Patents by Inventor Zhuoyan Cai

Zhuoyan Cai 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).

  • INTERTWINED COIL HEAT EXCHANGER
    Publication number: 20220034594
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of heat exchangers, especially those having a plurality of tubular fluid channels formed as intertwined coils, with each of the centre paths of the coils forming a helix, and to a reactor for supercritical water oxidation comprising such a heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Zhuoyan Cai, Jens Baekgaard
  • Supercritical water oxidation reactor and process
    Patent number: 10851006
    Abstract: The present invention relates to supercritical water oxidation reactor adapted to contain inside the reactor an aqueous fluid below and above its supercritical state, said fluid comprising organic and/or inorganic material and a method of controlling such a reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Aquarden Technologies ApS
    Inventor: Zhuoyan Cai
  • SUPERCRITICAL WATER OXIDATION REACTOR AND PROCESS
    Publication number: 20190185361
    Abstract: The present invention relates to supercritical water oxidation reactor adapted to contain inside the reactor an aqueous fluid below and above its supercritical state, said fluid comprising organic and/or inorganic material and a method of controlling such a reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: Aquarden Technologies ApS
    Inventor: Zhuoyan Cai
  • Method and apparatus for production of hydrogen from methanol
    Patent number: 8586003
    Abstract: Method of producing hydrogen from methanol comprising providing a feed mixture of methanol and water at high pressure, delivering the feed mixture to a reactor chamber (5) equipped with an internal heat exchanger, wherein said feed mixture is heated by heat exchange with an outgoing reformed mixture from the reactor chamber, and wherein said outgoing reformed mixture is simultaneously cooled by said feed mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Aquarden Technologies APS
    Inventor: Zhuoyan Cai
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN FROM METHANOL
    Publication number: 20120020873
    Abstract: Method of producing hydrogen from methanol comprising providing a feed mixture of methanol and water at high pressure, delivering the feed mixture to a reactor chamber (5) equipped with an internal heat exchanger, wherein said feed mixture is heated by heat exchange with an outgoing reformed mixture from the reactor chamber, and wherein said outgoing reformed mixture is simultaneously cooled by said feed mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: AQUARDEN TECHNOLOGIES APS
    Inventor: Zhuoyan Cai