Patents Assigned to Opencel LLC.
  • Publication number: 20100108588
    Abstract: A method of converting biological material into energy resources includes transmitting biological material to a pulsed electric field (PEF) station, and applying a PEF to the biological material within a treatment zone in the PEF station to generate treated biological material. The method also includes transmitting the treated biological material to a biogenerator, and processing the treated biological material in the biogenerator to produce an energy resource. A converter may carry out this process, and may include the PEF station and the biogenerator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2010
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: OPENCEL LLC
    Inventors: Michael T. Gallagher, Jeffrey Held, Satya P. Chauhan, Anthony J. Tomasello
  • Patent number: 7695621
    Abstract: A method of supporting denitrification includes receiving biological material at a pulsed electric field station and applying a pulsed electric field to the biological material within a treatment zone in the pulse electric field station to generate treated biological material. The method also includes transporting at least a portion of the treated biological material to an anoxic bioreactor in substitution, at least in part, for an external source of electron donor. A system for supporting denitrification is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Opencel LLC
    Inventors: Michael T. Gallagher, James Banaszak
  • Publication number: 20100025326
    Abstract: A method of supporting denitrification includes receiving biological material at a pulsed electric field station and applying a pulsed electric field to the biological material within a treatment zone in the pulse electric field station to generate treated biological material. The method also includes transporting at least a portion of the treated biological material to an anoxic bioreactor in substitution, at least in part, for an external source of electron donor. A system for supporting denitrification is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: OpenCEL LLC
    Inventors: Michael T. Gallagher, James Banaszak
  • Patent number: 7572369
    Abstract: A method of supporting denitrification includes receiving biological material at a pulsed electric field station and applying a pulsed electric field to the biological material within a treatment zone in the pulse electric field station to generate treated biological material. The method also includes transporting at least a portion of the treated biological material to an anoxic bioreactor in substitution, at least in part, for an external source of electron donor. A system for supporting denitrification is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: OpenCEL LLC
    Inventors: Michael T. Gallagher, James Banaszak
  • Patent number: 7507341
    Abstract: A method of converting biological material into energy resources includes transmitting biological material to a pulsed electric field (PEF) station, and applying a PEF to the biological material within a treatment zone in the PEF station to generate treated biological material. The method also includes transmitting the treated biological material to a biogenerator, and processing the treated biological material in the biogenerator to produce an energy resource. A converter may carry out this process, and may include the PEF station and the biogenerator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Opencel LLC
    Inventors: Michael T. Gallagher, Jeffrey Held, Satya P. Chauhan, Anthony J. Tomasello
  • Publication number: 20080197074
    Abstract: A method of supporting denitrification includes receiving biological material at a pulsed electric field station and applying a pulsed electric field to the biological material within a treatment zone in the pulse electric field station to generate treated biological material. The method also includes transporting at least a portion of the treated biological material to an anoxic bioreactor in substitution, at least in part, for an external source of electron donor. A system for supporting denitrification is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: OpenCEL LLC
    Inventors: Michael T. Gallagher, James Banaszak
  • Patent number: 7001520
    Abstract: A method of treating of municipal sludge, paper-pulp sludge, animal and plant waste, and the like, whereby the treatment thereof via electroporation causes the breakdown of waste activated sludge, which is then recycled back to a bioreactor, or to one or more additional bioreactors such as aerobic, facultative, anoxic, or strictly anaerobic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Opencel LLC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Held, Satya P. Chauhan