Patents by Inventor Luis DePavia

Luis DePavia 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).

  • Publication number: 20250214835
    Abstract: An integrated energy system comprising a power plant configured to generate steam. The power plant can include a nuclear reactor and/or an electrical power generation system. A chemical products generation system can include a first reaction chamber receiving Sodium Formate (HCOONa) that, via insertion of a first portion of the steam at a first temperature, is decomposed into Sodium Oxalate ((COO)2Na2) and Hydrogen (H2), the steam including super-heated steam. The chemical products generation system can include a second reaction chamber receiving the Sodium Oxalate ((COO)2Na2) that, via insertion of a second portion of the steam at a second temperature, is decomposed into Sodium Oxide (Na2O), Carbon Monoxide (CO), and Carbon Dioxide (CO2). A syngas generation system can be operably coupled to the chemical products generation system and configured to generate a combination of the Hydrogen (H2), the Carbon Monoxide (CO), and/or the Carbon Dioxide (CO2), and/or to generate syngas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2024
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Inventors: Francis Y. Tsang, José N. Reyes, JR., Luis DePavia
  • Publication number: 20250206604
    Abstract: An integrated energy system comprising a power plant including at least one nuclear reactor and an electrical power generation system a syngas generation system operably coupled to the power plant, the syngas generation system comprising a first reaction chamber configured to receive Sodium Formate (HCOONa), and a second reaction chamber configured to receive Sodium Oxalate ((COO)2Na2), and a methanol generation system operably coupled to the syngas generation system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2025
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Inventors: Francis Y. Tsang, José N. Reyes, Jr., Luis DePavia
  • Publication number: 20250206605
    Abstract: A method for Carbon Dioxide (CO2) production comprising producing super-heated steam, utilizing a small modular nuclear reactor power plant system, receiving Sodium Formate (HCOONa) into a first reaction chamber, the first reaction chamber receiving a first portion of the super-heated steam at a first temperature, decomposing the Sodium Formate (HCOONa) into Sodium Oxalate ((COO)2Na2) and Hydrogen (H2), receiving the Sodium Oxalate ((COO)2Na2) into a second reaction chamber, the second reaction chamber receiving a second portion of the super-heated steam at a second temperature, decomposing the Sodium Oxalate ((COO)2Na2) into Sodium Oxide (Na2O), Carbon Monoxide (CO), and Carbon Dioxide (CO2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2025
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Inventors: Francis Y. Tsang, José N. Reyes, JR., Luis DePavia
  • Publication number: 20250167271
    Abstract: An integrated energy system comprising a power plant including at least one nuclear reactor and electrical power generation system, the at least one nuclear reactor being configured to generate steam, and the electrical power generation system being configured to generate electricity, a desalination system configured to receive at least a portion of the electricity and steam to produce brine, an electrolysis process configured to process the brine into Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH), a Sodium Formate (HCOONa) production process configured to receive the Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH) to produce Sodium Formate (HCOONa), a Hydrogen (H2) extraction reactor configured to receive the Sodium Formate (HCOONa) and produce Hydrogen (H2), and a fuel cell configured to receive the Hydrogen (H2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2024
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Applicant: NuScale Power, LLC
    Inventors: Francis Y. Tsang, José N. Reyes, JR., Luis DePavia
  • Publication number: 20240409483
    Abstract: Described herein are techniques that may be performed in an Integrated Energy System (IES). The IES may include a power plant, an emission source, and a chemical processing plant. The IES may include one or more sub-plants configured to receive Carbon Dioxide from an emission source, convert a first portion of the Carbon Dioxide into Carbon Monoxide, receive Sodium Hydroxide, combine the Carbon Monoxide and the Sodium Hydroxide to produce Hydrogen gas, and combine, using a reaction chamber, a second portion of the Carbon Dioxide, the Carbon Monoxide, and the Hydrogen to produce Methanol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Francis Y. Tsang, José N. Reyes, JR., Luis DePavia
  • Publication number: 20240392700
    Abstract: An integrated system for indirect cycle steam heating comprising a nuclear power module configured to output first steam; a turbine generator configured to receive the first steam and output second steam; a heat exchanger configured to receive water, receive at least one of first steam, second steam, and transfer heat from the at least one of first steam and second steam into the water to create third steam a peaking heater configured to receive the third steam, transfer augmenting heat into the third steam, and heat, based at least in part on the transfer, the third steam to have a temperature above a threshold temperature an auxiliary heater configured to receive the third steam; and a chemical processing plant configured to receive the third steam and transfer heat from the third steam into a chemical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: NuScale Power, LLC
    Inventors: José N. Reyes, JR., John Swanson, Luis DePavia, Francis Y. Tsang, Zack Houghton, Mustafa Aljabery
  • Publication number: 20240246023
    Abstract: Integrated Energy Systems (IESs), such as for use in capturing atmospheric carbon dioxide, and associated devices and methods are described herein. A representative IES can include a power plant system having multiple modular nuclear reactors, a desalination plant, a brine processing plant, and a direct air capture plant. The nuclear reactors can generate electricity and/or steam for use by the desalination plant and the direct air capture plant. The desalination plant can use the electricity and/or steam to produce brine from seawater or brackish water. The brine processing plant can receive the brine from the desalination plant and process the brine to produce sodium hydroxide. The direct air capture plant can use the sodium hydroxide as a liquid sorbent in a direct air capture process to capture carbon dioxide from atmospheric air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Francis Y. Tsang, José N. Reyes, JR., Luis DePavia
  • Publication number: 20240124985
    Abstract: Integrated energy systems, such as for use in producing sodium formate and/or processing sodium formate to generate hydrogen as an energy carrier and that produce few or no carbon emissions, and associated devices and methods are described herein. A representative integrated energy system can include a power plant system having multiple modular nuclear reactors. The nuclear reactors can generate electricity and steam for direct use in a sodium formate process or for use in an electrical power conversion system to generate electricity for use in the sodium formate process or for supply to a power grid. Individual ones of the nuclear reactors can be configured to flexibly generate differing outputs of steam or electricity based on a demand state of the power grid—for example, supplying excess electricity and/or steam to the sodium formate process during off-peak hours.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Francis Y. Tsang, José N. Reyes, JR., Luis DePavia
  • Patent number: 10024995
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided to determine a property of an earth formation, comprising a mobile transmitter disposed at a predetermined elevated height above a surface of the earth formation, and one or more receivers moveably disposed in a wellbore penetrating the earth formation. Electromagnetic energy is transmitted from the mobile transmitter into the formation from a plurality of locations; and at the one or more receivers a signal is measured. Using the signal received by the one or more receivers, a property of the formation, such as resistivity, can be determined and mapped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Garrett Kramer, Michael Wilt, Edward Nichols, Luis DePavia, H. Frank Morrison
  • Patent number: 8181057
    Abstract: To synchronize units of a formation evaluation/drilling operation evaluation system, a time delay associated with a communications link between a master unit and a slave unit of the formation evaluation/drilling operation evaluation system is determined. The master unit has a master time clock that provides universal time. The time delay associated with the communications link is used to enable synchronization of time provided by a slave time clock in the slave unit to the universal time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Edward Nichols, Yuji Hosoda, Thor Johnsen, Vamsi Vytla, Hong Zhang, Luis DePavia
  • Publication number: 20100225322
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided to determine a property of an earth formation, comprising a mobile transmitter disposed at a predetermined elevated height above a surface of the earth formation, and one or more receivers moveably disposed in a wellbore penetrating the earth formation. Electromagnetic energy is transmitted from the mobile transmitter into the formation from a plurality of locations; and at the one or more receivers a signal is measured. Using the signal received by the one or more receivers, a property of the formation, such as resistivity, can be determined and mapped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Inventors: Garrett Kramer, Michael Wilt, Edward Nichols, Luis DePavia, H. Frank Morrison
  • Publication number: 20090217074
    Abstract: To synchronize units of a formation evaluation/drilling operation evaluation system, a time delay associated with a communications link between a master unit and a slave unit of the formation evaluation/drilling operation evaluation system is determined. The master unit has a master time clock that provides universal time. The time delay associated with the communications link is used to enable synchronization of time provided by a slave time clock in the slave unit to the universal time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2009
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Inventors: Edward Nichols, Yuji Hosoda, Thor Johnsen, Vamsi Vytla, Hong Zhang, Luis DePavia