Dmytro Opaits

20130284273, Oct 31, 2013

Apr 27, 2012

13/457872

Matthew Patrick Boespflug - Schenectady NY, US
Seyed Gholamali Saddoughi - Clifton Park NY, US
Dmytro Floriyovych Opaits - Glenville NY, US

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY - Schenectady NY

B05B 1/00

137 13

A method for actively manipulating a primary fluid flow over a surface using an active flow control system including an active fluid flow device to provide lift enhancement and lift destruction. The method including the disposing of an active fluid flow device in the surface. The active fluid flow device is then operated to generate at least one of a steady blowing secondary fluid flow, a pulsed secondary fluid flow or an oscillating secondary fluid flow. While flowing the primary fluid over the surface to create a primary flow field, a secondary fluid flow is injected in an upstream direction and substantially opposed to the incoming primary fluid flow. The injecting of the secondary fluid flow in this manner provides for influencing of the primary flow field by manipulating a momentum of the secondary fluid flow to influence the incoming primary fluid flow and resultant lift.

20130285379, Oct 31, 2013

Apr 30, 2012

13/459325

Charles Erklin Seeley - Niskayuna NY, US
Dmytro Floriyovych Opaits - Glenville NY, US
Sunilkumar Onkarnath Soni - Albany NY, US
Chiranjeev Kalra - Glenville NY, US

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY - SCHENECTADY NY

H05F 3/00
F01K 9/02
H02K 7/18
F01K 15/00

290 52, 60670, 60692, 361212

Power plant systems and methods are presented. The power plant includes a steam turbine configured to release exhaust steam. The power plant further includes an electro-hydrodynamic system operatively coupled to the steam turbine. The electro-hydrodynamic system is configured to receive the exhaust steam from the steam turbine and generate auxiliary electric power using the exhaust steam.

20140003940, Jan 2, 2014

Jun 29, 2012

13/537520

Dmytro Floriyovych Opaits - Glenville NY, US
Seyed Gholamali Saddoughi - Clifton Park NY, US
Matthew Patrick Boespflug - Clifton Park NY, US
Stephen Bertram Johnson - Greenville SC, US
Peggy Lynn Baehmann - Glenville NY, US
Anurag Gupta - Manvel TX, US

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY - Schenectady NY

F03D 1/00
B21D 53/78

416 23, 29889

A deployable aerodynamic component configured to be mounted to a wind turbine. The wind turbine includes at least one rotor blade. The deployable aerodynamic component configured to be positioned in front of an inner portion of the at least one rotor blade, and is structurally configured to cover a substantial portion of the inner portion of the at least one rotor blade in a wind direction during deployment of the deployable aerodynamic component and to allow the passage therethrough of an incoming wind when non-deployed. Further described is a wind turbine including the above-described deployable aerodynamic component and method for aerodynamic performance enhancement of an existing wind turbine, wherein the method includes mounting the above-described deployable aerodynamic component to a wind turbine.

20130015257, Jan 17, 2013

Dec 21, 2011

13/332394

Chiranjeev Kalra - Glenville NY, US
Charles Erklin Seeley - Niskayuna NY, US
Dmytro Floriyovych Opaits - Glenville NY, US
Sunilkumar Onkarnath Soni - Albany NY, US
Gary Lee Leonard - Saratoga Springs NY, US

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY - SCHENECTADY NY

B05B 5/053

239 3, 239699, 239700, 239695

An electro-hydrodynamic wind energy conversion system is presented. The system includes a wind passage allowing wind flow. Further, the system includes a reservoir having an opening in communication with the wind passage and configured to hold a liquid. The system also includes an agitator coupled to the reservoir and configured to convert the liquid into droplets. Additionally, the system includes a charging system disposed substantially opposite the reservoir opening and configured to deposit an electrostatic charge on the droplets and draw the droplets into the wind passage. Moreover, the system includes a charge collector disposed at a distal end of the wind passage and configured to collect the electrostatic charge from the droplets.

20150010403, Jan 8, 2015

Jul 2, 2013

13/933565

- Schenectady NY, US
Kevin Wayne Kinzie - Spartanburg SC, US
James Henry Madge - Simpsonville SC, US
Daniel Jason Erno - Clifton Park NY, US
Michael Colan Moscinski - Glenville NY, US
Zaeem Ashraf Khan - Albany NY, US
Dmytro Floriyovych Opaits - Glenville NY, US

F03D 1/06

416210 R

An aerodynamic hub assembly for a wind turbine is disclosed. The hub assembly may include a hub extension, a rotor blade having a blade root and a blade tip, and a hub airfoil section mounted at least partially over the hub extension. The hub airfoil section may be fixed relative to the rotor blade or may be configured to rotate about a common pitch axis with the rotor blade. The hub extension may be connected to and extend radially from a center of the hub assembly. Further, the hub assembly may include a pitch bearing having an inner race and an outer race, wherein the pitch bearing may be coupled between the hub extension and the blade root. Additionally, the hub assembly may also include an aerodynamically-shaped spinner, wherein the spinner may house at least a portion of a root structure extending radially from the center of the hub assembly.