Patents by Inventor Yovan D. Lukic

Yovan D. Lukic 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).

  • Fuel assemblies in a reactor core and method of designing and arranging same
    Patent number: 6891912
    Abstract: A reactor core (104) includes fuel assemblies (202) arranged in a loading pattern (1100) in response to corresponding power levels of the fuel assemblies (202). A crud deposition model (412) is used to predict crud deposition on the fuel assemblies (202) and fuel pins (300) within the fuel assemblies (202). The prediction of crud deposition enables generation of the loading pattern (1100) and design of lattice structures (1600) for the fuel assemblies (202) that results in the reduction of total crud deposition in the reactor core (104) and causes a substantially uniform crud deposition on the fuel assemblies (202) of the reactor core (104).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: Pinnacle West Capital Corporation
    Inventors: Yovan D. Lukic, Jeffrey S. Schmidt