General Electric Company

Sunilkumar Onkarnath Soni

Charles Erklin Seeley

Glen Peter Koste

Sachin Narahari Dekate

Chiranjeev Kalra

Dmytro Floriyovych Opaits

Slawomir Rubinsztajn

Hua Xia

Renato Guida

Mahadevan Balasubramaniam

Gary L Leonard

Bowden Kirkpatrick

Haiyan Sun

Paul Jeffrey Gillespie

Anurag Kasyap Vejjupalle Subramanyam

Mosharraf Hossain

An optical-based sensing apparatus and method are provided. A sensing apparatus () may include a tube (). An optical fiber () may be encased in the tube. A buffering layer () may be interposed between the optical fiber and the tube. The buffering layer and/or the tube may be selectively configured to form along a length of the apparatus a plurality of optical sensing zones () spatially arranged to sense parameters involving different parameter modalities.

Fiber optic sensing apparatus and method for sensing parameters involving different parameter modalities

An electro-hydrodynamic wind energy conversion system is presented. The system includes a wind passage allowing wind flow. Further, the system includes a reservoir having an opening in communication with the wind passage and configured to hold a liquid. The system also includes an agitator coupled to the reservoir and configured to convert the liquid into droplets. Additionally, the system includes a charging system disposed substantially opposite the reservoir opening and configured to deposit an electrostatic charge on the droplets and draw the droplets into the wind passage. Moreover, the system includes a charge collector disposed at a distal end of the wind passage and configured to collect the electrostatic charge from the droplets.

Systems and methods for electro-hydrodynamic wind energy conversion

Power plant systems and methods are presented. The power plant includes a steam turbine configured to release exhaust steam. The power plant further includes an electro-hydrodynamic system operatively coupled to the steam turbine. The electro-hydrodynamic system is configured to receive the exhaust steam from the steam turbine and generate auxiliary electric power using the exhaust steam.

Systems and methods for generating electricity

A system is provided for monitoring a relative displacement of a pair of end-winding components. The system includes a structure mounted to the end-winding components at an angle with respect to the end-winding components for monitoring the relative displacement. The system further includes an optical fiber with a first portion including a fiber Bragg grating mounted to a surface of the structure to experience a strain resulting from a strain of the structure due to the relative displacement. The optical fiber includes a second portion internally routed through in the structure to the first portion mounted to the surface. The structure is configured so that the strain produced by the structure limits a magnitude of the strain of the fiber Bragg grating within a predetermined range over a span of the relative displacement of the end-winding components.

System for monitoring a relative displacement of components

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Sunilkumar Onkarnath Soni