Patents by Inventor Dino A. Spagnolo

Dino A. Spagnolo 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).

  • Geographically distributed tritium extraction plant and process for producing detritiated heavy water using combined electrolysis and catalytic exchange processes
    Patent number: 5468462
    Abstract: A geographically distributed apparatus and process for detritiating heavy water is provided. The apparatus and process provide a remote site enrichment plant for producing an enriched stream of DT/D.sub.2 gas and a hydriding unit for forming a hydride of the DT/D.sub.2 gas for transportation. Pure tritium gas is produced at a local tritium extraction plant by reforming DT/D.sub.2 in a de-hydriding unit and passing the gas mixture through a chain of cryogenic distillation columns. The invention provides a safe and cost-effective method of detritiating heavy water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1995
    Assignee: Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
    Inventors: Alistair I. Miller, Dino A. Spagnolo