Patents by Inventor Sadasivuni Vijaykant

Sadasivuni Vijaykant 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: 9091434
    Abstract: A meso-scaled combustion system. In one aspect, the system has a housing with a housing wall, a top portion defining an exhaust port, and a bottom portion having a bottom surface. A combustion chamber is positioned therein the interior volume of the housing. The combustion chamber wall has a proximal portion adjacent the top portion of the housing and a distal portion spaced from the bottom surface of the housing. In another aspect, there is a lid that is in sealed relation with the housing wall and the combustion chamber wall. An annulus is defined by the lid, the combustion chamber wall, and the housing wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama
    Inventors: Ajay K. Agrawal, Sadasivuni Vijaykant
  • Patent number: 8109362
    Abstract: A passive noise attenuation device and system is provided having a reticulated open-cell porous structure configured to acts as a passive control device in order to mitigate combustion noise and instability problems in combustion systems. A porous inert media structure is placed downstream of the reaction zone of a combustion chamber to dissipate noise and/or instability generated upstream in the flame. The porous inert media also limits and/or disintegrates vortical structures in the flame to produce a homogeneous flow field to facilitate distributed reaction zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama
    Inventors: Ajay K. Agrawal, Sadasivuni Vijaykant
  • Publication number: 20110045425
    Abstract: A meso-scaled combustion system. In one aspect, the system has a housing with a housing wall, a top portion defining an exhaust port, and a bottom portion having a bottom surface. A combustion chamber is positioned therein the interior volume of the housing. The combustion chamber wall has a proximal portion adjacent the top portion of the housing and a distal portion spaced from the bottom surface of the housing. In another aspect, there is a lid that is in sealed relation with the housing wall and the combustion chamber wall. An annulus is defined by the lid, the combustion chamber wall, and the housing wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA
    Inventors: Ajay K. Agrawal, Sadasivuni Vijaykant