Patents by Inventor Thierry Zuber

Thierry Zuber 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).

  • Secondary heat transfer circuit for a nuclear reactor cooled by a liquid metal such as sodium, as well as a steam generator particularly suitable for such a circuit
    Patent number: 4600554
    Abstract: The invention relates to a secondary heat transfer circuit for a liquid metal-cooled nuclear reactor, as well as to a steam generator which can be used in such a circuit.According to the invention, a downstream buffer tank and an upstream buffer tank are arranged within the steam generator. The upstream buffer tank is annular and surrounds and communicates with an area of the generator by which the liquid metal flows downwards between the exchange zone and the discharge tube. The pressure of the neutral gas pocket in the downstream buffer tank is higher than that of the pocket of the upstream buffer tank.Application to fast neutron nuclear reactors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1986
    Assignees: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, Novatome
    Inventors: Alain Brachet, Jacques Figuet, Joel Guidez, Noel Lions, Rene Traiteur, Thierry Zuber
  • Steam outlet connection for a steam generator
    Patent number: 4550688
    Abstract: Steam outlet connection for connecting the outlet (5) of a tube of the bank of tubes of a steam generator to the pipe (8) connecting it to a steam header. The connection is of the T type with a straight portion (10) closed at one end and a side branch (19) connected to the pipe (8). The closed end of the straight portion (10) has an end wall (14) having a zone of sufficiently slight thickness to permit its perforation for the purpose of injecting a gas into the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1984
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1985
    Assignees: Novatome, Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Thierry Zuber, Rene Traiteur