Scott M Boyette

US Patent:

7077563, Jul 18, 2006

Filed:

Nov 19, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/717154

Inventors:

Caibin Xiao - Harleysville PA, US
David A. Little - Newtown PA, US
Scott M. Boyette - New Hope PA, US

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Fairfield CT

International Classification:

G01K 17/00
G01K 17/08
G01K 1/16
G01N 25/44

US Classification:

374 29, 374 7, 374 10, 374 57, 374141

Abstract:

An apparatus and method for the monitoring and measurement of chemical and/or biological deposition in heat exchangers and other fluid processing vessels. The new and original sensing system includes at least two hollow fluid vessels conductively mounted across a constant heat transfer path. Thin film heat flux sensors are attached to a heat transfer surface of the vessels in order to measure changes in differential heat flux that occur when deposition begins to accumulate in the vessel. In this way, it is shown that differential heat flux measurements can be used to detect and measure the early onset of chemical and/or biological deposition.

US Patent:

7170609, Jan 30, 2007

Filed:

Nov 24, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/723534

Inventors:

Radislav Alexandrovich Potyrailo - Niskayuna NY, US
William Guy Morris - Rexford NY, US
Scott Martell Boyette - New Hope PA, US
Marc Brian Wisnudel - Clifton Park NY, US
Andrew Michael Leach - Clifton Park NY, US
Mary Lynn Stanley - Schenectady NY, US

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Niskayuna NY

International Classification:

G01N 21/00

US Classification:

356440, 356433, 369 4411

Abstract:

A system and method employing optical disc drives for quantitative analysis of physical, chemical and biochemical parameters are provided. The system including a disc drive for supporting and rotating an optical disc including at least one sensor spot; a light source for directing light onto the sensor spot; at least one optical pickup for detecting light transmitted from the sensor spot, the transmitted light being indicative of a concentration of a compound; and an analog-to-digital converter for quantifying an intensity of the transmitted light. The method comprising the steps of preparing the optical disc with a plurality of sensor spots, the sensor spots being responsive to a compound; exposing the optical disc to a fluid; measuring intensity of transmitted light from at least one of the plurality of sensor spots; and correlating the measured intensity of transmitted light to an amount of compound exposed to the optical disc.

US Patent:

7271913, Sep 18, 2007

Filed:

Aug 12, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/915890

Inventors:

Radislav Alexandrovich Potyrailo - Niskayuna NY, US
William Guy Morris - Rexford NY, US
Scott Martell Boyette - New Hope PA, US

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Niskayuna NY

International Classification:

G01N 21/00
G01N 2/00
G01N 21/59

US Classification:

356440, 356246, 422 8205

Abstract:

A system and method employing optical disc drives for quantitative analysis of physical, chemical and biochemical parameters are provided. The system includes a robotic arm for transmitting a disc including at least one sensor spot through a variety of stations that include dipping the disc into a source of a compound, removing excess amounts of the source, optically scanning the disc, and discarding the disc. The optical drive may be a stand-alone reader in communication with an external computing device. The output of the optical scan may be transmitted from the optical scanner to the computing device via universal serial bus, Ethernet interface, or wireless connection.

US Patent:

7283245, Oct 16, 2007

Filed:

Jan 20, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/760438

Inventors:

Caibin Xiao - Harleysville PA, US
Scott M. Boyette - New Hope PA, US
Radislav A. Potyrailo - Niskayuna NY, US

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Fairfield CT

International Classification:

G01N 21/27
G01N 21/47
G01N 21/00
G06F 19/00

US Classification:

356446, 356445, 356434, 702 28, 422 8205

Abstract:

A portable system and method for measuring the concentration of multiple chemical or biological substances where an onsite analysis of such substances is needed. The new and original handheld sensor system uses a disposable optical test element and a spectroscopic detector that measures the test element response to specific analytes through a change in light absorbance, luminescence, and other forms of light-based response. In this way, reflection light intensities indicative of the test element response can be used to measure the concentration of the target analytes. The sensor system is also capable of being interfaced to an information processing unit or computer so that analytical data can be manipulated or stored electronically.

US Patent:

7524455, Apr 28, 2009

Filed:

Nov 24, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/723536

Inventors:

Radislav Alexandrovich Potyrailo - Niskayuna NY, US
Marc Brian Wisnudel - Clifton Park NY, US
Scott Martell Boyette - New Hope PA, US
Andrew Michael Leach - Clifton Park NY, US
Kasiraman Krishnan - Clifton Park NY, US

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Niskayuna NY

International Classification:

G01N 33/00

US Classification:

422 57, 422 50, 422 681, 422 72, 422 99

Abstract:

Methods for applying sensor materials to optical storage media substrates are disclosed. After exposure to a sample of interest, the resulting sensors may be read in optical storage media drives for quantitative analysis of physical, chemical and biological parameters of the sample.

US Patent:

7723120, May 25, 2010

Filed:

Oct 26, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/259643

Inventors:

Caibin Xiao - Harleysville PA, US
Radislav A. Potyrailo - Niskayuna NY, US
William G. Morris - Rexford NY, US
Scott M. Boyette - New Hope PA, US
LiJie Yu - Clifton Park NY, US
Theodore J. Cecconie - Buckingham PA, US
Andrew M. Leach - Clifton Park NY, US
Prashant V. Shrikhande - Trevose PA, US

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

G01N 21/00
G06K 9/38
C12Q 1/68
G01N 33/543
F16L 7/00

US Classification:

436164, 436518, 422 8205, 382273, 435 6, 137375

Abstract:

Total analysis systems and methods for simultaneously monitoring a suite of biological and/or chemical species in water and/or other process systems are disclosed. The system provides a sample-volume controlled sensor array comprising a fluid delivery device and a plurality of optical sensor elements for determining the presence and total concentrations of multiple analytes in the process system simultaneously. Image identification algorithms are provided for identifying the analytes based on image intensity, color pattern, positional arrangement, and the like. The methods incorporate multivariate optimization algorithms to analyze multiple sensor responses. This produces analytical results that are typically difficult to obtain without full system or variable compensation. The improved array response may then be utilized to measure, monitor, and control the concentration of analytes in the chemical or biological sample or water system.

US Patent:

7977660, Jul 12, 2011

Filed:

Mar 10, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/045217

Inventors:

Radislav Alexandrovich Potyrailo - Niskayuna NY, US
Scott Martell Boyette - New Hope PA, US
Glenn Alfred Johnson - Devon PA, US
William Guy Morris - Rexford NY, US
Ronald James Wroczynski - Schenectady NY, US
Andrew Michael Leach - Clifton Park NY, US
Peter Miller - New London CT, US
Caibin Xiao - Harleysville PA, US

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Niskayuna NY

International Classification:

G01N 33/00
G01N 15/00

US Classification:

250573, 250575, 250576, 73 5301

Abstract:

An article includes a substrate assembly for use in a detector system. The substrate assembly includes a substrate; a sample reception structure secured to the substrate; a test window extending through the substrate; and a fluid channel defined by a surface of the substrate and extending from the sample reception structure to the test window.

US Patent:

8105552, Jan 31, 2012

Filed:

Mar 24, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/730550

Inventors:

Caibin Xiao - Harleysville PA, US
Radislav A. Potyrailo - Niskayuna NY, US
William G. Morris - Rexford NY, US
Scott M. Boyette - New Hope PA, US
LiJie Yu - Clifton Park NY, US
Theodore J. Cecconie - Buckingham PA, US
Andrew M. Leach - Clifton Park PA, US
Prashant V. Shrikhande - Trevose PA, US

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

B01L 3/00
G01P 3/00
G01N 31/00

US Classification:

422502, 702 22, 702147

Abstract:

Total analysis systems and methods for simultaneously monitoring a suite of biological and/or chemical species in water and/or other process systems are disclosed. The system provides a sample-volume controlled sensor array comprising a fluid delivery device and a plurality of optical sensor elements for determining the presence and total concentrations of multiple analytes in the process system simultaneously. Image identification algorithms are provided for identifying the analytes based on image intensity, color pattern, positional arrangement, and the like. The methods incorporate multivariate optimization algorithms to analyze multiple sensor responses. This produces analytical results that are typically difficult to obtain without full system or variable compensation. The improved array response may then be utilized to measure, monitor, and control the concentration of analytes in the chemical or biological sample or water system.