Patents by Inventor Stefano Vanghi

Stefano Vanghi 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).

  • Test arrangement for a centrifugal compressor stage
    Patent number: 9046097
    Abstract: A system for testing a compressor is provided. The system comprises one or more compressors connected together in series to a test compressor wherein an output of the test compressor is connected to an input of a first compressor in the series, forming an overall loop, one or more process fluid coolers in the overall loop, one or more orifices in the overall loop, a control valve in the overall loop, and a first plurality of sensors configured adjacent to a process fluid input of the test compressor and a second plurality of sensors configured adjacent to a process fluid output of the test compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Nuovo Pignone S.P.A
    Inventors: Alberto Scotti Del Greco, Libero Tapinassi, Stefano Vanghi, Filippo Gerbi, Chiara Cinelli