Patents by Inventor James Erik Blake

James Erik Blake 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).

  • Ion transport membrane module and vessel system
    Patent number: 8114193
    Abstract: An ion transport membrane system comprising (a) a pressure vessel having an interior, an exterior, an inlet, and an outlet; (b) a plurality of planar ion transport membrane modules disposed in the interior of the pressure vessel and arranged in series, each membrane module comprising mixed metal oxide ceramic material and having an interior region and an exterior region, wherein any inlet and any outlet of the pressure vessel are in flow communication with exterior regions of the membrane modules; and (c) one or more gas manifolds in flow communication with interior regions of the membrane modules and with the exterior of the pressure vessel. The ion transport membrane system may be utilized in a gas separation device to recover oxygen from an oxygen-containing gas or as an oxidation reactor to oxidize compounds in a feed gas stream by oxygen permeated through the mixed metal oxide ceramic material of the membrane modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: VanEric Edward Stein, Michael Francis Carolan, Christopher M. Chen, Phillip Andrew Armstrong, Harold W. Wahle, Theodore R. Ohrn, Kurt E. Kneidel, Keith Gerard Rackers, James Erik Blake, Shankar Nataraj, Rene Hendrik Elias Van Doorn, Merrill Anderson Wilson
  • ION TRANSPORT MEMBRANE MODULE AND VESSEL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20110233470
    Abstract: An ion transport membrane system comprising (a) a pressure vessel having an interior, an exterior, an inlet, and an outlet; (b) a plurality of planar ion transport membrane modules disposed in the interior of the pressure vessel and arranged in series, each membrane module comprising mixed metal oxide ceramic material and having an interior region and an exterior region, wherein any inlet and any outlet of the pressure vessel are in flow communication with exterior regions of the membrane modules; and (c) one or more gas manifolds in flow communication with interior regions of the membrane modules and with the exterior of the pressure vessel. The ion transport membrane system may be utilized in a gas separation device to recover oxygen from an oxygen-containing gas or as an oxidation reactor to oxidize compounds in a feed gas stream by oxygen permeated through the mixed metal oxide ceramic material of the membrane modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: VanEric Edward Stein, Michael Francis Carolan, Christopher M. Chen, Phillip Andrew Armstrong, Harold W. Wahle, Theodore R. Ohrn, Kurt E. Kneidel, Keith Gerard Rackers, James Erik Blake, Shankar Nataraj, Rene Hendrik Elias van Doorn, Merrill Anderson Wilson
  • Ion transport membrane module and vessel system
    Patent number: 7335247
    Abstract: An ion transport membrane system comprising (a) a pressure vessel having an interior, an exterior, an inlet, and an outlet; (b) a plurality of planar ion transport membrane modules disposed in the interior of the pressure vessel and arranged in series, each membrane module comprising mixed metal oxide ceramic material and having an interior region and an exterior region, wherein any inlet and any outlet of the pressure vessel are in flow communication with exterior regions of the membrane modules; and (c) one or more gas manifolds in flow communication with interior regions of the membrane modules and with the exterior of the pressure vessel. The ion transport membrane system may be utilized in a gas separation device to recover oxygen from an oxygen-containing gas or as an oxidation reactor to oxidize compounds in a feed gas stream by oxygen permeated through the mixed metal oxide ceramic material of the membrane modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: VanEric Edward Stein, Michael Francis Carolan, Christopher M. Chen, Phillip Andrew Armstrong, Harold W. Wahle, Theodore R. Ohrn, Kurt E. Kneidel, Keith Gerard Rackers, James Erik Blake, Shankar Nataraj, Rene Hendrik Elias van Doorn, Merrill Anderson Wilson
  • Ion transport membrane module and vessel system
    Patent number: 7179323
    Abstract: An ion transport membrane system comprising (a) a pressure vessel having an interior, an exterior, an inlet, and an outlet; (b) a plurality of planar ion transport membrane modules disposed in the interior of the pressure vessel and arranged in series, each membrane module comprising mixed metal oxide ceramic material and having an interior region and an exterior region, wherein any inlet and any outlet of the pressure vessel are in flow communication with exterior regions of the membrane modules; and (c) one or more gas manifolds in flow communication with interior regions of the membrane modules and with the exterior of the pressure vessel. The ion transport membrane system may be utilized in a gas separation device to recover oxygen from an oxygen-containing gas or as an oxidation reactor to oxidize compounds in a feed gas stream by oxygen permeated through the mixed metal oxide ceramic material of the membrane modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: VanEric Edward Stein, Michael Francis Carolan, Christopher M. Chen, Phillip Andrew Armstrong, Harold W. Wahle, Theodore R. Ohrn, Kurt E. Kneidel, Keith Gerard Rackers, James Erik Blake, Shankar Nataraj, Rene Hendrik Elias van Doorn, Merrill Anderson Wilson