Patents by Inventor PENG K. CHEN

PENG K. CHEN 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).

  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A REACTOR SYSTEM USING OPTICAL FIBER BASED SENSORS
    Publication number: 20220246961
    Abstract: A method of monitoring operation of a reactor system includes causing a chemical reaction to occur within an assembly of the reactor system, and measuring a chemical composition of one or more reactants of the chemical reaction with spatial resolution at a plurality of points along a path within the assembly using a sensor system structured to implement distributed sensing. The sensor system includes an optical fiber sensing member provided at least partially within the assembly, wherein the optical fiber sensing member comprises a functionalized optical fiber based sensor device structured to exhibit a change in one or more optical properties in response to changes in the chemical composition of the one or more reactants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION, UNITED STATES DEPATMENT OF ENERGY
    Inventors: Peng K. Chen, Jacob Lorenzi Poole, Paul R. Ohodnicki, Thomas D. Brown, Kirk R. Gerdes, Michael P. Buric
  • System and method for monitoring a reactor system using optical fiber based sensors
    Patent number: 11380918
    Abstract: A method of monitoring operation of a reactor system includes causing a chemical reaction to occur within an assembly of the reactor system, and measuring a chemical composition of one or more reactants of the chemical reaction with spatial resolution at a plurality of points along a path within the assembly using a sensor system structured to implement distributed sensing. The sensor system includes an optical fiber sensing member provided at least partially within the assembly, wherein the optical fiber sensing member comprises a functionalized optical fiber based sensor device structured to exhibit a change in one or more optical properties in response to changes in the chemical composition of the one or more reactants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Peng K. Chen, Jacob Lorenzi Poole, Paul R. Ohodnicki, Thomas D. Brown, Kirk R. Gerdes, Michael P. Buric
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A REACTOR SYSTEM USING OPTICAL FIBER BASED SENSORS
    Publication number: 20170229724
    Abstract: A method of monitoring operation of a reactor system includes causing a chemical reaction to occur within an assembly of the reactor system, and measuring a chemical composition of one or more reactants of the chemical reaction with spatial resolution at a plurality of points along a path within the assembly using a sensor system structured to implement distributed sensing. The sensor system includes an optical fiber sensing member provided at least partially within the assembly, wherein the optical fiber sensing member comprises a functionalized optical fiber based sensor device structured to exhibit a change in one or more optical properties in response to changes in the chemical composition of the one or more reactants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
    Inventors: PENG K. CHEN, ZSOLT L. POOLE, PAUL R. OHODNICKI, THOMAS D. BROWN, KIRK R. GERDES, MICHAEL P. BURIC