Patents by Inventor Tanawan Pinnarat

Tanawan Pinnarat 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).

  • Method of producing biodiesel from a wet biomass
    Patent number: 8673028
    Abstract: A method of producing a biodiesel from a wet biomass is provided. The method includes providing the wet biomass that includes water and biomass solids. The method also includes heating the wet biomass at a first temperature and a first pressure for a time period ranging from 10 to 480 minutes to form an aqueous solution and a solid agglomerate containing a hydrolyzed lipid component. The method also includes step of transesterifying the hydrolyzed lipid component to form biodiesel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Phillip E. Savage, Robert Levine, Tanawan Pinnarat
  • METHOD OF PRODUCING BIODIESEL FROM A WET BIOMASS
    Publication number: 20120079760
    Abstract: A method of producing a biodiesel from a wet biomass is provided. The method includes providing the wet biomass that includes water and biomass solids. The method also includes heating the wet biomass at a first temperature and a first pressure for a time period ranging from 10 to 480 minutes to form an aqueous solution and a solid agglomerate containing a hydrolyzed lipid component. The method also includes step of transesterifying the hydrolyzed lipid component to form biodiesel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Inventors: Phillip E. Savage, Robert Levine, Tanawan Pinnarat