COMMAND AUTHENTICATION RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS
Granted: July 4, 2019
Application Number:
20190207944
A method for controlling an operation of an industrial machine that includes authenticating control commands remotely issued by command issuers through a network. The control commands each describe a modifying action to the operation of the industrial machine. The method includes: providing a jump host as a communication buffer between a unit controller of the industrial machine and the network; maintaining within a memory of the jump host whitelisted commands, the whitelisted commands…
METHODS AND SYSTEMS RELATED TO VARIABLE PRICING FOR POWER PLANT MAINTENANCE AND SERVICE
Granted: July 4, 2019
Application Number:
20190205952
A method relating to pricing under a contractual service agreement between a customer and a service provider, where the service provider provides maintenance services on a generating unit for a fee. An output of the generating unit is produced by a generator to which the generating unit is operably connected. The method comprising: determining a usage period for the generating unit; monitoring the output of the generating unit during the usage period and, therefrom, designating an output…
PARTICLE EVENT RECORDATION
Granted: July 4, 2019
Application Number:
20190204121
Presented herein are systems, methods, and nonvolatile computer-readable storage devices for informing a particle event processor of a particle detector of events arising within a sensor period. The systems, methods, and nonvolatile computer-readable storage devices involve the generation of a sensor data set detected by a particle event sensor and representing the events arising within the particle detector during the sensor period. The systems, methods, and nonvolatile…
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORECASTING POWER OUTPUT OF A WIND FARM
Granted: July 4, 2019
Application Number:
20190203696
The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for forecasting a farm-level power output of a wind farm having a plurality of wind turbines. The method includes collecting actual operational data and/or site information for the wind farm. The method also includes predicting operational data for the wind farm for a future time period. Further, the method includes generating a model-based power output forecast based on the actual operational data, the predicted operational data,…
Controlled Flow Guides for Turbines
Granted: July 4, 2019
Application Number:
20190203609
This application provides a steam turbine. The steam turbine may include a number of controlled flow runners and a number of controlled flow guides. The controlled flow guides may include an upstream passage ratio (Wup/W) of 0.4 to 0.7.
MODULAR PARALLEL BEAMFORMING SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS
Granted: June 27, 2019
Application Number:
20190198994
The beamforming system includes a plurality of beamformers operatively coupled to each other. Each beamformer includes a plurality of signal generation units and a plurality of respective delaying units. Each beamformer includes a plurality of multipliers assigned to each delaying unit. Each beamformer includes a plurality of summers configured to receive a respective group of conditioned signals from a respective group of the plurality of multipliers, combine the respective group of…
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING ECCENTRICITY OF TURBINE SHELL RELATIVE TO TURBINE ROTOR
Granted: June 27, 2019
Application Number:
20190195084
A system for determining eccentricity of a turbine shell and a turbine rotor of a gas turbine includes a laser module with a microprocessor having coupled thereto a wireless network chip, a laser sensor, an inclination sensor, and a power supply. The laser sensor transmits a laser toward the turbine shell as the rotor spins at slow speed and to receive a reflected laser from the turbine shell, thereby defining a path length indicative of a distance between the laser module and the…
RECUPERATOR FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINE
Granted: June 20, 2019
Application Number:
20190186361
A recuperator includes a monolithic heat exchanger core having a first side proximal to a combustor inlet and a turbine outlet, and a second side that includes an exhaust outlet. A compressed air inlet is located on the second side, and a compressed air outlet is located on the first side. The compressed air outlet supplies air to a combustor. A first plurality of passageways connects the compressed air inlet to the compressed air outlet. A turbine exhaust inlet is located on the first…
HIGH TEMPERATURE ANNEALING IN X-RAY SOURCE FABRICATION
Granted: June 20, 2019
Application Number:
20190189385
The present disclosure relates to multi-layer X-ray sources having decreased hydrogen within the layer stack and/or tungsten carbide inter-layers between the primary layers of X-ray generating and thermally-conductive materials. The resulting multi-layer target structures allow increased X-ray production, which may facilitate faster scan times for inspection or examination procedures.
PREMIXED PILOT NOZZLE FOR GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR
Granted: June 20, 2019
Application Number:
20190186749
The premixed pilot nozzle includes axially elongated tubes defined within a plenum between an outer shroud and a first shroud disposed radially inward of the outer shroud. The tubes extend between tube inlets defined through a forward face and tube outlets defined through an aft face. A second shroud is disposed radially inward of the first shroud, thereby defining a fuel plenum between the first shroud and the second shroud, and the fuel plenum is in communication with a gaseous fuel…
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING GAS TURBINE ROTOR USING LOCALIZED INDUCTIVE HEATING
Granted: June 20, 2019
Application Number:
20190186265
A method of assembling a rotor is provided, in which each rotor disk comprising a connecting element. The method includes: (a) applying heat to a localized region of a first rotor disk of a plurality of rotor disks to selectively deflect a first connecting element of the first rotor disk, wherein the first rotor disk is stationary during heating; (b) installing the first rotor disk onto a rotor stack containing at least one rotor disk; and (c) repeating steps (a) and (b) for each rotor…
SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANIPULATING A WORKPIECE
Granted: June 20, 2019
Application Number:
20190184445
An automated system for manipulating a workpiece includes a machining device, a locating device configured to determine a position of a workpiece, and a positioning system operatively connected to the machining device and being configured to adjust a position of the machining device to align a centerline of the machining device with a longitudinal axis of the workpiece, based upon the determined position of the workpiece. The machining device includes a stabilizing mechanism to engage…
Manual Ventilation Method and System
Granted: June 13, 2019
Application Number:
20190175855
A manual patient ventilation system includes a breathing bag manually compressed by a clinician to ventilate a patient via a patient interface device, a gas supply system supplying a fresh gas to the breathing bag at a fresh gas flow rate, and pressure sensor measuring a Paw throughout a compression and release cycle of the breathing bag by the clinician, a fresh gas controller comprising a processor, and a manual ventilation control module executable on the processor by the fresh gas…
DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR INSPECTION
Granted: June 13, 2019
Application Number:
20190178853
A probe assembly and an inspection system are provided for ultrasonic inspection. Designs for the probe assembly package components to fit into a bore of a hollow target. These designs may incorporate electronics to generate waves and to detect a wide selection of anomalies (e.g., transversal crack, longitudinal crack, and volumetric flaws) that can form in the hollow target. The probe assembly provides support structure to manipulate and operate these electronics in the bore. This…
FUEL INJECTION ASSEMBLIES FOR AXIAL FUEL STAGING IN GAS TURBINE COMBUSTORS
Granted: June 13, 2019
Application Number:
20190178497
An injection assembly for a gas turbine combustor having a liner defining a combustion zone and a secondary combustion zone and a forward casing circumferentially surrounding at least a portion of the liner is provided. The injection assembly includes a thimble assembly and an injector unit. The thimble assembly, which is mounted to the liner, includes a thimble that extends through a thimble aperture in the liner. The injector unit, which is mounted to and extends through the forward…
THIMBLE ASSEMBLIES FOR INTRODUCING A CROSS-FLOW INTO A SECONDARY COMBUSTION ZONE
Granted: June 13, 2019
Application Number:
20190178496
A thimble assembly, which directs fluid flow through a combustor liner, includes a thimble boss and a thimble. The thimble boss is mounted an outer surface of the liner and surrounds a liner opening, thus defining a thimble boss passage. The thimble is disposed through the passage and the liner opening. The thimble wall extends from an inlet portion to an outlet of the thimble. The inlet portion has a greater diameter than the outlet and defines an inlet plane and a parallel intermediate…
DEPLOYABLE ASSEMBLY FOR A PROPULSOR
Granted: June 13, 2019
Application Number:
20190176971
An aircraft includes a fuselage extending between a forward end and an aft end; a propulsor mounted to the fuselage at the aft end of the fuselage, the propulsor comprising an outer nacelle, the outer nacelle defining an inlet to the propulsor; and a deployable assembly attached to at least one of the fuselage or the outer nacelle and moveable between a stowed position and an engaged position. The deployable assembly alters an airflow towards the propulsor or into the propulsor through…
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RAPID CHARGING USING SHARED POWER ELECTRONICS
Granted: June 13, 2019
Application Number:
20190176651
An apparatus comprises a power electronic energy conversion system comprising a first energy storage device configured to store DC energy and a first voltage converter configured to convert a second voltage from a remote power supply into a first charging voltage configured to charge the first energy storage device. The apparatus also includes a first controller configured to control the first voltage converter to convert the second voltage into the first charging voltage and to provide…
COMPONENT AND METHOD OF FORMING A COMPONENT
Granted: June 13, 2019
Application Number:
20190176273
A component and method of forming a component are disclosed. The component includes a cast alloy section and an additive manufacturing section secured to the cast alloy section. Both the cast alloy section and the additive manufacturing section form at least a portion of an outer surface of the component. The method of forming a component includes removing a portion of an existing component, the removing of the portion forming an open section in the existing component, forming an article…
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A MEMBRANE FILTER
Granted: June 13, 2019
Application Number:
20190176093
A system for manufacturing a membrane filter is provided. The system includes a radiation source operative to emit radiation that contacts discrete portions of a filter substrate so as to facilitate the formation of openings within the filter substrate, and a collimator disposed between the filter substrate and the radiation source and operative to restrict some of the radiation from contacting the filter substrate.
