Patents by Inventor Frédéric VULOVIC

Frédéric VULOVIC 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).

  • Patent number: 11396981
    Abstract: The invention relates to a backfeeding installation (30) which comprises: at least one stationary compressor (21) between a gas network (15) at a first pressure and a gas network (10) at a second pressure higher than the first pressure, and an automaton (33) for controlling the operation of each stationary compressor. The backfeeding installation also comprises: a distribution unit (31) for distributing gas from the gas network at the first pressure to each stationary compressor and to the gas inlet connector at the first pressure for at least one additional compressor (29, 45, 46); and a collection unit (32) for collecting gas from each stationary compressor and the gas outlet connector at the second pressure for each additional compressor. The automaton is configured to control the operation of each stationary compressor and of each additional compressor as a function of the compression capacity of the operational stationary and additional compressors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Inventors: Daniel Dufour, Frédéric Vulovic, Christophe Pardieu
  • Publication number: 20210285605
    Abstract: The invention relates to a backfeeding installation (30) which comprises: at least one compressor (21) for compressing gas from a network (15), an automaton (25) for controlling the operation of at least one compressor, a remote communication means (9) for receiving at least one instantaneous pressure value captured remotely on the network upstream of the backfeeding installation, a means (8) for predicting the evolution of the pressure in the network upstream of the backfeeding installation, depending, at least, on the pressure values received, a means (7) for determining a pressure threshold value for stopping or starting at least one compressor according to the prediction of the evolution of pressure, the automaton controlling the stopping or the operation of at least one compressor when the pressure at the inlet of each compressor is lower, or higher, respectively, than the pressure threshold value that was determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Daniel DUFOUR, Pascale GUILLO-LOHAN, Frédéric VULOVIC, Francis BAINIER
  • Publication number: 20210270425
    Abstract: The invention relates to a backfeeding installation (30) which comprises: at least one stationary compressor (21) between a gas network (15) at a first pressure and a gas network (10) at a second pressure higher than the first pressure, and an automaton (33) for controlling the operation of each stationary compressor. The backfeeding installation also comprises: a distribution unit (31) for distributing gas from the gas network at the first pressure to each stationary compressor and to the gas inlet connector at the first pressure for at least one additional compressor (29, 45, 46); and a collection unit (32) for collecting gas from each station nary compressor and the gas outlet connector at the second pressure for each additional compressor. The automaton is configured to control the operation of each stationary compressor and of each additional compressor as a function of the compression capacity of the operational stationary and additional compressors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Daniel DUFOUR, Frédéric VULOVIC, Christophe PARDIEU
  • Patent number: 6065956
    Abstract: The universal mixer device for mixing two gaseous fluids comprises an enclosure defining coaxial chambers, ducts opening out respectively into each of the chambers to feed them with two gases at medium pressure, and sonic nozzles each comprising a hollow converging-diverging body of revolution serving as seats for respective cone-shaped valve members. The valve member of one of the nozzles has an axial bore and defines the chambers at least in part. The other nozzle is disposed inside the axial bore. The hollow converging-diverging bodies of revolution occupy positions that are determined relative to the enclosure, and the valve members are mechanically linked to each other and are associated with a single actuator. The gases that have passed through the coaxial and geometrically similar nozzles flow into a common downstream chamber in which the gases mix with a predetermined mixing ratio determined by the dimensions of the nozzles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignee: Gaz de France
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Cornil, Frederic Vulovic