George L Touchton from 35134 Millwood Ct, Newark, CA 94560, Phone: (510)7924428

Us Patents

Electrical Power Generation System And Method
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US Patent:

6906432, Jun 14, 2005
Filed:

Jul 2, 2003
Appl. No.:

10/612685
Inventors:

Alexander Belokon - Moscow, RU
Mikhail Senkevich - Moscow, RU
George L. Touchton - Newark CA, US
Assignee:

MES International, Inc. - Asheville NC
International Classification:

F02D041/00
US Classification:

290 52, 123350, 322 14
Abstract:

An electrical power generating system and method wherein a generator is driven by an air-breathing engine. At any operating condition, for a given power output the engine efficiency is substantially optimized by controlling the rate of air flow through the engine in such a manner that the fuel/air ratio is controlled to maintain a high peak temperature imparted to the working fluid in the engine. The method and system of the invention eliminate the need for variable-geometry mechanisms in the engine, and also eliminate the need for variable-geometry combustors and pre-burners. The invention is applicable to various types of air-breathing engines that operate at low fuel/air ratios.

Multi-Spool Turbogenerator System And Control Method
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US Patent:

6931856, Aug 23, 2005
Filed:

Sep 12, 2003
Appl. No.:

10/661849
Inventors:

Alexander A. Belokon - Moscow, RU
Mikhail V. Senkevich - Moscow, RU
George L. Touchton - Newark CA, US
Assignee:

MES International, Inc. - Asheville NC
International Classification:

F02B043/00
F02C007/10
US Classification:

60772, 60773, 60 3912, 60 39511
Abstract:

An electrical power generating system is driven by a multi-spool gas turbine engine including at least first and second spools. The first spool comprises a turbine and a compressor mounted on a first shaft; the second spool has at least a turbine mounted on a second shaft that is not mechanically coupled to the first shaft. A main generator is coupled with one of the spools, and an auxiliary generator/motor is also coupled with one of the spools. Speed control of each of the generators is employed for controlling operation of the engine. The auxiliary generator/motor can operate in either a generation mode to extract power from its spool or a motor mode to inject power into its spool.

Recuperated Gas Turbine Engine System And Method Employing Catalytic Combustion
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US Patent:

7007487, Mar 7, 2006
Filed:

Jul 31, 2003
Appl. No.:

10/631977
Inventors:

Alexander A. Belokon - Moscow, RU
George L. Touchton - Newark CA, US
Assignee:

MES International, Inc. - Asheville NC
International Classification:

F23R 3/34
F23R 3/40
F23R 7/10
F23R 9/28
US Classification:

60777, 60723, 60 39511, 60 3952, 60 3927
Abstract:

A recuperated gas turbine engine system and associated method employing catalytic combustion, wherein the combustor inlet temperature can be controlled to remain above the minimum required catalyst operating temperature at a wide range of operating conditions from full-load to part-load and from hot-day to cold-day conditions. The fuel is passed through the compressor along with the air and a portion of the exhaust gases from the turbine. The recirculated exhaust gas flow rate is controlled to control combustor inlet temperature.

Sealing Arrangement In A Compressor
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US Patent:

7252474, Aug 7, 2007
Filed:

Sep 12, 2003
Appl. No.:

10/661850
Inventors:

Alexander Belokon - Moscow, RU
Valentina Osobova, legal representative - Moscow, RU
George L. Touchton - Newark CA, US
Assignee:

MES International, Inc. - Asheville NC
International Classification:

F01D 11/04
US Classification:

415 1, 415112, 4151682, 4151711, 4151735, 4151745
Abstract:

A sealing arrangement for a compressor that compresses a gaseous mixture of air and fuel includes a pressurized air supply duct for supplying pressurized air into a leakage pathway defined between a compressor wheel and a housing of the compressor, which leakage pathway leads from the main gas flow path into a bearing area of the compressor, the pressurized air being supplied at a pressure sufficient to ensure that air and gaseous fuel cannot flow from the main gas flow path through the leakage pathway into the bearing area. A portion of the pressurized air flows into the bearing area, while the remainder of the air flows outwardly and is either fed back into the main gas flow path or is combined with air and gaseous fuel that leaks past an outer seal and is recirculated back to the compressor inlet.

Air-Independent Internal Oxidation
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US Patent:

8555652, Oct 15, 2013
Filed:

Jun 12, 2009
Appl. No.:

12/456222
Inventors:

Amanda Touchton - Los Angeles CA, US
George Linton Touchton - Newark CA, US
Assignee:

Zere Energy and Biofuels, Inc. - San Bruno CA
International Classification:

F02G 3/00
F02C 6/00
US Classification:

60775, 60781, 60 39464, 60 39182
Abstract:

A chemical-looping combustion system is provided in which an oxygen carrier, for example a metallic oxide or peroxide, is used for fuel combustion and produces carbon dioxide and water as by-products. The system delivers steam and COat for direct utilization by steam cycle power generation equipment and heat exchangers. After fuel combustion, the oxygen-poor carrier is regenerated by exposure to air in a second, sequestered reactor. Choice of oxygen-carrier material and conditions allows for the fuel oxidizer reactor to run at temperatures greater than the running temperature of the regenerator reactor.

Combustor With Inlet Temperature Control
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US Patent:

20020139119, Oct 3, 2002
Filed:

Apr 2, 2001
Appl. No.:

09/822290
Inventors:

George Touchton - Newark CA, US
Robert Dibble - Livermore CA, US
John Torres - Hayward CA, US
International Classification:

F02C007/10
US Classification:

060/772000, 060/039511
Abstract:

An energy-generating system employs a combustor to combust a pressurized fluid, with the resulting products of combustion being used to operate a turbine. The pressurized fluid is divided into first and second fluid portions that are conducted to the combustor inlet through first and second flow paths, respectively. The second flow path is arranged to cause the second fluid portion traveling therein to receive heat from the combustor before being merged with the first fluid flow at the combustor inlet. The combustor can include catalytic bodies, and some products of combustion generated in the combustion chamber are recycled back through the combustor.

Self-Contained Energy Center For Producing Mechanical, Electrical, And Heat Energy
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US Patent:

63135442, Nov 6, 2001
Filed:

Aug 4, 2000
Appl. No.:

9/632934
Inventors:

Rajiv K. Mongia - Berkeley CA
George L. Touchton - Newark CA
Robert W. Dibble - Livermore CA
Martin L. Lagod - Atherton CA
Assignee:

Solo Energy Corporation - Alameda CA
International Classification:

F01D 1510
H02K 718
US Classification:

290 52
Abstract:

Various forms of energy, such as mechanical, electrical, and/or heat energy are produced by an energy conversion mechanism which includes a spool, the spool including a shaft on which a compressor and turbine are mounted. A generator is operably connected to the energy conversion mechanism for converting mechanical energy thereof into electrical energy. Fuel and air are supplied separately to the compressor. A regenerator type heat exchanger has a cold side for conducting compressed air traveling from an outlet of a compressor to an inlet of the microturbine, a hot side for conducting hot waste gas from the energy conversion mechanism, and a rotary core movable sequentially through the cold and hot sides for absorbing heat in the hot side and giving up heat in the cold side. A catalytic combustor combusts the fuel at a location upstream of the turbine. During start-up, the catalytic combustor is preheated independently of the heat exchanger by an electric heater.

Multi-Shaft Reheat Turbine Mechanism For Generating Power
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US Patent:

61419532, Nov 7, 2000
Filed:

Mar 4, 1998
Appl. No.:

9/034101
Inventors:

Rajiv K. Mongia - Berkeley CA
Steven G. Buckley - San Mateo CA
George L. Touchton - Newark CA
Robert W. Dibble - Livermore CA
Peter D. Neuhaus - Berkeley CA
Assignee:

Solo Energy Corporation - Alameda CA
International Classification:

F02C 106
F02G 1055
US Classification:

60 3904
Abstract:

A multi-shaft reheat turbine mechanism includes multiple turbines mounted on respective compressor shafts, and catalytic reactors feeding respective ones of the turbines. Fuel is introduced into a low pressure compressor, whereby there is no need to pressurize the fuel. The compressor side of the mechanism emits a compressed air/fuel flow, portions of which are combusted in respective ones of the catalytic reactors. The air/fuel flow traveling from the compressor side to the turbine side passes through a regenerator in heat exchanging relationship with exhaust gas from a low pressure turbine.