Patents by Inventor Howard J. Herzog

Howard J. Herzog 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).

  • Publication number: 20150209750
    Abstract: Method for making a slurry of a pulverized solid in liquid or supercritical carbon dioxide. The method includes making a water-pulverized solid slurry at ambient pressure and pressurizing the water-pulverized solid slurry to a high pressure. The pressurized water-pulverized solid slurry is mixed in a pressurized chamber with liquid or supercritical CO2 to form a CO2-pulverized solid slurry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Cristina Botero, Randall Perkins Field, Howard J. Herzog, Ahmed F. Ghoniem
  • Publication number: 20140101986
    Abstract: Method for making a slurry of a pulverized solid in liquid or supercritical carbon dioxide. The method includes making a water-pulverized solid slurry at ambient pressure and pressurizing the water-pulverized solid slurry to a high pressure. The pressurized water-pulverized solid slurry is mixed in a pressurized chamber with liquid or supercritical CO2 to form a CO2˜pulverized solid slurry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute Of Technology
    Inventors: Cristina Botero, Randall Perkins Field, Howard J. Herzog, Ahmed F. Ghoniem