Patents by Inventor Joseph F. Giannelli

Joseph F. Giannelli 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).

  • Apparatus and method for obtaining gaseous hydrogen concentrations in a mechanical vacuum pump gas stream of a BWR
    Patent number: 9255918
    Abstract: An apparatus adapted to measure gaseous hydrogen concentrations in a mechanical vacuum pump (MVP) gas stream includes connection ports adapted to allow the apparatus to be connected to an MVP system and allow a gas stream sample to be taken from the MVP gas stream. The apparatus further includes a hydrogen concentration analyzer to measure H2 concentrations of the gas stream sample taken from the MVP gas stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew D. Odell, Robert J. Scholz, James A. Tangen, Gerald F. Davina, Joseph F. Giannelli, Susan Elaine Garcia
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING GASEOUS HYDROGEN CONCENTRATIONS IN A MECHANICAL VACUUM PUMP GAS STREAM OF A BWR
    Publication number: 20130145819
    Abstract: An apparatus adapted to measure gaseous hydrogen concentrations in a mechanical vacuum pump (MVP) gas stream includes connection ports adapted to allow the apparatus to be connected to an MVP system and allow a gas stream sample to be taken from the MVP gas stream. The apparatus further includes a hydrogen concentration analyzer to measure H2 concentrations of the gas stream sample taken from the MVP gas stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew D. Odell, Robert J. Scholz, James A. Tangen, Gerald F. Davina, Joseph F. Giannelli, Susan Elaine Garcia
  • Backwash method and apparatus
    Patent number: 4405466
    Abstract: The method and apparatus for filtering a liquid including a filter vessel divided into an upper filter compartment and a lower plenum compartment. An external vessel is positioned at or below the elevation of the tops of the filter element fittings in the plenum compartment. A pressurized gas is supplied to the upper portion of the external vessel forcing backwash liquid from the external vessel into the lower portion of the plenum compartment backwashing filter elements within the filter compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1982
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1983
    Assignee: Ecodyne Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph F. Giannelli, George C. Flynn, Leo F. Ryan