Patents by Inventor Liudmyla Lavrentiivna Nagorna

Liudmyla Lavrentiivna Nagorna 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 of detection of fast neutrons
    Patent number: 8058624
    Abstract: A simple method is developed for detection of fast neutrons for systems of detection of radioactive materials, which does not involve moderator systems, operates on the real time scale and ensures high detection efficiency. The method includes conversion of the cascade of gamma-quanta formed as a result of inelastic scattering of neutrons in a converter material with high atomic number into a set of light scintillations by a scintillator, processing of signals obtained in recording of said scintillations, formation of counting pulses with frequency proportional to the neutron flux and their recording according to an appropriate algorithm. Inorganic scintillators with high effective atomic number are used, and, as converter materials for inelastic scattering of neutrons, materials with high atomic numbers are used, which are a constituent part of said inorganic scintillators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Institute of Scintillation Materials, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
    Inventors: Boris Viktorovich Grynyov, Volodymyr Diomydovych Ryzhikov, Liudmyla Lavrentiivna Nagorna, Genadiy Mychaylovich Onishenko, Leonid Oleksiyvich Piven
  • METHOD OF DETECTION OF FAST NEUTRONS
    Publication number: 20090272910
    Abstract: A simple method is developed for detection of fast neutrons for systems of detection of radioactive materials, which does not involve moderator systems, operates on the real time scale and ensures high detection efficiency. The method includes conversion of the cascade of gamma-quanta formed as a result of inelastic scattering of neutrons in a converter material with high atomic number into a set of light scintillations by a scintillator, processing of signals obtained in recording of said scintillations, formation of counting pulses with frequency proportional to the neutron flux and their recording according to an appropriate algorithm. Inorganic scintillators with high effective atomic number are used, and, as converter materials for inelastic scattering of neutrons, materials with high atomic numbers are used, which are a constituent part of said inorganic scintillators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2009
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: Institute of Scintillation Materials, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
    Inventors: Boris Viktorovich Grynyov, Volodymyr Diomydovych Ryzhikov, Liudmyla Lavrentiivna Nagorna, Genadiy Mychaylovich Onishenko, Leonid Oleksiyvich Piven