Abdelkrim K Younsi

7548016, Jun 16, 2009

Aug 23, 2006

11/466586

Abdelkrim Younsi - Ballston Lake NY, US
Seyed Gholamali Saddoughi - Clifton Park NY, US
Grover Bennett - Schenectady NY, US

General Electric Company - Niskayuna NY

H01J 63/04

313491

A dielectric barrier discharge device for generating a plasma discharge is disclosed. The device includes a first electrode, a second electrode separated from the first electrode, and a dielectric material disposed between the two electrodes. Each electrode has a first end, a first surface, and a second surface. The first end of the first electrode is disposed proximate to the first end of the second electrode. The first end of the first electrode comprises a set of saw-tooth features disposed between the surfaces configured to stabilize location of streamers of the plasma discharge upon generation thereof.

7579843, Aug 25, 2009

Oct 13, 2006

11/549430

Abdelkrim Younsi - Ballston Lake NY, US
Sameh Ramadan Salem - Rexford NY, US

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

G01R 29/12
G01R 31/02
H01H 31/12

324458, 324536, 324547, 324551, 324613

Methods and apparatus for analyzing electrical insulation of an electrical machine are provided. The method includes receiving a first signal that includes a plurality of partial discharge pulses from the electrical machine and a plurality of noise pulses, receiving other signals that includes information relative to at least one process parameter associated with the electrical machine, determining the plurality of partial discharge pulses from the plurality of noise pulses, identifying characteristics of the plurality of partial discharge pulses relating to the location and character of partial discharges in the electrical machine, and determining a condition of the electrical insulation using the identified characteristics and the received information relative to at least one process parameter.

7655068, Feb 2, 2010

Jun 14, 2007

11/763195

David Johnston - Poquoson VA, US
James Easel Roberts - Kansas City MO, US
Robert Warren Taylor - Ponte Vedra Beach FL, US
Yingneng Zhou - Niskayuna NY, US
Abdelkrim Younsi - Ballston Lake NY, US
Jennifer Lynn Molaison - Marietta GA, US
Wei Wu - Canton MI, US

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

B03C 3/68

95 6, 95 7, 96 22, 96 23, 96 24

A method to facilitate improving electrostatic precipitator performance is provided. The method includes providing an electrostatic precipitator including an inlet, a collector chamber and an outlet, where the collector chamber includes a plurality of discharge electrodes and a plurality of collector electrodes. The method also includes defining a respective discharge electrode V-I performance for each of the plurality of discharge electrodes, identifying a particle removal characteristic for each respective discharge electrode based on the respective discharge electrode V-I performance for each of the plurality of discharge electrodes and positioning each of the plurality of discharge electrodes in the electrostatic precipitator according to the particle removal characteristic for each respective discharge electrode.

7676333, Mar 9, 2010

Nov 6, 2007

11/935956

Abdelkrim Younsi - Ballston Lake NY, US
Sameh Ramadan Salem - Rexford NY, US
Weizhong Yan - Clifton Park NY, US
Gian Carlo Montanari - Bologna, IT

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

G01R 31/02

702 58, 324458

A method of analyzing partial discharge data collected from an electrical device includes collecting partial discharge data from a first electrical device belonging to a group of electrical devices. The group of electrical devices is at least partially defined by at least one electrical device classification. The method also includes generating a comparison of at least a portion of the partial discharge data collected from the first electrical device with at least a portion of the partial discharge data collected from at least one second electrical device. The at least one second electrical device is selected from the group of electrical devices that includes the first electrical device. The method further includes transmitting the results.

7817396, Oct 19, 2010

Oct 25, 2007

11/978091

Fengfeng Tao - Clifton Park NY, US
Seyed Gholamali Saddoughi - Clifton Park NY, US
Robert Carl Murray - Rotterdam NY, US
Abdelkrim Younsi - Ballston Lake NY, US
Steven Martens - Ballston Lake NY, US

General Electric Company - Niskayuna NY

H02H 7/20
H03K 3/00

361112, 307106, 307107, 307108

A plasma generation system includes a pulse generator having at least one switch and that is configured to convert a DC voltage to a desired high frequency, high breakdown voltage pulse sufficient to break down a high-breakdown voltage gap, wherein all pulse generator switches are solely low to medium voltage, high frequency switches, and further configured to apply the breakdown voltage to a plasma load for the generation of plasma. In one application, the plasma generation system is useful to manipulate the flow of jets and provide highly efficient acoustic noise reduction.

7875347, Jan 25, 2011

Nov 23, 2005

11/286060

Patricia Chapman Irwin - Altamont NY, US
Qi Tan - Rexford NY, US
Abdelkrim Younsi - Ballston Lake NY, US
Yang Cao - Niskayuna NY, US

General Electric Company - Niskayuna NY

B32B 5/16
B32B 15/08
B32B 19/02
B05D 3/02
B05D 5/12
B05D 1/02
B05D 1/18
B05D 1/28

428323, 428324, 428325, 428328, 428329, 428331, 428332, 428339, 428447, 4273855, 4274274, 427429, 4274301, 427458

Disclosed herein is an article comprising an electrical component; and an electrically insulating layer disposed upon the electrical component, wherein the electrically insulating layer comprises a thermosetting polymer and a nanosized filler; wherein the nanosized filler comprises metal oxide and diamond nanoparticles that have an average largest dimension of less than or equal to about 200 nanometers.

7884504, Feb 8, 2011

Mar 3, 2008

12/074447

Fengfeng Tao - Clifton Park NY, US
Frank Jakob John Mueller - Glenville NY, US
Robert Carl Murray - Rotterdam NY, US
Seyed Gholamali Saddoughi - Clifton Park NY, US
Abdelkrim Younsi - Ballston Lake NY, US

General Electric Company - Niskayuna NY

H03K 12/00

307106, 307147

A high voltage, fast pulse rise/fall time, and high repetition rate pulse generator solves the high pulse repetition rate limitations associated with RF power amplifiers and gap switch type pulse generators. The pulse generator employs a transmission line architecture and structural techniques that allow for continued high voltage, fast rise/fall time, and high repetition pulse rate operation of the pulse generator without impairment of the pulse generator while exceeding performance characteristics achievable with conventional RF power amplifiers and gap switch type pulse generators.

7964021, Jun 21, 2011

May 16, 2008

12/122032

Abdelkrim Younsi - Ballston Lake NY, US
Robert Warren Taylor - Ponte Verda Beach FL, US

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

B03C 3/013
B03C 3/15

95 58, 95 62, 95 70, 95 78, 96 27, 96 55, 96 61

Embodiments of systems and methods for inducing swirl in particles are provided. In one embodiment, a system for inducing swirl in particles may include a supply including a plurality of electrically charged particles, and at least one swirling chamber for creating at least one electrical field therein, which may include an entry path in communication with the supply and an exit path. According to this example embodiment, the plurality of electrically charged particles may flow through the swirling chamber or chambers, causing at least one of the plurality of electrically charged particles to rotate about a radial axis of the swirling chamber as a result of the electrical field.