Patents by Inventor Sergio Olivotti

Sergio Olivotti 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: 12078085
    Abstract: A new combined SEOL cycle is represented by the recovery vapor Generator (GVR) which completely substitutes the Regenerator, of the prior art, being capable of recovering the energy differential (QR) between the temperature at the end of expansion and the temperature at nearly complete condensation of the thermal fluid and then, by using this great energy differential, it is capable of producing water vapor, entirely reusable in the preheating of the mixture, considerably contributing to the increase of the overall energy yield of the cycle and to the increase of the unit power of the heat engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: I.V.A.R. S.P.A.
    Inventor: Sergio Olivotti
  • Publication number: 20220325637
    Abstract: A new combined SEOL cycle is represented by the recovery vapor Generator (GVR) which completely substitutes the Regenerator, of the prior art, being capable of recovering the energy differential (QR) between the temperature at the end of expansion and the temperature at nearly complete condensation of the thermal fluid and then, by using this great energy differential, it is capable of producing water vapor, entirely reusable in the preheating of the mixture, considerably contributing to the increase of the overall energy yield of the cycle and to the increase of the unit power of the heat engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: I.V.A.R. S.P.A.
    Inventor: Sergio OLIVOTTI
  • Patent number: 11143057
    Abstract: A heat machine for realizing a heat cycle, operating with a thermal fluid includes a drive unit. A first rotor and a second rotor, each having three pistons slidable in an annular chamber, wherein the pistons delimit six variable-volume chambers. The drive unit includes a transmission to convert the rotary motion with first and second periodically variable angular velocities of said first and second rotor, offset from each other, into a rotary motion at a constant angular velocity. The heat machine further includes a compensation tank, to accumulate the compressed fluid from the drive unit, a regenerator to preheat the fluid, a heater to superheat the fluid circulating in the serpentine coil, a burner, to supply the thermal energy to the heater; wherein the regenerator, in fluid communication with the drive unit, is configured to acquire energy-heat from the exhausted fluid and to preheat the fluid sent to the heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: I.V.A.R. S.P.A.
    Inventor: Sergio Olivotti
  • Publication number: 20200131942
    Abstract: A heat machine for realizing a heat cycle, operating with a thermal fluid includes a drive unit. A first rotor and a second rotor, each having three pistons slidable in an annular chamber, wherein the pistons delimit six variable-volume chambers. The drive unit includes a transmission to convert the rotary motion with first and second periodically variable angular velocities of said first and second rotor, offset from each other, into a rotary motion at a constant angular velocity. The heat machine further includes a compensation tank, to accumulate the compressed fluid from the drive unit, a regenerator to preheat the fluid, a heater to superheat the fluid circulating in the serpentine coil, a burner, to supply the thermal energy to the heater; wherein the regenerator, in fluid communication with the drive unit, is configured to acquire energy-heat from the exhausted fluid and to preheat the fluid sent to the heater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: I.V.A.R. S.P.A.
    Inventor: Sergio OLIVOTTI
  • Patent number: 10280806
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heat engine (29), including a drive unit (1) provided with: a casing (2) delimiting therein an annular chamber (12), two triads of pistons (7a-7b-7c; 9a-9b-9c) rotatably housed in the casing of the annular cylinder (or toroidal cylinder), a three-shaft movement system (18) configured to transmit motion from and/or to the two triads of pistons; wherein the heat engine is configured so as to carry out a Rankine or Rankine-Hirn thermodynamic cycle, capable of producing electrical energy and heat; the same invention further relates to a pneumatic motor (61) including the aforesaid drive unit (1), configured so as to transform the compressed air at high pressure, contained in a tank, into mechanical energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: I.V.A.R. S.P.A.
    Inventor: Sergio Olivotti
  • Publication number: 20170167303
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a drive unit (1), usable, in particular, for the construction of heat engines designed to use thermodynamic cycles of the Rankine, Rankine-Hirn, Brayton and Stirling type, comprising a casing (2) delimiting therein an annular chamber (12), two triads of pistons (7a-7b-7c; 9a-9b-9c) rotatably housed in the casing of the annular cylinder (or toroidal cylinder), a three-shaft movement system (18) configured to transmit motion from and/or to the two triads of pistons; wherein said system comprises a primary shaft (17), a first secondary shaft (19) and a second secondary shaft (20), and each secondary shaft is connected to a respective triad of pistons (7a-7b-7c; 9a-9b-9c); the rotation of the primary shaft having a constant angular velocity determines a periodic cyclic variation in the angular velocity of rotation of the two secondary shafts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: I.V.A.R. S.P.A.
    Inventor: Sergio OLIVOTTI
  • Patent number: 9069363
    Abstract: A method for regulating a temperature in a plurality of rooms (3) of a building, comprising steps of detecting a first ambient temperature measurement (TaI) in a first room (3a) with use of a thermostat (5) destined to command functioning of a first heat-regulating device (8a) mounted on a first radiator (4a) arranged in the first room (3 a), in a correlated way with the first ambient temperature measurement (TaI) and with a first set value (Tset1) of a desired temperature in the first room (3 a), detecting a first proximal temperature (Tpr1) by means of a first sensor (9a) arranged in proximity of the first radiator (4a), detecting a second ambient proximal temperature measurement (Tpr2) in a second room (3b) by means of a second sensor (9b) arranged in proximity of a second radiator (4b), correlating the measurement of the second proximal temperature (Tpr2) with a second set value (Ofs2) for a second heat-regulating device (8b) and also at least with the first proximal temperature measurement (Tpr1) in orde
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: I.V.A.R. S.P.A.
    Inventors: Sergio Olivotti, Umberto Bertolotti
  • Publication number: 20130056543
    Abstract: A method for regulating a temperature in a plurality of rooms (3) of a building, comprising steps of detecting a first ambient temperature measurement (TaI) in a first room (3a) with use of a thermostat (5) destined to command functioning of a first heat-regulating device (8a) mounted on a first radiator (4a) arranged in the first room (3a), in a correlated way with the first ambient temperature measurement (TaI) and with a first set value (Tset1) of a desired temperature in the first room (3a), detecting a first proximal temperature (Tpr1) by means of a first sensor (9a) arranged in proximity of the first radiator (4a), detecting a second ambient proximal temperature measurement (Tpr2) in a second room (3b) by means of a second sensor (9b) arranged in proximity of a second radiator (4b), correlating the measurement of the second proximal temperature (Tpr2) with a second set value (Ofs2) for a second heat-regulating device (8b) and also at least with the first proximal temperature measurement (Tpr1) in order
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: I.V.A.R. S.P.A.
    Inventors: Sergio Olivotti, Umberto Bertolotti