Patents by Inventor Herbert STRECKER

Herbert STRECKER 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).

  • Method for determining real-time thermal power of a nuclear reactor based on number of gamma rays counted
    Patent number: 12633426
    Abstract: A method for determining real-time thermal power of a nuclear reactor based on number of gamma rays counted comprising measuring a number of gamma-ray counts by a gamma-ray detector that is placed outside a biological shield at a primary cooling circuit of a fission nuclear power plant so that maintenance of the detector is possible during normal operation of the fission nuclear power plant, and determining, by a computing device in real-time, a thermal power of the fission nuclear power plant based on the number of gamma-ray counts measured by the gamma-ray detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V.
    Inventors: Manfred Lindner, Christian Buck, Janina Hakenmüller, Gerd Heusser, Werner Maneschg, Herbert Strecker
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME PRECISION MEASUREMENT OF THE THERMAL POWER OF A NUCLEAR REACTOR
    Publication number: 20230054651
    Abstract: A method comprising measuring a number of gamma-ray counts in a gamma-ray sensitive detector (60) that is placed outside a biological shield (10) near a primary cooling circuit (30) of a nuclear power plant, and determining the thermal power of the nuclear power plant based on the number of gamma-ray counts measured in the gamma-ray sensitive detector (60).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER WISSENSCHHAFTEN E.V.
    Inventors: Manfred LINDNER, Christian BUCK, Janina HAKEN-MÜLLER, Gerd HEUSSER, Werner MANESCHG, Herbert STRECKER