Patents by Inventor Carlo J. Brigida

Carlo J. Brigida 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).

  • Wet/dry steam condenser
    Patent number: 4381817
    Abstract: A wet/dry steam condenser in accordance with the present invention includes two spaced-apart, vertically aligned groups of heat pipes with each group having the lower, evaporator sections of their respective heat pipes exposed to the interior of an associated, longitudinally extending steam-receiving plenum. The upper, condensing section of each heat pipe is provided with fin structures and can be selectively cooled by a fan-induced air flow and/or deluge water supplied from either a flood water trough and/or a spray-head assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1983
    Assignee: Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation
    Inventors: Carlo J. Brigida, William J. Bow