Patents by Inventor Sylvain Rodat

Sylvain Rodat 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: 9784473
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a solar system for providing volumetric energy reproducing the effect of a combustion flame for a high-temperature industrial process, characterized in that it comprises: a solar receiver exposed to concentrated solar radiation, in which heat transfer fluid (liquid or gas) is brought to high temperature; at least one high-temperature chamber in which said high-temperature industrial process is performed; injection means of the heat transfer fluid in the form of a gas jet reproducing a combustion flame in the at least one high-temperature chamber. The present invention also relates to a process for providing volumetric energy reproducing the effect of a combustion flame for this purpose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
    Inventors: Sylvain Rodat, Stéphane Abanades, Gilles Flamant
  • Publication number: 20140083415
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a solar system for providing volumetric energy reproducing the effect of a combustion flame for a high-temperature industrial process, characterised in that it comprises: a solar receiver exposed to concentrated solar radiation, in which heat transfer fluid (liquid or gas) is brought to high temperature; at least one high-temperature chamber in which said high-temperature industrial process is performed; injection means of the heat transfer fluid in the form of a gas jet reproducing a combustion flame in the at least one high-temperature chamber. The present invention also relates to a process for providing volumetric energy reproducing the effect of a combustion flame for this purpose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique(CNRS)
    Inventors: Sylvain Rodat, Stéphane Abanades, Gilles Flamant