Patents by Inventor Chris E. DiFrancesco

Chris E. DiFrancesco 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: 7833932
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions, systems, and methods for achieving high efficiencies of nitrogen oxide (NOx) removal from exhaust gases while minimizing ammonia slip and sulfur dioxide oxidation. In one embodiment, a method of removing nitrogen oxides from an exhaust gas comprises providing a first catalyst layer, adding an ammonia-containing compound to the exhaust gas upstream of the first catalyst layer in excess of the stoichiometric equivalent of the nitrogen oxides in the exhaust gas, flowing the exhaust gas through the first catalyst layer, selectively catalytically decomposing ammonia in excess of the stoichiometric reaction equivalent of the nitrogen oxides in the exhaust gas, and catalytically reducing the nitrogen oxides by reaction with ammonia not selectively catalytically decomposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Cormetech, Inc.
    Inventors: Chris E. DiFrancesco, Kozo Iida
  • Publication number: 20100284877
    Abstract: The present invention provides monolithic structural catalysts. The catalysts have a thin wall structure and are advantageous for catalyzing reactions of gaseous fluid or liquid fluid molecules, such as the denitration or selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of nitrogen oxides (NOx) in combustion flue gases. In an embodiment, the honeycomb-like monolithic structural body includes catalytically active outer peripheral walls and a plurality of catalytically active thin-walled inner partition walls, the thin-walled inner partition walls adapted to enhance fluid flow through the monolithic catalytic body and to increase interaction of the fluid molecules with the catalyst body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Inventors: Chris E. DiFrancesco, James C. Altizer, Thomas W. Hastings, Edward F. Kassman, Christian Trefzger
  • Patent number: 7807110
    Abstract: The present invention provides monolithic structural catalysts. The catalysts have a thin wall structure and are advantageous for catalyzing reactions of gaseous fluid or liquid fluid molecules, such as the denitration or selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of nitrogen oxides (NOx) in combustion flue gases. In an embodiment, the honeycomb-like monolithic structural body includes catalytically active outer peripheral walls and a plurality of catalytically active thin-walled inner partition walls, the thin-walled inner partition walls adapted to enhance fluid flow through the monolithic catalytic body and to increase interaction of the fluid molecules with the catalyst body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Cormetech Inc.
    Inventors: Chris E. DiFrancesco, James C. Altizer, Thomas W. Hastings, Edward F. Kassman, Christian Trefzger
  • Patent number: 7776786
    Abstract: The present invention provides monolithic structural catalysts. The catalysts have a high open frontal area structure and composition advantageous for use in high particulate matter environments such as coal-fired industrial applications. In an embodiment, the present invention provides a monolithic structural catalyst body comprising a high open frontal area structure and composition that can achieve an efficient selective reduction of nitrogen oxides while minimizing the oxidation of sulfur dioxide wherein the structure of the catalyst body is resistant to plugging by particulate matter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Cormetech, Inc.
    Inventors: Chris E. DiFrancesco, Thomas W. Hastings, Edward F. Kassmann, Christian Trefzger
  • Publication number: 20100192552
    Abstract: An exhaust gas treatment catalyst for removal of one or more pollutants in an exhaust gas, the catalyst comprising: a SO3-reducing catalyst powder which removes the above-described pollutants; and a diluent powder which is not the SO3-reducing catalyst powder nor a catalyst for reactions between exhaust gas components and a reagent, wherein the SO3-reducing catalyst powder is dispersed in the diluent powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., CORMETECH, INC.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki OBAYASHI, Katsumi NOCHI, Toshio KOYANAGI, Chris E. DIFRANCESCO
  • Patent number: 7658898
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions, systems, and methods for achieving high efficiencies of nitrogen oxide (NOx) removal from exhaust gases while minimizing ammonia slip and sulfur dioxide oxidation. In one embodiment, a method of removing nitrogen oxides from an exhaust gas comprises providing a first catalyst layer, adding an ammonia-containing compound to the exhaust gas upstream of the first catalyst layer in excess of the stoichiometric equivalent of the nitrogen oxides in the exhaust gas, flowing the exhaust gas through the first catalyst layer, selectively catalytically decomposing ammonia in excess of the stoichiometric reaction equivalent of the nitrogen oxides in the exhaust gas, and catalytically reducing the nitrogen oxides by reaction with ammonia not selectively catalytically decomposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Cormetech, Inc.
    Inventors: Chris E. DiFrancesco, Kozo Iida