Patents by Inventor Xiaoman Cheng

Xiaoman Cheng 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: 12688943
    Abstract: Disclosed is a solid lithium-lead blanket for a fusion reactor, where a solid lithium-lead alloy is adopted as a neutron multiplier and a tritium breeder, and is placed in a form of a unitary or binary pebble bed inside a structural skeleton composed of structural materials; and nuclear thermal deposition in the solid lithium-lead alloy generated due to an interaction between the solid lithium-lead alloy and a fusion neutron is moved out by a coolant. A proportion of lead atoms in the solid lithium-lead alloy is low, so that, under normal operations and accident conditions of the blanket, the solid lithium-lead alloy always remains in a solid state without melting, and tritium can be brought out of the reactor by purge gas flowing through the pebble bed to allow tritium self-sufficiency. The blanket of the present disclosure does not require beryllium to meet the requirements of tritium breeding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Hefei Institute of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Kecheng Jiang, Songlin Liu, Lei Chen, Xuebin Ma, Qingjun Zhu, Xiaoman Cheng
  • Publication number: 20240312644
    Abstract: Disclosed is a solid lithium-lead blanket for a fusion reactor, where a solid lithium-lead alloy is adopted as a neutron multiplier and a tritium breeder, and is placed in a form of a unitary or binary pebble bed inside a structural skeleton composed of structural materials; and nuclear thermal deposition in the solid lithium-lead alloy generated due to an interaction between the solid lithium-lead alloy and a fusion neutron is moved out by a coolant. A proportion of lead atoms in the solid lithium-lead alloy is low, so that, under normal operations and accident conditions of the blanket, the solid lithium-lead alloy always remains in a solid state without melting, and tritium can be brought out of the reactor by purge gas flowing through the pebble bed to allow tritium self-sufficiency. The blanket of the present disclosure does not require beryllium to meet the requirements of tritium breeding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Kecheng Jiang, Songlin Liu, Lei Chen, Xuebin Ma, Qingjun Zhu, Xiaoman Cheng