Patents by Inventor Kent Colgan

Kent Colgan 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 to analyze economics of asset management solutions for nuclear steam generators
    Patent number: 7810991
    Abstract: A method to determine corrective actions of a nuclear steam generator, having the steps of modeling of steam generator tube and deposit heat transfer characteristics by analytically deriving specific deposit characteristics and descriptive model parameters, wherein the modeling uses historical thermodynamic data for an operating plant under evaluation, identifying a set of one of preventive and corrective maintenance alternatives to accomplish steam generator deposit objectives, determining through the modeling a power production impact of each of the set of one of preventative and corrective maintenance alternatives to determine an economic cost for each of the set of preventative and corrective maintenance alternatives, and initiating a maintenance alternative with a lowest economic cost as compared to the maintenance evaluation alternatives with higher economic costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Areva NP Inc.
    Inventors: Mihai G. M. Pop, John Carroll Griffith, Kent Colgan
  • METHOD TO ANALYZE ECONOMICS OF ASSET MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS FOR NUCLEAR STEAM GENERATORS
    Publication number: 20100145756
    Abstract: A method to determine corrective actions of a nuclear steam generator, having the steps of modeling of steam generator tube and deposit heat transfer characteristics by analytically deriving specific deposit characteristics and descriptive model parameters, wherein the modeling uses historical thermodynamic data for an operating plant under evaluation, identifying a set of one of preventive and corrective maintenance alternatives to accomplish steam generator deposit objectives, determining through the modeling a power production impact of each of the set of one of preventative and corrective maintenance alternatives to determine an economic cost for each of the set of preventative and corrective maintenance alternatives, and initiating a maintenance alternative with a lowest economic cost as compared to the maintenance evaluation alternatives with higher economic costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Mihai G.M. POP, John Carroll Griffith, Kent Colgan
  • Method to analyze economics of asset management solutions for nuclear steam generators
    Patent number: 7637653
    Abstract: A method to determine corrective actions of a nuclear steam generator, having the steps of modeling of steam generator tube and deposit heat transfer characteristics by analytically deriving specific deposit characteristics and descriptive model parameters, wherein the modeling uses historical thermodynamic data for an operating plant under evaluation, identifying a set of one of preventive and corrective maintenance alternatives to accomplish steam generator deposit objectives, determining through the modeling a power production impact of each of the set of one of preventative and corrective maintenance alternatives to determine an economic cost for each of the set of preventative and corrective maintenance alternatives, and initiating a maintenance alternative with a lowest economic cost as compared to the maintenance evaluation alternatives with higher economic costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: AREVA NP Inc.
    Inventors: Mihai G. M. Pop, John Carroll Griffith, Kent Colgan
  • METHOD TO ANALYZE ECONOMICS OF ASSET MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS FOR NUCLEAR STEAM GENERATORS
    Publication number: 20090292574
    Abstract: A method to determine corrective actions of a nuclear steam generator, having the steps of modeling of steam generator tube and deposit heat transfer characteristics by analytically deriving specific deposit characteristics and descriptive model parameters, wherein the modeling uses historical thermodynamic data for an operating plant under evaluation, identifying a set of one of preventive and corrective maintenance alternatives to accomplish steam generator deposit objectives, determining through the modeling a power production impact of each of the set of one of preventative and corrective maintenance alternatives to determine an economic cost for each of the set of preventative and corrective maintenance alternatives, and initiating a maintenance alternative with a lowest economic cost as compared to the maintenance evaluation alternatives with higher economic costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Inventors: Mihai G.M. Pop, John Carroll Griffith, Kent Colgan