Patents by Inventor Frank DOBEK

Frank DOBEK 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).

  • Steam generator for fuel cell applications
    Patent number: 11476480
    Abstract: A steam vaporizer assembly includes an internal steam generator having a vessel configured to hold water, a vaporizer unit having a heating element configured to heat the water to generate saturated steam; and a controller configured to: cause the heating element to heat the water to a stand-by temperature; and while maintaining a water level of the water in the vessel between two control points: maintain the water in the vessel at the stand-by temperature until steam generation is required, and when steam generation is required, heating the water in the vessel from the stand-by temperature to a temperature at or above a vaporization temperature of the water using a heating element, to generate the steam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: FuelCell Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Dobek, Stephen Jolly, Keith Davis
  • STEAM GENERATOR FOR FUEL CELL APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20190086074
    Abstract: A steam vaporizer assembly includes an internal steam generator having a vessel configured to hold water, a vaporizer unit having a heating element configured to heat the water to generate saturated steam; and a controller configured to: cause the heating element to heat the water to a stand-by temperature; and while maintaining a water level of the water in the vessel between two control points: maintain the water in the vessel at the stand-by temperature until steam generation is required, and when steam generation is required, heating the water in the vessel from the stand-by temperature to a temperature at or above a vaporization temperature of the water using a heating element, to generate the steam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Frank DOBEK, Stephen JOLLY, Keith DAVIS