Patents by Inventor Domenic Grasso

Domenic Grasso 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 apparatus for removing gas phase organic contaminants
    Patent number: 5198000
    Abstract: A method for removing volatile organic compounds from a contaminated gas stream includes contacting the contaminated gas stream with a nonvolatile organic liquid absorbent under conditions effective to allow absorption of the volatile organic compound from the gas stream into the absorbent and separation of the absorbed volatile organic compound from the absorbent to provide recycled absorbent and a reclaimed volatile organic compound. An apparatus for removing volatile organic compounds from a contaminated air stream includes means for contacting the contaminated air stream with an absorbent to allow absorption of the volatile organic compound by the absorbent and means for separating the absorbed volatile organic compound from the absorbent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1993
    Assignee: The University of Connecticut
    Inventors: Domenic Grasso, George E. Hoag