Patents by Inventor UTE RAMMINGER

UTE RAMMINGER 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: 11474045
    Abstract: A photometric method for determination of a concentration of a film forming amine in a liquid, including providing a buffer solution of a weak acid having a pKa?4.5 and a strong acid having a pKa?1; diluting an aliquot of the buffer solution with water, and determining the pH of the diluted buffer solution; adding reagent to the diluted buffer solution and measuring an initial absorbance of the diluted buffer/reagent solution; preparing a sample solution by adding liquid containing the film forming amine to an aliquot of the buffer solution and measuring the pH of the sample solution; adjusting the pH of the sample solution to match the pH of the diluted buffer solution by adding strong acid; and adding the reagent to the pH adjusted sample solution to form a colored complex, and measuring the absorbance of the resulting solution in a photometer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: FRAMATOME GMBH
    Inventors: Ute Ramminger, Ulrich Nickel, Jörg Fandrich
  • Publication number: 20210010943
    Abstract: A photometric method for determination of a film forming amine in a liquid, comprises a) providing a buffer solution of a weak acid having a pKa?4.5 and a strong acid having a pKa?1; b) diluting an aliquot of the buffer solution with water, and determining the pH of said diluted buffer solution; c) adding reagent to said diluted buffer solution and measuring an initial absorbance of said diluted buffer/reagent solution; d) preparing a sample solution by adding liquid containing the film forming amine to an aliquot of the buffer solution and measuring the pH of the sample solution; e) adjusting the pH of the sample solution to match the pH of the diluted buffer solution by adding strong acid; and f) adding said reagent to the pH adjusted sample solution to form a colored complex, and measuring the absorbance of the resulting solution a photometer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Ute RAMMINGER, Ulrich NICKEL, Jörg FANDRICH
  • Patent number: 10315234
    Abstract: A method for conditioning the circulatory system (1) of a power plant is especially suited for a nuclear power plant. An amine, which is a film-forming agent, is metered into the working medium circulating in the circulatory system. The film-forming agent forms a hydrophobic film on the surfaces of the circulatory system. During the process, the concentration of the film-forming agent is monitored in at least one measuring point by way of measurement, and metering of the film-forming agent is stopped once its concentration in the working medium has reached a value of 1 ppm to 2 ppm in at least one measuring point M1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Framatome GmbH
    Inventors: Ute Ramminger, Joerg Fandrich, Fernando-Mario Roumiguiere
  • Patent number: 9943890
    Abstract: A method for cleaning and conditioning the water-steam circuit of a power plant, especially of a nuclear power plant, uses an amine as a film-forming agent. The amine is metered into the working medium circulating in the water-steam circuit. The film-forming agent forms a hydrophobic film on the surfaces of the circuit. During the process, the concentration of at least one impurity contained in the water and the concentration of the film-forming agent in at least in the feed water of the steam generator are measured and monitored. The concentration of the film-forming agent is varied, as needed, subject to the concentration of the impurity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: AREVA GmbH
    Inventors: Ute Ramminger, Joerg Fandrich, Fernando-Mario Roumiguiere
  • Patent number: 9947425
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for reducing the radioactive contamination of the surface of a component used in a nuclear reactor, which component is in contact with radioactively contaminated water, in which method a hydrophobic film is produced on the surface of a component by virtue of the surface being wetted with an aqueous solution which contains a film-forming amphiphilic substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: AREVA GMBH
    Inventors: Bernhard Stellwag, Luis Sempere-Belda, Ute Ramminger
  • Publication number: 20160196889
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for reducing the radioactive contamination of the surface of a component used in a nuclear reactor, which component is in contact with radioactively contaminated water, in which method a hydrophobic film is produced on the surface of a component by virtue of the surface being wetted with an aqueous solution which contains a film-forming amphiphilic substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Bernhard STELLWAG, Luis SEMPERE-BELDA, Ute RAMMINGER
  • Publication number: 20140102482
    Abstract: A method for cleaning and conditioning the water-steam circuit of a power plant, especially of a nuclear power plant, uses an amine as a film-forming agent. The amine is metered into the working medium circulating in the water-steam circuit. The film-forming agent forms a hydrophobic film on the surfaces of the circuit. During the process, the concentration of at least one impurity contained in the water and the concentration of the film-forming agent in at least in the feed water of the steam generator are measured and monitored. The concentration of the film-forming agent is varied, as needed, subject to the concentration of the impurity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: AREVA GMBH
    Inventors: UTE RAMMINGER, JOERG FANDRICH, FERNANDO-MARIO ROUMIGUIERE
  • Publication number: 20140102481
    Abstract: A method for conditioning the circulatory system (1) of a power plant is especially suited for a nuclear power plant. An amine, which is a film-forming agent, is metered into the working medium circulating in the circulatory system. The film-forming agent forms a hydrophobic film on the surfaces of the circulatory system. During the process, the concentration of the film-forming agent is monitored in at least one measuring point by way of measurement, and metering of the film-forming agent is stopped once its concentration in the working medium has reached a value of 1 ppm to 2 ppm in at least one measuring point M1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: AREVA GMBH
    Inventors: UTE RAMMINGER, JOERG FANDRICH, FERNANDO-MARIO ROUMIGUIERE