Patents by Inventor Eduardo Szegu

Eduardo Szegu 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).

  • Hydrocarbon combustion process in which the carbon dioxide produced is prevented from dispersing onto the atmosphere, and a plant for its implementation
    Patent number: 5316750
    Abstract: A process for the combustion of a hydrocarbon, such as methane, in particular for energy production, in which the hydrocarbon, which will be assumed to be methane, is fed to a first stage in which it is reacted with recycled carbon dioxide produced during a separate, second stage of the combustion. In the first stage, the following reactions takes place:CH.sub.4 +CO.sub.2 .fwdarw.2CO+2H.sub.2 (1)CH.sub.4 +CO.sub.2 .fwdarw.2C+2H.sub.2 O (2)CO.sub.2 +H.sub.2 .fwdarw.CO+H.sub.2 O (3)The carbon produced in the reaction (2) is separated, and the gaseous mixture produced in said first stage is then fed to a second stage for reaction with oxygen, in which the reaction products are steam and carbon dioxide, this carbon dioxide, minus any excess, being totally recycled to said first stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1994
    Inventors: Eduardo Szegu, Giuseppe Biardi