PREMIXING FUEL INJECTORS AND METHODS OF USE IN GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR
Granted: March 7, 2019
Application Number:
20190072279
A fuel injector for a gas turbine combustor includes side wall fuel injection bodies extending between opposite end walls. Each side wall fuel injection body defines a fuel plenum and includes an outer surface defining fuel injection ports in communication with the fuel plenum. One or more fuel injection bodies extending between the end walls are positioned between the side wall fuel injection bodies. Each fuel injection body defines a fuel plenum and includes an outer surface defining…
Patient Monitoring Systems and Methods that Detect Interference with Pacemaker
Granted: March 7, 2019
Application Number:
20190070419
A patient monitoring system includes a heart rate monitor that monitors the physiological parameter from a patient and provides a heart rate indicator based on the physiological parameter, an impedance respiration monitor that measures impedance of the patient's chest and provides a respiration rate, a processor, and an interference detection module. The interference detection module is executable to determine a baseline heart rate while the impedance respiration monitor is not active.…
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CORRECTING AN ARTIFACT WITHIN MAGNETIC RESONANCE DATA
Granted: February 28, 2019
Application Number:
20190064298
A system for correcting an artifact within MR data is provided. The system includes a magnet assembly and a controller in electronic communication with the magnet assembly. The controller is operative to: acquire the MR data from a subject via the magnet assembly, the MR data having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion including the artifact; and to populate the first portion of the MR data with substitute data corresponding to the second portion. The first portion…
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NOX PREDICTION IN A POWER PLANT
Granted: February 28, 2019
Application Number:
20190063332
Systems and methods for NOx prediction in a power plant are disclosed. According to one embodiment of the disclosure, a method for NOx prediction in a power plant can be provided. The method may include receiving parameters associated with operation of a combined gas turbine and steam turbine in a power plant, wherein the parameters comprise a combined power output value; determining a steam turbine power output value; based at least in part on the steam turbine power output value,…
APPARATUS FOR A RADIOGRAPHIC DEVICE
Granted: February 28, 2019
Application Number:
20190059836
An enclosure for a radiographic device includes a bottom panel, a plurality of sidewalls integrally formed with the bottom panel, whereby the plurality of sidewalls and the bottom panel define a unitary body, and a top panel joined to the plurality of sidewalls and defining an internal space therebetween for housing a radiographic device.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGING A PATIENT
Granted: February 28, 2019
Application Number:
20190059828
A system for imaging a subject is provided. The system includes a radiation source, a radiation detector, and a controller. The radiation source is operative to transmit electromagnetic rays through the subject. The radiation detector is operative to receive the electromagnetic rays after having passed through the subject so as to generate a plurality of projections of the subject. The controller is operative to display one or more selectively adjustable markers that define an image…
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGING A SUBJECT
Granted: February 28, 2019
Application Number:
20190059827
A system for imaging a subject is provided. The system includes a radiation source, a radiation detector, and a controller. The radiation source is operative to transmit electromagnetic rays through the subject while the radiation source travels along a path defined by a sweep angle that is less than 365 degrees. The radiation detector is operative to receive the electromagnetic rays after having passed through the subject. The controller is operative to: acquire preliminary data…
DYNAMICS-MITIGATING ADAPTER FOR BUNDLED TUBE FUEL NOZZLE
Granted: February 21, 2019
Application Number:
20190056112
A combustor having bundled tube fuel nozzles is provided, at least one of the fuel nozzles having a dynamics-mitigating adapter removably coupled thereto. The adapter includes a mounting body defining at least one flow passage aligned with an inlet of at least one tube of the at least one fuel nozzle. The at least one flow passage extends an axial length of the at least one tube. The adapter may include extenders aligned with each tube of the fuel nozzle, and the extenders may have…
INLET FRAME FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE
Granted: February 14, 2019
Application Number:
20190048797
An inlet frame and a method of additively manufacturing the same are provided. The inlet frame includes a forward annular body spaced apart from a rear annular body to define an inlet passageway in fluid communication with a compressor inlet. The inlet frame may define integral wash manifolds and discharge ports for directing a flow of wash fluid directly through the compressor inlet. In addition, inlet frame may define one or more integral annular heating plenums in fluid communication…
SYSTEMS FOR FUEL DELIVERY
Granted: February 14, 2019
Application Number:
20190048820
Various systems are provided for delivering fuel to an engine. In one example, a system includes a controller and a fluid system configured to maintain a fluid at a pressure downstream of a check valve. The controller may be configured to determine if a leak is present in the fluid system based on a first pressure decay rate of the fluid system, and responsive to identifying that a leak is present in the fluid system, differentiate between an internal leak and an external leak based on a…
CELL-FREE PROTEIN EXPRESSION USING DOUBLE-STRANDED CONCATAMERIC DNA
Granted: February 14, 2019
Application Number:
20190048379
Methods for in vitro transcription and translation using a double-stranded concatemeric DNA in a eukaryotic cell-free expression system are provided. The method includes the steps of (a) contacting a double-stranded concatemeric DNA with a eukaryotic cell-free expression system, and (b) expressing a protein in vitro from the double-stranded concatemeric DNA in the eukaryotic cell-free expression system. The double-stranded concatemeric DNA includes a plurality of tandem repeat sequences.…
WATER BASED PRODUCT FOR TREATING VANADIUM RICH OILS
Granted: February 14, 2019
Application Number:
20190048279
Provided are water-based fuel additive compositions that, when combusted with a fuel containing vanadium in a gas turbine, inhibit vanadium hot corrosion in the gas turbine. The water-based fuel additive compositions include at least one rare earth element compound or alkaline earth element compound that retards vanadium corrosion resulting from combustion of vanadium rich fuel.
OIL BASED PRODUCT FOR TREATING VANADIUM RICH OILS
Granted: February 14, 2019
Application Number:
20190048278
Provided are oil-based fuel additive compositions that, when combusted with a fuel containing vanadium in a gas turbine, inhibit vanadium hot corrosion in the gas turbine. The oil-based fuel additive compositions include at least one rare earth element compound or alkaline earth element compound that retards vanadium corrosion resulting from combustion of vanadium rich fuel.
NOZZLE FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING MACHINE
Granted: February 14, 2019
Application Number:
20190047217
A nozzle has a main body having an input side and an output side, a central region and two opposing end regions. A plurality of linearly arranged apertures extend from the input side to the output side, and each of the apertures has a respective opening. At least one opening in the central region is smaller than at least one opening in the end regions.
BATTERY UNIT MAINTENANCE SYSTEM
Granted: February 7, 2019
Application Number:
20190044355
The present application discloses a battery unit maintenance system for charging a plurality of batteries. The battery unit maintenance system includes a charging module having a first mating connector and a plurality of battery docking ports, each docking port configured to operatively connect to one of the plurality of batteries. The battery unit maintenance system also includes a processor configured to send information to and receive information from the batteries when the batteries…
SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MAGNETIC SHIELDING FOR SENSORS
Granted: February 7, 2019
Application Number:
20190041279
A system includes a magnetostrictive sensor. The magnetostrictive sensor includes a driving coil configured to receive a first driving current and to emit a first magnetic flux portion through a target and a second magnetic flux portion. The magnetostrictive sensor also includes a first sensing coil configured to receive the first magnetic flux portion and to transmit a signal based at least in part on the received first magnetic flux portion. The received first magnetic flux portion is…
Patient Monitoring System and Method with Volume Assessment
Granted: February 7, 2019
Application Number:
20190038146
A patient monitoring device includes a microphone, a speaker, a display, a processor, and a volume assessment module executable on the processor to operate the microphone to generate an audio environment recording of the audio environment surrounding the patient, determine an ambient noise level based on the audio environment recording, and control the speaker and/or display of the patient monitoring device based on the ambient noise level.
CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITE ARTICLES AND METHODS FOR FORMING SAME
Granted: January 31, 2019
Application Number:
20190031569
A ceramic matrix composite article includes a melt infiltration ceramic matrix composite substrate comprising a ceramic fiber reinforcement material in a ceramic matrix material having a first free silicon proportion, and a melt infiltration ceramic matrix composite outer layer comprising a ceramic fiber reinforcement material in a ceramic matrix material having a second free silicon proportion disposed on an outer surface of at least a portion of the substrate, or a polymer impregnation…
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING MONITORING STATE-BASED SELECTABLE BUTTONS TO NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING DEVICES
Granted: January 31, 2019
Application Number:
20190033571
A system includes a portable non-destructive testing (NDT) device. The NDT device includes a processor configured to receive imaging data captured via a sensor of the NDT device, cause a display of the NDT device to display an image to be analyzed based on the imaging data, and cause the display to display a graphical user interface (GUI). The GUI includes a first plurality of user-selectable objects. Each of the first plurality of user-selectable objects is configured to activate one or…
INTERIOR COOLING CONFIGURATIONS IN TURBINE BLADES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE RELATING THERETO
Granted: January 31, 2019
Application Number:
20190032496
A rotor blade for use in combustion turbine engine. The rotor blade may include: an airfoil assembled from two radially stacked non-integral sections in which a body section resides inboard of a cap section; an outboard tip of the airfoil that is enclosed by a tip plate having a tip rail; and a cooling configuration that includes cooling channels for directing a coolant through the rotor blade. Each of the cooling channels may include segments, in which: a supply segment extends radially…
