F01K 3/181
Using nuclear heat
Official title: {using nuclear heat (F01K3/26 takes precedence)}
F01K3/181 (Using nuclear heat) appears on 51 US grants and 51 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F01K- Granted patents
- 51
- Published applications
- 51
- Assignees
- 35
- Inventors
- 123
- Latest grant
- 4 Aug 2026
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| 2006 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2011 | 4 | 5 |
| 2012 | 0 | 3 |
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| 2016 | 1 | 5 |
| 2017 | 3 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 4 |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1 | 3 |
| 2021 | 2 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2 | 3 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 |
| 2025 | 1 | 3 |
| 2026 | 3 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Ambient temperature thermal adapter for supercritical carbon dioxide power cycle4 Aug 2026US 12,698,730 B2TerraPower, LLC
- Closed Brayton cycle shutdown control with valve system for thermally isolating electrical components14 Jul 2026US 12,680,479 B1Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc.
- System for compressing steam from a nuclear steam supply system to operate a turbogenerator7 Jul 2026US 12,676,248 B2Holtec International
- OLIVIA cycle: SMR reactor coupling with UCG hydrogen production for zero emission power generation in solid oxide fuel cells5 Aug 2025US 12,378,901 B2
- System and related method for converting fossil-fueled generating plants to clean energy24 Dec 2024US 12,176,116 B2Holtec International
- Ambient temperature thermal adapter for supercritical carbon dioxide power cycle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309058 A1TerraPower, LLC
- Thermal energy storage and power shifting system10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266203 A1Holtec International
- Nuclear Power Plant and Power Generation Method in Nuclear Power Plant2 Jul 2026US 2026/0188535 A1Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd.
- Combined cycle nuclear power plant14 May 2026US 2026/0132921 A1NuScale Power, LLC
- Ambient temperature thermal adapter for supercritical carbon dioxide power cycle31 Jul 2025US 2025/0243790 A1TerraPower, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Geothermal power plant with intermediate superheating and simultaneous generation of thermal and electrical energy66US 3,986,362 A1976
- Method and apparatus for thermal power generation41US 4,164,849 AThe United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy · 1979
- Start-up control system and vessel for LMFBR31US 4,674,285 AThe Babcock & Wilcox Company · 1987
- Method and apparatus for improving the performance of a steam driven power system by steam mixing28US 5,793,831 ABattelle Memorial Institute · 1998
- Apparatus and method for producing electrical power24US 5,361,377 A1994