Patents by Inventor Erik Everhardus Bernardus Meuleman
Erik Everhardus Bernardus Meuleman 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).
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Publication number: 20220023794Abstract: A carbon dioxide capture system, fluid contactor and method are disclosed. In embodiments, a gas-liquid contactor unit is disposed along a process fluid flow axis and includes a contactor of network flow diversions barriers with flow voids for movement of process fluids therebetween. A plurality of heat exchange channels are provided in the flow diversion barriers to transport a heat exchange fluid through the contactor network. A heat exchange feed channel is provided to deliver feed of the heat exchange fluid to the heat exchange channels at multiple feed locations spaced along the flow axis. At least one heat exchange bypass channel may extend beyond the multiple feed locations to deliver a portion of the feed of the heat exchange fluid to additional heat exchange channels located downstream from the multiple feed locations for the heat exchange channels.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2021Publication date: January 27, 2022Applicant: ION Clean Energy, Inc.Inventors: Charles Panaccione, Erik Everhardus Bernardus Meuleman, Gregory Allan Staab, Nathan R. Brown
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Patent number: 11167236Abstract: A carbon dioxide capture system, fluid contactor and method are disclosed. In embodiments, a gas-liquid contactor unit is disposed along a process fluid flow axis and includes a contactor network of flow diversion barriers with flow voids for movement of process fluids therebetween. A plurality of heat exchange channels are provided in the flow diversion barriers to transport a heat exchange fluid through the contactor network. A heat exchange feed channel is provided to deliver feed of the heat exchange fluid to the heat exchange channels at multiple feed locations spaced along the flow axis. At least one heat exchange bypass channel may extend beyond the multiple feed locations to deliver a portion of the feed of the heat exchange fluid to additional heat exchange channels located downstream from the multiple feed locations for the heat exchange channels.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2018Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: ION Clean Energy, Inc.Inventors: Charles Panaccione, Erik Everhardus Bernardus Meuleman, Gregory Allan Staab, Nathan R. Brown
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Publication number: 20210308616Abstract: A chemical processing system for removing carbon dioxide from a gas mixture using a multicomponent amine-based scrubbing solution includes a spectroscopic evaluation system with a liquid contact probe for spectroscopic investigation, an energy source connected with the liquid contact probe to provide the spectroscopic stimulation energy to the probe, a spectrometer connected with the liquid contact probe to detect the spectroscopic response energy to the probe and to output spectral data corresponding to the spectroscopic response energy, and a machine learning spectral data analyzer connected to the spectrometer for evaluation of the spectral data to determine a concentration value for each of water, amine component and captured carbon dioxide in the scrubbing solution, the machine learning spectral data analyzer being trained for each such component over a corresponding trained concentration range, and optionally over a trained temperature range to provide a temperature-compensated concentration value.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2021Publication date: October 7, 2021Inventors: Charles Panaccione, Nathan R. Brown, Erik Everhardus Bernardus Meuleman
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Patent number: 11014041Abstract: A chemical processing system for removing carbon dioxide from a gas mixture using a multicomponent amine-based scrubbing solution includes a spectroscopic evaluation system with a liquid contact probe for spectroscopic investigation, an energy source connected with the liquid contact probe to provide the spectroscopic stimulation energy to the probe, a spectrometer connected with the liquid contact probe to detect the spectroscopic response energy to the probe and to output spectral data corresponding to the spectroscopic response energy, and a machine learning spectral data analyzer connected to the spectrometer for evaluation of the spectral data to determine a concentration value for each of water, amine component and captured carbon dioxide in the scrubbing solution, the machine learning spectral data analyzer being trained for each such component over a corresponding trained concentration range, and optionally over a trained temperature range to provide a temperature-compensated concentration value.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2018Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: ION Engineering, LLCInventors: Charles Panaccione, Nathan R. Brown, Erik Everhardus Bernardus Meuleman
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Publication number: 20200009499Abstract: A chemical processing system for removing carbon dioxide from a gas mixture using a multicomponent amine-based scrubbing solution includes a spectroscopic evaluation system with a liquid contact probe for spectroscopic investigation, an energy source connected with the liquid contact probe to provide the spectroscopic stimulation energy to the probe, a spectrometer connected with the liquid contact probe to detect the spectroscopic response energy to the probe and to output spectral data corresponding to the spectroscopic response energy, and a machine learning spectral data analyzer connected to the spectrometer for evaluation of the spectral data to determine a concentration value for each of water, amine component and captured carbon dioxide in the scrubbing solution, the machine learning spectral data analyzer being trained for each such component over a corresponding trained concentration range, and optionally over a trained temperature range to provide a temperature-compensated concentration value.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2018Publication date: January 9, 2020Inventors: Charles Panaccione, Nathan R. Brown, Erik Everhardus Bernardus Meuleman
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Publication number: 20190374898Abstract: A carbon dioxide capture system, fluid contactor and method are disclosed. In embodiments, a gas-liquid contactor unit is disposed along a process fluid flow axis and includes a contactor network of flow diversion barriers with flow voids for movement of process fluids therebetween. A plurality of heat exchange channels are provided in the flow diversion barriers to transport a heat exchange fluid through the contactor network. A heat exchange feed channel is provided to deliver feed of the heat exchange fluid to the heat exchange channels at multiple feed locations spaced along the flow axis. At least one heat exchange bypass channel may extend beyond the multiple feed locations to deliver a portion of the feed of the heat exchange fluid to additional heat exchange channels located downstream from the multiple feed locations for the heat exchange channels.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2018Publication date: December 12, 2019Applicant: ION ENGINEERING, LLCInventors: CHARLES PANACCIONE, ERIK EVERHARDUS BERNARDUS MEULEMAN, GREGORY ALLAN STAAB, NATHAN R. BROWN
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Patent number: 9586174Abstract: An absorption column 1 for separating CO2 and a second acid gas from a gas stream, the column comprising a first and second section (4, 5) for the absorption of CO2 and the second acid gas; a solvent inlet in the second section for the addition of liquid stream 3 including an absorbent liquid for CO2 and the second acid gas; a gas inlet (21) in the first section for the addition of a gas stream (2) containing CO2 and the second acid gas; a gas outlet (15) in the second section of the column; a first solvent outlet (22) for the removal of at least a portion of the solvent (6) from the second section of the column and a second solvent outlet (23) for solvent stream (11) from the first section of the column; and a liquid flow distributor arrangement (8) to allow a portion of the solvent to flow from the second section of the column to the first section. A method of operating the apparatus and method of solvent extraction is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2012Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research OrganisationInventors: Erik Everhardus Bernardus Meuleman, Graeme Puxty, Paul Feron
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Patent number: 9283522Abstract: The invention is directed to a process for separating liquid mixtures, which includes passing a liquid stream of the liquid mixture over a membrane, the membrane being selective for at least one of a first compound and a second compound, whereby at least part of the liquid stream passes through the membrane leaving the other side of the membrane as a vapor, with the remainder of the liquid stream forming a retentate stream, and condensing the vapor on a condenser surface having a lower temperature than the liquid stream to give a distillate stream, the condenser surface forming a non-permeable heat conducting separation wall between the distillate stream and a cooling stream which cooling stream is a) a feed stream, or b) the retentate stream.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2009Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST-NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNOInventors: Erik Everhardus Bernardus Meuleman, Peter Geerdink, Earl Lawrence Vincent Goetheer, Eva Sanchez Fernandez
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Publication number: 20130291724Abstract: An absorption column 1 for separating CO2 and a second acid gas from a gas stream, the column comprising a first and second section (4, 5) for the absorption of CO2 and the second acid gas; a solvent inlet in the second section for the addition of liquid stream 3 including an absorbent liquid for CO2 and the second acid gas; a gas inlet (21) in the first section for the addition of a gas stream (2) containing CO2 and the second acid gas; a gas outlet (15) in the second section of the column; a first solvent outlet (22) for the removal of at least a portion of the solvent (6) from the second section of the column and a second solvent outlet (23) for solvent stream (11) from the first section of the column; and a liquid flow distributor arrangement (8) to allow a portion of the solvent to flow from the second section of the column to the first section. A method of operating the apparatus and method of solvent extraction is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2012Publication date: November 7, 2013Inventors: Erik Everhardus Bernardus Meuleman, Graeme Puxty, Paul Feron
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Publication number: 20110266219Abstract: The invention is directed to a process for separating liquid mixtures and an apparatus for separating liquid mixtures.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2009Publication date: November 3, 2011Applicant: Nederlands Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurweten- schappelijk onderzoek TNOInventors: Erik Everhardus Bernardus Meuleman, Peter Geerdink, Earl Lawrence Vincent Goetheer, Eva Sanchez Fernandez
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Publication number: 20040211725Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for fractionating a liquid mixture ‘L2! containing a low-boiling (most volatile) and high-boiling (least volatile) component, in which use is made of membrane contactors ‘1,2!. The liquis mixture ‘L2! is passed through a liquid channel ‘23,25! of a membrane contactor ‘1,2! whereby a vapor ‘V1,V2! enriched in low-boiling component and a liquid ‘L0,11! enriched in high-boiling component are formed. The invention also relates to a device for carrying out this method, in which a number of membrane contactors are coupled.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2004Publication date: October 28, 2004Inventors: Albert Edward Jansen, Erik Everhardus Bernardus Meuleman, Jan Hendrik Hanemaaijer, Johannes de Graauw