Benjamin C Steinhaus

US Patent:

20090173484, Jul 9, 2009

Filed:

Jan 8, 2008

Appl. No.:

11/970943

Inventors:

James Michael Storey - Houston TX, US
Alex Clinton Solomon - Montclair NJ, US
Benjamin Campbell Steinhaus - Houston TX, US
Judeth Brannon Corry - Manvel TX, US
Steven Craig Russell - Houston TX, US
Robert Henri Gauthier - Houston TX, US

International Classification:

F28F 1/00

US Classification:

165177

Abstract:

Methods and systems for a vessel preheating system are provided. The system includes a pressure vessel including an area of excess heat and an area of deficient heat, a plenum defined between the area of excess heat and the area of deficient heat, and a conduit configured to couple a flow of purge fluid from external to the vessel into the plenum wherein heat from the area of excess heat is transferred to the flow of purge fluid in the plenum and the heat is carried by the flow of purge fluid into the area of deficient heat such that the flow of purge fluid purges the area of deficient heat.

US Patent:

20100294858, Nov 25, 2010

Filed:

May 20, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/469368

Inventors:

Benjamin Campbell Steinhaus - Missouri City TX, US
Shashishekara Sitharamarao Talya - Houston TX, US

International Classification:

C10J 3/50
B05B 7/02
F23D 14/64
F23D 11/36

US Classification:

239418, 239589, 239398, 431159

Abstract:

Methods and systems for a feed injector are provided. The feed injector includes a first annular channel defined in the feed injector. The first annular channel includes a first end, an arcuate portion and a second end. The arcuate portion is between the first and second ends, and the first annular channel is oriented substantially concentrically about a longitudinal axis of the feed injector. The arcuate portion is oriented to discharge a fluid flowing through the first annular channel radially outward with respect to the longitudinal axis. The feed injector also includes a second annular channel including a first end, an arcuate portion, and a second end, wherein the arcuate portion is between the first and second ends. The second annular channel circumscribes the first annular channel, and the second annular channel first end is positioned radially outward and downstream from the first annular channel first end.

US Patent:

20110239658, Oct 6, 2011

Filed:

Apr 6, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/755369

Inventors:

Benjamin Campbell Steinhaus - Missouri City TX, US

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

F02C 7/22
F02C 6/04

US Classification:

60781, 60746, 60 3912, 60772

Abstract:

Systems and methods for injection of feedstock are included. In one embodiment, a system includes a solid fuel injector. The solid fuel injector includes a solid fuel passage, a first gas passage, and a second gas passage. The solid fuel passage is configured to inject a solid fuel through a fuel outlet in a fuel direction. The first gas passage is configured to inject a first gas through a first gas outlet in a first gas direction. The second gas passage is configured to inject a second gas through a second gas outlet in a second gas direction. The first gas direction is oriented at a first angle relative to the fuel direction. The second gas direction is oriented at a second angle relative to the fuel direction, and the first and second angles are different from one another.

US Patent:

20110243804, Oct 6, 2011

Filed:

Apr 5, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/754391

Inventors:

Benjamin Campbell Steinhaus - Houston TX, US

International Classification:

B01J 19/00
F28F 1/00

US Classification:

422198, 165177

Abstract:

A method and system for recovering heat in a gasifier are provided. The gasifier includes a pressure vessel including a substantially cylindrical shell, an upper head, and a lower head. The gasifier also includes a refractory wall substantially concentric with the shell and spaced apart radially inwardly from the shell, and a superheater heat exchanger mounted between the shell and the refractory wall.

US Patent:

20120005959, Jan 12, 2012

Filed:

Jul 6, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/831189

Inventors:

Wei Chen - Houston TX, US
Richard Anthony DePuy - Schenectady NY, US
Judeth Brannon Corry - Houston TX, US
Benjamin Campbell Steinhaus - Houston TX, US

Assignee:

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

B01J 7/00

US Classification:

48 61

Abstract:

A system, including, a gasifier, including: a gasification region, an inner wall surrounding the gasification region, and a first fuel path extending along the inner wall, wherein the first fuel path is configured to flow a first fuel to cool the gasifier, and the gasifier is configured to inject the first fuel from the first fuel path into the gasification region.

US Patent:

20120111009, May 10, 2012

Filed:

Nov 4, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/939937

Inventors:

Judeth Brannon Corry - Manvel TX, US
Leroy Omar Tomlinson - Houston TX, US
James Michael Storey - Houston TX, US
Paul Stephen Dimascio - Greer SC, US
Mark Joseph Steffen - Louisville KY, US
Wei Chen - Sugar Land TX, US
Benjamin Campbell Steinhaus - Houston TX, US
Richard Anthony De Puy - Burnt Hills NY, US

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

F01K 13/00
F01K 23/00
F01K 7/38

US Classification:

60662, 60670

Abstract:

A system includes a syngas cooler configured to cool a syngas. The syngas cooler includes a first syngas cooler section configured to cool the syngas and a second syngas cooler section configured to cool the syngas and generate a first superheated steam with an enthalpy of less than approximately 3800 kJ/kg.

US Patent:

20120237411, Sep 20, 2012

Filed:

Mar 14, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/046921

Inventors:

Benjamin Campbell Steinhaus - Missouri City TX, US
Shashishekara Sitharamarao Talya - Houston TX, US
Daniel Aaron Kessler - Houston TX, US

International Classification:

B05B 1/24
B01J 19/00
B23P 19/00

US Classification:

422198, 29700, 239132

Abstract:

A method of assembling a feed injector is provided. The method includes providing a feed injector tip that includes an inlet, a tip end, a flow passage that extends longitudinally through the feed injector tip from the inlet to the tip end, an annular cooling channel that substantially circumscribes the flow passage, and a buffer region that separates the annular cooling channel from the flow passage. The method further includes coupling the feed injector tip to the feed injector to enable a fluid to be channeled through the flow passage, such that the fluid flows past the inlet, at which the buffer region has a first width, before flowing past the tip end, at which the buffer region has a second width, the first width wider than the second width, and coupling a cooling assembly to the feed injector to enable a flow of cooling fluid to be channeled into the annular cooling channel.

US Patent:

20120312889, Dec 13, 2012

Filed:

Jun 8, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/155578

Inventors:

Natesh Chandrashekar - Sugar Land TX, US
Dustin Wayne Davis - Marlborough CT, US
Benjamin Campbell Steinhaus - Missouri City TX, US
Shashishekara Sitharamarao Talya - Houston TX, US

Assignee:

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

F02M 61/00

US Classification:

239 5, 23953312

Abstract:

An injector tip for a nozzle includes a center body having a plurality of center body openings at a distal end configured to inject a fuel flow into a combustion zone of a combustor. One or more fuel passages are arranged around the center body and are configured to inject a fuel slurry into the combustion zone. One or more oxygen passages are arranged around the center body and are configured to inject an oxygen flow into the combustion zone.