Patents by Inventor James D. Bittner

James D. Bittner 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).

  • RECOVERY OF MERCURY CONTROL REAGENTS BY TRIBO-ELECTRIC SEPARATION
    Publication number: 20110289923
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for recovering mercury control reagents from particulate materials is disclosed. The particulate materials include fly ash mixed with mercury control reagents collected from boiler flue gases. The particulate materials are provided to an electrostatic separation system, which is operated under predetermined conditions so as to produce a concentrated stream of the mercury control reagent and a diluted stream containing minimal mercury control reagent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: SEPARATION TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: James D. Bittner, Kyle P. Flynn, Frank J. Hrach
  • Method and apparatus for separation of unburned carbon from flyash
    Patent number: 6074458
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for separating carbon particles from flyash includes one of increasing a relative humidity of the flyash or decreasing the relative humidity of the flyash to within an optimum humidity range, and introducing the flyash within the optimum humidity range into a triboelectric separator so as to triboelectrically charge the carbon particles and the flyash and so as to electrostatically separate the charged carbon particles from the charged flyash.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Assignee: Separation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: James D. Bittner, Thomas M. Dunn, Frank J. Hrach, Jr.