Patents by Inventor Valentin Wendling

Valentin Wendling 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).

  • UNIT FOR MEASURING THE SETTLING VELOCITY OF PARTICLES IN SUSPENSION IN UNIT FOR MEASURING THE SETTLING VELOCITY OF PARTICLES IN SUSPENSION IN A FLUID AND DEVICE COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE MEASURING UNIT AND ONE AUTOMATIC SAMPLER
    Publication number: 20160266023
    Abstract: A unit for measuring the falling speed of particles in suspension in a fluid comprises a sealed container having an open compartment containing fluid, and a sealed compartment, and, in the sealed compartment, at least three electromagnetic radiation emitters distributed along a longitudinal axis of the open compartment and oriented according to a radiation axis crossing the open compartment at different heights along the longitudinal axis, an equal number of receivers distributed along the longitudinal axis, each receiver placed in the radiation axis of a corresponding emitter, and a system for acquiring data connected to the receivers which is used to obtain the falling speed of the particles and the change of same as a function of the height in the open compartment and as a function of time, said change quantifying the flocculation of the particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: Institut de Recherche Pour le Developpement (IRD)
    Inventors: Nicolas Gratiot, Bernard Mercier, Cedric Legout, Valentin Wendling, Catherine Coulaud, Henri Mora