Patents by Inventor Daniel Clay Floyd

Daniel Clay Floyd 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).

  • Method and apparatus for removing a fouling substance from a pressured vessel
    Patent number: 9751114
    Abstract: Vessels can be become fouled due to normal operation thereof, for example, during lignocellulosic biomass hydrolysis, and the vessel will become inoperable unless the fouling is removed from the vessel. Accordingly, methods are disclosed herein for removing fouling substances from the interior surfaces of fouled pressurized vessels. The methods utilize a brief rapid change of pressure in the vessel. In some embodiments, the rapid pressure change is a decrease, and the rapid pressure change causes, for example, increased velocity of the fluid flowing in the vessel, flashing of a portion of the fluid to vapor, and removal of the fouling substance adhered to the interior surface of the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Renmatix, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Clay Floyd, Todd Michael McLarty, Frederick John Moesler, Charles Sebastian Sanderson
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVING A FOULING SUBSTANCE FROM A PRESSURED VESSEL
    Publication number: 20170021396
    Abstract: Vessels can be become fouled due to normal operation thereof, for example, during lignocellulosic biomass hydrolysis, and the vessel will become inoperable unless the fouling is removed from the vessel. Accordingly, methods are disclosed herein for removing fouling substances from the interior surfaces of fouled pressurized vessels. The methods utilize a brief rapid change of pressure in the vessel. In some embodiments, the rapid pressure change is a decrease, and the rapid pressure change causes, for example, increased velocity of the fluid flowing in the vessel, flashing of a portion of the fluid to vapor, and removal of the fouling substance adhered to the interior surface of the vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Daniel Clay FLOYD, Todd Michael MCLARTY, Frederick John MOESLER, Charles Sebastian Sanderson
  • COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING C5 AND C6 MONOSACCHARIDES
    Publication number: 20150197824
    Abstract: Compositions comprising C5 and C6 monosaccharides and low levels of undesirable impurities, such as compounds containing sulfur, nitrogen, or metals, are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventors: Daniel Clay Floyd, Kiran Kadam, Srinivas Kilambi
  • COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING C5 AND C6 OLIGOSACCHARIDES
    Publication number: 20150191499
    Abstract: Compositions comprising C5 and C6 saccharides of varying degrees of polymerization and low levels of undesirable impurities, such as compounds containing sulfur, nitrogen, or metals, are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: Daniel Clay Floyd, Kiran Kadam, Srinivas Kilambi
  • COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING C5 AND C6 OLIGOSACCHARIDES
    Publication number: 20150191500
    Abstract: Compositions comprising C5 and C6 saccharides of varying degrees of polymerization and low levels of undesirable impurities, such as compounds containing sulfur, nitrogen, or metals, are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: Daniel Clay Floyd, Kiran Kadam, Srinivas Kilambi
  • Compositions Comprising C5 and C6 Monosaccharides
    Publication number: 20150184261
    Abstract: Compositions comprising C5 and C6 monosaccharides and low levels of undesirable impurities, such as compounds containing sulfur, nitrogen, or metals, are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Daniel Clay Floyd, Kiran Kadam, Srinivas Kilambi
  • Compositions comprising C5 and C6 monosaccharides
    Patent number: 8894771
    Abstract: Compositions comprising C5 and C6 monosaccharides and low levels of undesirable impurities, such as compounds containing sulfur, nitrogen, or metals, are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Renmatix, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Clay Floyd, Kiran Kadam, Srinivas Kilambi