Patents by Inventor Benoit Portannier

Benoit Portannier 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).

  • Method for estimating a characteristic of a liquefied natural gas load
    Patent number: 10515426
    Abstract: A method of estimating a characteristic (Qn?, Q1?) of a load of liquefied natural gas being transported by a tanker at any point on a route (401, P; 501, 502, 503), the method being characterized in that the estimation is made by integrating, over the route (410, 411, 412, 420; 510, 511, 512) from a reference point (400, P; 500) at which said characteristic is known (Qn, Ql), a relationship associating the instantaneous transformation of the load with instantaneous navigation conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Engie
    Inventors: Frederic Legrand, Benoit Portannier, Yacine Zellouf, Laurent Benoit
  • METHOD FOR ESTIMATING A CHARACTERISTIC OF A LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS LOAD
    Publication number: 20160343092
    Abstract: A method of estimating a characteristic (Qn?, Q1?) of a load of liquefied natural gas being transported by a tanker at any point on a route (401, P; 501, 502, 503), the method being characterized in that the estimation is made by integrating, over the route (410, 411, 412, 420; 510, 511, 512) from a reference point (400, P; 500) at which said characteristic is known (Qn, Ql), a relationship associating the instantaneous transformation of the load with instantaneous navigation conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Frederic Legrand, Benoit Portannier, Yacine Zellouf, Laurent Benoit