Patents by Inventor Benjamin Greek

Benjamin Greek 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).

  • THERMOCHEMICAL REACTOR AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20210106963
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a solar reactor comprising a reactor member; an aperture for receiving solar radiation, the aperture being disposed in a plane on a wall of the reactor member, where the plane is oriented at any angle other than parallel relative to the centerline of the reactor member; a plurality of absorber tubes, wherein the absorber tubes are oriented such that their respective centerlines are at an angle other than 90° relative to the centerline of the reactor member; and wherein the aperture has a hydraulic diameter that is from 0.2 to 4 times a hydraulic diameter of at least one absorber tube in the plurality of absorber tubes; and a reactive material, the reactive material being disposed in the plurality of absorber tubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: James F. Klausner, Joerg Petrasch, Nicholas AuYeung, Ayyoub Mehdizadeh Momen, Rishi Mishra, Jinchao Lu, David Worthington Hahn, Nikhil Sehgal, Renwei Mei, Benjamin Greek, Fotouh A. Al-Raqom, Kyle Allen
  • Solar thermochemical reactor and methods of manufacture and use thereof
    Patent number: 10906017
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a solar reactor comprising a reactor member; an aperture for receiving solar radiation, the aperture being disposed in a plane on a wall of the reactor member, where the plane is oriented at any angle other than parallel relative to the centerline of the reactor member; a plurality of absorber tubes, wherein the absorber tubes are oriented such that their respective centerlines are at an angle other than 90° relative to the centerline of the reactor member; and wherein the aperture has a hydraulic diameter that is from 0.2 to 4 times a hydraulic diameter of at least one absorber tube in the plurality of absorber tubes; and a reactive material, the reactive material being disposed in the plurality of absorber tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: James F. Klausner, Joerg Petrasch, Nicholas AuYeung, Ayyoub Mehdizadeh Momen, Rishi Mishra, Jinchao Lu, David Worthington Hahn, Nikhil Sehgal, Renwei Mei, Benjamin Greek, Fotouh A. Al-Raqom, Kyle Allen
  • Solar thermochemical reactor and methods of manufacture and use thereof
    Patent number: 10072224
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a solar reactor comprising a reactor member; an aperture for receiving solar radiation, the aperture being disposed in a plane on a wall of the reactor member, where the plane is oriented at any angle other than parallel relative to the centerline of the reactor member; a plurality of absorber tubes, wherein the absorber tubes are oriented such that their respective centerlines are at an angle other than 90° relative to the centerline of the reactor member; and wherein the aperture has a hydraulic diameter that is from 0.2 to 4 times a hydraulic diameter of at least one absorber tube in the plurality of absorber tubes; and a reactive material, the reactive material being disposed in the plurality of absorber tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: James F. Klausner, Joerg Petrasch, Nicholas AuYeung, Ayyoub Mehdizadeh Momen, Rishi Mishra, Jinchao Lu, David Worthington Hahn, Nikhil Sehgal, Renwei Mei, Benjamin Greek
  • SOLAR THERMOCHEMICAL REACTOR AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20170304794
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a solar reactor comprising a reactor member; an aperture for receiving solar radiation, the aperture being disposed in a plane on a wall of the reactor member, where the plane is oriented at any angle other than parallel relative to the centerline of the reactor member; a plurality of absorber tubes, wherein the absorber tubes are oriented such that their respective centerlines are at an angle other than 90° relative to the centerline of the reactor member; and wherein the aperture has a hydraulic diameter that is from 0.2 to 4 times a hydraulic diameter of at least one absorber tube in the plurality of absorber tubes; and a reactive material, the reactive material being disposed in the plurality of absorber tubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: James F. Klausner, Joerg Petrasch, Nicholas AuYeung, Ayyoub Mehdizadeh Momen, Rishi Mishra, Jinchao Lu, David Worthington Hahn, Nikhil Sehgal, Renwei Mei, Benjamin Greek, Fotouh A. Al-Raqom, Kyle Allen
  • SOLAR THERMOCHEMICAL REACTOR AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20160122670
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a solar reactor comprising a reactor member; an aperture for receiving solar radiation, the aperture being disposed in a plane on a wall of the reactor member, where the plane is oriented at any angle other than parallel relative to the centerline of the reactor member; a plurality of absorber tubes, wherein the absorber tubes are oriented such that their respective centerlines are at an angle other than 90° relative to the centerline of the reactor member; and wherein the aperture has a hydraulic diameter that is from 0.2 to 4 times a hydraulic diameter of at least one absorber tube in the plurality of absorber tubes; and a reactive material, the reactive material being disposed in the plurality of absorber tubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: James F. Klausner, Joerg Petrasch, Nicholas AuYeung, Ayyoub Mehdizadeh Momen, Rishi Mishra, Jinchao Lu, David Worthington Hahn, Nikhil Sehgal, Renwei Mei, Benjamin Greek