Patents by Inventor Stephane Maurel

Stephane Maurel 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).

  • Publication number: 20170321727
    Abstract: Hydraulic circuit comprising a low-pressure circuit (6) fed by a booster pump (4) that draws from a very-low-pressure reservoir (2), characterized in that this very-low-pressure reservoir (2) is leaktight and has a device for placing the internal volume (12) under negative pressure with respect to atmospheric pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Arnaud Le Dren, Andres Yarce, Stephane Maurel
  • Patent number: 9517960
    Abstract: A combustion method for melting glass in which two fuels of the same nature or different natures are fed into a fusion furnace at two locations remote from each other for distributing the fuel to reduce NOx emissions. The combustion air is supplied at only one of the locations. In a method for operating a glass melting furnace, the fuel injection is distributed to reduce NOx emissions. The furnace includes a melting vessel for receiving the glass to be melted and containing a bath of molten glass, walls defining the furnace, a hot combustion air inlet, a hot smoke outlet, at least one burner for injecting a first fuel, and at least one injector for injecting a second fuel. The injector has an adjustable flow complementary relative to the flow to the burner so that up to 100% of the totality of the first and second fuels used may be injected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: GDF SUEZ
    Inventors: John Ward, Neil Fricker, Richard Stanley Pont, Thierry Ferlin, Stéphane Maurel
  • Publication number: 20130011805
    Abstract: A combustion method for melting glass in which two fuels of the same nature or different natures are fed into a fusion furnace at two locations remote from each other for distributing the fuel to reduce NOx emissions. The combustion air is supplied at only one of the locations. In a method for operating a glass melting furnace, the fuel injection is distributed to reduce NOx emissions. The furnace includes a melting vessel for receiving the glass to be melted and containing a bath of molten glass, walls defining the furnace, a hot combustion air inlet, a hot smoke outlet, at least one burner for injecting a first fuel, and at least one injector for injecting a second fuel. The injector has an adjustable flow complementary relative to the flow to the burner so that up to 100% of the totality of the first and second fuels used may be injected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: GDF SUEZ
    Inventors: John WARD, Neil FRICKER, Richard Stanley PONT, Thierry FERLIN, Stéphane MAUREL
  • Publication number: 20100050691
    Abstract: A combustion method for melting glass in which two fuels of the same nature or different natures are fed into a fusion furnace at two locations remote from each other for distributing the fuel to reduce NOx emissions. The combustion air is supplied at only one of the locations. In a method for operating a glass melting furnace, the fuel injection is distributed to reduce NOx emissions. The furnace includes a melting vessel for receiving the glass to be melted and containing a bath of molten glass, walls defining the furnace, a hot combustion air inlet, a hot smoke outlet, at least one burner for injecting a first fuel, and at least one injector for injecting a second fuel. The injector has an adjustable flow complementary relative to the flow to the burner so that up to 100% of the totality of the first and second fuels used may be injected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: GDF SUEZ
    Inventors: John Ward, Neil Fricker, Richard Stanley Pont, Thierry Ferlin, Stephane Maurel