Frederick W Block from 5575 Highway 357, Campobello, SC 29322, age 58, Phone: 8644720821

Resumes

Controls Engineer

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Location:

5575 Highway 357, Campobello, SC 29322

Industry:

Utilities

Work:

Ge Power
Controls Engineer

Controls At Ge

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Location:

Greenville, South Carolina Area

Industry:

Industrial Automation

Us Patents

Method And System For Testing The Overspeed Protection System Of A Turbomachine
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US Patent:

7677089, Mar 16, 2010
Filed:

Oct 30, 2006
Appl. No.:

11/589579
Inventors:

Frederick William Block - Campobello SC, US
Mark P. Bombard - Amsterdam NY, US
Michael J. Dell'Anno - Clifton Park NY, US
Guillermo Garcia - Kennesaw GA, US
Eamon Patrick Gleeson - Atlanta GA, US
Kenneth Lee Leary - Anderson SC, US
Richard Lee Nichols - Simpsonville SC, US
Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY
International Classification:

G01M 15/14
US Classification:

7311201
Abstract:

A method and system of testing an overspeed protection system of a turbomachine may include providing an overspeed protection system on a turbomachine having at least one shaft. The method may: determine whether a permissive or permissive(s) is satisfied; initiate an overspeed test; automatically adjusting the speed of a shaft; determining if the speed exceeds an overspeed trip value; and automatically disabling the automatic adjustment of the speed after the test is complete.

Method And System For Testing An Overspeed Protection System During A Turbomachine Shutdown Sequence
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US Patent:

7716971, May 18, 2010
Filed:

Oct 20, 2006
Appl. No.:

11/584095
Inventors:

Frederick William Block - Campobello SC, US
Mark P. Bombard - Amsterdam NY, US
Michael J. Dell'Anno - Clifton Park NY, US
Guillermo Garcia - Kennesaw GA, US
Eamon Patrick Gleeson - Atlanta GA, US
Kenneth Lee Leary - Anderson SC, US
Richard Lee Nichols - Simpsonville SC, US
Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY
International Classification:

G01M 15/14
US Classification:

7311201
Abstract:

A method and system of testing an overspeed protection system of a turbomachine. The method and system may include providing an overspeed protection system on a turbomachine that may have a single or multiple shafts; determining whether the speed the shaft or shaft(s) exceeds a shutdown value; changing an overspeed trip value of the turbomachine; and determining whether the overspeed protection system would operate to trip the turbomachine.

Validation Of Working Fluid Parameter Indicator Sensitivity In System With Centrifugal Machines
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US Patent:

8302625, Nov 6, 2012
Filed:

Jun 23, 2011
Appl. No.:

13/167231
Inventors:

Mark Andrew Runkle - Schenectady NY, US
Frederick William Block - Campobello SC, US
Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY
International Classification:

G21C 17/00
US Classification:

13756533, 702183
Abstract:

Disclosed herein is an approach that validates the sensitivity of a working fluid parameter indicator in a system using centrifugal machines. In one aspect, a lead centrifugal machine and a lag centrifugal machine supply a working fluid to a distribution conduit. A working fluid parameter indicator measures a process parameter associated with the working fluid supplied to the distribution conduit by the lead centrifugal machine and the lag centrifugal machine. A controller validates the sensitivity of the working fluid parameter indicator to measure the process parameter associated with the working fluid as a function of operation of the lag centrifugal machine relative to the lead centrifugal machine during an operational test performed on the centrifugal machines.

Method And System For Testing An Overspeed Protection System Of A Powerplant Machine
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US Patent:

8365583, Feb 5, 2013
Filed:

Mar 23, 2010
Appl. No.:

12/729686
Inventors:

Frederick William Block - Campobello SC, US
Richard Lee Nichols - Simpsonville SC, US
Bret Stephen Dalton - Greer SC, US
Jay Lynn Johnson - Simpsonville SC, US
George Allen Ellis - Woodruff SC, US
Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY
International Classification:

G01M 15/14
US Classification:

7311201
Abstract:

Embodiments of the present invention have the technical effect of automatically testing an overspeed protection system of a powerplant machine comprising a shaft and integrated with a safety control system. An embodiment of the present invention may automatically test the overspeed protection system while the powerplant machine is in the process of shutting down. Another embodiment of the present invention may automatically test the overspeed protection system of the powerplant machine by adjusting the speed of a shaft while operating at full-speed-no-load.

Method For Determining When To Perform A Test Of An Overspeed Protection System Of A Powerplant Machine
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US Patent:

8370100, Feb 5, 2013
Filed:

Mar 23, 2010
Appl. No.:

12/729654
Inventors:

Frederick William Block - Campobello SC, US
Richard Lee Nichols - Simpsonville SC, US
Joseph Robert Law - Greer SC, US
Bret Stephen Dalton - Greer SC, US
George Allen Ellis - Woodruff SC, US
Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY
International Classification:

G01M 1/00
G04F 1/00
G04F 7/02
G04F 7/10
US Classification:

702113, 702176, 702177, 702179
Abstract:

Embodiments of the present invention have the technical effect of determining when to test an overspeed protection system of a powerplant machine. As described herein, embodiments of the present invention may be applied to a wide variety of powerplant machines, each comprising a shaft. After determining that test of the overspeed protection system should be performed, embodiments of the present invention may allow for a variety of methods to test the overspeed protection system.

Method And System For Testing An Overspeed Protection System Of A Powerplant
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US Patent:

20110232258, Sep 29, 2011
Filed:

Mar 23, 2010
Appl. No.:

12/729624
Inventors:

Frederick William Block - Campobello SC, US
Richard Lee Nichols - Simpsonville SC, US
George Allen Ellis - Woodruff SC, US
Steven Michael Sanchez - Glenmont NY, US
International Classification:

F02C 9/00
G01M 15/14
US Classification:

60 3924, 7311201, 7311202
Abstract:

Embodiments of the present invention have the technical effect of automatically testing an overspeed protection system associated with multiple powerplant machines of a powerplant. An embodiment of the present invention may automatically test the overspeed protection system while at least one of the powerplant machines is in the process of shutting down. Another embodiment of the present invention may automatically test the overspeed protection system by adjusting the speed of a shaft while at least one of the powerplant machines operates at full-speed-no-load.

Method And System For Testing An Overspeed Protection System Of A Powerplant Machine
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US Patent:

20110232297, Sep 29, 2011
Filed:

Mar 23, 2010
Appl. No.:

12/729666
Inventors:

Frederick William Block - Campobello SC, US
Richard Lee Nichols - Simpsonville SC, US
Joseph Robert Law - Greer SC, US
Bret Stephen Dalton - Greer SC, US
George Allen Ellis - Woodruff SC, US
International Classification:

F02C 7/00
US Classification:

60779
Abstract:

Embodiments of the present invention have the technical effect of automatically testing an overspeed protection system of a powerplant machine comprising at least one shaft. An embodiment of the present invention may automatically test the overspeed protection system while the powerplant machine is decelerating from full-speed-no-load (FSNL). Another embodiment of the present invention may automatically test the overspeed protection system of the powerplant machine while the powerplant machine is accelerating to FSNL.

System And Method For Optimizing Plant Operations
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US Patent:

20120290104, Nov 15, 2012
Filed:

May 11, 2011
Appl. No.:

13/105781
Inventors:

Joel Donnell Holt - Scotia NY, US
Richard Lee Nichols - Simpsonville SC, US
Frederick William Block - Campobello SC, US
Michael Joseph Alexander - Simpsonville SC, US
Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY
International Classification:

G05B 13/04
G06F 1/28
G06F 15/18
US Classification:

700 29, 706 14, 700292, 700287
Abstract:

Embodiments of the present disclosure include systems and a method. In one embodiment, a system is provided. The system includes a risk calculation system configured to calculate a risk based on a static input and a dynamic input, and a decision support system configured to use the risk to derive a decision. The system also includes a plant control system configured to update operations of a plant based on the decision, wherein the decision predicts future plant conditions.