Patents by Inventor Athanasios J. Kontopoulos

Athanasios J. Kontopoulos 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).

  • Multiple-level treatment for optimizing one or more fluid separation units
    Patent number: 9563865
    Abstract: The invention relates to the optimized management of one or more fluid production units, especially those involving fluid separation treatment, comprising: a) a data collection step, the data being on one or more values of current parameters defining a current operating point of the production unit, on a future production demand and on at least one optimization criterion; and b) a computation step for computing one or more parameters defining a new operating point of the unit, at least in accordance with this demand. The computation step b) comprises at least: 1) an estimation of at least one optimum solution for defining the new operating point; and 2) a validity test carried out on this optimum solution, at least in accordance with an analysis of the transition of the production unit from the current operating point to the new operating point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide Société Anonyme Pour L'Étude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Thierry Roba, Gaetan Guillet, Athanasios J. Kontopoulos
  • MULTIPLE-LEVEL TREATMENT FOR OPTIMIZING ONE OR MORE FLUID SEPARATION UNITS
    Publication number: 20130197962
    Abstract: The invention relates to the optimized management of one or more fluid production units, especially those involving fluid separation treatment, comprising: a) a data collection step, the data being on one or more values of current parameters defining a current operating point of the production unit, on a future production demand and on at least one optimization criterion; and b) a computation step for computing one or more parameters defining a new operating point of the unit, at least in accordance with this demand. The computation step b) comprises at least: 1) an estimation of at least one optimum solution for defining the new operating point; and 2) a validity test carried out on this optimum solution, at least in accordance with an analysis of the transition of the production unit from the current operating point to the new operating point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme pour I'Etude et I'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Thierry Roba, Gaetan Guillet, Athanasios J. Kontopoulos
  • Method For Controlling A Cryogenic Distillation Unit
    Publication number: 20100211221
    Abstract: A method for controlling a cryogenic distillation unit, for example an air separation unit or a unit for separating a mixture having hydrogen and carbon monoxide as its main components is presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Rauch, Athanasios J. Kontopoulos, Jean-Marc Peyron, Thierry Roba