Patents by Inventor Atul Arun Karve

Atul Arun Karve 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).

  • Display, visualization, and processing tool for channel distortion and cell friction mitigation
    Patent number: 8185836
    Abstract: An apparatus generating a graphical image of a core of a boiling water reactor (BWR) using at least one data set of channel deformation data including: a computer system including a display device for presenting the graphical image and a processor generating the graphical image using the at least one data set; the graphical image of the core includes symbolic representations of control blades arranged in the core, indicia identify each control blade, and indicia regarding deformation of channels adjacent each control blade, and a viewer software tool executed by the processor which accesses the at least one data set and determines a location in the core of the control blades and channels, and correlates the deformation data with the channels for display on the graphical image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Global Nuclear Fuel - Americas LLC
    Inventors: Atul Arun Karve, James Brian Smith, John R. Burr, Angelo Peter Chopelas, Gerald A. Potts, Mark A. Dubecky
  • Method and apparatus for evaluating a proposed solution to a constraint problem for a nuclear reactor involving channel deformation
    Patent number: 8041548
    Abstract: A method of and a system for evaluating constraint functions for improving nuclear reactor performance involve generating an operational solution for a nuclear reactor using a constraint to account for a problem with the operation of the nuclear reactor. The problem is based at least in part on channel deformation criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Global Nuclear Fuels-Americas, LLC
    Inventors: David Joseph Kropaczek, Atul Arun Karve, Angelo Peter Chopelas, Brian Moore