Patents by Inventor Daniel Charles Pappone

Daniel Charles Pappone 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).

  • System and method for testing the steam system of a boiling water reactor
    Patent number: 8948334
    Abstract: A system and method for predicting acoustic loads expected on a boiling water reactor (BWR) may include a BWR scale model, a test fixture for generating air flow in the scale model, and one or measurement devices for monitoring system behavior to predict how acoustic loads may affect plant operation for the BWR being evaluated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Daniel Charles Pappone, Daniel Verne Sommerville, Teddy Earl McDowell, John Joseph Lynch, David Galbally, Venkat Arunachalam Ramani, Jeffrey H. Sanders, Matthew Christopher O'Connor
  • Method for predicting stresses on a steam system of a boiling water reactor
    Patent number: 8437445
    Abstract: A method of predicting stresses on a BWR steam dryer that includes creating an analytical acoustic model of a BWR steam system; generating pressure estimations by inputting empirical data into the analytical acoustic model of the BWR steam system; creating an analytical structural model of the BWR steam dryer; and predicting stresses on the BWR steam dryer using the analytical structural model and the pressure estimations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: David Galbally, Daniel Verne Sommerville, Matthew Christopher O'Connor, Daniel Charles Pappone, Hardayal Mehta, Leslie Wellstein
  • Method for predicting stresses on a steam system of a boiling water reactor
    Publication number: 20100260301
    Abstract: A method of predicting stresses on a BWR steam dryer that includes creating an analytical acoustic model of a BWR steam system; generating pressure estimations by inputting empirical data into the analytical acoustic model of the BWR steam system; creating an analytical structural model of the BWR steam dryer; and predicting stresses on the BWR steam dryer using the analytical structural model and the pressure estimations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2006
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventors: David Galbally, Daniel Verne Sommerville, Matthew Christopher O'Connor, Daniel Charles Pappone, Hardayal Mehta, Leslie Wellstein