Patents by Inventor Abdellali Hadj-Azzem

Abdellali Hadj-Azzem 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).

  • Publication number: 20140044624
    Abstract: The invention relates to a detritiation device comprising i) a furnace (1) for melting tritiated waste, said furnace comprising a hearth for receiving tritiated waste and a bubbling device for introducing a hydrogenated bubbling gas into the hearth during the melting and treatment of the tritiated waste in the furnace (1), and ii) a catalytic reactor with a quadrupole membrane (2) for treating the gas resulting from the melting and treatment of the tritiated waste in the furnace (1), said reactor comprising a membrane (20) for separating two flows of gas, the membrane (20) being permeable to the hydrogen isotopes. The invention also relates to an associated detritiation method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Inventors: Nicolas Ghirelli, Pierre Trabuc, Olivier Gastaldi, Pascal Lejay, Joel Balay, Abdellali Hadj-Azzem