Patents by Inventor Melissa Gaucher

Melissa Gaucher 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).

  • Synthesis gas separation and reforming process
    Patent number: 9764277
    Abstract: A method of obtaining purified hydrogen and purified carbon monoxide from crude synthesis gas. A first crude synthesis gas stream is passed through a first separation zone to separate a hydrogen stream from a stream comprising carbon monoxide and methane. The carbon monoxide and methane are subjected to thermal reforming to produce a second crude synthesis gas, which is passed through a second separation zone to separate carbon monoxide from the second crude synthesis gas stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Enerkem, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Peter Glynn Jewell, Melissa Gaucher, Louis Denomme
  • Synthesis Gas Separation and Reforming Process
    Publication number: 20140086818
    Abstract: A method of obtaining purified hydrogen and purified carbon monoxide from crude synthesis gas. A first crude synthesis gas stream is passed through a first separation zone to separate a hydrogen stream from a stream comprising carbon monoxide and methane. The carbon monoxide and methane are subjected to thermal reforming to produce a second crude synthesis gas, which is passed through a second separation zone to separate carbon monoxide from the second crude synthesis gas stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Inventors: Richard Peter Glynn Jewell, Melissa Gaucher, Louis Denomme
  • Synthesis Gas Reaction and Processing System
    Publication number: 20140066527
    Abstract: A process wherein synthesis gas is reacted to produce desired products, such as alcohols, and wherein by-products, such as methane, are reformed to provide hydrogen and carbon monoxide that is recycled to the feed of synthesis gas. The process also may provide for the recycle of unreacted hydrogen and unreacted carbon monoxide to the feed of synthesis gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventors: Melissa Gaucher, Louis Denomme, Gregory Carr