G21D 5/12
Liquid working medium vaporised by reactor coolant
G21D5/12 (Liquid working medium vaporised by reactor coolant) appears on 27 US grants and 18 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G21D- Granted patents
- 27
- Published applications
- 18
- Assignees
- 22
- Inventors
- 72
- Latest grant
- 30 Sep 2025
Filings by year
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| 2011 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2015 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Hybrid power generation system30 Sep 2025US 12,429,036 B2Holtec International
- Systems and methods for steam reheat in power plants28 Nov 2023US 11,828,204 B2GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC
- Systems and methods for steam reheat in power plants13 Dec 2022US 11,525,374 B2GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC
- External reactor vessel cooling and electric power generation system19 Jul 2022US 11,391,182 B2King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy
- Long-life, portable reactor for terrestrial power systems (LPORTS)20 Jul 2021US 11,069,453 B1UNM Rainforest Innovations
- Hybrid power generation system9 Jan 2025US 2025/0012260 A1Holtec International
- Systems and methods for steam reheat in power plants30 Mar 2023US 2023/0096162 A1GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC
- Systems and methods for steam reheat in power plants15 Oct 2020US 2020/0325798 A1GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC
- Coolant recirculation system of nuclear power plant23 Jul 2020US 2020/0234835 A1Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute
- External reactor vessel cooling and electric power generation system5 Mar 2020US 2020/0072087 A1King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy
Most cited
By later US patents
- 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
- Method and apparatus for steam mixing a nuclear fueled electricity generation system18US 5,526,386 ABattelle Memorial Institute · 1996