Patents by Inventor David Stanislav A. Simakov

David Stanislav A. Simakov 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).

  • Hydrogen production by an autothermal heat exchanger packed-bed membrane gas reformer
    Patent number: 9359201
    Abstract: A process for producing hydrogen from natural gas, said process comprises the steps of: (i) providing an autothermal heat exchanger packed-bed membrane reformer (APBMR) comprising: (a) an elongated external gas oxidation compartment comprising an inlet, an outlet and packed oxidation catalyst particles, said inlet and outlet being located each at one extremity of said external gas oxidation compartment; (b) an elongated internal gas steam-reforming compartment comprising an inlet, an outlet and packed steam-reforming catalyst particles, said inlet and outlet being located each at one extremity of said internal gas steam-reforming compartment; (c) one or more hydrogen-separating membrane(s) positioned in said steam-reforming compartment substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of said steam-reforming compartment; (d) one insulation layer surrounding said external compartment; and, optionally, (e) one or more elongated internal gas oxidation compartment(s) positioned in said steam-reforming compartment s
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Technion Research & Development Foundation Ltd.
    Inventors: David Stanislav A. Simakov, Moshe Sheintuch
  • HYDROGEN PRODUCTION BY AN AUTOTHERMAL HEAT EXCHANGER PACKED-BED MEMBRANE GAS REFORMER
    Publication number: 20120129064
    Abstract: A process for producing hydrogen from natural gas, said process comprises the steps of: (i) providing an autothermal heat exchanger packed-bed membrane reformer (APBMR) comprising: (a) an elongated external gas oxidation compartment comprising an inlet, an outlet and packed oxidation catalyst particles, said inlet and outlet being located each at one extremity of said external gas oxidation compartment; (b) an elongated internal gas steam-reforming compartment comprising an inlet, an outlet and packed steam-reforming catalyst particles, said inlet and outlet being located each at one extremity of said internal gas steam-reforming compartment; (c) one or more hydrogen-separating membrane(s) positioned in said steam-reforming compartment substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of said steam-reforming compartment; (d) one insulation layer surrounding said external compartment; and, optionally, (e) one or more elongated internal gas oxidation compartment(s) positioned in said steamreforming compartment su
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: TECHNION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION LTD.
    Inventors: David Stanislav A. Simakov, Moshe Sheintuch