Patents by Inventor Bernard Aoun

Bernard Aoun 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).

  • Publication number: 20250251090
    Abstract: A supply system for supplying a high-pressure gas-consuming device and a low-pressure gas-consuming device includes: a first supply circuit, a second supply circuit, a return line, a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger, a heat treatment branch connected to the second supply circuit, and a third heat exchanger configured to operate a heat exchange between the gas flowing through the heat treatment branch and the gas flowing through the return line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Applicant: GAZTRANSPORT ET TECHNIGAZ
    Inventors: Bernard AOUN, Charbel HOMSY, Romain NARME
  • Patent number: 12366331
    Abstract: A gas supply system for a high-pressure gas consuming appliance and a low-pressure gas consuming appliance of a floating structure including a tank containing the gas is disclosed. The supply system includes: a first supply circuit and a second supply circuit; a gas return line; and a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger configured to carry out a heat exchange between the gas of the first supply circuit and the gas circulating in the return line. The first supply circuit includes an additional pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: GAZTRANSPORT ET TECHNIGAZ
    Inventors: Bernard Aoun, Romain Narme
  • Publication number: 20250052463
    Abstract: A cooling circuit for a system for supplying and cooling a gas in a floating structure having a tank, the cooling circuit having a coolant flowing through it and including a main loop having: —a compression device; —a heat exchanger; —an internal heat exchanger; and —a turbocompressor, the cooling circuit includes a regulating branch connected to the main loop, the regulating branch having a valve that is configured to control the flow of coolant within the regulating branch, the main loop including a pressure sensor, the valve controlling the amount of coolant present in the main loop according to the pressure measured by the pressure sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2022
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: GAZTRANSPORT ET TECHNIGAZ
    Inventors: Bernard AOUN, Pavel BORISEVICH, Charbel HOMSY
  • Patent number: 12202589
    Abstract: A power supply and cooling system for a floating structure having a tank, includes a supply circuit having at least one compression device, the supply circuit being configured to supply gas to a gas-consuming device, and a cooling circuit having a heat exchanger configured to participate in managing the internal pressure of the tank, the cooling circuit being connected to the supply circuit on either side of the compression device. The compression device includes two compression stages, and the power supply and cooling system includes a control device configured to connect the compression stages in series or in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: GAZTRANSPORT ET TECHNIGAZ
    Inventors: Bernard Aoun, Pavel Borisevich
  • Publication number: 20250012406
    Abstract: A supply system for supplying a fuel prepared from a gas generated by the evaporation of a cryogenic liquid stored in a tank includes a fuel preparation system. The preparation system includes a phase separator and a compression member arranged between a liquid outlet of the phase separator and the tank, and the supply system includes a calibrated opening arranged between the compression member and the tank on a pipe which opens into the tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: GAZTRANSPORT ET TECHNIGAZ
    Inventors: Bernard AOUN, Pavel BORISEVICH
  • Publication number: 20240410529
    Abstract: A storage facility includes a tank for transporting and/or storing gas in a liquid state, the tank including at least one insulation layer, a gas-consuming device, and one device for suctioning the gas present in the insulation layer. The suction device includes a primary branch fluidly connected to the gas-consuming device, at least one secondary branch fluidly connected to the insulation layer of the tank and through which the gas from the insulation layer flows, and at least one suction member configured to suction the gas flowing through the secondary branch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: GAZTRANSPORT ET TECHNIGAZ
    Inventors: Bernard AOUN, Laurent SPITTAEL, Pierre-Emmanuel DE SEZE, Fabrice LOMBARD
  • Publication number: 20240392924
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compression system (2) intended to equip a refrigerant circuit (4), comprising at least one compression device (19) configured to compress the refrigerant, the compression device (19) comprising at least one compression member (10) actuated by a drive device (32), which are connected together by at least one bearing (14) configured to be at least partially sealed by the refrigerant, the compression system (2) comprising a device (22) for collecting the refrigerant present in the drive device (32), the device (22) for collecting refrigerant being configured to send the refrigerant collected from the drive device (32) to the refrigerant circuit (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: GAZTRANSPORT ET TECHNIGAZ
    Inventors: Bernard AOUN, Pavel BORISEVICH
  • Publication number: 20240200866
    Abstract: A device for liquefying gaseous dihydrogen resulting from the evaporation of dihydrogen in the liquid state stored in a tank includes: a heat exchanger, a feed branch configured to convey a portion of the gaseous dihydrogen from the tank to a gaseous dihydrogen consumer, a part of the feed branch passing through the heat exchanger inside of which is placed a catalyst that is involved in the conversion of the parahydrogen to orthohydrogen, and a cooling branch including a compression member; a portion of the cooling branch passing through the heat exchanger exchanges heat with the first pass in order to liquefy a portion of the dihydrogen circulating in the cooling branch and to heat the dihydrogen circulating in the feed branch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: GAZTRANSPORT ET TECHNIGAZ
    Inventors: Bernard AOUN, Pavel BORISEVICH
  • Publication number: 20240159460
    Abstract: A method for supplying gas to a gas-consuming apparatus provided on a ship including a tank containing the gas in the liquid state and in the gaseous state, in which the method includes: supplying the gas-consuming apparatus with gas withdrawn in the gaseous state from the tank and by a supply unit; condensing at least a part of the gas withdrawn in the gaseous state from the tank by a condensation unit having at least one heat exchanger configured to perform a heat exchange between gas withdrawn between the supply unit and the gas-consuming apparatus and gas flowing between the tank and the supply unit; and cooling the heat exchanger prior to the condensing and at least partially simultaneously with the supplying.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: GAZTRANSPORT ET TECHNIGAZ
    Inventors: Bernard AOUN, Romain NARME, Selma MOUSSAOUI
  • Publication number: 20240101241
    Abstract: A power supply and cooling system for a floating structure having a tank, includes a supply circuit having at least one compression device, the supply circuit being configured to supply gas to a gas-consuming device, and a cooling circuit having a heat exchanger configured to participate in managing the internal pressure of the tank, the cooling circuit being connected to the supply circuit on either side of the compression device. The compression device includes two compression stages, and the power supply and cooling system includes a control device configured to connect the compression stages in series or in parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: GAZTRANSPORT ET TECHNIGAZ
    Inventors: Bernard AOUN, Pavel BORISEVICH
  • Patent number: 11898520
    Abstract: A system supplies gas to a high-pressure gas-consuming apparatus and a low-pressure gas-consuming apparatus of a floating structure including a tank. The supply system includes: a first supply circuit, a second supply circuit, a return line, a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger. The return line includes a flow-regulating member. The supply system includes a device for managing the supply system which includes a control module to control the flow-regulating member based on the characteristics of the gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: GAZTRANSPORT ET TECHNIGAZ
    Inventors: Selma Moussaoui, Bernard Aoun, Romain Narme
  • Publication number: 20230408035
    Abstract: A gas supply system for a high-pressure gas consuming appliance and a low-pressure gas consuming appliance of a floating structure including a tank containing the gas is disclosed. The supply system includes: a first supply circuit and a second supply circuit; a gas return line; and a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger configured to carry out a heat exchange between the gas of the first supply circuit and the gas circulating in the return line. The first supply circuit includes an additional pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: GAZTRANSPORT ET TECHNIGAZ
    Inventors: Bernard AOUN, Romain NARME
  • Publication number: 20230313766
    Abstract: A system supplies gas to a high-pressure gas-consuming apparatus and a low-pressure gas-consuming apparatus of a floating structure including a tank. The supply system includes: a first supply circuit, a second supply circuit, a return line, a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger. The return line includes a flow-regulating member. The supply system includes a device for managing the supply system which includes a control module to control the flow-regulating member based on the characteristics of the gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: GAZTRANSPORT ET TECHNIGAZ
    Inventors: Selma MOUSSAOUI, Bernard AOUN, Romain NARME
  • Publication number: 20230279997
    Abstract: The present invention primarily relates to a loading system (1) configured to transfer a cryogenic fluid (3) from a storage vessel (2) into a receiving vessel (4), the loading system (1) comprising at least one element (17) for circulating the cryogenic fluid (3) in the liquid state which connects the storage vessel (2) to the receiving vessel (4), a processing and/or consumption unit (26) of the cryogenic fluid (3) in the gaseous state originating at least from the receiving vessel (4) and a return line (28) of the cryogenic fluid in the gaseous state which connects the receiving vessel (4) with the processing and/or consumption unit (26), characterised in that the loading system (1) comprises at least one cooling unit (36) of the cryogenic fluid (3) circulating towards the receiving vessel (4) in the circulation element (17), the cold generated by the cooling unit (36) resulting from an evaporation of the cryogenic fluid (3) coming from the storage vessel (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: GAZTRANSPORT ET TECHNIGAZ
    Inventors: Bernard AOUN, Romain NARME, Guillaume LECLERE
  • Publication number: 20230032594
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system (100) for supplying gas to at least one gas-consuming appliance (300) equipping a ship (70), the supply system (100) comprising at least: one gas supply line (123) for supplying gas to the at least one gas consuming appliance (300), said gas supply line being configured to be traversed by gas taken in the liquid state from a tank (200) and subjected to a pressure lower than a pressure of the gas in a headspace (201) of the tank (200), a first compression member (120) configured to compress the gas from the gas supply line (123) for supplying gas to the at least one gas-consuming appliance (300), a second compression member (130), characterised in that the first compression member (120) and the second compression member (130) alternately compress gas in the gaseous state from the gas supply line (123) and gas taken in the gaseous state from the headspace (201) of the tank (200).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: GAZTRANSPORT ET TECHNIGAZ
    Inventors: Bernard AOUN, Romain NARME, Martin BUISSART
  • Publication number: 20210164728
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gas treatment method and system of a gas storage facility (2), in particular on board a ship, the method comprising the following stages: an extraction of a first gas (4a, 4b, 5a, 5b,) in the liquid state from a first tank (4) or first vessel (5; 500), a first subcooling of the first gas in the liquid state, and storage of the subcooled first gas in the liquid state in the lower part of the first tank (4) or of the first vessel (5; 500) or of a second tank or of a second vessel, so as to constitute a reserve layer of cold (4c, 5c, 500c) of the subcooled first gas in the liquid state at the bottom of the first or second tank (4) or of the first or second vessel (5; 500).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: GAZTRANSPORT ET TECHNIGAZ
    Inventors: Pavel BORISEVICH, Bernard AOUN, Martin BUISSART, Bruno DELETRE
  • Patent number: 9855815
    Abstract: A device (1) for the thermal management of a vehicle cabin and of at least one electric component (13) of an electric drivetrain of said vehicle includes a heat-transfer fluid circuit (3) through which there flows a heat-transfer fluid. The device (1) also includes at least —a first heat-transfer fluid loop (4) made up of at least a first pump (7), a heat source and an internal heat exchanger (9) able to heat the cabin, and —a second heat-transfer fluid loop (5) in parallel with the first loop (4) and interconnected therewith by a first interconnection device (6). The second loop (5) including at least a first exchanger (11) of the electric component (13), characterized in that the heat source is able to heat the heat-transfer fluid circulating in the first heat-transfer fluid loop (4) and/or in the second heat-transfer fluid loop (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Samer Saab, Bernard Aoun
  • Patent number: 9579952
    Abstract: A device for thermal conditioning includes a cooling fluid circuit, a heat transfer fluid circuit, and a fluid/fluid heat exchanger that is intended to enable thermal exchange between the cooling fluid and the heat transfer fluid. The cooling fluid circuit includes at least one compressor, a first outer heat exchanger through which an outer air flow passes and a first evaporator. The heat transfer fluid circuit includes at least a first inner heat exchanger, a first heat source and a second outer heat exchanger through which the outer air flow passes. The cooling fluid circuit includes a second evaporator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Bernard Aoun, Mohamed Yahia
  • Patent number: 9259993
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning loop (8) inside of which flows a coolant, and including a compressor (9), an outer heat exchanger (15), a restitution heat exchanger (12, 32) and a first expansion member (17) provided downstream from the restitution heat exchanger (12, 32) in the flow direction (11) of the coolant in the heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning loop (8). The heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning loop (8) includes means (20) for bypassing the inner heat exchanger (12) and the first expansion member (17). The present invention also relates to a heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning equipment (1) including such a heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning loop (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Bernard Aoun, Régis Beauvis, Muriel Porto, Maurizio Alessio
  • Publication number: 20150034272
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for the thermal management of a vehicle cabin and of at least one electric component (13) of an electric drivetrain of said vehicle, comprising a heat-transfer fluid circuit (3) through which there flows a heat-transfer fluid and comprising at least—a first heat-transfer fluid loop (4) made up of at least a first pump (7), a heat source and an internal heat exchanger (9) able to heat the cabin, and—a second heat-transfer fluid loop (5) in parallel with the first loop (4) and interconnected therewith by a first interconnection device (6), the second loop (5) comprising at least a first exchanger (11) of the electric component (13), characterized in that the heat source forms one and the same heat source able to heat the heat-transfer fluid circulating in the first heat-transfer fluid loop (4) and/or in the second heat-transfer fluid loop (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Samer Saab, Bernard Aoun