Patents by Inventor Huayong CHEN

Huayong CHEN 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: 11874193
    Abstract: Provided is an ice avalanche-type glacial lake outburst surge generation and height measurement device. A glacial lake outburst test device includes a glacial lake simulation module and an ice avalanche surge module. An impact path, an impact angle, an impact scale, an impact velocity and a landslide density of an ice avalanche slider are controlled by simulation means. During formation of ice avalanche surges, the ice avalanche slider rushes into the glacial lake at a high speed, an ice avalanche pushes water to move in a sliding direction, thus forming a first surge, then continues to move to the bottom of the lake under the inertia and discharges a certain amount of water at its back. Movement of the landslide drives surrounding water to converge quickly into the back area, thus forming a second surge. Surge waves evolve around with a water entry point as a center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignees: Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, CAS, Sichuan Highway Planning, Survey, Design and Research Institute Ltd
    Inventors: Huayong Chen, Yang Jia, Tao Wang, Jiangang Chen
  • Patent number: 11828672
    Abstract: A method for forming a test flume usable in hydraulic engineering and debris-flow hazard mitigation is provided. The test flume has a foundation flume and an expansion flume. The expansion flume has a lower edge connected to an upper edge of the foundation flume. A hydraulic radius of the test flume is determined based on a model test. A width of the foundation flume is selected based on a size of the test site of the model test. A coefficient is obtained and a width of the test flume is obtained. A cross section curve equation of the expansion flume is obtained based on the hydraulic radius of the test flume, the coefficient, the width of the test flume and the width of the foundation flume. The test flume is formed based on the cross section curve equation of the expansion flume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Jiangang Chen, Xian Wang, Huayong Chen, Xiaoqing Chen, Jinbo Tang, Wanyu Zhao, Tao Wang, Wenrun Liu, Xinglong Gong
  • Patent number: 11645900
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of early warning for geological disasters, and discloses an early warning method for icefall-caused moraine lake outburst disasters, which aims at solving the problems of low early warning precision and difficulty in implementation in an early warning solution of the prior art. The method includes: S1, calculating topographic parameters of moraine lakes and upstream glaciers thereof, and filtering a moraine lake to undertake focal monitoring; S2, calculating a freezing-thawing cycle index and a regional accumulated temperature index of an upstream glacier region for the moraine lake to undertake focal monitoring, S3, calculating a catastrophic climate determination factor TG-year, wherein if the catastrophic climate determination factor TG-year satisfies a corresponding catastrophic climate determination condition, an early warning condition is satisfied, otherwise the early warning condition is not satisfied; and S4, implementing early warning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignees: Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, CAS, Sichuan Highway Planning, Survey, Design and Research Institute Ltd
    Inventors: Yang Jia, Shengfu Li, Yonggang Ge, Qiang Yu, Changfeng Liu, Huayong Chen, Dong Wang, Yu Lei, Lu Sun, Peng Li, Huilong Pu, Yixin Wang, Junwen Peng
  • Publication number: 20230002991
    Abstract: The method for preventing and controlling glacial lake outbreak flood and related debris flows by the present invention is mainly controlling the scale of the floods by separating water and rocks and dispersing its energy step by step. The cascading amplification effects of floods can be reduced by controlling the initiation of source material with energy dissipation by using ground sills, groups of piles, and placed large stones and prefabricated artificial structures. The diversion dam built in the downstream area discharge floods in different layers, which can quickly guide water to the main river. The preconstructed engineering system can be used in a timely manner to prevent and control floods and debris flows induced by a sudden outburst of glacial lakes in areas with important facilities and inhabitants enduring the risk of natural hazards. Prevention and control systems can separate floods and debris flows and dissipate their energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Jiangang CHEN, Xiaoqing CHEN, Peng CUI, Yong YOU, Huayong CHEN, Shuai LI, Jinbo TANG, Wanyu ZHAO, Lu ZNEG, Xian WANG
  • Publication number: 20230002992
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for preventing super large-scale floods and debris flows. First, the scale corresponding to certain standard floods in the watershed is evaluated based on field investigations and historical data. Second, the design standards of the system are chosen based on the prevention of super large-scale floods, and the design standard of critical control engineering is further determined. Finally, the design methods of check dams with different functional zones are proposed according to the design standards of critical control engineering. The invention allows part of the key control dam to fail under safe operating conditions of the entire system by increasing the cross-sectional areas and the flow discharges. The unbroken foundation of the dam can effectively control the channel entrainment and regulate the cross-sectional discharge. The design is helpful in mitigating giant floods and debris flows, thus protecting downstream infrastructures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicants: INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jiangang CHEN, Xiaoqing CHEN, Yifei CUI, Yong YOU, Huayong CHEN, Wanyu ZHAO, Shuai LI
  • Publication number: 20220017935
    Abstract: The invention belongs to the field of bioengineering and food technology, and discloses a method for enzymatic resolution of chiral substances, including the following steps: (1) preparing an enzyme solution with a lipase concentration of 1-3000 U/mL, and adding a soluble salt, a hydrophilic solvent and a hydrophobic solvent to the enzyme solution to form a three-liquid phase system; the hydrophobic solvent contains esters or amide compounds composed of racemic chiral compounds; (2) subjecting the three-liquid phase system to enzyme-catalyzed reaction under stirring condition; after the reaction is completed, standing or centrifuging the three-liquid phase system to divide it into three layers, which are a upper liquid layer, a middle liquid layer and a lower liquid layer from top to bottom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Zhigang Li, Jinfen Su, Bo Yang, Yonghua Wang, Zhengcheng Li, Huayong Chen
  • Publication number: 20210293660
    Abstract: A method for forming a test flume usable in hydraulic engineering and debris-flow hazard mitigation is provided. The test flume has a foundation flume and an expansion flume. The expansion flume has a lower edge connected to an upper edge of the foundation flume. A hydraulic radius of the test flume is determined based on a model test. A width of the foundation flume is selected based on a size of the test site of the model test. A coefficient is obtained and a width of the test flume is obtained. A cross section curve equation of the expansion flume is obtained based on the hydraulic radius of the test flume, the coefficient, the width of the test flume and the width of the foundation flume. The test flume is formed based on the cross section curve equation of the expansion flume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Jiangang CHEN, Xian WANG, Huayong CHEN, Xiaoqing CHEN, Jinbo TANG, Wanyu ZHAO, Tao WANG, Wenrun LIU, Xinglong GONG
  • Patent number: 10870869
    Abstract: An enzymatic method for preparing glyceryl butyrate, comprising: (1) carrying out an esterification reaction between n-butyric acid and glycerol using lipase as a catalyst, ethyl acetate and/or ethyl formate as an additive; (2) separating the reaction product, recovering the additive by distillation under reduced pressure to obtain glyceryl butyrate. The invention uses lipase as a catalyst to catalyze the esterification reaction of n-butyric acid and glycerin at normal temperature and normal pressure, reduces the energy consumption of the reaction. Also, the reaction condition is mild, no side reaction happens, and no water-carrying agent is used. In addition, the additive increases the catalytic efficiency of the lipase and the conversion rate of butyric acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yonghua Wang, Weifei Wang, Bo Yang, Dongming Lan, Fanghua Wang, Xuehui Li, Dongqi Zhu, Daoming Li, Zhigang Li, Huayong Chen
  • Publication number: 20190276861
    Abstract: An enzymatic method for preparing glyceryl butyrate, comprising: (1) carrying out an esterification reaction between n-butyric acid and glycerol using lipase as a catalyst, ethyl acetate and/or ethyl formate as an additive; (2) separating the reaction product, recovering the additive by distillation under reduced pressure to obtain glyceryl butyrate. The invention uses lipase as a catalyst to catalyze the esterification reaction of n-butyric acid and glycerin at normal temperature and normal pressure, reduces the energy consumption of the reaction. Also, the reaction condition is mild, no side reaction happens, and no water-carrying agent is used. In addition, the additive increases the catalytic efficiency of the lipase and the conversion rate of butyric acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yonghua WANG, Weifei WANG, Bo YANG, Dongming LAN, Fanghua WANG, Xuehui LI, Dongqi ZHU, Daoming LI, Zhigang LI, Huayong CHEN