Patents by Inventor Herman Feldmann

Herman Feldmann 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).

  • Patent number: 9822318
    Abstract: A method is provided for removing tar from a gas by contacting a first gas containing tar with a second gas containing oxygen for time period sufficient to effect oxidation of at least a portion of the tar in the first gas, thus producing an oxidized product gas that contains less tar than the first gas. The method can also include heating a fluidized particulate material in a combustor, introducing the heated fluidized particulate material from the combustor and a biomass feedstock into a gasifier, such that heat from the heated fluidized particulate material causes the gasification of at least a portion of the biomass feedstock to form a tar-containing product gas, the first gas may contain at least a portion of the tar-containing gas, and the tar-containing gas may be extracted from the gasifier prior to contacting the first gas with the second gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: RES USA, LLC
    Inventor: Herman Feldmann
  • Publication number: 20160010008
    Abstract: A method is provided for removing tar from a gas by contacting a first gas containing tar with a second gas containing oxygen for time period sufficient to effect oxidation of at least a portion of the tar in the first gas, thus producing an oxidized product gas that contains less tar than the first gas. The method can also include heating a fluidized particulate material in a combustor, introducing the heated fluidized particulate material from the combustor and a biomass feedstock into a gasifier, such that heat from the heated fluidized particulate material causes the gasification of at least a portion of the biomass feedstock to form a tar-containing product gas, the first gas may contain at least a portion of the tar-containing gas, and the tar-containing gas may be extracted from the gasifier prior to contacting the first gas with the second gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventor: Herman Feldmann
  • Patent number: 9193589
    Abstract: A method for removing tar from a gas by contacting a first gas containing tar with a second gas containing oxygen for time period sufficient to effect oxidation of at least a portion of the tar in the first gas, thus producing an oxidized product gas that contains less tar than the first gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: RES USA, LLC
    Inventor: Herman Feldmann
  • Publication number: 20150102263
    Abstract: A method for removing tar from a gas by contacting a first gas containing tar with a second gas containing oxygen for time period sufficient to effect oxidation of at least a portion of the tar in the first gas, thus producing an oxidized product gas that contains less tar than the first gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventor: HERMAN FELDMANN
  • Patent number: 8969637
    Abstract: A process of gasification and the production of synthesis gas. A process of biomass gasification and the reduction or elimination of tars from the hydrocarbon-rich product gas derived from biomass gasification. Systems and methods for the reduction of tar from a synthesis gas derived from biomass gasification are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: RES USA LLC
    Inventor: Herman Feldmann
  • Publication number: 20120055090
    Abstract: The various embodiments of the present invention relate generally to the process of gasification and the production of synthesis gas. More particularly, the various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the process of biomass gasification and the reduction or elimination of tars from the hydrocarbon-rich product gas derived from biomass gasification. The present invention comprises systems and methods for the reduction of tar from a synthesis gas derived from biomass gasification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: Rentech, Inc.
    Inventor: Herman FELDMANN
  • Patent number: 8084656
    Abstract: The various embodiments of the present invention relate generally to the process of gasification and the production of synthesis gas. More particularly, the various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the process of biomass gasification and the reduction or elimination of tars from the hydrocarbon-rich product gas derived from biomass gasification. The present invention comprises systems and methods for the reduction of tar from a synthesis gas derived from biomass gasification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Rentech, Inc.
    Inventor: Herman Feldmann
  • Patent number: 7763088
    Abstract: A cost-effective biomass gasification method and system for converting biomass materials into gaseous fuel. The system and method are capable of converting at least about 50-70% of the carbon in a biomass material into gaseous carbon at a temperature lower than about 1300° F. Also provided is a highly-efficient, cost-effective biomass gasification system comprising a combustor and a gasifier with an inside diameter of at least about 36 inches and a height of at least about 40 feet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Rentech, Inc.
    Inventor: Herman Feldmann
  • Publication number: 20090090053
    Abstract: The various embodiments of the present invention relate generally to the process of gasification and the production of synthesis gas. More particularly, the various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the process of biomass gasification and the reduction or elimination of tars from the hydrocarbon-rich product gas derived from biomass gasification. The present invention comprises systems and methods for the reduction of tar from a synthesis gas derived from biomass gasification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2008
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Applicant: SilvaGas Corporation
    Inventor: HERMAN FELDMANN
  • Publication number: 20080022592
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cost-effective biomass gasification method and system for converting biomass materials into gaseous fuel, wherein the system is capable of converting at least about 50-70% of the carbon in the biomass material into gaseous carbon at a temperature lower than about 1300° F. Also provided is a highly-efficient, cost-effective biomass gasification system comprises a combustor and a gasifier with an inside diameter of at least about 36 inches and a height of at least about 40 feet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Applicant: SilvaGas Corporation
    Inventor: Herman Feldmann