Patents by Inventor Brendon Gerrard Cooper

Brendon Gerrard Cooper 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 upgrading low rank carbonaceous material
    Patent number: 9005318
    Abstract: A process for upgrading brown coal having a first water content including subjecting the brown coal to a conditioning step which includes heating the brown coal to a first temperature to produce a conditioned brown coal having a second water content which is lower than the first water content; attritioning the conditioned brown coal to enable water to be released from the microstructure of the brown coal and thereby producing an admixture of the brown coal and released water; forming aggregates of the admixture; drying the aggregates to produce upgraded brown coal having a third water content which is lower than the second water content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Pacific Edge Holdings Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Roderick Howard Carnegie, Brendon Gerrard Cooper, William John Stevens
  • Process for drying material and dryer for use in the process
    Patent number: 8997376
    Abstract: A process of drying moisture containing material having a tendency to create dust when dried, said process including the steps of providing said material in a heated chamber having a steam containing atmosphere at a temperature above the dewpoint of the steam, recirculating a hot gas including a portion of the steam through said chamber in order to evaporate moisture from the material to a predetermined level of dryness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Pacific Edge Holdings Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Roderick Howard Carnegie, Brendon Gerrard Cooper, William John Stevens
  • Process For Drying Material And Dryer For Use In The Process
    Publication number: 20140223766
    Abstract: A process of drying moisture containing material having a tendency to create dust when dried, said process including the steps of providing said material in a heated chamber having a steam containing atmosphere at a temperature above the dewpoint of the steam, recirculating a hot gas including a portion of the steam through said chamber in order to evaporate moisture from the material to a predetermined level of dryness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: PACIFIC EDGE HOLDINGS PTY LTD
    Inventors: Roderick Howard Carnegie, Brendon Gerrard Cooper, William John Stevens
  • Process For Upgrading Low Rank Carbonaceous Material
    Publication number: 20140196362
    Abstract: A process for upgrading brown coal having a first water content including subjecting the brown coal to a conditioning step which includes heating the brown coal to a first temperature to produce a conditioned brown coal having a second water content which is lower than the first water content; attritioning the conditioned brown coal to enable water to be released from the microstructure of the brown coal and thereby producing an admixture of the brown coal and released water; forming aggregates of the admixture; drying the aggregates to produce upgraded brown coal having a third water content which is lower than the second water content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: PACIFIC EDGE HOLDINGS PTY LTD
    Inventors: Roderick Howard Carnegie, Brendon Gerrard Cooper, William John Stevens