Patents by Inventor Valéry VUILLERME

Valéry VUILLERME 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).

  • Solar absorber body for a concentrating solar power system and a method for manufacturing a solar absorber body
    Patent number: 10533775
    Abstract: A solar absorber body for a concentrating solar power system, said solar absorber body including: a tube, designed to contain a heat transfer medium and including a first part designed to be exposed to the sunlight and a second part designed to be unexposed to the sunlight, an assembly of fins made of thermally conductive material, and a selective coating arranged at least on the outer surface of the first part of the tube, said assembly of fins defining at least two longitudinal passages inside the tube, said passages being adjacent in a sectional plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the tube, said assembly of fins being configured to create a continuous thermal bridge inside the tube from at least a portion of the inner surface of first part of the tube to at least a portion of the inner surface of the second part of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignees: COMMISSARIAT À L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, SALZGITTER MANNESMANN PRECISION ETIRAGE SAS
    Inventors: Valéry Vuillerme, Arnaud Bruch, Gatien Fleury, Benoit Boulay, Jean-Marc Duhamel
  • A SOLAR ABSORBER BODY FOR A CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SOLAR ABSORBER BODY
    Publication number: 20160153682
    Abstract: A solar absorber body for a concentrating solar power system, said solar absorber body including: a tube, designed to contain a heat transfer medium and including a first part designed to be exposed to the sunlight and a second part designed to be unexposed to the sunlight, an assembly of fins made of thermally conductive material, and a selective coating arranged at least on the outer surface of the first part of the tube, said assembly of fins defining at least two longitudinal passages inside the tube, said passages being adjacent in a sectional plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the tube, said assembly of fins being configured to create a continuous thermal bridge inside the tube from at least a portion of the inner surface of first part of the tube to at least a portion of the inner surface of the second part of the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicants: COMMISSARIAT À L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, SALZGITTER MANNESMANN PRECISION ETIRAGE SAS
    Inventors: Valéry VUILLERME, Arnaud BRUCH, Gatien FLEURY, Benoit BOULAY, Jean-Marc DUHAMEL