Patents by Inventor Bruce Edward Scherer

Bruce Edward Scherer 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).

  • Patent number: 9339822
    Abstract: An electrostatic precipitator having an adaptive discharge electrode is disclosed. In some embodiments, the discharge electrode may be formed of a non-ohmic material that exhibits a saturation velocity above a voltage threshold. The non-ohmic material may have a semiconductor with doping impurities or ceramics. In other embodiments, the discharge electrode is formed of an ohmic material characterized by increased resistance through the discharge electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Inventor: Bruce Edward Scherer
  • Publication number: 20140260988
    Abstract: An electrostatic precipitator having an adaptive discharge electrode is disclosed. In some embodiments, the discharge electrode may be formed of a non-ohmic material that exhibits a saturation velocity above a voltage threshold. The non-ohmic material may have a semiconductor with doping impurities or ceramics. In other embodiments, the discharge electrode is formed of an ohmic material characterized by increased resistance through the discharge electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventor: Bruce Edward Scherer
  • Publication number: 20120192713
    Abstract: An electrostatic precipitator collector plate assembly including at least one electrically conductive sheet adapted to be electrically grounded; a rib or baffle in physical and electrical contact with the at least one conductive sheet; and a hollow structure physically associated with the rib or baffle adapted to contain a cooling liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventor: Bruce Edward Scherer
  • Patent number: 8182776
    Abstract: An integrated process for operating a fossil fuel fired power plant including: producing hydrogen gas and an aqueous solution of hydrogen peroxide via a process including: dissociating hydrogen gas and oxygen gas from water; pressurizing the hydrogen gas and the oxygen gas; and mixing, under pressure, the oxygen gas and at least about a stoichiometric portion of the hydrogen gas with an aqueous solution of a catalyst and a promoter to form the aqueous solution of hydrogen peroxide; supplying a remainder of the hydrogen gas to at least one of (a) a storage means, (b) a boiler detonation cleaning system of the fossil fuel fired power plant, and (c) an electrical generator of the fossil fuel fired power plant; and injecting the aqueous solution of hydrogen peroxide into an air pollution control system of the fossil fuel fired power plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Electric Power Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventor: Bruce Edward Scherer
  • Publication number: 20120037056
    Abstract: An integrated process for operating a fossil fuel fired power plant including: producing hydrogen gas and an aqueous solution of hydrogen peroxide via a process including: dissociating hydrogen gas and oxygen gas from water; pressurizing the hydrogen gas and the oxygen gas; and mixing, under pressure, the oxygen gas and at least about a stoichiometric portion of the hydrogen gas with an aqueous solution of a catalyst and a promoter to form the aqueous solution of hydrogen peroxide; supplying a remainder of the hydrogen gas to at least one of (a) a storage means, (b) a boiler detonation cleaning system of the fossil fuel fired power plant, and (c) an electrical generator of the fossil fuel fired power plant; and injecting the aqueous solution of hydrogen peroxide into an air pollution control system of the fossil fuel fired power plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventor: Bruce Edward Scherer