Patents by Inventor Costas Tsouris

Costas Tsouris 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).

  • Increasing ion sorption and desorption rates of conductive electrodes
    Patent number: 8920622
    Abstract: An electrolyte system includes a reactor having a pair of electrodes that may sorb ions from an electrolyte. The electrolyte system also includes at least one power supply in electrical communication with the reactor. The at least one power supply may supply a DC signal and an AC signal to the pair of electrodes during sorption of the ions. In addition, the power supply may supply only the AC signal to the pair of electrodes during desorption of the ions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: UT Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: David William DePaoli, James O. Kiggans, Jr., Costas Tsouris, William Bourcier, Robert Campbell, Richard T. Mayes
  • INCREASING ION SORPTION AND DESORPTION RATES OF CONDUCTIVE ELECTRODES
    Publication number: 20130068630
    Abstract: An electrolyte system includes a reactor having a pair of electrodes that may sorb ions from an electrolyte. The electrolyte system also includes at least one power supply in electrical communication with the reactor. The at least one power supply may supply a DC signal and an AC signal to the pair of electrodes during sorption of the ions. In addition, the power supply may supply only the AC signal to the pair of electrodes during desorption of the ions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventors: David William DePaoli, James O. Kiggans, JR., Costas Tsouris, William Bourcier, Robert Campbell, Richard T. Mayes
  • Method for excluding salt and other soluble materials from produced water
    Patent number: 7569737
    Abstract: A method for reducing the salinity, as well as the hydrocarbon concentration of produced water to levels sufficient to meet surface water discharge standards. Pressure vessel and coflow injection technology developed at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory is used to mix produced water and a gas hydrate forming fluid to form a solid or semi-solid gas hydrate mixture. Salts and solids are excluded from the water that becomes a part of the hydrate cage. A three-step process of dissociation of the hydrate results in purified water suitable for irrigation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Tommy J. Phelps, Costas Tsouris, Anthony V. Palumbo, David E. Riestenberg, Scott D. McCallum
  • Method for excluding salt and other soluble materials from produced water
    Publication number: 20070004945
    Abstract: A method for reducing the salinity, as well as the hydrocarbon concentration of produced water to levels sufficient to meet surface water discharge standards. Pressure vessel and coflow injection technology developed at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory is used to mix produced water and a gas hydrate forming fluid to form a solid or semi-solid gas hydrate mixture. Salts and solids are excluded from the water that becomes a part of the hydrate cage. A three-step process of dissociation of the hydrate results in purified water suitable for irrigation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Inventors: Tommy Phelps, Costas Tsouris, Anthony Palumbo, David Riestenberg, Scott McCallum