公开(公告)号：US20200033317A1

公开(公告)日：2020-01-30

申请号：US16604199

申请日：2017-04-10

Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

Inventor： Nimeshkumar Kantilal PATEL ,  Hitesh Ghanshyam BAGARIA ,  Guoliang WANG ,  Xiaoan XIE ,  Xiao ZHANG ,  Yun PENG ,  Wenqing PENG ,  Sheng ZHENG ,  John Brian MCDERMOTT ,  Peter Larry PEREZ DIAZ

IPC: G01N33/28

Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for evaluating and mitigating the wax risks of a given hydrocarbon composition such as crude oil. The disclosed systems and methods enable rapid and ready prediction of wax risks using algorithms based on a small sample of the hydrocarbon composition. The wax risks are predicted using predictive models developed from machine learning. The disclosed systems and methods include mitigation strategies for wax risks that can include chemical additives, operation changes, and/or hydrocarbon blend.

公开(公告)号：US20170341016A1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-30

申请号：US15676149

申请日：2017-08-14

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Irina Pavlovna SPIRY ,  Benjamin Rue WOOD ,  Surinder Prabhjot SINGH ,  Robert James PERRY ,  John Brian MCDERMOTT

IPC: B01D53/14 ,  B01D53/62 ,  B01D53/96

CPC classification number: B01D53/1475 ,  B01D53/1425 ,  B01D53/62 ,  B01D53/96 ,  B01D2252/2026 ,  B01D2252/20489 ,  B01D2252/2053 ,  B01D2257/504 ,  B01D2258/0283 ,  Y02C10/06

Abstract: A method for treatment of a flue gas involves feeding the flue gas and a lean solvent to an absorber. The method further involves reacting the flue gas with the lean solvent within the absorber to generate a clean flue gas and a rich solvent. The method also involves feeding the clean flue gas from the absorber and water from a source, to a wash tower to separate a stripped portion of the lean solvent from the clean flue gas to generate a washed clean flue gas and a mixture of the water and the stripped portion of the lean solvent. The method further involves treating at least a portion of the mixture of the water and the stripped portion of the lean solvent via a separation system to separate the water from the stripped portion of the lean solvent.

公开(公告)号：US20200208899A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-02

申请号：US16612650

申请日：2017-05-11

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Ching-Jen TANG ,  Peter John BONITATIBUS, JR. ,  John Brian MCDERMOTT

IPC: F25D17/02 ,  C09K5/20 ,  F25B15/02 ,  F25B47/00

Abstract: A cooling system and a related method is presented. The cooling system includes a reservoir configured to selectively supply a cooling fluid; a circulation loop fluidly coupled to the reservoir, and configured to circulate the cooling fluid to and from the reservoir, and a heat exchanger thermally coupled to the circulation loop and configured to exchange heat with the cooling fluid. The reservoir includes a refrigerant and an anti-freeze additive. The anti-freeze additive is characterized by a lower critical solution temperature (LCST) such that when an operating temperature of the reservoir is greater than the LCST, the reservoir is configured to supply a cooling fluid including the refrigerant to the circulation loop; and when the operating temperature of the reservoir is lower than the LCST, the reservoir is configured to supply a cooling fluid including the refrigerant and the anti-freeze additive to the circulation loop.