Patents by Inventor Monica Dalla Valle

Monica Dalla Valle 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).

  • Patent number: 9216378
    Abstract: Method for cool drying gas, in particular air, whereby this gas is guided through the secondary part of a heat exchanger (2) whose primary part is the vaporizer (3) of a cooling circuit (4), which consists in measuring the ambient temperature (Tamb), as well as the lowest gas temperature (LAT) or the dew point, and to switch the cooling circuit (4) on and off on the basis of these measurements in order to always maintain the lowest gas temperature (LAT) or the dew point between a pre-determined minimum and maximum threshold value, and whereby pre-determined threshold values are calculated on the basis of an algorithm which is a function of the measured ambient temperature (Tamb).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: ATLAS COPCO AIRPOWER, NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP
    Inventors: Monica Dalla Valle, Wouter Denis Ann Van Dijck
  • Patent number: 9021818
    Abstract: Device for cool drying comprising a heat exchanger (2) whose primary part is the vaporizer (3) of a cooling circuit (4) which also includes a compressor (6) driven by a motor (5), a control device (16) for this motor (5) and measuring device (17) for the lowest air temperature (LAT), measuring device (18) for the ambient temperature (Tamb) and a flow meter (19), whereby this control device (16) can be at least switched in a first user mode in which the cooling circuit (4) is only activated when the gas flow exceeds a preset value and a second user mode in which the lowest air temperature (LAT) is maintained within a certain range by controlling the cooling circuit (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Atlas Copco Airpower, Naamloze Vennootschap
    Inventors: Monica Dalla Valle, Wouter Denis Ann Van Dijck
  • Publication number: 20090229279
    Abstract: Method for cool drying gas, in particular air, whereby this gas is guided through the secondary part of a heat exchanger (2) whose primary part is the vaporizer (3) of a cooling circuit (4), which consists in measuring the ambient temperature (Tamb), as well as the lowest gas temperature (LAT) or the dew point, and to switch the cooling circuit (4) on and off on the basis of these measurements in order to always maintain the lowest gas temperature (LAT) or the dew point between a pre-determined minimum and maximum threshold value, and whereby pre-determined threshold values are calculated on the basis of an algorithm which is a function of the measured ambient temperature (Tamb).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Inventors: Monica Dalla Valle, Wouter Denis Ann Van Dijck
  • Publication number: 20090025407
    Abstract: Device for cool drying comprising a heat exchanger (2) whose primary part is the vaporizer (3) of a cooling circuit (4) which also includes a compressor (6) driven by a motor (5), a control device (16) for this motor (5) and measuring device (17) for the lowest air temperature (LAT), measuring device (18) for the ambient temperature (Tamb) and a flow meter (19), whereby this control device (16) can be at least switched in a first user mode in which the cooling circuit (4) is only activated when the gas flow exceeds a preset value and a second user mode in which the lowest air temperature (LAT) is maintained within a certain range by controlling the cooling circuit (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2006
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: ATLAS COPCO AIRPOWER, naamloze venootschap
    Inventors: Monica Dalla Valle, Wouter Denis Ann Van Dijck