Patents by Inventor Angelo VARGAS

Angelo VARGAS 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).

  • Publication number: 20250135436
    Abstract: Method for the preparation of sorbent material for use as adsorbent for carbon dioxide separation from a gas mixture, the sorbent material having primary amine or secondary amine moieties, or a combination thereof, immobilised on a solid support, wherein the sorbent material has primary amine or secondary amine moieties, or a combination thereof, is treated so as to have, after treatment, a total metal impurity content below 1400 ppm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: CLIMEWORK AG
    Inventors: Angelo VARGAS, David ALBANI, Nina-Luisa MICHELS, Tomas AZTIRIA, Kim Maureen TRÖSCH, Gerald BAUER
  • Publication number: 20250018374
    Abstract: The invention describes a method to regenerate the carbon capture capacity of amino based sorbents used for carbon capture, after they have lost partially or totally their carbon dioxide capture capacity due to oxidation during said carbon capture process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: CLIMEWORKS AG
    Inventors: Angelo VARGAS, Davide ALBANI, Claudio LIMONE
  • Publication number: 20240335817
    Abstract: Method for the preparation of a sorbent material and for use of such a material for separating gaseous carbon dioxide from a gas mixture, preferably for direct air capture, using a temperature, vacuum, or temperature/vacuum swing process, comprising primary amine moieties immobilized on a solid support, wherein the primary amine moieties, in the ?-carbon position, are substituted by one hydrogen and one non-hydrogen substituent, wherein the sorbent material is in the form of a monolith, a layer, fibres, or particles, wherein the non-hydrogen substituent is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, arylalkyl, and wherein the solid support of the sorbent material is a porous material. Starting from a precursor of said sorbent material comprising one or multiple keto-groups, said one or multiple keto groups are converted into said primary amine moieties through a reductive amination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicant: CLIMEWORKS AG
    Inventors: Visuta ENGKAGUL, Baptiste MONNEY, José Augusto BERROCAL, Christoph WEDER, Angelo VARGAS, Davide ALBANI, Claudio LIMONE
  • Publication number: 20230256377
    Abstract: A method for separating gaseous carbon dioxide from a gas mixture, preferably from at least one of ambient atmospheric air (1), flue gas and biogas, by cyclic adsorption/desorption using a sorbent material (3), wherein the method comprises at least the following sequential and in this sequence repeating steps (a)-(e): (a) contacting said gas mixture (1) with the sorbent material (3) to allow gaseous carbon dioxide to adsorb; (b) isolating said sorbent material (3) from said flow-through; (c) inducing an increase of the temperature of the sorbent material (3); (d) extracting at least the desorbed gaseous carbon dioxide from the unit (8) and separating gaseous carbon dioxide from steam in or downstream of the unit (8); (e) bringing the sorbent material (3) to ambient atmospheric conditions; wherein said sorbent material (3) comprises primary and/or secondary amine moieties immobilized on a solid support, wherein the amine moieties, in the ?-carbon position, are substituted by one hydrogen and one non-hydrog
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: CLIMEWORKS AG
    Inventors: Christoph GEBALD, Angelo VARGAS, Davide ALBANI, Nina-Luisa MICHELS, Visuta ENGKAGUL, Baptiste MONNEY, José Augusto BERROCAL, Christoph WEDER
  • Publication number: 20230233985
    Abstract: Method for separating gaseous carbon dioxide from air, in particular from ambient atmospheric air (1), by cyclic adsorption/desorption using a sorbent material (3), wherein said sorbent material (3) is a solid inorganic or organic, non-polymeric or polymeric support material functionalized on the surface with amino functionalities capable of reversibly binding carbon dioxide, with a specific BET surface area, preferably measured by nitrogen adsorption, in the range of 1-20 m2/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: CLIMEWORKS AG
    Inventors: Angelo VARGAS, Christoph GEBALD, Davide ALBANI, Tobias NIEBEL
  • Patent number: 11612879
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method to produce a particulate activated carbon material for capturing CO2 from air, wherein the particulate activated carbon is impregnated with alkali carbonate salt such as K2CO3; and wherein the impregnated particulate activated carbon either has, determined using nitrogen adsorption methods, a pore volume of at least 0.10 cm3/g for pore sizes of at least 5 nm and a pore volume of at most 0.30 cm3/g for pore sizes of less than 2 nm or is based on a mixture of different alkali carbonate salts, or has a particular pore surface for pore sizes in the range of 2 nm-50 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: CLIMEWORKS AG
    Inventors: Christoph Gebald, Jan André Wurzbacher, Angelo Vargas, Aylin Türkan Külür, Mathis Baumann, Alexander Spiteri, Tobias Niebel
  • Publication number: 20210187480
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method to produce a particulate activated carbon material for capturing CO2 from air, wherein the particulate activated carbon is impregnated with alkali carbonate salt such as K2CO3; and wherein the impregnated particulate activated carbon either has, determined using nitrogen adsorption methods, a pore volume of at least 0.10 cm3/g for pore sizes of at least 5 nm and a pore volume of at most 0.30 cm3/g for pore sizes of less than 2 nm or is based on a mixture of different alkali carbonate salts, or has a particular pore surface for pore sizes in the range of 2 nm-50 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: CLIMEWORKS AG
    Inventors: Christoph GEBALD, Jan André WURZBACHER, Angelo VARGAS, Aylin Türkan KÜLÜR, Mathis BAUMANN, Alexander SPITERI, Tobias NIEBEL