Patents by Inventor Daniel Gang

Daniel Gang 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 FOR TREATING SLUDGE USING SOLAR THERMAL CONCENTRATORS
    Publication number: 20230093562
    Abstract: This invention is a novel method to thermally process wet WWTP sludges, including biosolids, so that they can be classified. Wet biosolids or other WWTP sludges are passed through the heating zones of one or more solar thermal systems so that the sludges are heated to a target temperature to meet the requirements for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency classification. Various catalysts are provided before the sludges enter the heating zone and within the heating zone to optimize the treatment of the sludges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    Inventors: Mark E. ZAPPI, Terence Chambers, Wayne Sharp, Rafaei Hernandez, Daniel Gang, William Holmes
  • INTEGRATED BIOREFINERY SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20220403423
    Abstract: The inventive biorefinery system and method accepts municipal solid waste, sewage sludges, and/or ag-wastes and processes it through three primary conversion unit operations to produce a variety of value-added products. In a preferred embodiment, the three primary conversion units are gasification, thermal depolymerization or torrefaction/pyrolysis, and biotreatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: University of Louisiana Lafayette
    Inventors: MARK E. ZAPPI, RAFAEL HERNANDEZ, DHAN LORD FORTELA, PRASHANTH BUCHIREDDY, EMMANUEL REVELLAME, WAYNE SHARP, JOHN GUILLORY, DANIEL GANG, WILLIAM HOLMES
  • BIOREFINERY METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ISOLATED ENVIRONMENTS
    Publication number: 20210188679
    Abstract: A Biorefinery System (BIOSYS) that effectively treats all human activity-derived waste (black water, grey water, and food waste streams) using biological systems and that produces as process by-products: recovered potable water, liberated free oxygen, edible protein cake (with and without lipids), soil amendments, and machinery lube oils. Additionally, the system captures and chemically binds carbon dioxide into microbial cells and associated by-products, thus producing recovered usable returned cabin air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Mark E. Zappi, Daniel Gang, Emmanuel Revellame, Andrei Chistoserdov, Rafael Hernandez, Rakesh Bajpai, Wayne Sharp, Dhan Fortela
  • Biorefinery method and system for isolated environments
    Patent number: 10947144
    Abstract: A Biorefinery System (BIOSYS) that effectively treats all human activity-derived waste (black water, grey water, and food waste streams) using biological systems and that produces as process by-products: recovered potable water, liberated free oxygen, edible protein cake (with and without lipids), soil amendments, and machinery lube oils. Additionally, the system captures and chemically binds carbon dioxide into microbial cells and associated by-products, thus producing recovered usable returned cabin air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    Inventors: Mark E. Zappi, Daniel Gang, Emmanuel Revellame, Andrei Chistoserdov, Rafael Hernandez, Rakesh Bajpai, Wayne Sharp, Dhan Fortela
  • BIOREFINERY METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ISOLATED ENVIRONMENTS
    Publication number: 20200048130
    Abstract: A Biorefinery System (BIOSYS) that effectively treats all human activity-derived waste (black water, grey water, and food waste streams) using biological systems and that produces as process by-products: recovered potable water, liberated free oxygen, edible protein cake (with and without lipids), soil amendments, and machinery lube oils. Additionally, the system captures and chemically binds carbon dioxide into microbial cells and associated by-products, thus producing recovered usable returned cabin air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Mark E. Zappi, Daniel Gang, Emmanuel Revellame, Andrei Chistoserdov, Rafael Hernandez, Rakesh Bajpai, Wayne Sharp, Dhan Fortela
  • Biorefinery method and system for isolated environments
    Patent number: 10479716
    Abstract: A Biorefinery System (BIOSYS) that effectively treats all human activity-derived waste (black water, grey water, and food waste streams) using biological systems and that produces as process by-products: recovered potable water, liberated free oxygen, edible protein cake (with and without lipids), soil amendments, and machinery lube oils. Additionally, the system captures and chemically binds carbon dioxide into microbial cells and associated by-products, thus producing recovered usable returned cabin air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    Inventors: Mark E. Zappi, Daniel Gang, Emmanuel Revellame, Andrei Chistoserdov, Rafael Hernandez, Rakesh Bajpai, Wayne Sharp, Dhan Fortela
  • BIOREFINERY METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ISOLATED ENVIRONMENTS
    Publication number: 20180155227
    Abstract: A Biorefinery System (BIOSYS) that effectively treats all human activity-derived waste (black water, grey water, and food waste streams) using biological systems and that produces as process by-products: recovered potable water, liberated free oxygen, edible protein cake (with and without lipids), soil amendments, and machinery lube oils. Additionally, the system captures and chemically binds carbon dioxide into microbial cells and associated by-products, thus producing recovered usable returned cabin air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Mark E. Zappi, Daniel Gang, Emmanuel Revellame, Andrei Chistoserdov, Rafael Hernandez, Rakesh Bajpai, Wayne Sharp, Dhan Fortela