Patents by Inventor Gerard Kurka

Gerard Kurka 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 of heat accumulation and a thermal accumulator for the application of said method
    Patent number: 4111260
    Abstract: A heat-transporting fluid F is passed over a material C having a high latent heat of fusion and in direct contact therewith so that the fluid and the material exchange heat at a temperature close to the melting point of the material. By contacting the hot fluid F with the material C, this material melts and accumulates heat in the form of latent heat of fusion while cooling the fluid F. When the cold fluid is contacted directly with the material C, this material solidifies and releases heat which is transmitted to the fluid F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1975
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1978
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Alain Bricard, Maurice DE Cachard, Pierre Goffinet, Gerard Kurka, Robert Moracchioli
  • Method of heat accumulation and a thermal accumulator for the application of said method
    Patent number: 4099557
    Abstract: A heat-transporting fluid F is passed over a material C having a high latent heat of fusion and in direct contact therewith so that the fluid and the material exchange heat at a temperature close to the melting point of the material. By contacting the hot fluid F with the material C, this material melts and accumulates heat in the form of latent heat of fusion while cooling the fluid F. When the cold fluid is contacted directly with the material C, this material solidifies and releases heat which is transmitted to the fluid F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1978
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Alain Bricard, Maurice DE Cachard, Pierre Goffinet, Gerard Kurka, Robert Moracchioli
  • Method of heat accumulation and a thermal accumulator for the application of said method
    Patent number: 4099558
    Abstract: A heat-transporting fluid F is passed over a material C having a high latent heat of fusion and in direct contact therewith so that the fluid and the material exchange heat at a temperature close to the melting point of the material. By contacting the hot fluid F with the material C, this material melts and accumulates heat in the form of latent heat of fusion while cooling the fluid F. When the cold fluid is contacted directly with the material C, this material solidifies and releases heat which is transmitted to the fluid F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1978
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Alain Bricard, Maurice DE Cachard, Pierre Goffinet, Gerard Kurka, Robert Moracchioli