Patents by Inventor Alberto I. IaCava

Alberto I. IaCava 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).

  • PSA with adsorbents sensitive to contaminants
    Patent number: 7037358
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments address contaminant management challenges that arise during production of desirably contaminant free product fluid in the operation of PSA equipment, and further address the more serious challenges that arise under intermittent operation of PSA equipment. One disclosed embodiment of a PSA apparatus, intended primarily for normal operating cycle speeds of at least 3 cycles per minute, includes a breather fluidly coupled to a feed end of an adsorber with a contaminant-sensitive adsorbent. The breather can be coupled to the feed end through a shutoff valve closed during production and open during shutdown. Other disclosed embodiments of the PSA apparatus used particular sealing strategies for additional sealing of the apparatus, or at least components thereof, from contaminant ingress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignees: The BOC Group, Inc., QuestAir Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew L. Babicki, Bowie G. Keefer, Andrea C. Gibbs, Alberto I. IaCava, Frank Fitch
  • PSA with adsorbents sensitive to contaminants
    Publication number: 20020134246
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments address contaminant management challenges that arise during production of desirably contaminant free product fluid in the operation of PSA equipment, and further address the more serious challenges that arise under intermittent operation of PSA equipment. One disclosed embodiment of a PSA apparatus, intended primarily for normal operating cycle speeds of at least 3 cycles per minute, includes a breather fluidly coupled to a feed end of an adsorber with a contaminant-sensitive adsorbent. The breather can be coupled to the feed end through a shutoff valve closed during production and open during shutdown. Other disclosed embodiments of the PSA apparatus used particular sealing strategies for additional sealing of the apparatus, or at least components thereof, from contaminant ingress.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventors: Matthew L. Babicki, Bowie G. Keefer, Andrea C. Gibbs, Alberto I. IaCava, Frank Fitch