G21C 15/16
Comprising means for separating liquid and steam
Official title: comprising means for separating liquid and steam (separating in general B01D; steam traps F16D)
G21C15/16 (Comprising means for separating liquid and steam) appears on 67 US grants and 55 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G21C- Granted patents
- 67
- Published applications
- 55
- Assignees
- 24
- Inventors
- 156
- Latest grant
- 29 Jul 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 5 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 2 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 | 6 |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 |
| 2015 | 1 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 5 | 7 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 6 | 6 |
| 2021 | 2 | 7 |
| 2022 | 4 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Clamp systems and methods of using the same with steam dryers29 Jul 2025US 12,372,106 B2GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC
- Reactor condition controlled check valve permits coolant to flow from a reservoir to an isolation condenser chamber20 May 2025US 12,308,130 B2GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC
- Intermixing feedwater sparger nozzles and methods for using the same in nuclear reactors13 Aug 2024US 12,062,459 B2GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC
- Integral reactor pressure vessel tube sheet16 Jul 2024US 12,040,097 B2NuScale Power, LLC
- Cooling system in a nuclear plant27 Feb 2024US 11,915,836 B2Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute
- Systems and methods for steam separator alignment11 Jun 2026US 2026/0162839 A1GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC
- Steam Dryer for Boiling Water-Type Reactor16 Oct 2025US 2025/0322973 A1Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd.
- Steam-water separator and boiling-water reactor3 Apr 2025US 2025/0111956 A1Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd.
- Reactor core system19 Dec 2024US 2024/0420856 A1Purdue Research Foundation
- Clamp systems and methods of using the same with steam dryers6 Jul 2023US 2023/0213048 A1GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Optimized critical power in a fuel bundle with part length rods49US 5,229,068 AGeneral Electric Company · 1993
- Bi-level reactor including steam separators30US 5,202,084 AGeneral Electric Company · 1993
- Steam separator, nuclear power generation plant, and boiler apparatus23US 5,963,611 AKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba · 1999
- Vapor-liquid separator18US 3,961,923 AAktiebolaget Atomenergi · 1976
- Steam-water separating system for boiling water nuclear reactors15US 4,912,733 AGeneral Electric Company · 1990