Patents by Inventor A. Edwin Toombs

A. Edwin Toombs 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).

  • Patent number: 7638068
    Abstract: A cogeneration process and system which provides for the reclamation of a grease fuel from a concentrated grease trap pumping waste stream and the use of said grease fuel in a compression ignition reciprocating engine for the production of electric power. The concentrated grease trap pumpings are heated and mixed in the first stage of the process to ensure all grease is liquefied. This warm mixed stream is then separated by centrifuge into a heavy stream consisting of water and sediments and an oil-rich stream consisting of oil, grease/water emulsion and residual water. This oil-rich mixture is heated sufficiently to evaporate the residual water as well as the water of emulsion yielding a water free grease fuel suitable for use in the compression ignition engine. Heat energy for grease liquefaction and emulsion breaking is supplied by an engine jacket water cooling circuit and an exhaust heat recovery, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Inventor: Alvin Edwin Toombs
  • Patent number: 6374591
    Abstract: A process and system which improves the capacity and efficiency of a power plant. A LNG supply system fuels the plant. Gasified LNG in a combustor mixes with the air from an air compressor to provide the hot combustion gas for a gas turbine. The expanding LNG is used to chill a heat exchange fluid, e.g. water, which heat exchange fluid cools and densifies the intake air for the air compressor. Subsequently, the heat exchange fluid is used in another heat exchange step and is then re-chilled and recycled to cool and densify the intake air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Tractebel LNG North America LLC
    Inventors: Paul C. Johnson, Edwin Toombs
  • Patent number: 5457951
    Abstract: A process and system which improves the capacity and efficiency of a combined cycle power plant. A LNG supply system fuels the combined cycle plant. Gasified LNG in a combustor mixes with the air from the air compressor to provide the hot combustion gas for the gas turbine. The expanding LNG is used to chill a primary heat exchange fluid, e.g. water, which primary heat exchange fluid cools and densifies the intake air for the air compressor. Subsequently, the primary heat exchange fluid is used to condense the spent steam discharged from the steam turbine. The primary heat exchange fluid is then re-chilled and recycled to cool and densify the intake air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 17, 1995
    Assignee: Cabot Corporation
    Inventors: Paul C. Johnson, A. Edwin Toombs