Patents by Inventor Ali Ekhlassi

Ali Ekhlassi 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).

  • Local wall heat flux/temperature meter for convective flow and method of utilizing same
    Patent number: 6824305
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the invention, a method includes providing a conduit having a fluid flowing therethrough, disposing a plurality of temperature measurement devices inside a wall of the conduit, positioning at least some of the temperature measurement devices proximate an inside surface of the wall of the conduit, positioning at least some of the temperature measurement devices at different radial positions at the same circumferential location within the wall, measuring a plurality of temperatures of the wall with respective ones of the temperature measurement devices to obtain a three-dimensional temperature topology of the wall, determining the temperature dependent thermal conductivity of the conduit, and determining a multi-dimensional thermal characteristic of the inside surface of the wall of the conduit based on extrapolation of the three-dimensional temperature topology and the temperature dependent thermal conductivities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: The Texas A & M University System
    Inventors: Ronald D. Boyd, Ali Ekhlassi, Penrose Cofie