Patents by Inventor Frédéric AYELA

Frédéric AYELA 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).

  • Publication number: 20230017163
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for degassing a fluid comprising the following steps: supplying, at the inlet of a reactor comprising at least one microfluidic conduit, a fluid which can comprise at least one dissolved gas; then causing the fluid to flow through the reactor, the at least one conduit comprising a portion having a reduced hydraulic diameter, and the flow being set such that bubbles are generated by micro-cavitation, the fluid then comprising a liquid phase and a gas phase, then allowing the at least partial transfer of the at least one dissolved gas present in the fluid of the liquid phase to the gas phase; separating the liquid phase and the gas phase; and recovering the liquid phase to obtain the degassed fluid, the method not involving the application of ultrasound to the fluid between the step in which the fluid is supplied to the reactor and the step of separating the liquid phase and the gas phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Damien COLOMBET, Frédéric AYELA
  • Patent number: 11104578
    Abstract: The invention relates to an exfoliation method according to which a fluid loaded with particles flows at a first flow rate into a first (2), and then into a second, section of a pipe (1), the first flow rate being suitable for generating shear stresses and cavitation bubbles in the fluid as it passes through the first section (2) of the pipe (1), the second section (3) having a hydraulic diameter suitable for bringing about an implosion of cavitation bubbles as soon as the fluid exits the first section (2) and flows into the second section (3), so that an exfoliation of the particles is brought about under the combined action of the shear stresses and a shock wave generated by the implosion of the cavitation bubbles, the first section (2) having a hydraulic diameter less than 300 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: UNIVERSITE GRENOBLE ALPES
    Inventors: Frédéric Ayela, Damien Colombet
  • Publication number: 20190276316
    Abstract: The invention relates to an exfoliation method according to which a fluid loaded with particles flows at a first flow rate into a first (2), and then into a second, section of a pipe (1), the first flow rate being suitable for generating shear stresses and cavitation bubbles in the fluid as it passes through the first section (2) of the pipe (1), the second section (3) having a hydraulic diameter suitable for bringing about an implosion of cavitation bubbles as soon as the fluid exits the first section (2) and flows into the second section (3), so that an exfoliation of the particles is brought about under the combined action of the shear stresses and a shock wave generated by the implosion of the cavitation bubbles, the first section (2) having a hydraulic diameter less than 300 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: UNIVERSITE GRENOBLE ALPES
    Inventors: Frédéric AYELA, Damien COLOMBET
  • Publication number: 20100018686
    Abstract: Method of producing a wall, in particular a micro heat exchanger for semiconductor devices or microsystems, and micro heat exchanger, in which particles are embedded in a layer, some of which have a part anchored into a wall of said layer and a part projecting from this wall after removal of material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2006
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Inventors: Andre Bontemps, Frederic Ayela, Alain Marechal, Thierry Fournier
  • Patent number: 5473249
    Abstract: The device includes a first body (1) of superconducting material placed in the magnetic field to be measured, an arrangement (7) suitable for successively changing the temperature of this first body above and below its transition temperature, at a first frequency, so as to generate field variations in the vicinity of the body, and an arrangement for determining the field from these variations. The arrangement includes a second body (4) of superconducting material, placed in the vicinity of the first body (1), an optical fiber (8) suitable for changing the temperature of at least one portion of this second body, above and below its transition temperature, at a second frequency greater than the first frequency, in order to generate, in this second body, current variations proportional to the field variations. These current variations are then measured and the field is determined from these variations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1995
    Assignees: Framatome, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Jacques Chaussy, Frederic Ayela, Jean-Louis Bret