpander generator defines a portion of a second conduit flow passage. The second turboexpander generator is configured to decrease a temperature or pressure of a process stream flowing through the second turboexpander generator by generating electrical power from the process stream. The first and second conduit flow passages are arranged to carry fluid flow in parallel to one another. The first and the second turboexpander generator are substantially identical in critical dimensions and performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Sapphire Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Earl, Freddie Sarhan, Jeremy Liu
  • Patent number: 12104547
    Abstract: A control system and method for controlling an engine comprising an electric turbocharger are presented. The system comprises a wastegate valve configured to control a pressure of exhaust gas in an exhaust system of the engine at a turbine of the electric turbocharger. A controller obtains a set of parameters that each affect exhaust gas energy; using the set of parameters: (i) determines a target mass flow into the engine and a target boost for the turbocharger to achieve a torque request; (ii) determines a target power for a compressor of the turbocharger to achieve the target engine mass flow and the target turbocharger boost; (iii) determines an electric turbocharger motor power target; (iv) determines, based on the target power for the compressor and the electric turbocharger motor power target, a target pressure ratio and a target mass exhaust flow for the turbine of the electric turbocharger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Shu Wang, David A Lawrence, Manvinder Singh, Ken Hardman
  • Patent number: 12095405
    Abstract: A turbo-generator system for generating propulsive electrical power for an aircraft includes an electric machine comprising: a rotor configured to be rotated by a gas-turbine of the turbo-generator system; a stator comprising: a first active section comprising first windings surrounding a first portion of the rotor, and a second active section comprising second windings surrounding a second portion of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignees: Rolls-Royce Corporation, Rolls-Royce Singapore Pte. Ltd., Rolls-Royce Electrical Norway AS
    Inventors: David Loder, David Russell Trawick, Eirik Mathias Husum, Erlend Engevik, Roar Furuhaug, Chandana Jayampathi Gajanayake
  • Patent number: 12085063
    Abstract: A power generation system includes a flotation assembly configured to float in water and a first harnessing assembly coupled to the flotation assembly and disposed in an airflow above the water. The first harnessing assembly is configured to harness the airflow to create a first rotational energy. The system also includes a second harnessing assembly coupled to the flotation assembly and disposed in the water. The second rotational assembly is configured to harness movement of the water to create a second rotational energy. The flotation assembly also includes a generating module to convert the first and second rotational energies into electrical energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: ForceGenie, LLC
    Inventor: Bradford O. Russell
  • Patent number: 12078046
    Abstract: A system and method for a frac pump. The system includes a turbine. The turbine can be 100% powered by natural gas or other fuels. The turbine, which can have an OEM controller, drives a frac pump. The frac pump is used for fracturing. The system has a controller which controls the system, including the OEM controller. The system has an air filtration system to treat the air entering the turbine. The air filtration system can include a system with no moving parts and no filters. The system fits within a trailer so it can be transported to remote locations. The system is self-sufficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Catalyst Energy Services LLC
    Inventors: Bobby Joe Chapman, Sean Dee Edwards, Michael Gerard King, Seth Richard Moore, Kevin Martin Voldarski
  • Patent number: 12061102
    Abstract: Systems and methods for operating a fluid supply system. The methods comprise: using a micro-turbine and an Energy Harvesting Circuit (“EHC”) to harvest energy from a fluid flowing through a pipeline; operating a switch to disconnect the EHC from the micro-turbine when an amount of energy harvested reaches a threshold value; detecting by a sensor device an amount of natural fluid flow through the pipeline while the EHC is disconnected from the micro-turbine; and operating the switch to reconnect the EHC to the micro-turbine after the amount of natural fluid flow has been detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
    Inventors: Jason O. Hallstrom, Jiannan Zhai, Chancey Kelley, Michael Brown, Andrew Van Zwieten, Don Salamon
  • Patent number: 12054281
    Abstract: An auxiliary power unit for an aircraft. It includes an air compressor coupled to an air-drawing device for drawing in air from outside the aircraft, the compressor supplying compressed air to a manifold. The manifold is configured to supply air to an environmental control system and a start-up module of at least one propulsion system of the aircraft running on hydrogen. The manifold is also configured to supply air to a fuel cell stack arranged to provide an electric generation function configured to power non-propulsive systems of the aircraft, the fuel cell stack also being supplied with hydrogen from a tank supplying hydrogen to the at least one propulsion system of the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignees: Airbus Operations SAS, Airbus SAS, Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Josset, Didier Poirier, Holger Bammann, Thomas Scherer
  • Patent number: 12044182
    Abstract: A shaft power transfer system includes a first mechanical clutch mechanism operably coupling a high-pressure shaft to a low-pressure shaft. The first mechanical clutch mechanism transfers power from the high-pressure shaft to the low-pressure shaft at a predefined first speed transient condition. The system further includes a second mechanical clutch mechanism that operably couples the low-pressure shaft to the high-pressure shaft. The second mechanical clutch mechanism transfers power from the low-pressure shaft to the high-pressure shaft at a predefined second speed transient condition where the predefined first speed transient condition is different than the predefined second speed transient condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Arthur William Sibbach, Brandon Wayne Miller, Jeffrey Douglas Rambo
  • Patent number: 12040651
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an energy storage system in thermal power unit coordinated frequency regulation control method, including: obtaining a status of an combined system of energy storage system and thermal power unit at a certain time point; determining a working period of the combined system according to the status of the combined system; determining a target active power of the combined system according to the working period of the combined system, and determining a target active power of the energy storage system according to the target active power of the combined system in cooperation with an active power of the thermal power unit; and correcting the target active power of the energy storage system according to a power limit and a capacity limit of the energy storage system, to obtain a final active power of the energy storage system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignees: TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY, PEKING UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Chao Lu, Xuemei Chen, Jie Song, Jie Liu, Jingtao Wu
  • Patent number: 12009730
    Abstract: A mobile power generation system includes a mobile platform upon which is coupled a turbine, an electric generator, a water boiler, and a liquid pump through a closed loop pipe. The water boiler is coupled to a source of flammable gas. The liquid pump is in fluid communication with a liquid discharge tank. The power generation system may also include a liquid supply tank in fluid communication with the discharge tank and an electronic controller that manages the operation of the system. The controller also includes a battery banked storage unit that runs through a battery inverted to change the power from DC current to AC current which runs the controller and pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: BGH Designs, LLC
    Inventor: Barry G. Heald
  • Patent number: 12002298
    Abstract: A system for aircraft maintenance is disclosed, such as for monitoring parts mounted in a turbojet engine, the turbojet engine being accommodated in a nacelle compartment delimited by a nacelle wall. The system can verify parts, each of the parts being equipped with an RFID tag. The verification system includes an inner antenna accommodated in the nacelle compartment, the inner antenna being arranged to allow the exchange of radio frequency signals with each RFID tag, an interface device including an access point located outside the nacelle compartment, the interface device being arranged to be able to be connected to an interrogator device arranged to communicate with the RFID tag, and a transmission line connecting the interface device to the inner antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Tony Alain Roger Joel Lhommeau, Guillaume Philippe Camille Bastard, Hervé Jean Albert Mouton, Philippe Roger Jacques Canteau
  • Patent number: 11988185
    Abstract: An example valve includes: a seat member; a spool configured to be seated on the seat member to block fluid flow from a first port to a second port when the valve is in a closed state, wherein fluid at the first port applies a fluid force on the spool; a spring applying a biasing force on the spool toward the seat member, wherein as the fluid force overcomes the biasing force, the spool moves in the proximal direction off the seat member, thereby allowing fluid flow from the first port to the second port through a flow area formed between the spool and the seat member; a turbine configured to rotate as fluid flowing through the flow area flows downstream across the turbine; and an electric generator coupled to the turbine, such that rotation of the turbine causes the electric generator to generate electric power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Sun Hydraulics, LLC
    Inventors: Bernd Zähe, Steven J. Meislahn, Hailee Morgan
  • Patent number: 11982076
    Abstract: Disclosed are devices, methods, and systems for generating and applying a magnetic field in a toilet. A toilet including a bowl having a discharge outlet, a trapway in fluid communication with the discharge outlet, and at least one magnet configured to generate a magnetic field to alter a flow of liquid through the trapway is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Jason Kwacz, Yunjie Zhang
  • Patent number: 11952903
    Abstract: A microturbine comprising a turbine. a compressor, and an electric generator operating on a single shaft. The microturbine is designed segmenting the assembly into three subassemblies: a micro turbine engine subassembly, a turbine air sourcing housing subassembly, and a compressor air supply and electronics subassembly. The configuration enables efficient assembly, maintenance and repairs, as the operational components can be diagnosed at a high level and the subassembly can be exchanged quickly to optimize uptime. The micro turbine engine subassembly includes an integrated ceramic compressor and turbine assembly and a generator installed in a single unit that is slideably inserted within an interior of the turbine air sourcing housing subassembly. The compressor air supply and electronics subassembly is assembled to a respective end of the turbine air sourcing housing subassembly. The microturbine creates compressed air, heated air, and electrical power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: GALILEO TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
    Inventor: Osvaldo Del Campo
  • Patent number: 11894685
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are unique systems and processes to transport water or fluids within pipelines by generating electricity along various portions of the water pipeline route using micro hydroelectric turbines (also referred to herein as mini-turbines) placed in-line inside of (or adjacent to/parallel with) the pipeline at one or more distances. The mini-turbines are connected via wiring systems to the pump stations at the bottom of declines in the pipeline to generate electricity via gravity flow of the water through the pipeline, and then provide such electricity to a pump to propel or pump the water up inclined portions of the pipeline route. In this manner, water or fluids can be transported from a first location to a second location along significant distances through a pipeline while reducing the electrical consumption from a third-party electrical power grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Eddy Corp.
    Inventor: Kenneth Greenberg
  • Patent number: 11859552
    Abstract: A system includes a recirculation conduit that recirculates working fluid and a permanent magnet generator module in communication with the recirculation conduit. The working fluid from the recirculation conduit drives the permanent magnet generator module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: RTX Corporation
    Inventor: Sami Chukrallah
  • Patent number: 11859589
    Abstract: A DC power plant generating DC power from a variety of engines including a Stirling cycle engine. The DC power plant includes a relatively small start-up power source that is discontinued after the engine is running. A method for producing DC power for a load including starting up an engine using power supplied by a relatively small power supply supplemented by a capacitor bank, providing output from the engine to a generator, producing alternating current (AC) power by the generator, converting the AC power to direct current (DC) power, disabling output of the DC power during a first set of pre-selected conditions, limiting a rate of change of current of the DC power during a second set of pre-selected conditions, reducing conducted and radiated emissions of the DC power, disconnecting the DC power from the load under a third set of pre-selected conditions, and providing the DC power to the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: DEKA Products Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Andrew A. Schnellinger, James R. Lowell, Bryan A. Finseth, Christopher L. Barber, Jason M. Sachs, Donald J. Lucas, Shannon Prescott, Jeffrey W. Kite, Andras K. Fekete, Douglas R. Adams
  • Patent number: 11837872
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a method to limit the post-disturbance node maximum RoCoF by optimizing UC decisions. The node initial RoCoF expressions under common disturbance types, including the load, the line switching, and the generator turbine disturbances, are derived. Then, the piecewise linear relationship between the node initial RoCoF and UC decision variables are obtained. To avoid numerical simulation of the node maximum RoCoF, two analytical constraints, i.e., the node initial RoCoF constraint and the COI maximum RoCoF constraint, are formulated in the UC model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Tianshu Bi, Cheng Wang, Jiahao Liu, Guoyi Xu
  • Patent number: 11824399
    Abstract: An electric power system is disclosed herein. The electric power system may manage and store electric power and provide uninterrupted electric power, derived from a plurality of electric power sources, to an electric load. The electric power system may contain an energy storage unit and generator assembly. The electric power system may connect to a power grid and renewable energy sources, and may charge the energy storage unit using the power grid, renewable energy sources, and/or generator assembly. The electric power system may be configured to determine load power usage and environmental factors to automatically and continuously modify a charging protocol to, for example, provide high efficiency and/or self-sufficiency from the power grid. The electric power system may operate entirely off-grid and may provide electricity to the load without interruption to power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Blue Power Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Ramon A. Caamano, Gregory P. Miller
  • Patent number: 11784536
    Abstract: A thrust collection device that provides a fixed thrust divider utilizing straight or curvilinear or arcing walls or, alternatively, a functional hatch utilizing rotatable doors, a chamber providing multiple inwardly tapering walls toward an opening into one or more access channels leading or directing, the thrust from an air driven vehicle, engine or machine such as, for example, the jet blast from a departing airplane, jet liner, or helicopter; the downward force from a landing airplane, jet liner, or helicopter; a prop driven engine; or just an engine, or into a power reserve or power generation source device to create power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Inventor: Daniel Webb
  • Patent number: 11777392
    Abstract: A magnetic coupling system and a method of balancing a magnetic coupler are provided. The magnetic coupling system includes a follower magnet magnetically coupled to a drive magnet, and a magnetic balancing component located to a side of the follower magnet. Movement of the drive magnet induces corresponding movement of the follower magnet. The magnetic balancing component and the drive magnet exert attractive magnetic forces on the follower magnet in opposite directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Decena Ornelaz, Michael Linley Fripp
  • Patent number: 11728708
    Abstract: An electric generator comprising a rotor with permanent magnets, configured for rotating about a rotation axis; at least one magnetic yoke with at least two arms extending axially inside or outside of the rotor so as to be adjacent to the radial inner or outer side, respectively, of the rotor; wherein the permanent magnets are arranged according to an Halbach array so as to maximize the magnetic field on the radial side of the rotor adjacent to the arms of the at least one yoke. Also, a valve for gas cylinder, equipped with a corresponding electric generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignees: LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (LIST), ROTAREX S.A.
    Inventors: Mathieu Gerard, Jérôme Polesel Maris
  • Patent number: 11713691
    Abstract: Provided is a gas turbine system that is used for a moving body including a thrust generator configured to generate thrust from electric power and includes: a compressor that compresses external air to generate compressed air; a combustor that burns the compressed air generated by the compressor together with fuel to generate a combustion gas; a turbine driven by the combustion gas generated by the combustor; a first generator that is coupled to the turbine to generate electric power by driving of the turbine and supplies electric power to the thrust generator; and a second generator that is arranged downstream of the turbine in a flow direction of a combustion gas and converts kinetic energy and/or thermal energy of a combustion gas that passed through the turbine into electric power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi Nakatani, Yuki Morisaki
  • Patent number: 11713743
    Abstract: A hydro-kinetic power generation system is disclosed. The system includes a structure to be positioned in shallow or deep waterways, such as canals and rivers. The structure may be modular, such that the structure may be composed of one or more structural units that are each substantially the same. In various embodiments, each unit includes one or more curved walls for accelerating water through the unit, or through the structure as a whole. In one embodiment, the accelerator walls are curved for optimizing water flow through the structure without generating undue head loss. In certain embodiments, the units may be configured such that the accelerator walls are positioned on opposite sides of the structure, or the accelerator walls may be adjacently positioned. Coupled to the structure are turbines and gear box systems for harnessing energy from the moving water and converting the energy into electric power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: EMRGY INC.
    Inventors: Emily A. Morris, Madeleine M. White, Brandon Steele, Thorsten Stoesser
  • Patent number: 11713719
    Abstract: Engine bleed air power recovery systems and related methods are disclosed. An example power recovery system for an aircraft engine includes a power recovery turbine coupled to aa shaft-driven device. A bleed air valve coupled between the power recovery turbine and a bleed air source. A controller configured to operate the bleed air valve to allow bleed air to flow to the power recovery turbine when the aircraft engine operates in a predetermined mode of operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Steve G. Mackin, Joseph Michael Dirusso
  • Patent number: 11692453
    Abstract: An aircraft turbine engine includes a gas generator and a fan arranged upstream from the gas generator and configured to generate a main gas flow, one portion of which flows in a flow path of the gas generator to form a primary flow, and another portion of which flows in a flow path around the gas generator to form a secondary flow. The gas generator includes a low-pressure compressor that includes a rotor driving the fan. The turbine engine further includes an electric machine. The electric machine includes a rotor rotated by the rotor of the low-pressure compressor, and a stator extending around the rotor of the electric machine and configured to be cooled by the primary flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Gilles Alain Marie Charier, Caroline Marie Frantz, Loïc Paul Yves Guillotel, Vincent François Georges Millier
  • Patent number: 11676471
    Abstract: A computer implemented method including receiving, by a monitoring system that is configured to monitor a property and from an electronic pool device that is configured to monitor a swimming pool at the property, sensor data, analyzing, by the monitoring system, the sensor data, based on analyzing the sensor data, generating, by the monitoring system, an instruction to activate a camera of the electronic pool device, providing, by the monitoring system to the electronic pool device, the instruction to activate the camera, receiving, by the monitoring system from the electronic pool device, image data, analyzing, by the monitoring system, the image data, based on analyzing the image data, identifying a monitoring system action to perform, and performing the monitoring system action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Alarm.com Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas Rogers, Gary Franklin Bart, Dean Constantine, John Varn
  • Patent number: 11668322
    Abstract: A turbomachine having a rotor assembly, a stator assembly and a toroidal inductor. The rotor assembly includes an impeller. The inductor is located between the impeller and the stator assembly, and is exposed to an airflow generated by or acting upon the impeller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Charlton Clothier, Matthew John Childe
  • Patent number: 11661831
    Abstract: A system and method for a frac pump. The system includes a turbine. The turbine can be 100% powered by natural gas or other fuels. The turbine, which can have an OEM controller, drives a frac pump. The frac pump is used for fracturing. The system has a controller which controls the system, including the OEM controller. The system has an air filtration system to treat the air entering the turbine. The air filtration system can include a system with no moving parts and no filters. The system fits within a trailer so it can be transported to remote locations. The system is self-sufficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Inventors: Bobby Joe Chapman, Sean Dee Edwards, Michael Gerard King, Seth Richard Moore, Kevin Martin Voldarski
  • Patent number: 11655734
    Abstract: A turbomachine includes a housing and a rotating group that is supported for rotation about an axis of rotation within the housing. The turbomachine also includes a turbomachine stage including a wheel of the rotating group supported within a turbomachine housing of the housing. The turbomachine further includes an e-machine section including an e-machine that is housed within an e-machine housing of the housing. The e-machine is operably coupled to the rotating group and configured to operate as at least one of a motor and a generator. Moreover, the turbomachine includes an integrated controller that extends in a circumferential direction about the axis of rotation. The integrated controller is configured for controlling the e-machine. Additionally, the turbomachine includes a thermally decoupled fastener arrangement that attaches the integrated controller to the e-machine housing. The fastener arrangement thermally decouples the integrated controller from the turbomachine stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: GARRETT TRANSPORTATION I INC
    Inventors: Valeriy Fedorikhin, Frederic Simon, Youssef Kamal
  • Patent number: 11629685
    Abstract: An electromagnetic turbine system includes a circulation system for recirculating fluid that drives turbine impellers for electromagnetic turbine modules. The circulation system includes a fluid separator module which separates gas from liquid and circulates the liquid back to a pressure chamber. The liquid in the pressure chamber is propel by compressed gas. Multiple pressure chambers may be controlled to release pressurized fluid to drive their respective shafts on a staggered timing sequence. The turbine modules may be levitated from a supporting surface to reduce friction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Inventor: Michael Newgent
  • Patent number: 11619120
    Abstract: A power generation system includes one or more micro-turbine electric generators (“MTEGs”). The MTEGs include a housing having an inlet for receiving pressurized gas and an outlet for releasing expanded gas. The MTEGs also include a rotor, a user-replaceable nozzle for directing pressurized gas over blades of the rotor, and a stator for generating alternating current (“AC”) responsive to rotation of the rotor. The power generation system also includes a programmable logic controller (“PLC”) coupled to the MTEGs that operates flow control valves (“FCVs”) coupled to the MTEGs to modulate the flow of gas to the MTEGs to generate output power suitable to support an electrical load. The system also includes power conversion circuitry configured to convert AC generated by the MTEGs to direct current (“DC”) and to provide the DC to an electrical load. The system also includes a skid for mounting multiple and MTEGs and FCVs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: REVOLUTION TURBINE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Bean, James Stuart Grasty, Jr., David L. Schauer, Blaine E. Alderks
  • Patent number: 11606011
    Abstract: An electric machine is provided. The electric machine defines a centerline and includes: a stator assembly; a rotor assembly rotatable relative to the stator assembly about the centerline; and an actuator coupled to the rotor assembly, the stator assembly, or both for moving the rotor assembly, the stator assembly, or both along the centerline between a first position and a second position, the rotor assembly positioned closer to the stator assembly when in the first position than when in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Darek Tomasz Zatorski, Mohamed Osama, Christopher Charles Glynn
  • Patent number: 11591987
    Abstract: An aircraft turbomachine, including a fan that is able to rotate inside a casing, and an electric machine including a rotor secured to the fan and a stator secured to the casing, wherein the rotor of the electric machine includes a ring that is able to rotate inside the stator, which is linked by arms to a cone mounted upstream from the fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Caroline Marie Frantz, Gilles Alain Marie Charier, Loic Paul Yves Guillotel, Vincent Francois Georges Millier
  • Patent number: 11581736
    Abstract: A method and a system for evaluating inertia of a power system and a storage medium. The method includes: injecting a cosine active power disturbance into the power system by small-disturbance injection, and obtaining frequency response at a node where the disturbance is injected, where the active power disturbance can be an energy storage, wind power, or photovoltaic power; acquiring an evaluation framework of inertia and frequency regulation capability of the power system according to relative characteristics of a frequency response function; and constructing a mathematical relationship between the impedance and frequency response characteristics according to a relationship among active power disturbance, frequency fluctuation and impedance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Hunan University
    Inventors: Yunfeng Wen, Wuqi Zhang, Wei Guo
  • Patent number: 11566567
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a low speed spool mechanically interconnecting a low pressure turbine and at least one of a fan and a prop, a high speed spool mechanically interconnecting a high pressure turbine and a high pressure compressor, and an epicyclic gear system mechanically coupled to the high speed spool. The gas turbine engine also includes a low pressure compressor mechanically coupled to the high speed spool via the epicyclic gear system. The low pressure compressor may be mechanically independent of the low speed spool. The gas turbine engine may include a plurality of motor-generators for transferring power between the high speed spool and the low pressure compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Daniel Bernard Kupratis
  • Patent number: 11555380
    Abstract: A downhole power generation includes a power generation module for providing power to a load. A turbine is driven by flow of a downhole fluid to rotate. A generator is coupled with the turbine for converting rotational energy from the turbine to electrical energy, and an AC-DC rectifier is coupled with the generator for converting an alternating voltage from the generator to a direct voltage. A power conversion circuit couples the AC-DC rectifier with the load. The power conversion circuit is configured for providing a first power to the load when the load is in a working mode and providing a second power to the load when the load is in a non-working mode. The second power is less than the first power. A downhole power generation method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Saijun Mao, Yunzheng Chen, Yi Liao, Xuele Qi, Ming Xue, Stewart Blake Brazil
  • Patent number: 11549386
    Abstract: The gas turbine generator includes: a first gas turbine element 2; a second gas turbine element 3; a single combustor 4 connected to the gas turbine elements 2 and 3; a first supply pipe 51 that connects the first compressor 21 to the combustor 4; a second supply pipe 52 that connects the second compressor 31 to the combustor 4; a first discharge pipe 53 that connects the combustor 4 to the first turbine 22; a second discharge pipe 54 that connects the combustor 4 to the second turbine 32; and a flywheel 7 that is connected to at least one of the first rotation shaft 23 and the second rotation shaft 33 and absorbs a torque fluctuation generated in the connected gas turbine element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shunichiro Tamada
  • Patent number: 11489363
    Abstract: An auxiliary power source is configured to black start a power plant. The auxiliary power source includes a first power source having an auxiliary generator driven by an auxiliary drive. The auxiliary power source also includes a second power source having energy storage. The auxiliary power source is configured to supply power from the first and second power sources to support the black start of the power plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Roland Hug
  • Patent number: 11441419
    Abstract: A complete telemetry system and methods for downhole operations. The telemetry system includes an instrumented near-bit sub located below the Mud Motor and connected to the drill bit as well as a conventional MWD tool located above the mud motor. Parameters such as inclination of the borehole, the natural gamma ray of the formations, the electrical resistivity of the formations, and a range of mechanical drilling performance parameters are measured. Electromagnetic telemetry signals representing these measurements are transmitted uphole to a receiver associated with the conventional MWD tool located above the motor, and transmitted by this tool to the surface via mud pulse signals. The system is particularly useful for accurate control over the drilling of extended reach and horizontally drilled wells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: U-Target Energy Ltd.
    Inventors: Xia Pan, Zhenyuan Hu, Fuchun Liu, Silviu Calin, Zhiqun Wang, Jack Wang, Michel Herzig
  • Patent number: 11434763
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing mobile electric power includes a power generation transport. The power generation transport includes an air inlet filter housing, an inlet plenum coupled to the air inlet filter housing, an exhaust collector, an exhaust implement coupled to the exhaust collector, a gas turbine, a generator driven by the gas turbine, and an elevating system configured to elevate the exhaust implement to convert the power generation transport to an operational mode, and lower the exhaust implement back down to convert the power generation transport to a transportation mode. The elevating system performs the elevating and the lowering without utilizing any external mechanical apparatus. The air inlet filter housing, the inlet plenum, the exhaust collector, the exhaust implement, the gas turbine, the generator, and the elevating system are mounted on the power generation transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Typhon Technology Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey G. Morris, Brett Vann
  • Patent number: 11421645
    Abstract: An energy capture, storage, and conversion device, including a housing, a rotor rotatably arranged in the housing, a stator fixedly secured to the housing and concentrically arranged around the rotor, a spring arranged in the housing and connected to the rotor, and an oscillating weight assembly operatively arranged in the housing to wind the spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Inventor: Loubert S. Suddaby