Patents by Inventor Adrian George Vance

Adrian George Vance 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).

  • Publication number: 20130055983
    Abstract: 72% of all energy generated in an internal combustion engine is lost to the radiators and exhaust. Internal Combustion Energy Recovery, ICER, uses this energy by reflecting the infrared, IR, radiation from combustion to capture it with absorbing gas (to) increase cylinder pressure. This technology is adaptable to existing engine(s) as a “bolt on” modification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Inventor: Adrian George Vance
  • Patent number: 7855061
    Abstract: A process for producing butanol comprising the following three phases: (1) growing algae, (2) fermenting algae and (3) separating butanol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Inventor: Adrian George Vance
  • Publication number: 20090317901
    Abstract: Three billion years ago single celled plants used sunlight and CO2 to make molecules in which much of the energy was stored that we use today. The first algae cells were very much like today's algae and are still the most efficient converters of sunlight to stored energy. Simple equipment and materials in air and earth are all we need to make a liquid, gasoline-replacing fuel with aqueous culturing and fermenting tanks. One such facility, 14 miles square, on land or floating in a bay could make enough butanol to supply the motor fuel we need. But, it is better to divide production into several thousand Fuel Farms™” to reduce transportation and increase national security. The prototype small business fuel farm uses two acres of land for growing trays, fermentation and storage tanks. A box canyon of land not suitable for agriculture or residential use, hence cheap, but with a a well producing six gallons of water per minute of any quality is all we need.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Inventor: Adrian George Vance