Patents by Inventor Alan E. Goliaszewski
Alan E. Goliaszewski 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).
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Patent number: 11502301Abstract: The presently disclosed and/or claimed inventive process(es), procedure(s), method(s), product(s), result(s), and/or concept(s) (collectively hereinafter referred to as the “presently disclosed and/or claimed inventive concept(s)”) relates generally to the composition of a binder for use in battery electrodes and methods of preparing such. More particularly, but not by way of limitation, the presently disclosed and/or claimed inventive concept(s) relates to a binder composition containing an ionizable water soluble polymer and a redispersible powder containing a latex, a protective colloid, and an anticaking agent for use in the production and manufacture of electrodes of a lithium ion battery. Additionally, the presently disclosed and/or claimed inventive concept(s) relates generally to the compositions and methods of making electrodes, both anodes and cathodes, with a binder composition containing an ionizable water soluble polymer and a redispersible powder.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2014Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Hercules LLCInventors: Sung Gun Chu, Alan E Goliaszewski
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Publication number: 20210384511Abstract: An aqueous binder composition comprising a cationic copolymer derived from at least one cationic monomer and at least one nonionic monomer is disclosed. Additionally, the present disclosure relates generally to electrode compositions and methods of making electrodes, especially anodes, with the binder composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2019Publication date: December 9, 2021Applicant: HERCULES LLCInventors: Alan E. GOLIASZEWSKI, Shufu PENG
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Publication number: 20140349184Abstract: The presently disclosed and/or claimed inventive process(es), procedure(s), method(s), product(s), result(s), and/or concept(s) (collectively hereinafter referred to as the “presently disclosed and/or claimed inventive concept(s)”) relates generally to the composition of a binder for use in battery electrodes and methods of preparing such. More particularly, but not by way of limitation, the presently disclosed and/or claimed inventive concept(s) relates to a binder composition containing an ionizable water soluble polymer and a redispersible powder containing a latex, a protective colloid, and an anticaking agent for use in the production and manufacture of electrodes of a lithium ion battery. Additionally, the presently disclosed and/or claimed inventive concept(s) relates generally to the compositions and methods of making electrodes, both anodes and cathodes, with a binder composition containing an ionizable water soluble polymer and a redispersible powder.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2014Publication date: November 27, 2014Applicant: HERCULES CORPORATEDInventors: Sung Gun Chu, Alan E Goliaszewski
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Patent number: 8597484Abstract: A system and method for quantifying opaque inhomogeneities within a fluid sample. The system uses an optical lens system to focus a light beam onto a stage where the sample is introduced. The light beam is directed onto the sample in a pattern such that the intensity of transmitted light is measured as a function of path length. A photo detector measures the transmitted light through the sample. Fluctuations in transmitted light intensity are then correlated with detection of opaque inclusions in the sample. The system also includes an automated program which utilizes these optical concentration measurements to determine the fouling potential of visbroken tars, and regulates the introduction of chemical inhibitors into a visbreaker unit to improve the yield of light streams and/or economic value of product.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2009Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Andre Vanhove, Tiffany N. Morris, Alan E. Goliaszewski, Brian W. Lasiuk, Donato Vinciguerra
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Patent number: 8366915Abstract: Methods for reducing calcium deposition along surfaces in contact with the water phase of a resolved water/oil emulsion are disclosed. High calcium crude oil and the like are contacted with a sequestrant to form a sequestered calcium containing complex that partitions to the water phase in the resolved emulsion. A specifically formulated polymeric deposit control agent is added to the water phase to inhibit calcium deposit formation therein and along surfaces in contact with the water phase.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2008Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Alan E. Goliaszewski, David B. Engel, Roger C. May
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Patent number: 8226819Abstract: An extraction aid has been found which provides for enhanced contaminate removal, such as metals and amines, from crude oils that uses components that are desirable in desalting processes as the components are water soluble, have low toxicity, are highly biodegradeable and exhibit high thermal stability. According to one embodiment of the invention, an extraction aid that provides enhanced extraction properties is comprised of a blend of acids, particularly water soluble acids. More specifically, a combination of two acids chosen from the group consisting of acetic acid, sulfuric acid, glycolic acid, citric acid and methanesulfonic acid.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2011Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Alan E. Goliaszewski, Cato R. McDaniel
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Publication number: 20110301061Abstract: A process for testing the effectiveness of demulsifying additives on oil/water emulsions includes adding samples containing differing combinations of oil, water and demulsifier to a plurality of elongate reactor vials, wherein each the elongate reactor vial has a longitudinal axis extending from its bottom to its rim. The plurality of reactor vials are placed into a reaction block mounted on a platform of a shaker, wherein the reactor vials are received in stations of the reaction block in a vertical orientation such that the longitudinal axis of each reactor vial is perpendicular to the platform. The reaction block is pivoted the so that the longitudinal axis of each reactor vial is parallel with the platform in a horizontal orientation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2010Publication date: December 8, 2011Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Cato Russell McDaniel, David B. Engel, Alan E. Goliaszewski
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Patent number: 8043858Abstract: A small-scale dynamic simulator for crude oil refinery desalters has a pressurized oil deviblis configured to hold a supply of crude oil and a water deviblis configured to hold a supply of wash water. At least one chemical feed pump selectively adds emulsion breaker chemicals to the desalter simulator and a low shear metering pump is configured to pump crude oil and wash water through the desalter simulator. An emulsion forming device forms a crude oil-wash water emulsion that is then received in a desalter vessel. The desalting vessel is fitted with electric grids which simulate those found in electric desalters. The emulsion is resolved within the desalter vessel with the assistance of the emulsion breaker chemicals so the wash water and crude oil form distinct phases, with substantially desalted crude oil removed from an upper portion of the desalter vessel and substantially oil-free wash water removed from a bottom portion of the desalter vessel.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2008Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Cato R. McDaniel, Harold J. Eggert, Kevin S. Solomon, Earl E. Siders, Frank Denison, Alan E. Goliaszewski, David B. Engel, Sherif Eldin, Thomas K. Brow
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Publication number: 20110192767Abstract: An extraction aid has been found which provides for enhanced contaminate removal, such as metals and amines, from crude oils that uses components that are desirable in desalting processes as the components are water soluble, have low toxicity, are highly biodegradeable and exhibit high thermal stability. According to one embodiment of the invention, an extraction aid that provides enhanced extraction properties is comprised of a blend of acids, particularly water soluble acids. More specifically, a combination of two acids chosen from the group consisting of acetic acid, sulfuric acid, glycolic acid, citric acid and methanesulfonic acid.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2011Publication date: August 11, 2011Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Alan E. Goliaszewski, Cato R. McDaniel
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Publication number: 20110155646Abstract: A method for reducing the amount of hydrogen sulfide present in crude oil includes adding a hydrogen sulfide scavenger composition to the crude oil to capture the hydrogen sulfide, migrating the captured sulfides to an aqueous phase and removing the aqueous phase from the crude oil. The hydrogen sulfide scavenger composition includes glyoxal and a quaternary ammonium salt.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2008Publication date: June 30, 2011Inventors: Lawrence John Karas, Alan E. Goliaszewski
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Patent number: 7955522Abstract: An extraction aid has been found which provides for enhanced contaminate removal, such as metals and amines, from crude oils that uses components that are desirable in desalting processes as the components are water soluble, have low toxicity, are highly biodegradeable and exhibit high thermal stability. According to one embodiment of the invention, an extraction aid that provides enhanced extraction properties is comprised of a blend of acids, particularly water soluble acids. More specifically, a combination of two acids chosen from the group consisting of acetic acid, sulfuric acid, glycolic acid, citric acid and methanesulfonic acid.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2008Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Alan E. Goliaszewski, Cato R. McDaniel
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Patent number: 7771588Abstract: The invention pertains to the use of a class of acetylenic surfactants to resolve or break water and oil emulsions. The surfactants are of particular advantage in resolving crude oil emulsions of the type encountered in desalter and similar apparatus designed to extract brines from the crude as they partition to the aqueous phase in the desalter. Also, the surfactants may be used to separate oil from oil sands and similar oil/solids matrices.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2006Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: David Birenbaum Engel, Alan E. Goliaszewski, Cato R. McDaniel
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Patent number: 7740750Abstract: A system and method for quantifying opaque inhomogeneities within a fluid sample. The system uses an optical lens system to focus a light beam onto a stage where the sample is introduced. The light beam is directed onto the sample in a pattern such that the intensity of transmitted light is measured as a function of path length. A photo detector measures the transmitted light through the sample. Fluctuations in transmitted light intensity are then correlated with detection of opaque inclusions in the sample. The system also includes an automated program which utilizes these optical concentration measurements to determine the fouling potential of visbroken tars, and regulates the introduction of chemical inhibitors into a visbreaker unit to improve the yield of light streams and/or economic value of product.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2006Date of Patent: June 22, 2010Assignee: GE Betz, Inc.Inventors: Andre Vanhove, Tiffany N. Morris, Alan E. Goliaszewski, Brian W. Lasiuk, Donato Vinciguerra
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Publication number: 20100053622Abstract: A system and method for quantifying opaque inhomogeneities within a fluid sample. The system uses an optical lens system to focus a light beam onto a stage where the sample is introduced. The light beam is directed onto the sample in a pattern such that the intensity of transmitted light is measured as a function of path length. A photo detector measures the transmitted light through the sample. Fluctuations in transmitted light intensity are then correlated with detection of opaque inclusions in the sample. The system also includes an automated program which utilizes these optical concentration measurements to determine the fouling potential of visbroken tars, and regulates the introduction of chemical inhibitors into a visbreaker unit to improve the yield of light streams and/or economic value of product.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2009Publication date: March 4, 2010Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Andre Vanhove, Tiffany N. Morris, Alan E. Goliaszewski, Brian W. Lasiuk, Donato Vinciguerra
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Publication number: 20100015720Abstract: A small-scale dynamic simulator for crude oil refinery desalters has a pressurized oil deviblis configured to hold a supply of crude oil and a water deviblis configured to hold a supply of wash water. At least one chemical feed pump selectively adds emulsion breaker chemicals to the desalter simulator and a low shear metering pump is configured to pump crude oil and wash water through the desalter simulator. An emulsion forming device forms a crude oil-wash water emulsion that is then received in a desalter vessel. The desalting vessel is fitted with electric grids which simulate those found in electric desalters. The emulsion is resolved within the desalter vessel with the assistance of the emulsion breaker chemicals so the wash water and crude oil form distinct phases, with substantially desalted crude oil removed from an upper portion of the desalter vessel and substantially oil-free wash water removed from a bottom portion of the desalter vessel.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2008Publication date: January 21, 2010Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Cato R. McDaniel, Harold J. Eggert, Kevin S. Solomon, Earl E. Siders, Frank Dennison, Alan E. Goliaszewski, David B. Engel, Sherif Eldin, Thomas K. Brow
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Patent number: 7612117Abstract: The invention pertains to the use of a class of acetylenic surfactants to resolve or break water and oil emulsions. The surfactants are of particular advantage in resolving crude oil emulsions of the type encountered in desalter and similar apparatus designed to extract brines from the crude as they partition to the aqueous phase in the desalter.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2005Date of Patent: November 3, 2009Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Cato R. McDaniel, Alan E. Goliaszewski, David Birenbaum Engel
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Publication number: 20090211946Abstract: An extraction aid has been found which provides for enhanced contaminate removal, such as metals and amines, from crude oils that uses components that are desirable in desalting processes as the components are water soluble, have low toxicity, are highly biodegradeable and exhibit high thermal stability. According to one embodiment of the invention, an extraction aid that provides enhanced extraction properties is comprised of a blend of acids, particularly water soluble acids. More specifically, a combination of two acids chosen from the group consisting of acetic acid, sulfuric acid, glycolic acid, citric acid and methanesulfonic acid.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2008Publication date: August 27, 2009Inventors: Alan E. Goliaszewski, Cato R. McDaniel
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Patent number: 7576136Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for producing an emulsified aqueous hydrocarbon solution comprising, providing a liquid hydrocarbon stream at a particular temperature and a separate water stream, mixing the water stream with a surfactant at a predetermined ratio, raising the pressure of the hydrocarbon stream to a pressure greater than the vapor pressure of steam at the temperature, spraying the water into the hydrocarbon stream at a pressure greater than that of the hydrocarbon stream in a pre-mix chamber; and passing the pressurized hydrocarbon-water mixture through a static mixing chamber.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2005Date of Patent: August 18, 2009Assignee: GE Betz, Inc.Inventors: Wiley L. Parker, Alan E. Goliaszewski, Collin W. Cross
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Publication number: 20090194480Abstract: A method for identifying contaminants within a liquid hydrocarbon media containing contaminants includes adding an optical tag to a water wash, adding the tagged water wash to the liquid hydrocarbon media, emulsifying the liquid hydrocarbon media and analyzing the contaminants in the hydrocarbon media with a microscope. Methods for removing contaminants and evaluating treatment are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2008Publication date: August 6, 2009Inventors: Cato R. McDaniel, Alan E. Goliaszewski, David B. Engel, Roy Hernandez-Mena
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Patent number: 7553878Abstract: The present invention provides a feedstock composition for increasing the efficiency of atomization in hydrocarbon processing that includes a water-in-hydrocarbon oil emulsion including a non-ionic surfactant capable of stabilizing the emulsion and having a hydrophilic-lipophilic balance of greater than about 12. The emulsion includes water droplets of about 5 to about 10 microns in diameter, the droplets being dispersed substantially uniformly in the hydrocarbon oil phase. These surfactants are capable of stabilizing the water-in-hydrocarbon oil emulsion under relevant temperature and pressure conditions for hydrocarbon processing. The inventive feedstock composition provides a metastable water-in-oil emulsion where expanding water vapor explodes under spray conditions where the system pressure is released, demolishing a larger oil droplet and producing smaller oil droplets.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2003Date of Patent: June 30, 2009Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Wiley L. Parker, Collin W. Cross, Alan E. Goliaszewski