Patents by Inventor Anayo Thomas Ukwuani

Anayo Thomas Ukwuani 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).

  • Production of ammonium sulfate using a vacuum absorption process
    Patent number: 10053369
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to methods for treating an organic material, including the steps of transporting the organic material into a first vessel; heating the organic material in the first vessel and applying a negative pressure to the organic material in the first vessel to a boiling point of the organic material, wherein the heat and negative pressure separates a portion of an ammonia from the organic material; removing the portion of the ammonia from the first vessel; transporting the removed portion of the ammonia from the first vessel to an acid solution in a second vessel; and separating a portion of the ammonia from the acid solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: The Research Foundation for The State University of New York
    Inventors: Wendong Tao, Anayo Thomas Ukwuani
  • PRODUCTION OF AMMONIUM SULFATE USING A VACUUM ABSORPTION PROCESS
    Publication number: 20170291825
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to methods for treating an organic material, including the steps of transporting the organic material into a first vessel; heating the organic material in the first vessel and applying a negative pressure to the organic material in the first vessel to a boiling point of the organic material, wherein the heat and negative pressure separates a portion of an ammonia from the organic material; removing the portion of the ammonia from the first vessel; transporting the removed portion of the ammonia from the first vessel to an acid solution in a second vessel; and separating a portion of the ammonia from the acid solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Wendong Tao, Anayo Thomas Ukwuani