Patents by Inventor Timothy Joseph Nicholson

Timothy Joseph Nicholson 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).

  • METHODS FOR REDUCING GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS FROM ANIMAL MANURE
    Publication number: 20170008790
    Abstract: Greenhouse gases are lowered in treatment of animal manure from a CAFO by eliminating or reducing anaerobic digestion. The manure product is admixed with drying agents and is suitable for use as fertilizer or fuel while severely curtailing odor at the same time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Harry P. Hackett, Timothy Joseph Nicholson, John Patrick Nicholson
  • METHODS OF REDUCING GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS FROM ANIMAL MANURE
    Publication number: 20110079060
    Abstract: Greenhouse gases are lowered in treatment of animal manure from a CAFO by eliminating or reducing anaerobic digestion. The manure product is admixed with drying agents and is suitable for use as fertilizer or fuel while severely curtailing odor at the same time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2009
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Applicant: RCRA CLEAN ENERGY SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Harry P. Hackett, Timothy Joseph Nicholson, John Patrick Nicholson
  • Processes and systems for using biomineral by-products as a fuel and for NOx removal at coal burning power plants
    Patent number: 6405664
    Abstract: A process is provided for NOx, removal at coal burning power plants, which includes introducing ammonia that is liberated upon drying a mixture of organic waste, coal combustion by-products, and optionally lime, having a pH of at least 9.5, to a coal burner in the power plant. A process is also provided for fueling a coal burner of a power plant with coal and a dried mixture of organic waste and coal combustion by-products. The present invention is further directed to the dried mixture of organic waste and coal combustion by-products made by the processes of the present invention, which may optionally be used as a soil additive or as a supplemental fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: N-Viro International Corporation
    Inventors: Terry J. Logan, James D. O'Neil, Ervin Louis Faulmann, Timothy Joseph Nicholson