Patents by Inventor Pierre CRESPI

Pierre CRESPI 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: 12571584
    Abstract: Plant and method for producing hydrogen at cryogenic temperature, comprising: an electrolyzer; a hydrogen circuit to be cooled, comprising an upstream end connected to the hydrogen outlet and a downstream end to be connected to a member for collecting cooled and/or liquefied hydrogen, the plant also comprising a set of heat exchanger(s) in heat exchange with the hydrogen circuit to be cooled, the plant comprising at least one cooling device in heat exchange with at least a portion of the set of heat exchanger(s), the plant further comprising an oxygen circuit comprising an upstream end connected to the oxygen outlet and a downstream end, the oxygen circuit comprising a system for expanding the oxygen stream and at least one heat exchange between the expanded oxygen stream and the hydrogen circuit to be cooled, characterized in that the oxygen circuit comprises at least one oxygen compressor arranged upstream of the oxygen stream expansion system, the oxygen stream expansion system comprising an expansion turb
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Pierre Barjhoux, Pierre Crespi
  • Publication number: 20260045780
    Abstract: A pipe for a superconducting electrical connection, forming a unit intended to be connected at its ends for a formation of the superconducting electrical connection, includes a cryostat forming a pipe-in-pipe comprising an inner tube and an outer tube which are coaxial and a thermal insulator occupying the annular area between the outer tube and the inner tube; and a superconducting cable core housed inside the inner tube, the superconducting cable core having, at ambient temperature, an excess length with respect to the length of the cryostat such that, in its superconducting state, the length of the cable core is greater than or equal to the length of the cryostat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2025
    Publication date: February 12, 2026
    Inventors: Nicolas LALLOUET, Arnaud ALLAIS, Laurent GERVAISE, Christian GEERTSEN, Aurélien DAMOUR, Pierre BARJHOUX, Pierre CRESPI
  • Publication number: 20260029192
    Abstract: The invention relates to a facility for cooling a flow of cryogenic fluid comprising a first circuit for fluid to be cooled, for example liquid nitrogen and/or liquid oxygen, a cryogenic refrigerator with a cycle circuit, at least one heat exchanger providing heat exchange with the first circuit for fluid to be cooled and the cycle circuit of the refrigerator, the facility comprising a second circuit for fluid to be liquefied, for example nitrogen gas and/or oxygen gas, the second fluid circuit being in heat exchange with the cycle circuit of the refrigerator in at least one heat exchanger of the facility, the facility being configured so as to be switchable into a first cooling operating mode, in which the facility cools the first fluid circuit in order to cool a liquefied fluid, preferably in order to generate a quasi-isothermal transformation of said fluid, and a second liquefaction operating mode, in which the facility cools the second fluid circuit with a view to liquefying a gas flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2025
    Publication date: January 29, 2026
    Inventors: Pierre BARJHOUX, Golo ZICK, Pierre CRESPI
  • Publication number: 20240019203
    Abstract: Plant and method for producing hydrogen at cryogenic temperature, comprising: an electrolyzer; a hydrogen circuit to be cooled, comprising an upstream end connected to the hydrogen outlet and a downstream end to he connected to a member for collecting cooled and/or liquefied hydrogen, the plant also comprising a set of heat exchanger(s) in heat exchange with the hydrogen circuit to be cooled, the plant comprising at least one cooling device in heat exchange with at least a portion of the set of heat exchanger(s), the plant further comprising an oxygen circuit comprising an upstream end connected to the oxygen outlet and a downstream end, the oxygen circuit comprising a system for expanding the oxygen stream and at least one heat exchange between the expanded oxygen stream and the hydrogen circuit to be cooled, characterized in that the oxygen circuit comprises at least one oxygen compressor arranged upstream of the oxygen stream expansion system, the oxygen stream expansion system comprising an expansion turb
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l’Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Pierre BARJHOUX, Pierre CRESPI
  • Publication number: 20230408189
    Abstract: Plant and method for producing hydrogen at cryogenic temperature, in particular liquefied hydrogen, comprising: an electrolyzer having an oxygen outlet and a hydrogen outlet; a hydrogen circuit to be cooled, comprising an upstream end connected to the hydrogen outlet and a downstream end to be connected to a member for collecting cooled and/or liquefied hydrogen, the plant also comprising a set of heat exchanger(s) in heat exchange with the hydrogen circuit to be cooled, the plant further comprising at least one cooling device in heat exchange with at least a portion of the set of heat exchanger(s), the hydrogen circuit to be cooled comprising a system for expanding the hydrogen stream and at least one hydrogen compressor upstream of the hydrogen stream expansion system, the hydrogen stream expansion system comprising at least one expansion turbine, wherein said at least one expansion turbine and said at least one compressor are coupled to the same rotating shaft to transfer expansion work from the pressurize
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l’Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Pierre CRESPI, Pierre BARJHOUX