Patents by Inventor Klaus Schretzmann

Klaus Schretzmann 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 preventing dangerous hydrogen accumulation in nuclear reactor containments
    Patent number: 4407774
    Abstract: In a method for the controlled removal of hydrogen released into the chambers of a nuclear reactor containment after a break of the primary cooling system, the hydrogen is contacted with an oxygen providing material stored in the containment which causes recombination of the hydrogen to H.sub.2 O in a controlled manner at least until the amount of the gas within the hydrogen chamber is below the ignition limit of a hydrogen oxygen gas mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1983
    Assignee: Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe G.m.b.H.
    Inventors: Klaus Schretzmann, Stefan Dorner, Gustav Schumacher