Patents by Inventor Edwin Snape

Edwin Snape 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).

  • Reaction heat storage method for hydride tanks
    Patent number: 4566281
    Abstract: A system for hydrogen storage including a hydridable material associated with an amount of inert material of high heat capacity sufficient in amount to prevent, during hydriding, the temperature of the combined hydridable material-inert material from rising beyond that temperature at which the hydride of the hydridable material exhibits a hydrogen pressure equal to the partial pressure of hydrogen fed to the system. The system is insulated to inhibit heat transfer into or out of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1979
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1986
    Assignee: Ergenics, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary D. Sandrock, Edwin Snape
  • Recovering hydrogen from gas stream using metal hydride
    Patent number: 4360505
    Abstract: This invention relates to an improved adiabatic process for separating hydrogen from mixed gas streams using hydridable materials as the absorbing medium. The improvement comprises utilizing a composite comprising a thermal ballast in admixture with the hydride material to absorb the heat of reaction and to aid in desorption. By virtue of the intimate contact of the ballast with the hydridable material rapid cycle times plus good bed utilization are achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1982
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: John J. Sheridan, III, Fred G. Eisenberg, Gary D. Sandrock, Ernest L. Huston, Edwin Snape, Raymond P. Stickles, Gordon C. Cheng