Patents by Inventor Bjorn F. Magnussen

Bjorn F. Magnussen 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).

  • Process for producing carbonaceaous solid materials and hydrogen-rich gases
    Patent number: 7097822
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing solid carbonaceous CxHy, wherein the ratio of x:y is greater than 2.5:1, or a hydrogen-rich gas, wherein a hydrocarbon fuel is heated with limiting amounts of oxidizer to a temperature of at least about 1000° C. whereby to effect incomplete combustion and pyrolytic decomposition of said hydrocarbon fuel, the carbonaceous product produced by that method, a method of combusting the gas produced by that method and reactors for performing these methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Carbontech Holding AS
    Inventors: Arne Godal, Bjorn F. Magnussen