Patents by Inventor Kenneth Ricky Buckle

Kenneth Ricky Buckle 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).

  • Decomposition of natural gas or methane using cold arc discharge
    Patent number: 8221689
    Abstract: A cold arc discharge is used to decompose natural gas or methane into its gaseous constituents and carbon in the form of solid particles. The gaseous constituents obtained are mainly hydrogen and acetylene and they are produced in admixture with unreacted natural gas or methane. The cold arc discharge is generated by a pulsating high voltage discharge imparted through a capacitor to a high voltage electrode or a plurality of high voltage electrodes or through a high voltage electrode to a plurality of capacitor-connected electrodes placed in a reaction zone. The apparatus for performing this process may have a tubular reactor with a cylindrical ground electrode in the middle and a cylindrical outer wall through which the high voltage electrode or electrodes extend into the reaction zone. The apparatus may also have a cylindrical shaft in the middle made of dielectric material in which a plurality of electrodes are embedded, this shaft being surrounded by a high voltage tubular electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Atlantic Hydrogen Inc.
    Inventors: Tobie Jean Boutot, Zhuomin Liu, Kenneth Ricky Buckle, Francis Xavier Collins, Charles Andrew Estey, Donald MacFarlane Fraser, Stanley Jaye Claus, Thomas Keith Whidden
  • Decomposition of Natural Gas or Methane Using Cold Arc Discharge
    Publication number: 20090038933
    Abstract: A cold arc discharge is used to decompose natural gas or methane into its gaseous constituents and carbon in the form of solid particles. The gaseous constituents obtained are mainly hydrogen and acetylene and they are produced in admixture with unreacted natural gas or methane. The cold arc discharge is generated by a pulsating high voltage discharge imparted through a capacitor to a high voltage electrode or a plurality of high voltage electrodes or through a high voltage electrode to a plurality of capacitor—connected electrodes placed in a reaction zone. The apparatus for performing this process may have a tubular reactor with a cylindrical ground electrode in the middle and a cylindrical outer wall through which the high voltage electrode or electrodes extend into the reaction zone. The apparatus may also have a cylindrical shaft in the middle made of dielectric material in which a plurality of electrodes are embedded, this shaft being surrounded by a high voltage tubular electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: Tobie Jean Boutot, Zhuomin Liu, Kenneth Ricky Buckle, Francis Xavier Collins, Charles Andrew Estey, Donald MacFarlane Fraser, Stanley Jaye Claus, Thomas Keith Whidden
  • DECOMPOSITION OF NATURAL GAS OR METHANE USING COLD ARC DISCHARGE
    Publication number: 20080289494
    Abstract: The invention provides methods and apparatus for a cold arc discharge used to decompose natural gas or methane into its gaseous constituents and carbon in the form of solid particles. The gaseous constituents obtained are mainly hydrogen and acetylene and they are produced in admixture with unreacted natural gas or methane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventors: Tobie Jean BOUTOT, Zhuomin Liu, Kenneth Ricky Buckle, Francis Xavier Collins, Charles Andrew Estey, Donald MacFarlane Fraser, Stanley Jaye Claus, Thomas Keith Whidden