Patents by Inventor Stanley E. Manahan

Stanley E. Manahan 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).

  • Process for the regeneration of activated carbon product by reverse burn gasification
    Patent number: 5124292
    Abstract: Process for the regeneration of an activated carbon or activated coke product comprising loading the activated product into a reaction vessel having two ends, initiating a flame front at one end of the vessel, introducing an oxidant to the other end of the vessel, and allowing the flame front to move through the activated product toward the end through which the oxidant is introduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1992
    Assignee: Chem Char Research, Inc.
    Inventors: David W. Larsen, Stanley E. Manahan
  • Process for treatment of hazardous wastes by reverse burn gasification
    Patent number: 4978477
    Abstract: Process for the treatment of a hazardous material containing a thermochemically destructible component comprising contacting the material with a carbon char, thereafter loading the carbon char into a reaction vessel having two ends, initiating a flame front at one end of the loaded vessel, introducing an oxidant to the other end of the vessel, and allowing the flame front to move through the carbon char in the direction of the end through which the oxidant is introduced and away from the end at which the flame front was initiated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 18, 1990
    Assignee: Chem Char Research, Inc.
    Inventors: David W. Larsen, Stanley E. Manahan