Patents by Inventor Alexander Olson Santana
Alexander Olson Santana 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).
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Patent number: 12215026Abstract: The invention includes a gas processing system for transforming a hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas into outflow gas products, where the system includes a gas delivery subsystem, a plasma reaction chamber, and a microwave subsystem, with the gas delivery subsystem in fluid communication with the plasma reaction chamber, so that the gas delivery subsystem directs the hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas into the plasma reaction chamber, and the microwave subsystem directs microwave energy into the plasma reaction chamber to energize the hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas, thereby forming a plasma in the plasma reaction chamber, which plasma effects the transformation of a hydrocarbon in the hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas into the outflow gas products, which comprise acetylene and hydrogen. The invention also includes methods for the use of the gas processing system.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2023Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: Transform Materials LLCInventors: David S. Soane, James Nathan Ashcraft, Jason Samuel Hummelt, Mark Ellis Soderholm, Mathew Leeds, Alexander Olson Santana, Matthew Elijah O'Reilly
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Publication number: 20250018358Abstract: The invention includes a gas processing system for transforming a hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas into outflow gas products, where the system includes a gas delivery subsystem, a plasma reaction chamber, and a microwave subsystem, with the gas delivery subsystem in fluid communication with the plasma reaction chamber, so that the gas delivery subsystem directs the hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas into the plasma reaction chamber, and the microwave subsystem directs microwave energy into the plasma reaction chamber to energize the hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas, thereby forming a plasma in the plasma reaction chamber, which plasma effects the transformation of a hydrocarbon in the hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas into the outflow gas products, which comprise acetylene and hydrogen. The invention also includes methods for the use of this gas processing system.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2024Publication date: January 16, 2025Inventors: David S. SOANE, James Nathan ASHCRAFT, Jason Samuel HUMMELT, Mark Ellis SODERHOLM, Mathew LEEDS, Alexander Olson SANTANA, Matthew Elijah O'REILLY, Charles E. OCAMPO
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Publication number: 20240010492Abstract: The invention includes a gas processing system for transforming a hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas into outflow gas products, where the system includes a gas delivery subsystem, a plasma reaction chamber, and a microwave subsystem, with the gas delivery subsystem in fluid communication with the plasma reaction chamber, so that the gas delivery subsystem directs the hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas into the plasma reaction chamber, and the microwave subsystem directs microwave energy into the plasma reaction chamber to energize the hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas, thereby forming a plasma in the plasma reaction chamber, which plasma effects the transformation of a hydrocarbon in the hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas into the outflow gas products, which comprise acetylene and hydrogen. The invention also includes methods for the use of the gas processing system.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Inventors: David S. Soane, James Nathan Ashcraft, Jason Samuel Hummelt, Mark Ellis Soderholm, Mathew Leeds, Alexander Olson Santana, Matthew Elijah O'Reilly
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Publication number: 20230211311Abstract: The invention includes a gas processing system for transforming a hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas into outflow gas products, where the system includes a gas delivery subsystem, a plasma reaction chamber, and a microwave subsystem, with the gas delivery subsystem in fluid communication with the plasma reaction chamber, so that the gas delivery subsystem directs the hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas into the plasma reaction chamber, and the microwave subsystem directs microwave energy into the plasma reaction chamber to energize the hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas, thereby forming a plasma in the plasma reaction chamber, which plasma effects the transformation of a hydrocarbon in the hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas into the outflow gas products, which comprise acetylene and hydrogen. The invention also includes methods for the use of this gas processing system.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2022Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: David S. Soane, James Nathan Ashcraft, Jason Samuel Hummelt, Mark Ellis Soderholm, Mathew Leeds, Alexander Olson Santana, Matthew Elijah O'Reilly, Charles E. Ocampo
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Patent number: 11633710Abstract: The invention includes a gas processing system for transforming a hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas into outflow gas products, where the system includes a gas delivery subsystem, a plasma reaction chamber, and a microwave subsystem, with the gas delivery subsystem in fluid communication with the plasma reaction chamber, so that the gas delivery subsystem directs the hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas into the plasma reaction chamber, and the microwave subsystem directs microwave energy into the plasma reaction chamber to energize the hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas, thereby forming a plasma in the plasma reaction chamber, which plasma effects the transformation of a hydrocarbon in the hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas into the outflow gas products, which comprise acetylene and hydrogen. The invention also includes methods for the use of this gas processing system.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2021Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Transform Materials LLCInventors: David S. Soane, James Nathan Ashcraft, Jason Samuel Hummelt, Mark Ellis Soderholm, Mathew Leeds, Alexander Olson Santana, Matthew Elijah O'Reilly, Charles E. Ocampo
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Patent number: 11634324Abstract: The invention includes a gas processing system for transforming a hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas into outflow gas products, where the system includes a gas delivery subsystem, a plasma reaction chamber, and a microwave subsystem, with the gas delivery subsystem in fluid communication with the plasma reaction chamber, so that the gas delivery subsystem directs the hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas into the plasma reaction chamber, and the microwave subsystem directs microwave energy into the plasma reaction chamber to energize the hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas, thereby forming a plasma in the plasma reaction chamber, which plasma effects the transformation of a hydrocarbon in the hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas into the outflow gas products, which comprise acetylene and hydrogen. The invention also includes methods for the use of the gas processing system.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2021Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: TRANSFORM MATERIALS LLCInventors: David S. Soane, James Nathan Ashcraft, Jason Samuel Hummelt, Mark Ellis Soderholm, Mathew Leeds, Alexander Olson Santana, Matthew Elijah O'Reilly
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Patent number: 11634323Abstract: The invention includes a gas processing system for transforming a hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas into outflow gas products, where the system includes a gas delivery subsystem, a plasma reaction chamber, and a microwave subsystem, with the gas delivery subsystem in fluid communication with the plasma reaction chamber, so that the gas delivery subsystem directs the hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas into the plasma reaction chamber, and the microwave subsystem directs microwave energy into the plasma reaction chamber to energize the hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas, thereby forming a plasma in the plasma reaction chamber, which plasma effects the transformation of a hydrocarbon in the hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas into the outflow gas products, which comprise acetylene and hydrogen. The invention also includes methods for the use of the gas processing system.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2019Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Transform Materials LLCInventors: David S. Soane, James Nathan Ashcraft, Jason Samuel Hummelt, Mark Ellis Soderholm, Mathew Leeds, Alexander Olson Santana, Matthew Elijah O'Reilly
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Patent number: 11471852Abstract: The invention includes a gas processing system for transforming a hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas into outflow gas products, where the system includes a gas delivery subsystem, a plasma reaction chamber, and a microwave subsystem, with the gas delivery subsystem in fluid communication with the plasma reaction chamber, so that the gas delivery subsystem directs the hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas into the plasma reaction chamber, and the microwave subsystem directs microwave energy into the plasma reaction chamber to energize the hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas, thereby forming a plasma in the plasma reaction chamber, which plasma effects the transformation of a hydrocarbon in the hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas into the outflow gas products, which comprise acetylene and hydrogen. The invention also includes methods for the use of this gas processing system.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2021Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Transform Materials LLCInventors: David S. Soane, James Nathan Ashcraft, Jason Samuel Hummelt, Mark Ellis Soderholm, Mathew Leeds, Alexander Olson Santana, Matthew Elijah O'Reilly, Charles E. Ocampo
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Patent number: 11285427Abstract: The invention includes methods for removing higher acetylenes from a gaseous stream that includes a hydrogen fraction and a non-hydrogen fraction, wherein the gaseous stream includes less than about 4% in total of diacetylene and vinylacetylene, where the method includes the following steps: (i) an adsorption that passes the gaseous stream at a preselected superficial linear gas velocity across an adsorption bed supported within an enclosure, the adsorption bed containing a crystalline porous ceramic adsorbent to adsorb the higher acetylenes onto the adsorbent, thereby producing a saturated adsorption bed and a purified gaseous stream including less than about 25 ppm of diacetylene that regenerates the saturated adsorbent bed by passing a regeneration gas across the saturated adsorption bed to desorb the higher acetylenes retained thereupon, thereby producing a regenerated adsorbent bed and a contaminated gas stream bearing the higher acetylenes; and (iii) a purging step that removes the contaminated gas streType: GrantFiled: May 19, 2020Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: Transform Materials LLCInventors: Alexander Olson Santana, James Nathan Ashcraft, David S. Soane
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Publication number: 20220080379Abstract: The invention includes a gas processing system for transforming a hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas into outflow gas products, where the system includes a gas delivery subsystem, a plasma reaction chamber, and a microwave subsystem, with the gas delivery subsystem in fluid communication with the plasma reaction chamber, so that the gas delivery subsystem directs the hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas into the plasma reaction chamber, and the microwave subsystem directs microwave energy into the plasma reaction chamber to energize the hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas, thereby forming a plasma in the plasma reaction chamber, which plasma effects the transformation of a hydrocarbon in the hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas into the outflow gas products, which comprise acetylene and hydrogen. The invention also includes methods for the use of this gas processing system.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Inventors: David S. Soane, James Nathan Ashcraft, Jason Samuel Hummelt, Mark Ellis Soderholm, Mathew Leeds, Alexander Olson Santana, Matthew Elijah O'Reilly, Charles E. Ocampo
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Publication number: 20220041439Abstract: The invention includes a gas processing system for transforming a hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas into outflow gas products, where the system includes a gas delivery subsystem, a plasma reaction chamber, and a microwave subsystem, with the gas delivery subsystem in fluid communication with the plasma reaction chamber, so that the gas delivery subsystem directs the hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas into the plasma reaction chamber, and the microwave subsystem directs microwave energy into the plasma reaction chamber to energize the hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas, thereby forming a plasma in the plasma reaction chamber, which plasma effects the transformation of a hydrocarbon in the hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas into the outflow gas products, which comprise acetylene and hydrogen. The invention also includes methods for the use of the gas processing system.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Inventors: David S. Soane, James Nathan Ashcraft, Jason Samuel Hummelt, Mark Ellis Soderholm, Mathew Leeds, Alexander Olson Santana, Matthew Elijah O'Reilly
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Publication number: 20210245133Abstract: The invention includes a gas processing system for transforming a hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas into outflow gas products, where the system includes a gas delivery subsystem, a plasma reaction chamber, and a microwave subsystem, with the gas delivery subsystem in fluid communication with the plasma reaction chamber, so that the gas delivery subsystem directs the hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas into the plasma reaction chamber, and the microwave subsystem directs microwave energy into the plasma reaction chamber to energize the hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas, thereby forming a plasma in the plasma reaction chamber, which plasma effects the transformation of a hydrocarbon in the hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas into the outflow gas products, which comprise acetylene and hydrogen. The invention also includes methods for the use of this gas processing system.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: David S. Soane, James Nathan Ashcraft, Jason Samuel Hummelt, Mark Ellis Soderholm, Mathew Leeds, Alexander Olson Santana, Matthew Elijah O'Reilly, Charles E. Ocampo
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Publication number: 20200368670Abstract: The invention includes methods for removing higher acetylenes from a gaseous stream that includes a hydrogen fraction and a non-hydrogen fraction, wherein the gaseous stream includes less than about 4% in total of diacetylene and vinylacetylene, where the method includes the following steps: (i) an adsorption that passes the gaseous stream at a preselected superficial linear gas velocity across an adsorption bed supported within an enclosure, the adsorption bed containing a crystalline porous ceramic adsorbent to adsorb the higher acetylenes onto the adsorbent, thereby producing a saturated adsorption bed and a purified gaseous stream including less than about 25 ppm of diacetylene that regenerates the saturated adsorbent bed by passing a regeneration gas across the saturated adsorption bed to desorb the higher acetylenes retained thereupon, thereby producing a regenerated adsorbent bed and a contaminated gas stream bearing the higher acetylenes; and (iii) a purging step that removes the contaminated gas streType: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Inventors: Alexander Olson Santana, James Nathan Ashcraft, David S. Soane
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Patent number: 10676353Abstract: The invention includes a gas processing system for transforming a hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas into outflow gas products, where the system includes a gas delivery subsystem, a plasma reaction chamber, and a microwave subsystem, with the gas delivery subsystem in fluid communication with the plasma reaction chamber, so that the gas delivery subsystem directs the hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas into the plasma reaction chamber, and the microwave subsystem directs microwave energy into the plasma reaction chamber to energize the hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas, thereby forming a plasma in the plasma reaction chamber, which plasma effects the transformation of a hydrocarbon in the hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas into the outflow gas products, which comprise acetylene and hydrogen. The invention also includes methods for the use of the gas processing system.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2019Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Transform Materials LLCInventors: David S. Soane, James Nathan Ashcraft, Jason Samuel Hummelt, Mark Ellis Soderholm, Mathew Leeds, Alexander Olson Santana, Matthew Elijah O'Reilly
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Publication number: 20200063040Abstract: The invention includes a gas processing system for transforming a hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas into outflow gas products, where the system includes a gas delivery subsystem, a plasma reaction chamber, and a microwave subsystem, with the gas delivery subsystem in fluid communication with the plasma reaction chamber, so that the gas delivery subsystem directs the hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas into the plasma reaction chamber, and the microwave subsystem directs microwave energy into the plasma reaction chamber to energize the hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas, thereby forming a plasma in the plasma reaction chamber, which plasma effects the transformation of a hydrocarbon in the hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas into the outflow gas products, which comprise acetylene and hydrogen. The invention also includes methods for the use of the gas processing system.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2019Publication date: February 27, 2020Inventors: David S. Soane, James Nathan Ashcraft, Jason Samuel Hummelt, Mark Ellis Soderholm, Mathew Leeds, Alexander Olson Santana, Matthew Elijah O'Reilly
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Publication number: 20200062591Abstract: The invention includes a gas processing system for transforming a hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas into outflow gas products, where the system includes a gas delivery subsystem, a plasma reaction chamber, and a microwave subsystem, with the gas delivery subsystem in fluid communication with the plasma reaction chamber, so that the gas delivery subsystem directs the hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas into the plasma reaction chamber, and the microwave subsystem directs microwave energy into the plasma reaction chamber to energize the hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas, thereby forming a plasma in the plasma reaction chamber, which plasma effects the transformation of a hydrocarbon in the hydrocarbon-containing inflow gas into the outflow gas products, which comprise acetylene and hydrogen. The invention also includes methods for the use of the gas processing system.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2019Publication date: February 27, 2020Inventors: David S. Soane, James Nathan Ashcraft, Jason Samuel Hummelt, Mark Ellis Soderholm, Mathew Leeds, Alexander Olson Santana, Matthew Elijah O'Reilly