BRIAN ALAN KNIGHT
Pilots at Fox Rdg Ln, Tolland, CT
License number
Connecticut A1035776
Issued Date
Jan 2017
Expiration Date
Jan 2018
Category
Airmen
Type
Authorized Aircraft Instructor
Address
Address
92 Fox Ridge Ln, Tolland, CT 06084
Professional information
Life Manager At Currently Retired
Position:
Life Manager at Currently Retired
Location:
Hartford, Connecticut Area
Industry:
Research
Work:
Currently Retired
- Tolland, CT since Apr 2012
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Life Manager
United Technologies Research Center, East Hartford, CT, USA
1978 - Apr 2012
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Principle Research Scientist
TRW
Aug 1977 - Nov 1978
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Research Engineer
Education:
University of California, San Diego 1975 - 1977
MS, Applied Mechanics & Thermal Sciences Drexel University 1970 - 1975
BS, Mechanical Engineering
MS, Applied Mechanics & Thermal Sciences Drexel University 1970 - 1975
BS, Mechanical Engineering
Skills:
Commercial Pilot, People Skills, Performance Measurement, R&D, Systems Engineering, Aerospace, Engineering, Engineering Management, Product Development, Simulations, Analysis, Program Management, Data Analysis, Fortran, Energy, Six Sigma, Combustion, Aerodynamics, Root Cause Analysis, Mechanical Engineering, Thermal, Energy Efficiency, Heat Transfer, CFD, Fluid Mechanics, Numerical Analysis
Interests:
Private pilot, Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), competitive shooting (pistol and rifle), hiking, bicycling, dragon boat racing.
Honor & Awards:
National Merit Scholar
Burner For Combusting The Anode Exhaust Gas Stream In A Pem Fuel Cell Power Plant
US Patent:
2005005, Mar 10, 2005
Filed:
Nov 15, 2002
Appl. No.:
10/294344
Inventors:
Anuj Bhargava - South Windsor CT, US
Brian Knight - Tolland CT, US
Willard Sutton - Glastonbury CT, US
Martin Zabielski - Manchester CT, US
Brian Knight - Tolland CT, US
Willard Sutton - Glastonbury CT, US
Martin Zabielski - Manchester CT, US
International Classification:
H01M008/04
US Classification:
429026000, 429013000
Abstract:
A catalyzed burner is operative to combust an anode exhaust stream from a polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cell power plant. The catalysts coated onto the burner can be platinum, rhodium, palladium, or mixtures thereof. The burner includes open cells which are formed by a lattice, which cells communicate with each other throughout the entire catalyzed burner. The burner is able to combust hydrogen in the anode exhaust stream. The catalyzed burner has a high surface area wherein about 70-90% of the volume of the burner is preferably open pores, and the burner has a low pressure drop of about two to three inches water from the anode exhaust stream inlet to the anode exhaust stream outlet. The burner assembly operates at essentially ambient pressure and at a temperature of up to about 1,700° F. (927° C.). The burner can combust anode exhaust during normal operation of the fuel cell assembly. The burner is not adversely affected by gasoline, gasoline combustion products, or anode bypass gas, the latter of which is a reformed fuel gas which is tapped off of the fuel cell stack fuel inlet line.
Flashback Resistant Burner
US Patent:
5718573, Feb 17, 1998
Filed:
Dec 27, 1994
Appl. No.:
8/364378
Inventors:
Brian A. Knight - Tolland CT
William P. Patrick - Glastonbury CT
Daniel J. Seery - Glastonbury CT
Martin F. Zabielski - Manchester CT
William P. Patrick - Glastonbury CT
Daniel J. Seery - Glastonbury CT
Martin F. Zabielski - Manchester CT
Assignee:
Carrier Corporation - Syracuse NY
International Classification:
F23D 1462
US Classification:
431354
Abstract:
A flashback resistant burner for lean fuel/air mixtures includes apparatus for mixing a primary fuel and combustion air to form a noncombustible fuel/air mixture. Means are provided for accelerating the noncombustible fuel/air mixture to a velocity higher than the flame speed of a combustible mixture of the primary fuel and air. Means are further provided for mixing a secondary fuel with the accelerated noncombustible fuel/air mixture to form a combustible fuel/air mixture that has an equivalence ratio less than 1. Means are then provided for burning the combustible fuel/air mixture.
Catalytic Combustor And Method Of Operating Same
US Patent:
6334769, Jan 1, 2002
Filed:
Jul 27, 1999
Appl. No.:
09/361774
Inventors:
William B. Retallick - West Chester PA
Brian A. Knight - Tolland CT
Joseph J. Sangiovanni - West Suffield CT
Robert J. Hall - West Hartford CT
Brian A. Knight - Tolland CT
Joseph J. Sangiovanni - West Suffield CT
Robert J. Hall - West Hartford CT
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation - East Hartford CT
International Classification:
F23D 340
US Classification:
431 7, 431170, 431328
Abstract:
A catalytic combustor burns a fuel-air mixture which is not preheated. The combustor includes a strip or strips of metal which define a plurality of alternating wide and narrow channels. The channels contain corrugated strips which maintain the spacing of the channels. A catalyst coating is deposited only in the wider channels, the narrower channels remaining un-catalyzed. The strip or strips can be heated resistively to start the combustion. Once the combustion is started, the electric current is stopped, and the combustion continues. The combustor is useful in a home heating appliance such as a gas furnace. In another embodiment, in which the combustor is used in a high-temperature environment such as in a gas turbine, the catalyst can be deposited in the small channels only, so as to limit the amount of catalytic combustion.
Low Emission Combustion System
US Patent:
5848887, Dec 15, 1998
Filed:
Nov 26, 1996
Appl. No.:
8/753564
Inventors:
Martin F. Zabielski - Manchester CT
Brian A. Knight - Tolland CT
Richard P. Muth - Southington CT
Brian A. Knight - Tolland CT
Richard P. Muth - Southington CT
Assignee:
Carrier Corporation - Syracuse NY
International Classification:
F24D 1446
US Classification:
431353
Abstract:
A low emission combustion system for use in a fuel-fired apparatus includes a fuel-fired burner (30) operative for generating a flame extending substantially axially outwardly from the outlet of the burner, a heat transfer tube (40) opposed to the outlet of the burner whereby the flame extending from said burner passes into a flame inlet section (48) of the gas flow conduit (46) of the heat transfer tube, a radiator body (50) disposed within the flame inlet section of the gas flow conduit of the heat transfer tube, and a catalytic converter (60) for oxidizing carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide. The radiator body (50) has a thermal mass sufficient to reduce peak flame temperatures in the flame inlet section to less than 2800 F. The catalytic converter is disposed within the gas flow conduit at a location downstream of the radiator body.