Patents by Inventor Sig Wolf

Sig Wolf 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).

  • Apparatus and methods for optimizing reactor core coolant flow distributions
    Publication number: 20040096026
    Abstract: A nuclear reactor core is provided that includes a plurality of fuel assemblies. In an exemplary embodiment, each fuel assembly includes a main coolant flow channel having an inlet. The plurality of fuel assemblies are arranged into at least three regions within the core. The flow channels are configured so that the flow of coolant through the main coolant flow channels of the fuel assemblies located in a particular region are substantially the same, and that the coolant flow through the fuel assemblies in each region is different from the coolant flow through the fuel assemblies in each other region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2002
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Inventors: Hwang Choe, Jose L. Casillas, Sig Wolf, Mark Joseph Colby