Patents by Inventor Christopher Aaron Samuelson

Christopher Aaron Samuelson 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).

  • Method and system for reducing mercury emissions in flue gas
    Patent number: 7833315
    Abstract: Method and a system for capturing mercury in a flue gas are provided. The method includes partially oxidizing a carbonaceous solid fuel in a gasifier such that a thermally activated carbon-containing solid sorbent and gaseous gasification products are generated wherein the gasifier is proximate to a combustion system for combusting a mercury containing fuel. The method further includes storing the generated thermally activated carbon-containing solid sorbent proximate to the combustion system and combusting a mercury containing fuel in a combustion zone of the combustion system wherein mercury released during combustion is entrained in flue gas generated by the combustion. The method also includes injecting the thermally activated solid sorbent in the flue gas downstream of the combustion zone and absorbing at least a portion of the entrained mercury on the thermally activated solid sorbent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Vitali Lissianski, Peter Martin Maly, William Randall Seeker, Christopher Aaron Samuelson
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING MERCURY EMISSIONS IN FLUE GAS
    Publication number: 20090211444
    Abstract: Method and a system for capturing mercury in a flue gas are provided. The method includes partially oxidizing a carbonaceous solid fuel in a gasifier such that a thermally activated carbon-containing solid sorbent and gaseous gasification products are generated wherein the gasifier is proximate to a combustion system for combusting a mercury containing fuel. The method further includes storing the generated thermally activated carbon-containing solid sorbent proximate to the combustion system and combusting a mercury containing fuel in a combustion zone of the combustion system wherein mercury released during combustion is entrained in flue gas generated by the combustion. The method also includes injecting the thermally activated solid sorbent in the flue gas downstream of the combustion zone and absorbing at least a portion of the entrained mercury on the thermally activated solid sorbent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Inventors: Vitali Lissianski, Peter Martin Maly, William Randall Seeker, Christopher Aaron Samuelson