Patents by Inventor Ernani Fulvio BELLOBUONO

Ernani Fulvio BELLOBUONO 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).

  • COMPRESSOR FOR CO2 CYCLE WITH AT LEAST TWO CASCADE COMPRESSION STAGES FOR ASSURING SUPERCRITICAL CONDITIONS
    Publication number: 20240011493
    Abstract: The compressor is used for processing a CO2 flow; a first compressor stage has a first row of blades with a first number of blades and a second compressor stage, downstream the first compressor stage, has a second row of blades with a second number of blades; the number of blades of the first compressor stage is less than the number of blades of the second compressor stage; there is an annular gap between the first row of blades and the second row of blades; the first compression stage (200) is designed so to assure that the CO2 flow is in supercritical condition, preferably close to CO2 critical point, at its outlet, and so that the second compressor stage process CO2 in supercritical condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Ernani Fulvio BELLOBUONO, Lorenzo TONI, Angelo GRIMALDI, Emanuele RIZZO, Roberto VALENTE
  • Scroll for a turbomachine, turbomachine comprising the scroll, and method of operation
    Patent number: 10570923
    Abstract: A scroll for use in conjunction with a fluid compressor is described. The scroll comprises a fluid inlet adapted to receive a fluid flow and a fluid outlet adapted to discharge the fluid flow. The scroll further comprises a scroll-shaped wall defining an inner flow volume. At least one blade is provided in the inner flow volume of the scroll. The blade is configured and arranged for correcting a direction of the flow of fluid in the flow volume when the scroll is operating in off-design conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: NUOVO PIGNONE SRL
    Inventors: Shanmugam Venkatachalam Ravi, Marco Giachi, Dante Tommaso Rubino, Ernani Fulvio Bellobuono
  • A SCROLL FOR A TURBOMACHINE, TURBOMACHINE COMPRISING THE SCROLL, AND METHOD OF OPERATION
    Publication number: 20170030373
    Abstract: A scroll for use in conjunction with a fluid compressor is described. The scroll comprises a fluid inlet adapted to receive a fluid flow and a fluid outlet adapted to discharge the fluid flow. The scroll further comprises a scroll-shaped wall defining an inner flow volume. At least one blade is provided in the inner flow volume of the scroll. The blade is configured and arranged for correcting a direction of the flow of fluid in the flow volume when the scroll is operating in off-design conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Shanmugam Venkatachalam RAVI, Marco GIACHI, Dante Tommaso RUBINO, Ernani Fulvio BELLOBUONO