Patents by Inventor Sylvain Garrier

Sylvain Garrier 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: 8636834
    Abstract: The invention relates to a safe hydrogen-storing tank that is easy to manufacture and enables the quick kinetic absorption of hydrogen, which reduces the variations in volume and has a low cost in terms of material and energy. The invention has the aim of providing a tank for storing hydrogen, including a hydrogen inlet (21) and a hydrogen outlet (22) in fluid communication with at least one solid body (10-11) capable of the exothermal absorption and endothermal desorption of hydrogen, wherein said at least one solid body (10-11) is made of a compacted material containing light metal hydride and a heat-conducting matrix, and wherein said at least one solid body (10-11) is in heat-transfer relation with at least one heat recovery material (42) free from salt or molten-salt compounds and capable of absorbing the heat generated by the hydrogen absorption and of releasing said absorbed heat so as to provide heat for hydrogen desorption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignees: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, McPhy Energy
    Inventors: Daniel Fruchart, Michel Jehan, Patricia De Rango, Salvatore Miraglia, Philippe Marty, Albin Chaise, Sylvain Garrier, Gérard Bienvenu
  • Publication number: 20120061397
    Abstract: The invention relates to a safe hydrogen-storing tank that is easy to manufacture and enables the quick kinetic absorption of hydrogen, which reduces the variations in volume and has a low cost in terms of material and energy. The invention has the aim of providing a tank for storing hydrogen, including a hydrogen inlet (21) and a hydrogen outlet (22) in fluid communication with at least one solid body (10-11) capable of the exothermal absorption and endothermal desorption of hydrogen, wherein said at least one solid body (10-11) is made of a compacted material containing light metal hydride and a heat-conducting matrix, and wherein said at least one solid body (10-11) is in heat-transfer relation with at least one heat recovery material (42) free from salt or molten-salt compounds and capable of absorbing the heat generated by the hydrogen absorption and of releasing said absorbed heat so as to provide heat for hydrogen desorption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Inventors: Daniel Fruchart, Michel Jehan, Patricia De Rango, Salvatore Miraglia, Philippe Marty, Albin Chaise, Sylvain Garrier, Gérard Bienvenu