Patents by Inventor Joseph Beach

Joseph Beach 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: 11807541
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method and system for enhancing the production of ammonia from gaseous hydrogen and nitrogen. Advantageously, the method and system does not emit carbon gases during production. The method and system enhances the production of ammonia compared to traditional Haber-Bosch reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignees: Starfire Energy, Colorado School of Mines
    Inventors: Joseph Beach, Jon Kintner, Adam Welch, Jason Ganley, Ryan O'Hayre
  • Publication number: 20200231455
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method and system for enhancing the production of ammonia from gaseous hydrogen and nitrogen. Advantageously, the method and system does not emit carbon gases during production. The method and system enhances the production of ammonia compared to traditional Haber-Bosch reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Joseph Beach, Jon Kintner, Adam Welch, Jason Ganley, Ryan O'Hayre
  • Publication number: 20170253492
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method and system for enhancing the production of ammonia from gaseous hydrogen and nitrogen. Advantageously, the method and system does not emit carbon gases during production. The method and system enhances the production of ammonia compared to traditional Haber-Bosch reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Joseph Beach, Jon Kintner, Adam Welch, Jason Ganley, Ryan O'Hayre
  • Publication number: 20150325718
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a back contact and methods of making the same. In the present invention, rapid thermal processing is highly effective to activate ZnTe:Cu-based back contacts, and provides significant improvements in VOC, FF, and efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Colin A. Wolden, Joseph Beach, Timothy Ohno
  • Publication number: 20010005812
    Abstract: An automated, computer-controlled landfill gas recovery system includes a number of equipment vaults, with each vault being associated with one or more wells in the landfill. The wells are in fluid communication with a piping system located in the associated vault, with the piping system including a main pneumatic control valve that can be adjusted to establish gas flow rate through the well or wells. Also, each vault includes a shielded enclosure that holds sensors and a local vault controller for generating signals representative of flow rate, vacuum, and oxygen/methane/carbon dioxide content of the gas being extracted from the well. These signals are sent to a remote computer. Based on the signals generated by the sensors, the computer communicates with each vault controller to control the pneumatic control valve of each vault to establish a gas flow rate from the associated well as appropriate to accord with one of several user-selected process control regimes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2000
    Publication date: June 28, 2001
    Applicant: Landfill Gas & Environmental Products Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald L. Brookshire, Donald Brookshire, Travis Brookshire, Seyed Mohammed Reza Kalantar-Nejad, James Joseph Beach
  • Patent number: 6169962
    Abstract: An automated, computer-controlled landfill gas recovery system includes a number of equipment vaults, with each vault being associated with one or more wells in the landfill. The wells are in fluid communication with a piping system located in the associated vault, with the piping system including a main pneumatic control valve that can be adjusted to establish gas flow rate through the well or wells. Also, each vault includes a shielded enclosure that holds sensors and a local vault controller for generating signals representative of flow rate, vacuum, and oxygen/methane/carbon dioxide content of the gas being extracted from the well. These signals are sent to a remote computer. Based on the signals generated by the sensors, the computer communicates with each vault controller to control the pneumatic control valve of each vault to establish a gas flow rate from the associated well as appropriate to accord with one of several user-selected process control regimes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Assignee: Landfill Gas & Environmental Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald L. Brookshire, Donald Brookshire, Travis Brookshire, Seyed Mohammed Reza Kalantar-Nejad, James Joseph Beach