Patents by Inventor Christofer N. Mowry

Christofer N. Mowry 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).

  • Patent number: 5524128
    Abstract: A control system for avoiding coupled neutronic-thermal hydraulic instabilities during maneuvering of a boiling water nuclear reactor that determines the average elevation in the reactor core of the coolant boiling boundary, and avoids instabilities by maintaining the core average coolant boiling boundary elevation above a target value, which is dependent on reactor design specifics but may be about four feet, in core power-flow operating regions which are subject to instabilities. The system may be implemented without physical modification of existing reactors or reactor instrumentation and control systems through use of the reactor core monitoring computer, which typically has available all core parameters necessary for the computations required in the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1996
    Assignees: Entergy Operations, Inc., PECO Energy Company
    Inventors: Christofer N. Mowry, Israel Nir