Patents by Inventor Alberto Mian

Alberto Mian 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: 11965659
    Abstract: The invention concerns a district energy system comprising: —at least one cogeneration or heat pump unit —a first pipe system for district heating and/or cooling consisting of at least one liquid or vapor CO2 pipe; characterized by the fact that is also comprises a second pipe system consisting of at least one fluid line for the transport of CO2 or O2. The invention also relates to the use of a district energy system comprising: —at least one cogeneration or heat pump unit, —a first pipe system, —a second pipe system; characterized by the fact that that liquid or vapor CO2 is used in the first pipe system for district heating and/or cooling and that a fluid of CO2 or O2 is used in the second pipe system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: ExerGo SA
    Inventors: Daniel Favrat, Alberto Mian
  • Publication number: 20230039702
    Abstract: The invention concerns a district energy system comprising: - at least one cogeneration or heat pump unit, - a first pipe system for district heating and/or cooling consisting of at least one liquid or vapor CO2 pipe; characterized by the fact that is also comprises a second pipe system consisting of at least one fluid line for the transport of CO2 or O2. The invention also relates to the use of a district energy system comprising: - at least one cogeneration or heat pump unit, - a first pipe system, - a second pipe system; characterized by the fact that that liquid or vapor CO2 is used in the first pipe system for district heating and/or cooling and that a fluid of CO2 or O2 is used in the second pipe system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel Favrat, Alberto Mian
  • Patent number: 10654738
    Abstract: Apparatus for salt separation (2) under supercritical water conditions, comprising a heat exchanger (4) and a fluidized bed reactor (6). The fluidized bed reactor comprising a supercritical water pressure containing wall (8) defining therein a fluidized bed chamber (10) connected to an inlet system (16) at one end thereof and an outlet system (18) configured to separate solids from supercritical fluid at another end thereof. The fluidized bed chamber receives a fluidized bed (12) therein and is configured to receive through the inlet system (16) a liquefied aqueous substance (14) for treatment in the fluidized bed chamber. The inlet system (16) comprises an inlet chamber (20) and a fluidization plate (22) positioned between the inlet chamber (20) and the fluidized bed chamber (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Ecole Polytechnique Foderale De Lausanne (EPFL)
    Inventors: Daniel Favrat, François Marechal, Alberto Mian, Adriano Viana Ensinas
  • Publication number: 20180009692
    Abstract: Apparatus for salt separation (2) under supercritical water conditions, comprising a heat exchanger (4) and a fluidized bed reactor (6). The fluidized bed reactor comprising a supercritical water pressure containing wall (8) defining therein a fluidized bed chamber (10) connected to an inlet system (16) at one end thereof and an outlet system (18) configured to separate solids from supercritical fluid at another end thereof. The fluidized bed chamber receives a fluidized bed (12) therein and is configured to receive through the inlet system (16) a liquefied aqueous substance (14) for treatment in the fluidized bed chamber. The inlet system (16) comprises an inlet chamber (20) and a fluidization plate (22) positioned between the inlet chamber (20) and the fluidized bed chamber (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL)
    Inventors: Daniel Favrat, François Marechal, Alberto Mian, Adriano Viana Ensinas