Patents by Inventor William Edward Allmon

William Edward Allmon 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).

  • Apparatus and method for limiting and analyzing stress corrosion cracking in pressurized water reactors
    Patent number: 9280688
    Abstract: A method to assess and predict pressurized water stress corrosion cracking in operational nuclear power plants and the effect of adding zinc compounds into a reactor coolant system of the nuclear power plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: AREVA Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Glenn Lockamon, William Edward Allmon, Stephen Fyfitch, John Carroll Griffith
  • Apparatus and method for limiting and analyzing stress corrosion cracking in pressurized water reactors
    Publication number: 20140010339
    Abstract: A method to assess and predict pressurized water stress corrosion cracking in operational nuclear power plants and the effect of adding zinc compounds into a reactor coolant system of the nuclear power plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Inventors: Brian Glenn Lockamon, William Edward Allmon, Stephen Fyfitch, John Carroll Griffith
  • Method for positive identification of inner surface and outer surface of sample flakes
    Patent number: 7822259
    Abstract: A method for determining the inner surface and an outer surface of a sample flake through the use of digital image photography wherein digital images of a sample flake first surface and second surface are compared to a known inner surface and known outer surface of a reference flake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Areva NP Inc.
    Inventors: Mihai G. M. Pop, John Carroll Griffith, William Edward Allmon, Brian Glenn Lockamon
  • METHOD OF DETERMINING THE POWER TRANSFER OF NUCLEAR COMPONENT WITH A LAYER OF MATERIAL PLACED UPON A HEATING SURFACE OF THE COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20080224038
    Abstract: A method to characterize the power transfer of a nuclear component is provided including the steps of obtaining a sample of a deposit layer on a side of a nuclear component, obtaining a scanning electron microscope image of an outside surface of the sample, obtaining a scanning electron microscope image of an inside surface of the sample, analyzing the scanning electron microscope images of the outside and inside surfaces of the sample for a presence of capillaries and steam chimneys, and calculating the power transfer of the component based on a number of steam chimneys in the deposit layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2006
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: Mihai G.M. Pop, John Carroll Griffith, William Edward Allmon, Brian Glenn Lockamon
  • Method of determining the power transfer of nuclear component with a layer of material placed upon a heating surface of the component
    Patent number: 7420165
    Abstract: A method to characterize the power transfer of a nuclear component is provided including the steps of obtaining a sample of a deposit layer on a side of a nuclear component, obtaining a scanning electron microscope image of an outside surface of the sample, obtaining a scanning electron microscope image of an inside surface of the sample, analyzing the scanning electron microscope images of the outside and inside surfaces of the sample for a presence of capillaries and steam chimneys, and calculating the power transfer of the component based on a number of steam chimneys in the deposit layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Areva NP, Inc.
    Inventors: Mihai G. M. Pop, John Carroll Griffith, William Edward Allmon, Brian Glenn Lockamon
  • Method for positive identification of inner surface and outer surface of sample flakes
    Publication number: 20080069454
    Abstract: A method for determining the inner surface and an outer surface of a sample flake through the use of digital image photography wherein digital images of a sample flake first surface and second surface are compared to a known inner surface and known outer surface of a reference flake.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2006
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Inventors: Mihai G.M. Pop, John Carroll Griffith, William Edward Allmon, Brian Glenn Lockamon