Patents by Inventor Fred J. Frank

Fred J. Frank 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).

  • Method and apparatus for monitoring flux deviations in a nuclear reactor
    Patent number: 4069097
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for sensitively monitoring flux deviations along a given core plane of a nuclear reactor as detected by a plurality of flux sensitive detectors positioned around the periphery of the core within the monitoring plane. The detector responses are averaged and the respective detector outputs exceeding the average are summed and compared to a preselected design setpoint. Sums of the detector outputs exceeding the setpoint are annunciated alerting the plant operator to take corrective action to avoid surpassing design limits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 1975
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1978
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Fred J. Frank