Patents by Inventor Bert Verlinden

Bert Verlinden 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).

  • Automatical in situ control of the confined environment of metabolically active produce
    Patent number: 11259533
    Abstract: A control system for controlling the storage of metabolically active produce in a defined confined environment. The control system comprises gas analyzing and pressure measurement means including a control unit for determining an adjusted gas medium composition of the confined environment for protecting the produce against metabolic degradation. An operating/actuating means for adapting the gas medium in the confined storage environment is based on the determined adjusted gas medium composition. The control unit is adapted for determining the adjusted gas medium composition based on a mathematical model of the system that determines a metabolic coefficient of the produce by combining measured changes of gas composition in the confined environment with dynamic pressure changes in the confined space. The value of the metabolic coefficient is used as input for a control algorithm to continuously adjust the gas composition in the confined space in response to the metabolic activity of the produce.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: OPTIFLUX NV
    Inventors: Niels Bessemans, Bart Nicolai, Pieter Verboven, Bert Verlinden
  • AUTOMATICAL IN SITU CONTROL OF THE CONFINED ENVIRONMENT OF METABOLICALLY ACTIVE PRODUCE
    Publication number: 20190216105
    Abstract: A control system for controlling the storage of metabolically active produce in a defined confined environment. The control system comprises gas analyzing and pressure measurement means including a control unit for determining an adjusted gas medium composition of the confined environment for protecting the produce against metabolic degradation. An operating/actuating means for adapting the gas medium in the confined storage environment is based on the determined adjusted gas medium composition. The control unit is adapted for determining the adjusted gas medium composition based on a mathematical model of the system that determines a metabolic coefficient of the produce by combining measured changes of gas composition in the confined environment with dynamic pressure changes in the confined space. The value of the metabolic coefficient is used as input for a control algorithm to continuously adjust the gas composition in the confined space in response to the metabolic activity of the produce.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Niels BESSEMANS, Bart NICOLAI, Pieter VERBOVEN, Bert VERLINDEN
  • Storage of respiratory produce
    Patent number: 9314040
    Abstract: A method and system for storage of respiratory produce includes a storage environment, a gas analyze, a CO2 scrubber, a gas sampling pump, a gas pump for the scrubber, an air supply, an N2 supply and valves for flow control. The control system is a software assisted measurement system and control algorithm that takes into account the gas exchange dynamics of both the produce and the storage environment and a mathematical model for determining the actual respiratory and fermentative rates of the produce. The system is suitable for low oxygen storage of respiratory produce.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignees: KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN, VLAAMS CENTRUM VOOR BEWARING VAN TUINBOUWPRODUCTEN
    Inventors: Mulugeta Admasu Delele, Bart Nicolai, Pieter Verboven, Bert Verlinden
  • STORAGE OF RESPIRATORY PRODUCE
    Publication number: 20130013099
    Abstract: A method and system for storage of respiratory produce includes a storage environment, a gas analyze, a CO2 scrubber, a gas sampling pump, a gas pump for the scrubber, an air supply, an N2 supply and valves for flow control. The control system is a software assisted measurement system and control algorithm that takes into account the gas exchange dynamics of both the produce and the storage environment and a mathematical model for determining the actual respiratory and fermentative rates of the produce. The system is suitable for low oxygen storage of respiratory produce.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Inventors: Mulugeta Admasu Delele, Bart Nicolai, Pieter Verboven, Bert Verlinden