Patents by Inventor Aditya Vaze

Aditya Vaze 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).

  • Dual mode Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) liquefier
    Patent number: 11493270
    Abstract: A dual-mode LNG liquefier arrangement that is configurable to operate in a first mode broadly characterized as a low pressure, liquid nitrogen add LNG liquefier without turbo-expansion or a second mode broadly characterized as a low pressure, liquid nitrogen add LNG liquefier with turbo-expansion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: PRAXAIR TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Neil M. Prosser, Richard M. Kelly, Aditya Vaze
  • Modular vacuum insulated piping
    Patent number: 11047517
    Abstract: A modular, aerogel-based vacuum insulated pipe section comprising an outer conduit; an inner conduit concentrically disposed within the outer conduit with aerogel insulation and a condensable gas being disposed in the insulation space between the concentric conduits. As a stand-alone pipe section, the insulation space is at a pressure within the range of from about 100 microns Hg to about 1000 microns Hg. However, in operation, when a cryogenic fluid is traversing the inner conduit, the condensable gas condenses and the pressure within the insulation space is further reduced to range of from about 1 microns Hg to about 5 microns Hg. The vacuum insulated pipe section further includes a coupling arrangement disposed on a first end of the inner conduit and a second end of the inner conduit, the coupling arrangement configured to engage or mate with a corresponding end of another modular vacuum insulated pipe section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: PRAXAIR TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Aditya Vaze, Seth A. Potratz
  • DUAL MODE LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS (LNG) LIQUEFIER
    Publication number: 20200370822
    Abstract: A dual-mode LNG liquefier arrangement that is configurable to operate in a first mode broadly characterized as a low pressure, liquid nitrogen add LNG liquefier without turbo-expansion or a second mode broadly characterized as a low pressure, liquid nitrogen add LNG liquefier with turbo-expansion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Neil M. Prosser, Richard M. Kelly, Aditya Vaze
  • MODULAR VACUUM INSULATED PIPING
    Publication number: 20200132243
    Abstract: A modular, aerogel-based vacuum insulated pipe section comprising an outer conduit; an inner conduit concentrically disposed within the outer conduit with aerogel insulation and a condensable gas being disposed in the insulation space between the concentric conduits. As a stand-alone pipe section, the insulation space is at a pressure within the range of from about 100 microns Hg to about 1000 microns Hg. However, in operation, when a cryogenic fluid is traversing the inner conduit, the condensable gas condenses and the pressure within the insulation space is further reduced to range of from about 1 microns Hg to about 5 microns Hg. The vacuum insulated pipe section further includes a coupling arrangement disposed on a first end of the inner conduit and a second end of the inner conduit, the coupling arrangement configured to engage or mate with a corresponding end of another modular vacuum insulated pipe section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Aditya Vaze, Seth A. Potratz