Patents by Inventor James R. Nowell

James R. Nowell 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).

  • Alternate feedwater injection system to mitigate the effects of aircraft impact on a nuclear power plant
    Patent number: 8848854
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an alternate feedwater injection system to at least partially mitigate the effects of an aircraft impact on a light water nuclear reactor positioned in a reactor building. The light water nuclear reactor has a primary system and a reactor core. The alternate feedwater injection system includes a water storage tank, an injection point into the primary system, a pump capable to transfer water from the water storage tank to the injection point and ultimately to the reactor core. The water storage tank and pump are located external to a reactor building and outside of an identified aircraft impact area or inside the identified aircraft impact area and provided with a means of protection from the aircraft impact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
    Inventors: Nirmal Jain, James R. Nowell, Subhash Chandra, Edward E. Berry
  • ALTERNATE FEEDWATER INJECTION SYSTEM TO MITIGATE THE EFFECTS OF AIRCRAFT IMPACT ON A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
    Publication number: 20120076255
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an alternate feedwater injection system to at least partially mitigate the effects of an aircraft impact on a light water nuclear reactor positioned in a reactor building. The light water nuclear reactor has a primary system and a reactor core. The alternate feedwater injection system includes a water storage tank, an injection point into the primary system, a pump capable to transfer water from the water storage tank to the injection point and ultimately to the reactor core. The water storage tank and pump are located external to a reactor building and outside of an identified aircraft impact area or inside the identified aircraft impact area and provided with a means of protection from the aircraft impact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
    Inventors: Nirmal Jain, James R. Nowell, Subhash Chandra, Edward E. Berry