Patents by Inventor Yan PENNEC
Yan PENNEC 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).
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Publication number: 20240117911Abstract: Self-closing emergency release and coupling device for the transport of cryogenic fluid comprising two pipes extending in a longitudinal direction and each comprising, at a connection end, a valve mechanism configured to automatically close the pipe when the connection ends are separated and to open the pipe when the connection ends are coupled, the device further comprising a tube arranged around each pipe and defining a vacuum space for thermally insulating the pipeline, the device is characterized in that it further comprises a chamber disposed around the valve mechanism and delimited by a wall assembly located between the outer tube and the transport pipe, the volume of the insulation chamber being independent of the vacuum space between the outer tube and the transport pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2022Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: L'AIR LIQUIDE, SOCIETE ANONYME POUR L'ETUDE ET L'EXPLOITATION DES PROCEDES GEORGES CLAUDEInventors: Gaetan COLEIRO, Yan PENNEC
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Publication number: 20240084941Abstract: Disclosed is a self-closing emergency coupling and release device for the transport of cryogenic fluid, comprising two fluid transport pipes extending in a longitudinal direction and each comprising, at a connection end, a valve mechanism configured to automatically close the pipe when the connection ends are separated and to open the pipe when the connection ends are coupled, the device further comprising an outer tube arranged around each transport pipe and delimiting a vacuum space for thermally insulating the transport pipe, the device further comprising a mechanism for holding the transport pipe in the outer tube, characterized in that the holding mechanism comprises a frustoconical connection tube having a first end connected to the outer tube and a second end connected to the transport pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2022Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: L'AIR LIQUIDE, SOCIETE ANONYME POUR L'ETUDE ET L'EXPLOITATION DES PROCEDES GEORGES CLAUDEInventors: Gaetan COLEIRO, Yan PENNEC
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Patent number: 11732678Abstract: Device for supplying fluid to a user apparatus, in particular a cryogenic fuel such as hydrogen, to an engine, the device comprising a liquefied cryogenic fluid tank comprising a liquid phase and a gaseous phase, a user apparatus, a heating unit comprising a first end which is connected to the tank and a second end which is connected to the user apparatus, the drawing-off duct comprising a heater for the fluid drawn off, the device comprising a system for pressurising the tank comprising a pressurising duct comprising a first end which is connected to an upper end of the tank, a second end which is connected to a lower end of the tank, the pressurising duct comprising a fluid pumping unit and a heating unit, and being configured to draw off gaseous fluid from the tank, to heat it in the heating unit, and to re-inject this heated fluid into the low part in the liquid phase, characterised in that the pressurising duct and the drawing-off duct have a portion in common, and in that the heating unit and the heaterType: GrantFiled: February 1, 2022Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges ClaudeInventor: Yan Pennec
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Publication number: 20230151919Abstract: A detachable coupling device with automatic closure for the transport of fluid, including two fluid transport pipes extending in a longitudinal direction and each having, at one connection end, a valve mechanism, the device also including an external tube disposed around each transport pipe and, in the coupled position, the two connection ends are configured to be relatively longitudinally displaceable between a first configuration, in which the valve mechanisms are dosed, and a second configuration, in which the valve mechanisms are open, the transition from the first configuration to the second configuration being realized by a relative longitudinal movement of the two valve mechanisms close to one anotherType: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2022Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventors: Gaƫtan COLEIRO, Yan PENNEC
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Publication number: 20230067385Abstract: The invention relates to a fluid-compression device including a compression chamber comprising a movable piston, the device comprising a first end housing a first end of the compression chamber, the device comprising a second end housing a second end of the compression chamber, the piston being translatable between the first and second ends of the compression chamber, the device comprising a regeneration pipe connecting the first and second ends of the compression chamber and including a regenerator, the device comprising a supply pipe comprising an upstream end intended to be connected to a source of fluid to be compressed and a downstream end opening into the first end of the compression chamber, the supply pipe comprising a valve assembly, the device comprising a pipe for discharging the compressed fluid comprising an upstream end connected to the compression chamber and a downstream end intended to be connected to a receiver of the compressed fluid, the discharge pipe comprising a valve assembly, characteType: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2020Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l?Exploitation des Procedes Georges ClaudeInventors: Yan PENNEC, Rasmey TRY
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Patent number: 11585599Abstract: Device and method for the cryogenic purification of a stream of gas, comprising a purification circuit comprising a first inlet and a first set of filters arranged in series, the first set of filters comprising a terminal heat exchanger in a heat-exchange relationship with a cold source, the purification circuit comprising, downstream of the terminal exchanger, a first outlet, the device comprising at least one drive member intended to set the stream of gas in motion in the circuit, the purification circuit further comprising, between the terminal exchanger and the first outlet, a second set of filter(s), and the at least one drive member being configured to set two successive volumes of gas for purification in motion in opposite directions of circulation in the circuit. The invention also relates to a machine including such a device.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2018Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges ClaudeInventors: James Butterworth, Yan Pennec
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Publication number: 20220243685Abstract: Device for supplying fluid to a user apparatus, in particular a cryogenic fuel such as hydrogen, to an engine, the device comprising a liquefied cryogenic fluid tank comprising a liquid phase and a gaseous phase, a user apparatus, a heating unit comprising a first end which is connected to the tank and a second end which is connected to the user apparatus, the drawing-off duct comprising a heater for the fluid drawn off, the device comprising a system for pressurising the tank comprising a pressurising duct comprising a first end which is connected to an upper end of the tank, a second end which is connected to a lower end of the tank, the pressurising duct comprising a fluid pumping unit and a heating unit, and being configured to draw off gaseous fluid from the tank, to heat it in the heating unit, and to re-inject this heated fluid into the low part in the liquid phase, characterised in that the pressurising duct and the drawing-off duct have a portion in common, and in that the heating unit and the heaterType: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges ClaudeInventor: Yan PENNEC
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Publication number: 20220042649Abstract: Device for filling with liquefied gas comprising a fluid circuit provided with a first pipe for liquid transfer comprising a first end that is intended to be connected to a source of liquefied gas and a second end that is intended to be connected to a tank to be filled, a second pipe for gas transfer comprising a first end that is intended to be connected to the source of liquefied gas and a second end that is intended to be connected to said tank to be filled, the circuit comprising at least one third transfer pipe connecting the first and second transfer pipes, and a vent device connected to the first and second transfer pipes via a set of one or more safety valves, the circuit comprising a set of one or more valves for controlling the streams of fluid in the pipes of the circuit, the device comprising a system for gas flushing of the circuit, characterized in that the flushing system comprises a first source of pressurized gas, and a first set of one or more flushing pipes connecting the first source of prType: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Applicant: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l?Exploitation des Procedes Georges ClaudeInventors: Yan PENNEC, Guillaume PETITPAS
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Publication number: 20200124347Abstract: Device and method for the cryogenic purification of a stream of gas, comprising a purification circuit comprising a first inlet and a first set of filters arranged in series, the first set of filters comprising a terminal heat exchanger in a heat-exchange relationship with a cold source, the purification circuit comprising, downstream of the terminal exchanger, a first outlet, the device comprising at least one drive member intended to set the stream of gas in motion in the circuit, the purification circuit further comprising, between the terminal exchanger and the first outlet, a second set of filter(s), and the at least one drive member being configured to set two successive volumes of gas for purification in motion in opposite directions of circulation in the circuit. The invention also relates to a machine including such a device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2018Publication date: April 23, 2020Applicant: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges ClaudeInventors: James BUTTERWORTH, Yan PENNEC