Patents by Inventor K. Kit Bloomfield

K. Kit Bloomfield 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 removing non-condensible gas from a working fluid in a binary power system
    Patent number: 6497748
    Abstract: Apparatus for removing non-condensible gas from a working fluid utilized in a thermodynamic system comprises a membrane having an upstream side operatively connected to the thermodynamic system so that the upstream side of the membrane receives a portion of the working fluid. The first membrane separates the non-condensible gas from the working fluid. A pump operatively associated with the membrane causes the portion of the working fluid to contact the membrane and to be returned to the thermodynamic system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Assignee: Bechtel BWXT Idaho, LLC
    Inventors: Charles M. Mohr, Gregory L. Mines, K. Kit Bloomfield
  • Method and apparatus for removing non-condensible gas from a working fluid in a binary power system
    Publication number: 20020007732
    Abstract: Apparatus for removing non-condensible gas from a working fluid utilized in a thermodynamic system comprises a membrane having an upstream side operatively connected to the thermodynamic system so that the upstream side of the membrane receives a portion of the working fluid. The first membrane separates the non-condensible gas from the working fluid. A pump operatively associated with the membrane causes the portion of the working fluid to contact the membrane and to be returned to the thermodynamic system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Inventors: Charles M. Mohr, Gregory L. Mines, K. Kit Bloomfield