Patents by Inventor Alfred Lecocq

Alfred Lecocq has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Low temperature steam generator
    Patent number: 3996099
    Abstract: The low-temperature steam generator consists of a single enclosure containing a molten-salt reactor and a fluidized-bed exchanger located above the reactor core and inserted in the molten-salt circuit. The molten salt is circulated within the primary tube elements while water is circulated within the secondary tube elements and is discharged in the form of steam. The two banks of tube elements are immersed in a particle bed which is subjected to agitation by a stream of inert gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1975
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1976
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Pierre Faugeras, Alfred Lecocq, Jean-Louis Romet
  • Method for preventing tritium contamination of secondary salt and steam in a molten salt reactor
    Patent number: 3963564
    Abstract: A hydrogen pressure of the order of 1 atmosphere is established in the secondary salt circuit of a molten salt reactor so as to ensure that the hydrogen saturates the secondary salt and diffuses from the secondary salt to the primary salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1974
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1976
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventor: Alfred Lecocq