Patents by Inventor Alex KRUSKAMP
Alex KRUSKAMP 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).
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Patent number: 12040097Abstract: A thermal control system for a reactor pressure vessel comprises a plate having a substantially circular shape that is attached to a wall of the reactor pressure vessel. The plate divides the reactor pressure vessel into an upper reactor pressure vessel region and a lower reactor pressure vessel region. Additionally, the plate is configured to provide a thermal barrier between a pressurized volume located within the upper reactor pressure vessel region and primary coolant located within the lower reactor pressure vessel region. One or more plenums provide a passageway for a plurality of heat transfer tubes to pass fluid through the wall of the reactor pressure vessel. The plurality of heat transfer tubes are connected to the plate.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2021Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: NuScale Power, LLCInventors: Tamas Liszkai, Seth Cadell, Alex Kruskamp, Matthew Mallet
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Publication number: 20210343432Abstract: A thermal control system for a reactor pressure vessel comprises a plate having a substantially circular shape that is attached to a wall of the reactor pressure vessel. The plate divides the reactor pressure vessel into an upper reactor pressure vessel region and a lower reactor pressure vessel region. Additionally, the plate is configured to provide a thermal barrier between a pressurized volume located within the upper reactor pressure vessel region and primary coolant located within the lower reactor pressure vessel region. One or more plenums provide a passageway for a plurality of heat transfer tubes to pass through the wall of the reactor pressure vessel. The plurality of heat transfer tubes are connected to the plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2021Publication date: November 4, 2021Inventors: Tamas Liszkai, Seth Cadell, Alex Kruskamp, Matthew Mallet
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Patent number: 11062811Abstract: A thermal control system for a reactor pressure vessel comprises a plate having a substantially circular shape that is attached to a wall of the reactor pressure vessel. The plate divides the reactor pressure vessel into an upper reactor pressure vessel region and a lower reactor pressure vessel region. Additionally, the plate is configured to provide a thermal barrier between a pressurized volume located within the upper reactor pressure vessel region and primary coolant located within the lower reactor pressure vessel region. One or more plenums provide a passageway for a plurality of heat transfer tubes to pass fluid through the wall of the reactor pressure vessel. The plurality of heat transfer tubes are connected to the plate.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2018Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: NuScale Power, LLCInventors: Tamas Liszkai, Seth Cadell, Alex Kruskamp, Matthew Mallet
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Publication number: 20180226162Abstract: A thermal control system for a reactor pressure vessel comprises a plate having a substantially circular shape that is attached to a wall of the reactor pressure vessel. The plate divides the reactor pressure vessel into an upper reactor pressure vessel region and a lower reactor pressure vessel region. Additionally, the plate is configured to provide a thermal barrier between a pressurized volume located within the upper reactor pressure vessel region and primary coolant located within the lower reactor pressure vessel region. One or more plenums provide a passageway for a plurality of heat transfer tubes to pass through the wall of the reactor pressure vessel. The plurality of heat transfer tubes are connected to the plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Applicant: NuScale Power, LLC.Inventors: Tamas LISZKAI, Seth Cadell, Alex Kruskamp, Matthew Mallet
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Patent number: 9997262Abstract: A thermal control system for a reactor pressure vessel comprises a plate having a substantially circular shape that is attached to a wall of the reactor pressure vessel. The plate divides the reactor pressure vessel into an upper reactor pressure vessel region and a lower reactor pressure vessel region. Additionally, the plate is configured to provide a thermal barrier between a pressurized volume located within the upper reactor pressure vessel region and primary coolant located within the lower reactor pressure vessel region. One or more plenums provide a passageway for a plurality of heat transfer tubes to pass through the wall of the reactor pressure vessel. The plurality of heat transfer tubes are connected to the plate.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2014Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: NUSCALE POWER, LLCInventors: Tamas Liszkai, Seth Cadell, Alex Kruskamp, Matthew Mallett
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Patent number: 9897234Abstract: A tube support assembly for a steam generator system is disclosed herein, including a sheet or support bar configured to support a plurality of heat transfer tubes of the steam generator system and a set of projections extending from a surface of the sheet or support bar. A distance that the set of projections extend from the surface of the sheet or support bar may be greater than, or equal to, an external diameter of a heat transfer tube. The adjacent tubes of the plurality of tubes may be separated from each other by one or more projections.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2014Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: NUSCALE POWER, LLCInventors: William Koski, Tamas Liszkai, Alex Kruskamp, Seth Cadell, Weston Pollock
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Publication number: 20180005712Abstract: A thermal control system for a reactor pressure vessel comprises a plate having a substantially circular shape that is attached to a wall of the reactor pressure vessel. The plate divides the reactor pressure vessel into an upper reactor pressure vessel region and a lower reactor pressure vessel region. Additionally, the plate is configured to provide a thermal barrier between a pressurized volume located within the upper reactor pressure vessel region and primary coolant located within the lower reactor pressure vessel region. One or more plenums provide a passageway for a plurality of heat transfer tubes to pass through the wall of the reactor pressure vessel. The plurality of heat transfer tubes are connected to the plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2014Publication date: January 4, 2018Applicant: NuScale Power, LLCInventors: Tamas LISZKAI, Seth Cadell, Alex Kruskamp, Matthew Mallett
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Publication number: 20150184775Abstract: A tube support assembly for a steam generator system is disclosed herein, including a sheet or support bar configured to support a plurality of heat transfer tubes of the steam generator system and a set of projections extending from a surface of the sheet or support bar. A distance that the set of projections extend from the surface of the sheet or support bar may be greater than, or equal to, an external diameter of a heat transfer tube. The adjacent tubes of the plurality of tubes may be separated from each other by one or more projections.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2014Publication date: July 2, 2015Applicant: NuScale Power, LLCInventors: William KOSKI, Tamas LISZKAI, Alex KRUSKAMP, Seth CADELL, Weston POLLOCK