Patents Examined by Natasha E Young
  • Patent number: 12643064
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a filter body, which filters an exhaust gas and feeds it to an adsorption reaction device and is disposed below the adsorption reaction device; and a housing which provides an internal space for storing powder separated from the filter body and is installed below the adsorption reaction device, which housing includes a filter installation unit, which is a space projected below the adsorption reaction device and which provides a filter installation space internally for installing the filter body and an expansion unit that protrudes sideways from the filter installation unit and provides an expansion space which communicates internally with the filter installation space, and the internal space is expanded by the expansion space to increase the powder collection capacity. A suction port for sucking in the exhaust gas is installed in the expansion unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: CSK Inc.
    Inventors: MyeongHoon Kang, JinHong Kim
  • Patent number: 12643788
    Abstract: A flow reactor system for providing on-demand H2 evolution at pressure from a liquid organic hydrogen carrier and/or blends thereof includes a reactor that includes a reaction vessel having an inlet and outlet. The inlet is configured to introduce reactants into the reaction vessel, and the outlet is configured to release reaction products. The reaction vessel is configured to hold therein a catalyst system capable of catalyzing the evolution of molecular hydrogen from a liquid organic hydrogen carrier. Advantageously, the reaction vessel is configured to operate at pressures greater than or equal to 50 psig (e.g., from about 50 psig to about 10500 psig. The flow reactor system also includes a source of preheated liquid organic hydrogen carrier in fluid communication with the reactor and a purification system in fluid communication with the outlet that provides purified molecular hydrogen gas for on-demand applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignees: University of Southern California, Triad National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Nicolas Alfonso Vargas, Travis J. Williams, Robert P. Currier, Anthony Jose AJ Chavez, Van K. Do, John Cameron Gordon
  • Patent number: 12642879
    Abstract: A method and system of controlling a cohort of ozone gas generating devices. The method comprises identifying, at a computing device, a plurality of ozone gas generating devices that constitute the cohort, detecting, via at least one remote ozone gas sensor device located in a spatial area associated with the cohort in conjunction with one or more processors of the computing device, a concentration of ozone gas constituent of ambient air within the spatial area, and instructing, responsive to detecting the concentration of the ozone gas constituent as being one of above and below a predetermined threshold concentration, at least one ozone gas generating device of the cohort to perform one of increasing and decreasing a rate of ozone gas generation associated therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Inventors: Ching Kuo Pai, Peter Birch
  • Patent number: 12636630
    Abstract: Provided is a method for cooling a methanol r synthesis reactor effluent vapor stream in a methanol production plant, wherein the method comprises the steps of: receiving, using an inlet of a cooler, the methanol synthesis reactor effluent vapor stream from an interchanger or a methanol synthesis reactor of the methanol production plant; and spraying, using a recirculation pump connected to a spraying device, a liquid condensate received from a methanol synthesis loop onto a tube sheet of the cooler which enables direct contact of the liquid condensate with the methanol synthesis reactor effluent vapor stream and cools the methanol synthesis reactor effluent vapor stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Bryce Williams, Tobias Oelmann
  • Patent number: 12623187
    Abstract: A control system, for controlling an injection amount of a reducing agent injected into exhaust gas flowing from a coal-fired boiler in a thermal power generation facility toward a denitrification reactor of a denitrification device, includes: a first predictor predicting a first concentration of nitrogen oxides in the exhaust gas flowing toward the denitrification reactor based on first operation data of the thermal power generation facility; and a control device controlling the injection amount based on a predicted value of the first concentration. The first operation data includes at least either one of second operation data and third operation data, the second operation data being operation data of one or more coal pulverizers provided in the thermal power generation facility, and the third operation data being operation data of the coal-fired boiler affected by variation in operation conditions of the one or more coal pulverizers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Yonekura, Takafumi Nishizu, Yasufumi Mochizuki, Hiroki Saitou
  • Patent number: 12616949
    Abstract: Apparatuses and a method for plate-based oligonucleotide synthesis are disclosed. In one example, an apparatus used in oligonucleotide synthesis includes a synthesis adapter base to receive a commercially available synthesis plate. A keeper is used to apply pressure to the commercially available synthesis plate, and a sealing element is used to seal the commercially-available synthesis plate to the system adapter base. Other methods and apparatuses are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2025
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Inventors: Bruce Erickson, Marshall Henry
  • Patent number: 12611644
    Abstract: The presently disclosed subject matter relates to an industrial system for processing various plant materials to produce marketable materials. Particularly, the system integrates subcritical water extraction technology and includes a pre-processing module and a two-stage extractor (processing module) with constant control of temperature, pressure, and/or residence time. In some embodiments, the final product of the disclosed system can include feedstock constituents for biofuel production (sugars and/or oil), biochar, raw materials for various industries (such as pulp for manufacturing paper or cellulose for use in various industries). The disclosed system can be modular or non-modular, stationary or mobile, and can include prefabricated elements with programmed automatic or manual operation so that it can be easily moved and/or assembled on site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: Circ, LLC
    Inventors: Sandeep Kumar, Peter Majeranowski, Igor Kostenyuk, Iulian Bobe, Florin Barla
  • Patent number: 12604905
    Abstract: Described herein are methods for producing multiple disinfecting agents from oils and reactors for producing multiple disinfecting agents from oils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: Viridis BioDefense LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Agnew, Robert Michael Hust, William Gene Ramsey
  • Patent number: 12605689
    Abstract: Apparatuses for generation of a gas, for example chlorine dioxide, methods of forming an apparatus, and methods of use thereof are provided. The apparatus may include at least one pouch composed of a hydrophobic material and a reactant disposed within the interior of the pouch. The reactant generates a desired gas in the presence of an initiating agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: Selective Micro Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jeff Thomas, Tanja Miller
  • Patent number: 12599888
    Abstract: A synthesis reactor including a container and a control unit is provided. The container includes an outer shell, an inner tank that is disposed in the outer shell and that cooperates with the outer shell to define an interlayer space therebetween, and a heater that is disposed in the interlayer space and that is attached directly to an outer surface of the inner tank. The control unit includes a controller that is electrically connected to the heater and that is configured to control heating temperature of the heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: Jui-Hung Cheng
  • Patent number: 12594533
    Abstract: The present subject matter relates an apparatus (120) for distributing polyphasic fluid mixture to a catalyst bed in a downflow reactor (100). The apparatus (120) comprises a distributor tray (140) comprising a plurality of distributor units (150). The distributor unit (150) comprises an inner tube (210), an outer tube (220) disposed outside and concentric to the inner tube (210), a cover (346), a cap plate (350), and a gas inlet (358). The inner tube comprises a first aperture (314) to allow liquid to enter the inner tube (210) and a solid insert (326). The solid insert (326) forms a narrow passage (330). The outer tube (220) comprises a slot (338) to allow liquid from the distributor tray (140) to enter an annular portion (342).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignee: Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Valavarasu Gnanasekaran, Pradyut Kumar Dhar, Samuel Jedidiah Mekala, Bojja Ramachandra Rao
  • Patent number: 12582960
    Abstract: Systems and processes for the flexible production of gasoline and jet fuel via alkylation of C4 and C5 olefins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignee: Lummus Technology LLC
    Inventors: Zan Liu, Jackeline Medina Bolívar, Maurice Korpelshoek, Romain Lemoine, Manoj Som
  • Patent number: 12577183
    Abstract: A process, a system, and an apparatus are provided for converting a lower alkane to an alkene. Oxygen and the lower alkane are provided to an ODH reactor to convert at least a portion of the lower alkane to an alkene. An ODH stream comprising the alkene, an oxygenate, steam, and a carbon-based oxide is produced. The bulk of the oxygenate is removed from the ODH outlet stream by non-dilutive cooling, with residual oxygenate being removed using dilutive quenching with a carbonate. Subsequently, separation of the carbon-based oxide from the alkene is achieved using a caustic tower, which also produces spent caustic in the form of a carbonate, which is then used as the carbonate for dilutive quenching. Dilutive quenching using a carbonate allows conversion of the oxygenate to an acetate, which can then be used to simplify separation of the oxygenate from water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Assignee: NOVA Chemicals (International) S.A.
    Inventors: Bolaji Olayiwola, Vasily Simanzhenkov, Shahin Goodarznia, Kamal Serhal
  • Patent number: 12569823
    Abstract: The application relates to a polymerization vessel and a method for manufacturing the same. An interior surface of the polymerization vessel has a specific structure, so that the polymerization vessel has better heat transfer efficiency. Closed cooling channels are constructed from the specific structure, and therefore cooling fluid flows in the closed cooling channels. Furthermore, there won't be any by-pass defects in the cooling channels of the polymerization vessel, thereby improving cooling efficiency of the cooling fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: FORMOSA PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ming-Hung Cheng, Fuh-Yih Shih, Shih-Ming Yeh, Wen-Yi Wang
  • Patent number: 12565425
    Abstract: A steam reformer is provided which comprises at least one externally-heated tube. Each tube comprises a first catalyst bed comprising a first catalyst in particulate form and a second catalyst supported on a structure, wherein said first catalyst bed is located between the inlet of the tube and the second catalyst supported on said structure. A process for steam reforming of a feed gas mixture using said steam reformer is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2026
    Assignee: HALDOR TOPSØE A/S
    Inventors: Martin Østberg, Kim Aasberg-Petersen
  • Patent number: 12558660
    Abstract: A reactor may have a catalyst bed for the catalytic treatment of a gas stream, with the catalyst bed extending substantially over a cross section of the reactor. Gas to be treated may axially fly through the catalyst bed. A carrier structure for the catalyst bed that is at least partly floatingly mounted in the reactor may include a sieve element and, radially outwardly, carrier elements fixedly joined to the reactor wall below the sieve element. The sieve element provides a resting surface for the catalyst bed. The sieve element terminates, radially outwardly, at a distance from the reactor wall. The carrier structure also includes support elements for the sieve element that are floatingly mounted in the reactor. An improved floating mounting is thus provided where not only the sieve element itself but also further parts of the carrier structure are mounted to prevent stresses due to thermal expansion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignees: thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: Pascal Minne, Horst Honecker
  • Patent number: 12557822
    Abstract: Provided are foodstuff treatment systems that are convertible between a processing mode in which foodstuffs are processed (e.g., disinfected) and a clean-in-place mode in which the system operates to clean material (e.g., biological buildup) that has accumulated within the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignee: CMS TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventors: Jordan Koerwitz, Daniel Marken, Douglas Kroitsch, Mark Bramlett, Drew Dalton
  • Patent number: 12552675
    Abstract: The present application provides a method, a equipment and a system for producing a silicon-containing products by using a silicon sludge which is produced by a diamond wire cutting silicon material. The method of the present application mainly utilizes a high oxide layer on the surface of a silicon waste particle produced during diamond wire cutting. The characteristics are such that the surface oxide disproportionates with adjacent internal elemental silicon to form silicon monoxide to be removed in a vapor to achieve a physical chemical reaction with a metal, a halogen gas, a hydrogen halide gas or hydrogen to form a high value-added silicon-containing products. The process realizes the large-scale, high-efficiency, energy-saving, continuous and low-cost complete recycling of diamond-wire cutting silicon waste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Inventor: Xi Chu
  • Patent number: 12544726
    Abstract: Combined combustion and pyrolysis (CCP) systems, and associated systems and methods, are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the CCP system includes an input valve fluidly coupleable to a fuel supply to receive a hydrocarbon reactant, a CCP reactor fluidly coupled to the input valve, and a carbon separation component fluidly coupled to the CCP reactor. The CCP reactor can include a combustion chamber, a reaction chamber in thermal communication with the combustion chamber and/or fluidly coupled to the input valve, and an insulating material positioned to reduce heat loss from the combustion chamber and/or the reaction chamber. The CCP reactor can also include a combustion component positioned to combust a fuel within the combustion chamber. The combustion can heat the reaction chamber and the hydrocarbon reactant flowing therethrough. The heat causes a pyrolysis of the hydrocarbon reactant that generates hydrogen gas and carbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2026
    Assignee: Modern Hydrogen, Inc.
    Inventors: Roelof E. Groenewald, Kevin J. Hughes, William Kokonaski, Max N. Mankin, Tony S. Pan, Lowell L. Wood, John J. Lorr, Amit Goyal, Guido Radaelli, Vikram Seshadri, MJ Mahdi, Matthew Ballard, Stephen Harris, Alex Pearse, Jeff Henry
  • Patent number: 12544733
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gas/liquid oligomerization reactor with successive zones of variable diameter. The invention also relates to a process for the oligomerization of ethylene using a gas/liquid oligomerization reactor with successive zones of variable diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2026
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Frederic Augier, Alexandre Vonner, Pedro Maximiano Raimundo