Patents by Inventor Clarke G. Homan

Clarke G. Homan 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).

  • HYDROGEN GENERATOR WITH CARBON CAPTURE FOR USE WITH A HYDROGEN FUEL CELL
    Publication number: 20230387438
    Abstract: A hydrogen generator includes a gasifier, upon receiving steam and methane, configured to convert the methane and steam into hydrogen and carbon monoxide; and a carbon trap, operatively connected to the gasifier, configured to capture carbon from the carbon monoxide and allow the hydrogen to pass therethrough. The carbon trap includes iron and a heat source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventor: Clarke G. Homan
  • Hydrogen generator with carbon capture for use with a hydrogen fuel cell
    Patent number: 11777122
    Abstract: A hydrogen generator includes a gasifier, upon receiving steam and methane, configured to convert the methane and steam into hydrogen and carbon monoxide; and a carbon trap, operatively connected to the gasifier, configured to capture carbon from the carbon monoxide and allow the hydrogen to pass therethrough. The carbon trap includes iron and a heat source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Inventor: Clarke G. Homan
  • HYDROGEN GENERATOR WITH CARBON CAPTURE FOR USE WITH A HYDROGEN FUEL CELL
    Publication number: 20230178777
    Abstract: A hydrogen generator includes a gasifier, upon receiving steam and methane, configured to convert the methane and steam into hydrogen and carbon monoxide; and a carbon trap, operatively connected to the gasifier, configured to capture carbon from the carbon monoxide and allow the hydrogen to pass therethrough. The carbon trap includes iron and a heat source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventor: Clarke G. Homan
  • Superconducting type II palladium alloy hydride-palladium hydride composites
    Patent number: 4485152
    Abstract: A superconducting type II composite palladium alloy hydride material having a region containing a contiguous surface comprising a palladium alloy-palladium region wherein at least a portion of the alloy region contains hydrogen and at least a portion of the palladium region contains hydrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 27, 1984
    Assignee: Research Foundation, State University of New York
    Inventors: Clarke G. Homan, Wilfried W. Scholz, William J. Standish, Andreas Leiberich
  • Production of cadmium sulfide compositions having unusual magnetic and electrical properties
    Patent number: 4450086
    Abstract: Process for preparing cadmium sulfide compositions which are in a metasta state possessing greatly increased electrical conductivity and magnetic properties. The process comprises pressure quenching a cadmium sulfide composition containing between about 0.5% and 3.0% by weight chlorine, obtained by precipitation of CdS from aqueous CdCl.sub.2 solution with H.sub.2 S, to produce a precipitate containing a mixture of CdS and a complex compound of CdCl.sub.2 and CdS, which is washed with water to remove uncomplexed CdCl.sub.2. The pressure quenching treatment involves suddenly releasing the cadmium sulfide composition from a high pressure of at least 32 K bars at rates of at least 10.sup.4 bars/sec.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 22, 1984
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Clarke G. Homan, David P. Kendall, Robert K. MacCrone