Patents Assigned to Global Resource Corporation
  • MICROWAVE-BASED CONVEYING DEVICES AND PROCESSING OF CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
    Publication number: 20100230270
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for microwave-based recovery of hydrocarbons and other carbonaceous materials from solid carbon-containing compositions such as tires. Also disclosed are associated apparatuses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: GLOBAL RESOURCE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jae Seung Lee, Ram B. Roy, Carl A. Everleigh, Scott A. Dunbar, John C. Carlin, Lennart Hedman
  • MICROWAVE-BASED RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBONS AND FOSSIL FUELS
    Publication number: 20100111780
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for decomposing and extracting compositions for the recovery of petroleum-based materials from composites comprising those petroleum-based materials, comprising subjecting the compositions and/or composites to microwave radiation, wherein the microwave radiation is in the range of from about 4 GHz to about 18 GHz. The present invention also provides for products produced by the methods of the present invention and for apparatuses used to perform the methods of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: Global Resource Corporation
    Inventors: Frank G. Pringle, Carl Everleigh, Julian Forthe
  • MICROWAVE PROCESSING OF OIL SHALE AND COAL
    Publication number: 20100096295
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and systems for obtaining oil or a combustible gas from oil shale or coal, by subjecting oil shale or coal to microwave radiation for a time sufficient to at least partially decompose or extract oil, gas, or other carbon-containing materials from the oil shale and coal. The disclosed processes and systems use microwave radiation comprising at least one frequency component in the range of from about 4 GHz to about 18 GHz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: GLOBAL RESOURCE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Frank G Pringle, Carl Everleigh, Julian Forthe
  • MICROWAVE-BASED RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBONS AND FOSSIL FUELS
    Publication number: 20100092350
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for decomposing and extracting compositions for the recovery of petroleum-based materials from composites comprising those petroleum-based materials, comprising subjecting the compositions and/or composites to microwave radiation, wherein the microwave radiation is in the range of from about 4 GHz to about 18 GHz. The present invention also provides for products produced by the methods of the present invention and for apparatuses used to perform the methods of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: Global Resource Corporation
    Inventors: Frank G. Pringle, Carl Everleigh, Julian Forthe
  • MICROWAVE PROCESSING OF CARBON-BASED COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20100069688
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for decomposing and extracting compositions for the recovery of petroleum-based materials from composites comprising those petroleum-based materials, comprising subjecting the compositions and/or composites to microwave radiation, wherein the microwave radiation is in the range of from about 4 GHz to about 18 GHz. The present invention also provides for products produced by the methods of the present invention and for apparatuses used to perform the methods of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: GLOBAL RESOURCE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Frank G. Pringle, Carl Everleigh, Julian Forthe
  • MICROWAVE-BASED RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBONS AND FOSSIL FUELS
    Publication number: 20100025304
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for decomposing and extracting compositions for the recovery of petroleum-based materials from composites comprising those petroleum-based materials, comprising subjecting the compositions and/or composites to microwave radiation, wherein the microwave radiation is in the range of from about 4 GHz to about 18 GHz. The present invention also provides for products produced by the methods of the present invention and for apparatuses used to perform the methods of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: GLOBAL RESOURCES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Carl Everleigh, Julian Forthe, Frank G. Pringle
  • Microwave-based recovery of hydrocarbons and fossil fuels
    Patent number: 7629497
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for decomposing and extracting compositions for the recovery of petroleum-based materials from composites comprising those petroleum-based materials, comprising subjecting the compositions and/or composites to microwave radiation, wherein the microwave radiation is in the range of from about 4 GHz to about 18 GHz. The present invention also provides for products produced by the methods of the present invention and for apparatuses used to perform the methods of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Global Resource Corporation
    Inventor: Frank G. Pringle
  • MICROWAVE-BASED RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBONS AND FOSSIL FUELS
    Publication number: 20080314730
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for microwave-based recovery of hydrocarbons from fossil fuels, plastics, tires, drilling fluids, and other carbon-containing compositions. Also disclosed are associated apparatuses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: Global Resource Corporation
    Inventor: Frank G. Pringle