Daniel E Demers

US Patent:

7377742, May 27, 2008

Filed:

Oct 14, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/250660

Inventors:

Jason David Shapiro - Methuen MA, US
Daniel Demers - Ipswich MA, US
Robert Patrick Tameo - Peabody MA, US
Tyler F. Hooper - Amesbury MA, US
Robert Alexander Nicoll - Beverly MA, US
Douglas Patrick Probasco - Peabody MA, US

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

F01D 25/26

US Classification:

415108, 415115, 4151821

Abstract:

A method for assembling a gas turbine engine includes coupling a rotor assembly including a plurality of rotor blades about a rotatable main shaft of the gas turbine engine. The main shaft is aligned in an axial direction of the gas turbine engine. A shroud assembly is coupled to the gas turbine engine. The shroud assembly includes a plurality of shroud segments circumferentially coupled about the rotor assembly such that a shroud spacing gap is formed in the axial direction between adjacent shroud segments. A cooling fluid source is coupled to each shroud segment such that cooling fluid is channeled through each shroud segment into a corresponding shroud spacing gap to facilitate positive purge flow through the shroud spacing gap.

US Patent:

20160268968, Sep 15, 2016

Filed:

May 24, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/162766

Inventors:

Daniel Demers - Weare NH, US

International Classification:

H02S 40/44
F24J 2/12
H02S 20/30
H02S 30/10
H02S 40/22
H02S 40/34
F24J 2/38
F24J 2/52

Abstract:

A solar collector having two axis control and cogeneration capabilities is provided. The solar collector may have a primary collecting mirror, a second reflecting mirror, and a solar collector positioned adjacent to the primary mirror. The collector may realize both direct solar to electricity production via photovoltaic cells or the like, as well as heat collection generated by the collected solar energy. The collected heat may be transferred to a fluid which may be transferred for productive uses such as electricity production, heating, cooling, and the like.