General Electric Company

Baker Hughes, a Ge Compnay, LLC

General Electric Corporation Gmbh

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

Aaron John Avagliano

James Michael Storey

John Saunders Stevenson

Judeth Brannon Corry

Thomas Frederick Leininger

Corneliu Barbu

Paul Steven Wallace

Fulton Jose Lopez

Constantin Dinu

Shashishekara Sitharamarao Talya

Monty Lee Harned

Shashikanth Suryanarayanan

Hua Xia

Wei A Chen

Steven Craig Russell

Ralph Teichmann

Kevin Thomas McCarthy

John D Winter

Pradeep Stanley Thacker

Kirk Gee Pierce

Gregory Michael Laskowski

Martin Mathew Morra

Prashant Tiwari

Allyson Joy Jimenez-Huyke

Scott R Parent

Ashley Nicole Gerbode

John Duckett Winter

Douglas Scott Byrd

Joseph Lucian Smolenski

Dustin Wayne Davis

Leonardo Cesar Kammer

Aditya Kumar

Arnaldo Frydman

Juntao Wu

Kristopher John Frutschy

Lien-Yan Chen

Sarah Marie Monahan

David Lawrence LeMieux

Kung-Li Justin Deng

Ameet Shridhar Deshpande

David Samuel Pesetsky

Gary Dwayne Mandrusiak

Russell Stephen DeMuth

James Patrick Francis Lyons

Sachin Suhas Naphad

Helge Burghard Herwig Klockow

John Luigi Battaglioli

Cliff Yi Guo

John E Davis

Judeth Helen Brannon Corry

Peter Gauchel

Shaoping Shi

Karl Hardcastle

Sukru Alper Eker

Cheryl Zhan

Denise Marie Rico

Paul David Hopewell

John A Kaminsky

Jyung-Hoon Kim

Kevin Michael Sullivan

Navin Sakthivel

Baskaran Ganesan

Glen Juback

Lien-Yan (Tom) Chen

Allyson Joy Jimenez Huyke

Guoqing Wang

Helge B Klockow

Scott Parent

Gregory Laskowski

Monaham Sarah Marie Marie

Shashikanth Suryanaryanan

An ultrasonic transducer is provided. The ultrasonic transducer can be configured for flow metering applications and can include a head mass, a tail mass, and a spanning element joining the head mass with the tail mass. At least one cavity can be created in the head mass, tail mass, or spanning element using additive manufacturing. A method of manufacturing is also provided. The method of manufacturing can include forming a head mass utilizing a first process of additive manufacturing. The method of manufacturing can also include forming a tail mass utilizing a second process or additive manufacturing. The method of manufacturing can further include joining the head mass and the tail mass by a spanning element.

Ultrasonic transducer for flow measurement

A method of start-up for a gasification system includes establishing a flow of a start-up fuel external to the gasifier prior to ignition of the gasifier. The method also includes establishing a start-up liquid feed external to the gasifier during gasifier start-up. The method further includes channeling the start-up liquid feed and the start-up fuel to the gasifier during gasifier start-up.

Fuel feed system for a gasifier and method of gasification system start-up

A gasification quench chamber is disclosed. The gasification quench chamber includes a reservoir that contains liquid coolant in its lower portion and an exit for the cooled syngas in its upper portion; a dip tube that is configured to introduce a syngas mixture to contact the liquid coolant which produces the cooled syngas; a cooling device configured to further cool the cooled syngas in its upper portion; and a stability device in the lower portion that is configured to mitigate coolant level fluctuation and sloshing. In an embodiment of the quench chamber, the cooling device includes a heat exchanger pipe. A quench chamber and scrubber assembly is also disclosed.

Gasification quench chamber and scrubber assembly

A system includes a gas turbine engine that includes a compressor section configured to generate compressed air and a combustor coupled to the compressor section. The combustor is configured to combust a first mixture comprising the compressed air and a first fuel to generate a first combustion gas. The gas turbine engine also includes a turbine section coupled to the combustor. The turbine section is configured to expand the first combustion gas to generate an exhaust gas. The gas turbine engine also includes a boiler coupled to the turbine section. The boiler is configured to combust a second mixture comprising a portion of the first combustion gas and a second fuel to generate a second combustion gas that is routed to the turbine section. In addition, the boiler generates a first steam from heat exchange with the second combustion gas.

System and method for thermal control in a gas turbine engine

In one embodiment, a gasification system component, such as a quench unit or scrubber may retain of pool of a cooling fluid for cooling another fluid. The gasification system component includes a flow damping mechanism designed to dampen flow of the cooling fluid, the other fluid, or both, within the gasification system component. The flow damping mechanism may be disposed in an inner chamber formed between a dip tube and a draft tube or disposed in an outer chamber formed between the walls of the gasification system component and the draft tube. The flow damping mechanism also may be disposed between the inner chamber and the outer chamber.

Gasification system flow damping

A fuel feed system for use in a gasification system includes a feed preparation section, a pressurization and conveyance section, and a slag additive section. The feed preparation section is configured to grind the fuel to a predetermined size and to adjust the moisture content within the particulate fuel. The pressurization and conveyance section is coupled in flow communication with the feed preparation section, and includes at least one solids pump configured to receive a flow of the particulate fuel at a first pressure and discharge the particulate fuel at a second pressure. The slag additive section is configured to feed a slag additive mixture into the gasifier and to substantially control the total water content within the gasification system.

Fuel feed system for a gasifier

A throat plug for a gasifier vessel includes at least one first cavity being receptive to at least one device located in the at least one first cavity, and at least one second cavity being receptive to a fuel injector.

Cooled gasifier vessel throat plug with instrumentation cavity

A system includes a gasification vessel configured to receive a fuel and an oxidizer. The system also includes a gasifier disposed in the gasification vessel. The gasifier is configured to partially oxidize the fuel and the oxidizer to generate a syngas. The system further includes a convective syngas cooler configured to cool the syngas via heat exchange with a coolant. The convective syngas cooler is disposed in an interior of the gasification vessel.

System and method for gasification

A system and method of capturing carbon dioxide from a flow of raw synthesis gas generated in a gasification system are provided. The carbon capture system includes an acid gas removal subsystem configured to generate a flow of reduced acid gas content syngas, a flow of hydrogen sulfide (HS) lean gas, and a first flow of HS-rich gas from a stream of particulate-free raw syngas, an HS selective membrane separator, said HS selective membrane separator configured to separate the flow of HS-lean gas from the AGR into a second flow of HS-rich gas and a flow of COgas, and a sulfur recovery unit (SRU) coupled in flow communication with said HS membrane separator downstream of said membrane separator, said SRU configured to generate a flow of elemental sulfur and a flow of tail gas from the first flow of HS-rich gas and the second flow of HS-rich gas.

Apparatus and method to produce synthetic gas

Methods and systems for a gasifier system are provided. The gasifier system includes a gasifier including a syngas cooler configured to transfer heat from a reaction zone of the gasifier to a flow of fluid through the syngas cooler, a reaction vessel coupled in flow communication with the syngas cooler wherein the reaction vessel is adapted to receive the flow of fluid and generate heat in an exothermic shift reaction. The system also includes a heat exchanger coupled in flow communication with the reaction vessel, the heat exchanger adapted to produce relatively high pressure steam using the generated heat.

Methods and systems for integrated boiler feed water heating

A method for transporting a solid particulate within a gasifier system is provided. The method includes discharging solid particulate through an inlet into an opening defined within a rotor, wherein the inlet and the solid particulate are at a first pressure. The method further includes rotating the rotor such that at least one end of the opening is aligned in flow communication with a duct at a second pressure that is different from the first pressure. The solid particulate is discharged from the rotor opening through an outlet such that the solid particulate is at the second pressure, and the rotor is rotated such that at least one end of the rotor opening is aligned in flow communication with a pressure source that is at approximately the first pressure, and such that the opening is at the first pressure.

Rotary apparatus for use with a gasifier system and methods of using the same

A technique is provided for operating a wind farm at increased rated power output. The technique includes sensing a plurality of operating parameters of the wind turbine generator, assessing the plurality of operating parameters with respect to respective design ratings for the operating parameters, and intermittently increasing a rated power output of the wind turbine generator based upon the assessment.

System and method for operating a wind farm under high wind speed conditions

Methods and systems for a feed injector are provided. The feed injector system includes a plurality of annular channels that are substantially concentric about a longitudinal axis. The plurality of annular channels direct a flow of fluid substantially axially therethrough from a respective source to a reaction zone. The feed injector system also includes a swirl member extending into the fluid flow path defined in at least one of the plurality of annular channels wherein the swirl member is configured to impart a circumferential flow direction to fluid flowing through the at least one annular channel.

Methods and systems for mixing reactor feed

A method and systems for a purged seal for an annular space are provided. The purged seal includes a first baffle element that extends from an inner surface of the annular space into the annular space at an oblique angle and a second baffle element that extends from an outer surface of the annular space above the first baffle element in a direction opposite gravity flow into the annular space wherein the second baffle element extends at an oblique angle. The system also includes a third baffle element that extends from the inner surface above the first baffle element in a direction of gravity flow into the annular space wherein the third baffle element extends into the annular space at an oblique angle with respect to the inner surface and wherein a distal end of the third baffle element is positioned proximate a distal end of the second baffle element.

Method and system for sealing an annulus

A method of assembling a radiant cooler includes providing a vessel shell that defines a gas flow passage therein that extends generally axially through the vessel shell, forming a tube cage from coupling a plurality of cooling tubes together to form a tube cage defined by a plurality of chevron-shaped projections that extend circumferentially about a center axis of the tube cage, each chevron-shaped projection includes a first side and a second side coupled together a tip, circumferentially-adjacent pairs of projections coupled together such that a valley is defined between each pair of circumferentially-spaced projections, each of the projection tips is positioned radially outward from each of the valleys, and orienting the tube cage within the vessel shell such that the tube cage is in flow communication with the flow passage.

Radiant coolers and methods for assembling same

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Aaron John Avagliano