Patents by Inventor Adam Torrance

Adam Torrance 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).

  • Patent number: 10726964
    Abstract: A system usable in a nuclear environment provides a reservoir of liquefied breathable gas in fluid communication with a deployment system. The deployment system uses a stream of the breathable gas from the reservoir to operate a gas turbine which runs an electrical generator that is mechanically connected therewith to generate electrical power that is stored in a battery bank. The stream of breathable gas then flows from the turbine and is split between a heat exchanger that is situated in heat exchange relation with the interior region of the main control room and an outlet that provides breathable gas to the control room. The portion of the stream that flows through the heat exchanger cools the main control room. The other portion of the stream that provides breathable gas to the main control room also recirculates the atmosphere in the control room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
    Inventors: Yasir Arafat, Jeffrey Dederer, Adam Torrance, James H. Scobel, Jonathan C. Durfee
  • Publication number: 20190180886
    Abstract: A system usable in a nuclear environment provides a reservoir of liquefied breathable gas in fluid communication with a deployment system. The deployment system uses a stream of the breathable gas from the reservoir to operate a gas turbine which runs an electrical generator that is mechanically connected therewith to generate electrical power that is stored in a battery bank. The stream of breathable gas then flows from the turbine and is split between a heat exchanger that is situated in heat exchange relation with the interior region of the main control room and an outlet that provides breathable gas to the control room. The portion of the stream that flows through the heat exchanger cools the main control room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: Yasir ARAFAT, Jeffrey DEDERER, Adam TORRANCE, James H. SCOBEL, Jonathan C. DURFEE
  • Patent number: 10283227
    Abstract: A system usable in a nuclear environment provides a reservoir of liquefied breathable gas in fluid communication with a deployment system. The deployment system uses a stream of the breathable gas from the reservoir to operate a gas turbine which runs an electrical generator that is mechanically connected therewith to generate electrical power that is stored in a battery bank. The stream of breathable gas then flows from the turbine and is split between a heat exchanger that is situated in heat exchange relation with the interior region of the main control room and an outlet that provides breathable gas to the control room. The portion of the stream that flows through the heat exchanger cools the main control room. The other portion of the stream that provides breathable gas to the main control room also recirculates the atmosphere in the control room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
    Inventors: Yasir Arafat, Jeffrey Dederer, Adam Torrance, James H. Scobel, Jonathan C. Durfee
  • Patent number: 10128006
    Abstract: An emergency spent nuclear fuel pool cooling system that requires no external electrical power source and relies on the expansion of a cryogenic fluid through an evaporator/heat exchanger submerged within the spent fuel pool, to power various components used to cool the spent fuel pool and adjacent areas and provide makeup water to the spent fuel pool. Other than the evaporator/heat exchanger to which the cryogenic fluid is connected, the remaining components employed to cool the pool and the surrounding area and provide makeup water can be contained in a relatively small, readily transportable skid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
    Inventors: Yasir Arafat, Jeffrey T. Dederer, Adam Torrance
  • Publication number: 20170169906
    Abstract: A system usable in a nuclear environment provides a reservoir of liquefied breathable gas in fluid communication with a deployment system. The deployment system uses a stream of the breathable gas from the reservoir to operate a gas turbine which runs an electrical generator that is mechanically connected therewith to generate electrical power that is stored in a battery bank. The stream of breathable gas then flows from the turbine and is split between a heat exchanger that is situated in heat exchange relation with the interior region of the main control room and an outlet that provides breathable gas to the control room. The portion of the stream that flows through the heat exchanger cools the main control room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: YASIR ARAFAT, Jeffrey Dederer, Adam Torrance, James H. Scobel, Jonathan C. Durfee
  • Publication number: 20170103820
    Abstract: An emergency spent nuclear fuel pool cooling system that requires no external electrical power source and relies on the expansion of a cryogenic fluid through an evaporator/heat exchanger submerged within the spent fuel pool, to power various components used to cool the spent fuel pool and adjacent areas and provide makeup water to the spent fuel pool. Other than the evaporator/heat exchanger to which the cryogenic fluid is connected, the remaining components employed to cool the pool and the surrounding area and provide makeup water can be contained in a relatively small, readily transportable skid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
    Inventors: Yasir Arafat, Jeffrey T. Dederer, Adam Torrance