Patents Assigned to EPRI
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Patent number: 10259372Abstract: A mobile-type maintenance square-shaped bin including a bin body, a travelling mechanism provided under the bin body, a car head connected with one end of the bin body, an inlet and an outlet provided at the other end of the bin body, a sealed door provided on the inlet and the outlet, an allocation and transportation device mutually connected with a microcomputer signal provided at a front end of the bin body as well as provided over an internal portion of the bind body, an maintenance platform provided at a bottom of the internal portion of the bin body, a tool platform provided adjacently to the maintenance platform, an ash-removal mechanism provided at an upper portion of the maintenance platform, an air-conditioning device provided at an outer portion of the bin body, and a scanning mechanism provided at a front portion of the maintenance platform.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2017Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignees: STATE GRID HENAN ELECTRIC POWER CORPORATION MAINTENANCE COMPANY, STATE GRID HENAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, STATE GRID ZHENGZHOU ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY COMPANY, HENAN EPRI ELECTRIC POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jiaxin Wu, Guoqing Jiang, Lu Li, Jinguang Zhang, Yingwen Li, Hui Shen, Dongsheng Xu, Xiaohui Wang, Xin Qu, Li Zhang, Haiyun Guo, Hui Lin, Tianye Niu, Qi Lan, Yongheng Ku, Lujiang Zhang, Xiaodan Wang, Runge Hu, Yong Lu, Furong Liu, Weihua Lian, Yucai Zhao
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Patent number: 9373950Abstract: The invention relates to Modular multilevel converter valve protection method, the modular multilevel converter valve consists of 6 arms, the arm includes sub modules, 1 arm is controlled by 1 control host, 6 control hosts is controlled by 1 summary control host, the method of the invention includes that the arm realizes locking sub module, bypass sub module, trip requests and system switching request and the summary control host implements summary and control response. The invention improves the reliability of two protection system through the use of dual redundancy protection method, clears the protection division through the layered protection frame of the upper summary control host and multi arm control host. And finally, it improves the whole safety and reliability of the modular multilevel converter valve.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2011Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignees: GLOBAL ENERGY INTERCONNECTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE, STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA, CHINA-EPRI ELECTRIC POWER ENGINEERING CO., LTD, CHINA ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Yang Gao, Yuefeng Yang, Renqiu Wang, Zhiyuan He, Xinggang Zhang, Minhua Xie
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Patent number: 9041426Abstract: The present invention provides to a default current testing method of the high voltage direct current converter valve composited by impulse voltage. The technical scheme of the invention composites the symmetrical positive and negative voltage and the impulse into asymmetric positive and negative high voltage, it makes the test valve voltage accurately achieve required peak value at the set time. The test circuit is simple relatively; the high voltage source of the default current test circuit is instead by surge generators. The test method is flexible, safe, and suitable for different DC project converter valves.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2011Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignees: STATE GRID SMART GRID RESEARCH INSTITUTE, STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA, CHINA-EPRI ELECTRIC POWER ENGINEERING CO., LTD., CHINA ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Guang fu Tang, Kunpeng Zha, Jun Yang, Chong Gao
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Patent number: 5442921Abstract: A targeted fluid delivery system (110) is provided for delivering a treatment fluid (F) into tubes (I) of a tube and shell type heat exchanger such as in a condenser (C), typically used in a power plant. The system (110) targets tile treatment fluid (F) delivery to separate regions (R) of tubes (I) such that the concentration of the treatment fluid (F) within the tubes (I) of the targeted region (R) is greater than a concentration of the treatment fluid (F) upon mixing with water from other tubes (I) outside of the targeted region (R) at an outlet (O). The system (110) includes a plurality of manifold tiles (160) oriented in fixed relationship to a tubesheet (100) of the condenser (C) at an inlet thereof such that the manifold tiles (160) are rigidly held in place, but do not block the tubes (I) of the condenser (C). The treatment fluid (F) is delivered to the tubes (I) through injectors (180) in the manifold tiles (160).Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 1994Date of Patent: August 22, 1995Assignee: EPRIInventors: Winston Chow, George E. Hecker, Yusuf G. Mussalli, Barry C. Syrett
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Patent number: 5211911Abstract: High-vanadium austenitic alloys, which are structurally stable and have improved corrosion resistance in wet corrosive environments and high-temperature corrosion resistance in reducing atmosphere, contain Ni by 33.0 to 60.0 weight %, Cr by 23.0 to 28.0 weight %, V by 2.4 to 5.0 weight %, C by 0.10 weight % or less, N by 0.05 weight % or less, Si by 0.35% weight % or less, Al by 0.5 weight % or less, Mn by 1.5% weight % or less, P by 0.020 weight % or less, S by 0.005 weight % or less, and one or more selected from the group consisting of B by 0.0010 to 0.010 weight %, Zr by 0.010 to 0.06 weight %, Ti by 0.03 to 0.50% weight %, and Nb by 0.05 to 1.0 weight %, the balance being Fe and impurities.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 1992Date of Patent: May 18, 1993Assignee: EPRIInventors: Yozo Hayase, Yoshiatsu Sawaragi, Shigemitsu Kihara, Wate T. Bakker
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Patent number: 4843208Abstract: A plasma torch head adapted to cut longitudinal slots in tubes from the interior is disclosed. The plasma torch head includes an outer body made of reinforced fiberglass. An adhesive is used to affix fiberglass components of the torch head together to form a gas tight seal. As a cut is made, the outer body of the torch becomes charred. At the end of each cut the torch head is either replaced or rebuilt. Gas to support the plasma and electric power is supplied to the torch head via an electrically conductive tube concentric with the major axis of the torch head.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 1987Date of Patent: June 27, 1989Assignee: EPRIInventors: Thomas J. French, Lester R. Harrell, Anthony L. Dellinger
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Patent number: 4830834Abstract: Improved heat utilization is achieved in a process for the catalytic steam reforming of hydrocarbons to form a product stream rich in hydrogen by (a) first passing the process gas through a first portion of catalyst comprising 25-75% of the total steam reforming catalyst (whereby the heat needed for the endothermic reactions during reforming and for heating the process gas is supplied partly from a moderately hot flue gas generated by combustion of a fluid fuel and partly from the product stream) and then (b) passing the partly reformed process gas through the remaining portion of the reforming catalyst. In this second step, the heat needed for the further endothermic reactions and for heating the process gas is supplied by a hot flue gas, the hot flue gas thereby being cooled to form the moderately hot flue gas mentioned unde (a). A reactor for use in this process is also described.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 1987Date of Patent: May 16, 1989Assignee: EPRI Electric Power Research InstituteInventors: Henrik O. Stahl, Jens R. Rostrup-Nielsen