Patents by Inventor Robert C. Theuret

Robert C. Theuret 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).

  • Noise and vibration mitigation system for nuclear reactors employing an acoustic side branch resonator
    Patent number: 8393437
    Abstract: A method of designing/making an acoustic side branch resonator structured to be coupled to a standpipe of, for example, a nuclear power plant, wherein the acoustic side branch resonator includes a plurality of wire mesh elements for damping purposes. The method includes determining a resonant frequency of the standpipe, determining an active length of the acoustic side branch resonator using the resonant frequency, and determining a particular number of the wire mesh elements to be used in the acoustic side branch resonator and a pitch of each of the wire mesh elements using momentum and continuity equations of a compressible fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
    Inventors: Gianluca Longoni, Younus Munsi, Robert C. Theuret, David R. Forsyth
  • NOISE AND VIBRATION MITIGATION SYSTEM FOR NUCLEAR REACTORS EMPLOYING AN ACOUSTIC SIDE BRANCH RESONATOR
    Publication number: 20120206011
    Abstract: A method of designing/making an acoustic side branch resonator structured to be coupled to a standpipe of, for example, a nuclear power plant, wherein the acoustic side branch resonator includes a plurality of wire mesh elements for damping purposes. The method includes determining a resonant frequency of the standpipe, determining an active length of the acoustic side branch resonator using the resonant frequency, and determining a particular number of the wire mesh elements to be used in the acoustic side branch resonator and a pitch of each of the wire mesh elements using momentum and continuity equations of a compressible fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: Westinghouse Electric Company
    Inventors: Gianluca Longoni, Younus Munsi, Robert C. Theuret, David R. Forsyth