Wade A Taber

US Patent:

8241585, Aug 14, 2012

Filed:

Jul 31, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/533398

Inventors:

Wade Albert Taber - Katy TX, US
Judeth Helen Brannon Corry - Manvel TX, US

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

B01J 19/00
G01K 1/00

US Classification:

422241, 422240, 422119, 422187, 110336, 110323, 374141, 374143, 374194, 374208

Abstract:

A refractory wall is provided. The refractory wall includes a plurality of wall bricks coupled together to define an inner surface of the refractory wall, and a sensor port coupled to the plurality of wall bricks. The sensor port includes an outer wall defining a radial cross-sectional shape of the sensor port and defining a top ridge of the sensor port, an inner wall defining an opening extending through the sensor port, and an end wall extending between the outer wall and the inner wall. The end wall is positioned radially inward a distance from the inner surface. A method for fabricating the refractory wall is also provided.

US Patent:

8372333, Feb 12, 2013

Filed:

Jan 8, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/350543

Inventors:

Wade Albert Taber - Katy TX, US

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

C21B 13/00
C21B 15/00
C21B 7/24
C21B 3/00

US Classification:

266 44, 266 79, 266 99, 266275

Abstract:

A vessel comprises a probe oriented downward from an outside surface of the vessel to an inside surface of the vessel. A method of operating a vessel, the vessel comprising a vessel wall having an inside surface and an outside surface, comprises: defining a hole extending through the vessel wall, the hole being oriented at a downward angle from the outside surface to the inside surface; and placing a probe in the hole; and preventing slag buildup around the probe during operation of the vessel.

US Patent:

8597384, Dec 3, 2013

Filed:

Sep 25, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/567661

Inventors:

Yasir Hafeez Abbasi - Houston TX, US
Cliff Yi Guo - Houston TX, US
Wade Albert Taber - Katy TX, US
Xinyuan Zhang - Houston TX, US

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

B01J 7/00
C10B 1/00
F28F 1/00

US Classification:

48119, 48 61, 48 89, 165177, 432247, 432251

Abstract:

A system, in certain embodiments, includes a gasification cooling system having an annular seal with a bellows. For example, the gasification cooling system may include a housing with an inlet, an outlet, and an interior between the inlet and the outlet, wherein the interior has a throat adjacent the inlet, and the throat expands in a flow direction from the inlet toward the outlet. The annular seal may be disposed in the throat of the housing, wherein the annular seal includes the bellows.

US Patent:

20070271867, Nov 29, 2007

Filed:

May 18, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/750890

Inventors:

Wade Taber - Charlton MA, US
Joseph Ouellet - Brookfield MA, US

Assignee:

SAINT-GOBAIN CERAMICS & PLASTICS, INC. - Worcester MA

International Classification:

F27D 1/00

US Classification:

052506030

Abstract:

A refractory tile system is provided that includes a plurality of tiles adapted for assembly to cover the wall of the boiler. Each tile includes a main body has a front surface and a back surface and includes silicon carbide and a metallic phase including silicon. Each tile also includes an engagement structure with an engagement void for receiving a complementary stud structure extending from the wall of the boiler. Each tile also includes a void plane defined by a plurality of points within the engagement void that are closest to the front surface, and a hot face plane parallel to the void plane defined by a plurality of points on the front surface closest to the void plane, and D≧0.25 T, where Dis the shortest distance between the void plane and the hot face plane and Tis the average thickness of the main body.

US Patent:

20090188347, Jul 30, 2009

Filed:

Jan 26, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/359560

Inventors:

Wade Albert Taber - Katy TX, US
Wei Chen - Sugar Land TX, US
Peter Joel Meschter - Niskayuna NY, US
Roman Shuba - Niskayuna NY, US

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

C21B 7/06

US Classification:

75301, 75330

Abstract:

A treated refractory material includes a refractory material having a plurality of pores, wherein the refractory material comprises aluminum oxide, silicon oxide, magnesium oxide, chromium oxide, zirconium oxide, titanium oxide, calcium oxide, fireclay, silicon carbide, tungsten, mullite, dolomite, magnesite, magnesium aluminum oxide, chromite, magnetite, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing; and a protective material disposed within the plurality of pores of the refractory material, wherein the protective material is selected from the group consisting of aluminum oxide, chromium oxide, silica, rare earth oxides, rare earth zirconates, titanium oxide, mullite, zirconium oxide, zirconium silicate, yttrium oxide, magnesium oxide, iron oxide, and blends thereof.

US Patent:

20100170156, Jul 8, 2010

Filed:

Jan 7, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/349776

Inventors:

Wade Albert Taber - Katy TX, US

Assignee:

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

C10J 3/74
F23M 5/00
F27D 1/16

US Classification:

48 74, 110323, 264 30

Abstract:

A refractory lining system comprises an inner refractory layer; and an outer layer located outside of the inner refractory layer, the outer layer comprising: a plurality of layer segments; and at least one control joint located between the plurality of layer segments, the at least one control joint configured to allow expansion and contraction in the outer layer. A segment of an outer layer of a refractory lining comprises an edge shaped corresponding to a control joint configured to allow expansion and contraction in the outer layer.

US Patent:

20100170157, Jul 8, 2010

Filed:

Jan 8, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/350578

Inventors:

Wade Albert Taber - Katy TX, US

Assignee:

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

C10J 3/72

US Classification:

48 87, 48197 R

Abstract:

A gasifier lining comprises a first support shelf located directly under a dome area of the gasifier lining; and a second support shelf located directly under a thermocouple that penetrates the gasifier lining. A method of producing a gasifier comprising support shelves comprises providing a first support shelf directly under a thermocouple insertion area in a lining of the gasifier; and providing a second support shelf in the lining of the gasifier directly under a dome area of the gasifier.

US Patent:

20120102835, May 3, 2012

Filed:

Oct 30, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/916527

Inventors:

Judeth Brannon Corry - Manvel TX, US
James Michael Storey - Houston TX, US
Paul Stephen Dimascio - Greer SC, US
Wei Chen - Sugar Land TX, US
Wade Albert Taber - Katy TX, US
Delome Diane Fair - Houston TX, US

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

C10J 3/68
B01J 19/00
F28D 15/00
C10J 3/00

US Classification:

48 87, 48197 R, 422310, 16510419

Abstract:

A system includes a gasifier, which includes a reaction chamber configured to convert a feedstock into a synthetic gas, a quench chamber configured to cool the synthetic gas, a quench ring configured to provide a water flow to the quench chamber, and a quench ring protection system configured to protect the quench ring from the synthetic gas or a molten slag. The quench ring protection system includes a protective barrier disposed within an inner circumferential surface of the quench ring. The protective barrier substantially overlaps the inner circumferential surface in an axial direction along an axis of the quench ring.