Patents by Inventor Claude WOLF

Claude WOLF 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 detecting deficiencies in a cooling tower of a thermal facility in operation
    Patent number: 10393453
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting deficiencies in a cooling tower (2) of a thermal facility (1) in operation in a given environment, comprising the implementation of the steps of: (a) measurement, by a plurality of sensors (13), of a set of values of physical parameters relating to the cooling tower (2), at least one of which being an endogenous parameter specific to the operation of the cooling tower (2) and at least one exogenous parameter specific to said environment; (b) calculation, by data processing means (11), of at least one expected optimum value of said endogenous parameter as a function of said values of the physical parameters and a model; (c) determination, by the data processing means (11), of at least one potentially deficient function of the cooling tower (2) as a function of the disparity between the measured value and the expected optimum value of said endogenous parameter and/or the variation of said disparity; (d) testing, by the data processing means (11), of each functi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE
    Inventors: Christophe Duquennoy, Claude Wolf, Véronique Charrel
  • METHOD FOR DETECTING DEFICIENCIES IN A COOLING TOWER OF A THERMAL FACILITY IN OPERATION
    Publication number: 20180031339
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting deficiencies in a cooling tower (2) of a thermal facility (1) in operation in a given environment, comprising the implementation of the steps of: (a) measurement, by a plurality of sensors (13), of a set of values of physical parameters relating to the cooling tower (2), at least one of which being an endogenous parameter specific to the operation of the cooling tower (2) and at least one exogenous parameter specific to said environment; (b) calculation, by data processing means (11), of at least one expected optimum value of said endogenous parameter as a function of said values of the physical parameters and a model; (c) determination, by the data processing means (11), of at least one potentially deficient function of the cooling tower (2) as a function of the disparity between the measured value and the expected optimum value of said endogenous parameter and/or the variation of said disparity; (d) testing, by the data processing means (11), of each functi
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Christophe DUQUENNOY, Claude WOLF, Véronique CHARREL