F22B 1/06
The heat carrier being molten
Official title: the heat carrier being molten; Use of molten metal, e.g. zinc, as heat transfer medium
F22B1/06 (The heat carrier being molten) appears on 106 US grants and 44 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F22B- Granted patents
- 106
- Published applications
- 44
- Assignees
- 58
- Inventors
- 198
- Latest grant
- 4 Aug 2026
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| 2020 | 2 | 3 |
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| 2022 | 4 | 4 |
| 2023 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | 3 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Water processing system and method4 Aug 2026US 12,698,694 B2
- Start-up and control of liquid salt energy storage combined cycle systems24 Mar 2026US 12,584,424 B2Pintail Power LLC
- Heat exchanger configuration for nuclear reactor6 Jan 2026US 12,516,888 B2TerraPower, LLC
- Device and method for producing high-pressure or super high-pressure steam as byproduct from maleic anhydride producing device29 Jul 2025US 12,372,231 B2Changzhou Ruihua Chemical Engineering Technology Co., Ltd.
- Start-up and control of liquid salt energy storage combined cycle systems29 Oct 2024US 12,129,773 B2Pintail Power LLC
- Hybrid power generation system22 Jan 2026US 2026/0024674 A1Holtec International
- Start-up and control of liquid salt energy storage combined cycle systems6 Feb 2025US 2025/0043701 A1Pintail Power LLC
- Helical Baffle for Once-Through Steam Generator12 Dec 2024US 2024/0410566 A1BWXT Canada Ltd.
- Device and method for producing high-pressure or super high-pressure steam as byproduct from maleic anhydride producing device12 Dec 2024US 2024/0410567 A1Changzhou Ruihua Chemical Engineering Technology Co., Ltd.
- Start-up and control of liquid salt energy storage combined cycle systems14 Sep 2023US 2023/0287808 A1Pintail Power LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Wind-powered electricity generating system including wind energy storage195US 5,384,489 A1995
- Method and system for maintaining operating temperatures in a molten salt co-generating unit166US 4,438,630 ACombustion Engineering, Inc. · 1984
- Pump/heat exchanger49US 4,216,821 ACommissariat A L' Energie Atomique · 1980
- High temperature pollutant removal from gas streams46US 4,308,037 AInstitute of Gas Technology · 1981
- Rupture disc32US 4,064,003 AThe United States of America as represented by the United States Energy Research and Development Administration · 1977