SYSTEMS AND METHODS RELATED TO DETECTING BLOWOUT OCCURRENCES IN GAS TURBINES
Granted: November 15, 2018
Application Number:
20180328817
A system for controlling an operation of a combustor in a gas turbine that includes: an acoustic sensor configured to periodically measure a pressure of the combustor and generate a raw data stream having the pressure data points resulting from the periodic measurements; and a blowout detection unit configured to receive the raw data stream from the acoustic sensor. The blowout detection unit may include a processor and a machine-readable storage medium on which is stored instructions…
DUAL FUEL INJECTORS AND METHODS OF USE IN GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR
Granted: November 15, 2018
Application Number:
20180328588
A fuel injector is provided for the radial introduction of a liquid fuel/air mixture to a combustor. The fuel injector includes a body having a frame that defines an inlet portion and an outlet member that defines an outlet portion. A fuel plenum is defined within the outlet member, and a fuel injection port, which communicates with the fuel plenum, is defined through the outlet member. A fuel supply conduit, fixed to the body, communicates between a source of liquid fuel and the fuel…
FUEL INJECTORS WITH MULTIPLE OUTLET SLOTS FOR USE IN GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR
Granted: November 15, 2018
Application Number:
20180328587
A fuel injector includes a frame and a pair of fuel injection bodies coupled to the frame. The frame has interior sides that define an opening for passage of a first fluid. Inlet flow paths for the first fluid are defined at least between the interior sides of the frame and the respective fuel injection bodies. Each fuel injection body defines a fuel plenum and includes at least one fuel injection surface that defines a plurality of fuel injection holes in communication with the fuel…
ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SERIES CONNECTED SWITCH MODULES
Granted: November 8, 2018
Application Number:
20180323697
A method for controlling a plurality of series connected switch modules each including at least two parallel connected electronic switches, the method includes the step of, in response to failure of any electronic switch of one or more switch modules, turning on any non-faulty electronic switch of one or more faulty switch modules when the electronic switches of other non-faculty switch modules are controlled to be turned on.
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY OPERATION OF FUEL CELL SYSTEMS
Granted: November 8, 2018
Application Number:
20180323450
A drive circuit comprising a DC bus configured to supply power to a load, a first fuel cell coupled to the DC bus and configured to provide a first power output to the DC bus, and a second fuel cell coupled to the DC bus and configured to provide a second power output to the DC bus supplemental to the first fuel cell. The drive circuit further includes an energy storage device coupled to the DC bus and configured to receive energy from the DC bus when a combined output of the first and…
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMICALLY GROUPING DATA ANALYSIS CONTENT
Granted: November 8, 2018
Application Number:
20180321836
Systems and methods are provided for dynamically grouping data analysis content derived from a plurality of sensors. In one embodiment, a plurality of sensors can be disposed on a plurality of machine trains or one or more components within the plurality of machine trains, each machine train including one or more machines configured to operate in an industrial environment. A communication circuit can be operatively coupled to the plurality of sensors and configured to communicate data…
SUPPORT ASSEMBLY FOR TURBINE SHIPPING/OPERATION
Granted: November 8, 2018
Application Number:
20180320556
A support assembly for supporting a gas turbine during a manufacturing configuration, a shipping configuration and an operating configuration. The support assembly includes a stand leg securable to a base, and the stand leg includes a turbine casing interface with a slot sized to receive a turbine casing pin. A support plate is attachable to the turbine casing interface. The support plate includes a closed pin aperture that is sized to fit over the turbine casing pin in the slot. The…
HEALTHCARE RESOURCE TRACKING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING RESOURCE USAGE IN RESPONSE TO EVENTS
Granted: November 1, 2018
Application Number:
20180314801
A healthcare resource tracking system includes an incident analysis module executable on a processor to receive alarm events detected by one or more patient monitoring systems, wherein each patient monitoring system obtains physiological signals from a different patient over a time period. The incident analysis module divides the alarm events for each patient into alarm incidents, wherein each alarm incident is either a single alarm event or is an incident group of two or more related…
PATIENT MONITORING METHOD AND SYSTEM PROVIDING INCIDENT GROUPING OF ALARM EVENTS
Granted: November 1, 2018
Application Number:
20180315285
A method of monitoring a patient includes recording physiological parameter data from the patient and detecting a first alarm event. A group alarm timer is activated based on an initiation time of the first alarm event, and one or more subsequent alarm events are detected while the group alarm timer is active. For each detected subsequent alarm event, a determination is made whether the respective subsequent alarm event is part of an incident group with the first alarm event. The group…
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AN AMOUNT OF A CONTRAST AGENT WITHIN AN OBJECT
Granted: November 1, 2018
Application Number:
20180315183
A method for monitoring an amount of a contrast agent within an object is provided. The method includes obtaining contrast data from one or more images of an object via an imaging device. The contrast data corresponds to the contrast agent. The method further includes calculating a measured amount of the contrast agent for each of the one or more images by applying a kinetic model to the contrast data, and generating a predictive curve of the amount of the contrast agent via the kinetic…
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENGINE CONTROL
Granted: November 1, 2018
Application Number:
20180313303
Various methods for controlling EGR rate are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method comprises routing at least a portion of exhaust from a first exhaust manifold to an intake manifold, and not to atmosphere, the first exhaust manifold exclusively coupled to a first cylinder group. The method further includes routing exhaust from at least one additional exhaust manifold coupled to a corresponding at least one additional cylinder group to atmosphere, and during a first engine operating…
WIRELESS PATIENT MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH IMPROVED PHYSIOLOGICAL DATA TRANSMISSION
Granted: October 25, 2018
Application Number:
20180310327
A wireless patient monitoring system includes a sensing device having a sensor that senses a physiological signal of a patient, an analog-to-digital converter that generates a stream of digitized signal samples based on the physiological signal, and a first processor. Each sensing device further includes a transmission management module executable on the first processor to divide the stream of digitized signal samples into two or more interlaced subsets containing non-adjacent signal…
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING FAULT-TOLERANT RECONSTRUCTION OF AN IMAGE
Granted: October 25, 2018
Application Number:
20180308262
A method for performing fault-tolerant reconstruction of an image of an object is provided. The method includes acquiring a dataset corresponding to the object via a plurality of sensors, and detecting anomalous data within the dataset based at least in part on a statistical difference between the anomalous data and reference data within the dataset. The anomalous data is acquired by at least a first sensor of the plurality, and the reference data is acquired by at least a second sensor…
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A COMBUSTION CHAMBER
Granted: October 25, 2018
Application Number:
20180306441
A method for operating a combustion chamber is provided. The method includes introducing a fuel into the combustion chamber via a plurality of nozzles, each nozzle having an associated stoichiometry for an output end of the nozzle. The method further includes measuring the stoichiometry of each nozzle via one or more sensors to obtain stoichiometric data, and determining that at least one of a frequency and an amplitude of spectral line fluctuations derived from the stoichiometric data…
ELECTROPOLISHING AND ANODIZING METHOD FOR BRUSH HOLDER APPARATUS
Granted: October 18, 2018
Application Number:
20180298512
A method for treating a surface of a brush holder apparatus, where the brush holder apparatus is configured for use in a dynamoelectric machine, includes an electropolishing step that electropolishes the surface of the brush holder apparatus. An anodizing step anodizes the surface of the brush holder apparatus. The electropolishing step is performed before the anodizing step.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SECURE OPERATION OF AN INDUSTRIAL CONTROLLER
Granted: October 18, 2018
Application Number:
20180302388
A method of securing an industrial control system includes operating the industrial control system in an open mode, wherein communications between a plurality of devices of the industrial control system are unencrypted when the industrial control system is in the open mode. The method includes exchanging security tokens between the plurality of devices of the industrial control system. The method further includes ceasing operating the industrial control system in the open mode and…
BRUSH HOLDER APPARATUS HAVING BRUSH TERMINAL
Granted: October 18, 2018
Application Number:
20180301962
A brush holder apparatus has a stationary support member having two opposing grooves, a fork electrical connector, and a conductive bar passing through a main body of the stationary support member. A brush holder is releasably affixed to the stationary support member, and has two rails that slide along the grooves. The brush holder's knife electrical connector mates with the fork electrical connector. A brush spring is clipped on the brush holder, and presses a brush against a collector.…
BRUSH HOLDER APPARATUS HAVING BRUSH WEAR INDICATOR
Granted: October 18, 2018
Application Number:
20180301861
A brush holder apparatus has a stationary support member having two opposing grooves, a fork electrical connector, and a conductive bar configured to pass through a portion of a main body of the stationary support member. The conductive bar provides electrical conductivity with a collector mount and the fork electrical connector. A brush holder is configured to be releasably affixed to the stationary support member, and has two rails configured to slide along the grooves. The brush…
BRUSH HOLDER APPARATUS AND BRUSH SPRING HAVING FRICTION ENHANCING MATERIAL
Granted: October 18, 2018
Application Number:
20180301860
A brush holder apparatus includes a stationary support member having at least one groove, a fork electrical connector, and a conductive bar configured to pass through a portion of a main body of the stationary support member. The conductive bar provides electrical conductivity with a collector mount and fork electrical connector. A brush holder is releasably affixed to the stationary support member, and has at least one rail that slides along the groove(s). The brush holder has a knife…
ASSISTIVE SAMPLE COLLECTION AND STORAGE ASSEMBLY
Granted: October 18, 2018
Application Number:
20180299354
An assistive sample collection and storage assembly for collecting, transferring and storing a biological sample includes a sample collection device having a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is configured to receive a sample collection member. The assembly includes a sample storage device comprising a sample substrate configured to receive at least a portion of the biological sample from the sample collection member. The assembly is configured to exist in a first…
