Patents by Inventor Alain Ferriere

Alain Ferriere 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).

  • Modular solar receiver and solar power plant comprising at least one such receiver
    Patent number: 9222701
    Abstract: A solar receiver for a thermal power plant including a plurality of absorber modules, each absorber module including at least one face configured to be illuminated by a solar flux, wherein the modules are arranged side by side forming a paving. Each absorber module further includes its own fluid circuit in which a fluid to be heated by the solar flux can flow, the fluid circuits of the absorber modules being connected to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignees: Commissariat á l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Franck Pra, Raphaël Couturier, Alain Ferriere, Patrice Tochon
  • Solar receiver absorber and solar receiver comprising at least one such absorber
    Patent number: 8844518
    Abstract: A solar power tower solar receiver absorber including: an enclosure; at least one panel configured to be illuminated by solar flux; a core made of at least one material with heat conductivity at least partially encompassed by the enclosure; and a plurality of tubes passing through the core and extending substantially in a parallel direction with respect to the panel configured to be illuminated. The tube is configured for circulation of a fluid to be heated, for example a gas for operating a gas turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignees: Commissariat a l'energie atomique et aux energies alternatives, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Raphael Couturier, Alain Ferriere, Franck Pra, Patrice Tochon, Fabien Vidotto
  • SOLAR RECEIVER ABSORBER AND SOLAR RECEIVER COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE SUCH ABSORBER
    Publication number: 20130152917
    Abstract: A solar power tower solar receiver absorber including: an enclosure; at least one panel configured to be illuminated by solar flux; a core made of at least one material with heat conductivity at least partially encompassed by the enclosure; and a plurality of tubes passing through the core and extending substantially in a parallel direction with respect to the panel configured to be illuminated. The tube is configured for circulation of a fluid to be heated, for example a gas for operating a gas turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicants: Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique, Commissariat a l'energie atomique et aux energies alternatives
    Inventors: Raphael Couturier, Alain Ferriere, Franck Pra, Patrice Tochon, Fabien Vidotto
  • MODULAR SOLAR RECEIVER AND SOLAR POWER PLANT COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE SUCH RECEIVER
    Publication number: 20130125873
    Abstract: A solar receiver for a thermal power plant including a plurality of absorber modules, each absorber module including at least one face configured to be illuminated by a solar flux, wherein the modules are arranged side by side forming a paving. Each absorber module further includes its own fluid circuit in which a fluid to be heated by the solar flux can flow, the fluid circuits of the absorber modules being connected to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicants: Centre National De Le Recherche Scientifique, Commissariat a l'energie atomique et aux energies alternatives
    Inventors: Franck Pra, Raphaël Couturier, Alain Ferriere, Patrice Tochon