Patents by Inventor Michele W. Sanders

Michele W. Sanders 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).

  • Sequential adsorptive capture and catalytic oxidation of volatile organic compounds in a reactor bed
    Patent number: 6251347
    Abstract: A method for adsorbing and oxidizing VOC's in the same bed, thus reducing the size of or even eliminating the need for a catalytic or thermal oxidation unit at the end of the system. In this system, a catalyst is intimately interspersed with the adsorbent material. The catalyst oxidizes VOC's released during desorption when it reaches the ‘light off temperature,’ that is, the catalyst temperature necessary for oxidation to begin. As VOC's are desorbed, they are combusted by the catalyst in the same bed and also by their combustion, heat the bed to aid in the desorption of VOC's elsewhere in the bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Goal Line Environmental Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Larry E. Campbell, Michele W. Sanders
  • Pollutant removal from air in closed spaces
    Patent number: 6121189
    Abstract: A catalyst system useful at room temperature for the destruction of ozone (O.sub.3), has washcoat of high surface area support containing Mn/Cu catalyst deposited on a macroporous carrier, such as a honeycomb monolith, optionally with the addition of noble metal (such as Pt) washcoat to remove carbon monoxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignee: Goal Line Environmental Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Larry E. Campbell, Michele W. Sanders
  • Pollutant removal from air in closed spaces
    Patent number: 6096277
    Abstract: A catalyst system useful at room temperature for the destruction of ozone (O.sub.3), which is comprised of a washcoat of high surface area support containing Mn/Cu catalyst deposited on a macroporous carrier, such as a honeycomb monolith, optionally with the addition of noble metal (such as Pt) washcoat to remove carbon monoxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Assignee: Goal Line Environmental Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Larry E. Campbell, Michele W. Sanders
  • Sequential adsorptive capture and catalytic oxidation of volatile organic compounds in a reactor bed
    Patent number: 6033638
    Abstract: A method for adsorbing and oxidizing VOC's in the same bed, thus reducing the size of or even eliminating the need for a catalytic or thermal oxidation unit at the end of the system. In this system, a catalyst is intimately interspersed with the adsorbent material. The catalyst oxidizes VOC's released during desorption when it reaches the `light off temperature,` that is, the catalyst temperature necessary for oxidation to begin. As VOC's are desorbed, they are combusted by the catalyst in the same bed and also by their combustion, heat the bed to aid in the desorption of VOC's elsewhere in the bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Inventors: Larry E. Campbell, Michele W. Sanders
  • Pollutant removal from air in closed spaces
    Patent number: 6007781
    Abstract: A catalyst system useful at room temperature for the destruction of ozone (O.sub.3), which is comprised of a washcoat of high surface area support containing Mn/Cu catalyst deposited on a macroporous carrier, such as a honeycomb monolith, optionally with the addition of noble metal (such as Pt) washcoat to remove carbon monoxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1999
    Assignee: Goal Line Environmental Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Larry E. Campbell, Michele W. Sanders
  • Process for removing H.sub.2 o.sub.2 from aqueous streams
    Patent number: 6004469
    Abstract: A process for the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide wherein aqueous streams containing 1 to 500,000 ppm H.sub.2 O.sub.2 are contacted with a Mn/Cu catalyst component on a monolith carrier to eliminate the H.sub.2 O.sub.2 by decomposition to water and oxygen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Assignee: Advanced Catalyst Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Michele W. Sanders, Larry E. Campbell
  • Pollutant removal from air in closed spaces
    Patent number: 5888924
    Abstract: A catalyst system useful at room temperature for the destruction of ozone (O.sub.3), which is comprised of a washcoat of high surface area support containing Mn/Cu catalyst deposited on a macroporous carrier, such as a honeycomb monolith, optionally with the addition of noble metal (such as Pt) washcoat to remove carbon monoxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: Goal Line Enviromental Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Larry E. Campbell, Michele W. Sanders