Patents by Inventor Mikaël VOLUT

Mikaël VOLUT 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: 20240084968
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tracing method (2000) for constructing a liquefied gas storage facility (1). The facility (1) comprises a sealed and thermally-insulating tank (20). A bottom wall (21) of the tank (20) includes a plurality of angular sectors (25) which are images of each other through rotation by a predetermined angle about a vertical axis, the predetermined angle being equal to k.360°/N, where k is a positive integer. A vertical wall (22) of the tank (20) comprises a vertical row (120) of planar insulating wall modules (131, 131A) disposed on each vertical load-bearing section (14) of a load-bearing structure of the tank. The tracing method ensures that an azimuthal angular deviation with respect to said vertical axis between two rows (120) of planar insulating wall modules (131, 131A, 171) disposed on two adjacent vertical load-bearing sections (14) is equal to 360°/N, preferably with an accuracy better than 5 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Mikaël VOLUT, Michael COURTOT, Othman LAMDOUAR, Vincent FRAYSSE, Vincent DORY
  • Publication number: 20230349515
    Abstract: A method for assisting the management of a vessel comprising at least one tank configured to contain liquefied gas and a vapor phase treatment system capable of sending boil-off gas exiting the tank to a propulsion engine of the vessel or to a gas combustion unit on board the vessel and capable of extracting a portion of the liquid phase contained in the tank and of evaporating this portion in order to send it to the propulsion engine. The method comprises: generating at least one tank management scenario defining an evolution of the pressure of the gas phase contained in the tank along a path of the vessel; computing a cost function that at least depends on a total amount of boil-off gas generated in the tank along the path; and displaying to a user the tank management scenario as a function of the computed cost function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: Gaztransport et Technigaz
    Inventors: Nicolas BORDET, François HANAT, Eric GENTILINI, Mikaël VOLUT