Patents by Inventor Earl Lawrence Vincent Goetheer
Earl Lawrence Vincent Goetheer 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).
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Publication number: 20210008465Abstract: In accordance with the present invention there is provided a method for deoxygenation of a first liquid, which method comprises contacting said first liquid with a membrane, which membrane is on its filtrate side in contact with a second liquid comprising an oxygen scavenger. There is provided a second method for deoxygenation of a first liquid which method comprises contacting said first liquid with a membrane, which membrane is on its filtrate side in contact with an oxygen-lean sweep gas. The invention is also directed to an apparatus for carrying out these methods. The present invention provides a very efficient means to deoxygenate liquids of all sorts, such as CO2 scrubbing solutions and beverages.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2019Publication date: January 14, 2021Inventors: Arjen Huizinga, Earl Lawrence Vincent Goetheer, Juliana Garcia Moretz-Sohn Monteiro, Purvil Maganlal Khakharia, Martin Mohana
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Publication number: 20200283918Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for producing lactate. The method of the invention comprises electrochemically oxidising a catalyst at an anode, and using oxidised catalyst to oxidise propylene glycol and form lactate, thereby reducing the said oxidised catalyst.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2018Publication date: September 10, 2020Applicant: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNOInventors: Roel Johannes Martinus BISSELINK, Roman LATSUZBAIA, Anca ANASTASOPOL, Earl Lawrence Vincent GOETHEER
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Publication number: 20200283366Abstract: The invention is directed to a method of electrochemically producing valeric acid. The method of the invention comprises contacting a solution of levulinic acid with an anode and a cathode in an electrochemical cell; and electrochemically reducing levulinic acid at the cathode to form valeric acid, wherein the cathode comprises one or more materials selected from the group consisting of cadmium, zinc, and indium.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2018Publication date: September 10, 2020Applicant: Stichting Wageningen ResearchInventors: Roel Johannes Martinus BISSELINK, Marc CROCKATT, Earl Lawrence Vincent GOETHEER
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Publication number: 20200055832Abstract: The invention is directed to the to the electrochemical preparation of 2,5- furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) from 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) by electrochemical oxidation, comprising a first oxidation step of oxidizing HMF to 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furan-carboxylic acid (HMFCA) in an electrochemical cell, subsequently a first isolation step of isolating HMFCA, followed by a second oxidation step of HMFCA to FDCA.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2018Publication date: February 20, 2020Inventors: Marc CROCKATT, Roel Johannes Martinus BISSELINK, Roman LATSUZBAIA, Cornelis Petrus Marcus ROELANDS, Earl Lawrence Vincent GOETHEER
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Patent number: 10472582Abstract: The invention is directed to a process and apparatus for removing hydrogen sulfide from a gas stream comprising biogas. In accordance with the invention the gas stream is contacted with an oxidizing agent present in a vessel, whereby said hydrogen sulfide is oxidized into elemental sulfur and said oxidizing agent is reduced, wherein oxygen containing gas is also fed to said vessel, wherein said oxygen oxidizes at least part of said reduced oxidizing agent.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2014Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST-NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNOInventors: Leon Christian Stille, Marco Johannes Gerardus Linders, Earl Lawrence Vincent Goetheer
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Patent number: 10441938Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for carrying out a continuous physical or chemical process, in particular crystallization. The method of the invention comprises: comprising—flowing a fluid through a channel comprising an inlet and an outlet for said fluid, wherein said channel is at least in part curved and comprises at least two curvatures,—allowing said process to occur at least in part in said fluid in the presence of Dean vortices in said fluid, while—reversing the direction of the flow of said fluid in said channel multiple times, wherein Dean vortices in the fluid in the channel are maintained while the flow is reversed.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2013Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST—NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNOInventors: Cornelis Petrus Marcus Roelands, Axel Sebastiaan Lexmond, Earl Lawrence Vincent Goetheer, Leonard Ferdinand Gerard Geers
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Publication number: 20180272269Abstract: An apparatus and method for acid gas removal using an absorption liquid comprising a chemical solvent and a non-chemical solvent, each absorbing acid gas, wherein in embodiments regeneration of the absorption liquid involves separating the two components from each other in separate streams, and causing desorption from each stream using different desorption conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2016Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventors: Earl Lawrence Vincent Goetheer, Purvil Maganlal Khakharia, Annemieke van de Runstraat, Robrecht Wouter van der Stel
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Patent number: 10046298Abstract: The invention relates to a chemical conversion process and to a process for removing particles from a reaction mixture. The chemical conversion process of the invention includes plasmonic heating of a reaction mixture having at least a one component and plasmonic particles, by exposing the reaction mixture to light having one or more wavelengths which are absorbed by at least part of the plasmonic particles, thereby controlling the reaction rate of one or more chemical reactions.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2017Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST-NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNOInventors: Pascal Jozef Paul Buskens, Maurice Christian Danho Mourad, Maria Elizabeth Louise Wouters, Leonardus Johannus Maria Genoveva Dortmans, Earl Lawrence Vincent Goetheer, Nanning Joerg Arfsten
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Publication number: 20180118640Abstract: The invention is directed to the purification of gas streams comprising methane and hydrophobic pollutants. The invention provides a method for purifying a gas stream comprising methane and one or more hydrophobic pollutants comprising the steps of contacting the gas stream with a lean liquid stream comprising micelles of a surfactant or a separate surfactant phase. The resulting rich liquid stream comprises at least part of the hydrophobic pollutants. By subsequently changing the temperature of the rich liquid stream, a system of a pollutants-poor phase and a pollutants-rich phase is obtained. These phases are optionally separated and from the aqueous stream the lean liquid stream comprising micelles and/or surfactant can be regenerated.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2016Publication date: May 3, 2018Applicant: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNOInventors: EARL LAWRENCE VINCENT GOETHEER, MARCO JOHANNES GERARDUS LINDERS, LEONARDUS VOLKERT VAN DER HAM
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Patent number: 9790460Abstract: The disclosure relates to the field of reduction of CO2 emission, more in particular to CO2 capture and conversion. The disclosure further relates to the culturing of algae and an apparatus for use thereof. One object of the disclosure is to provide an alternative method for capturing and conversion of CO2 from a gaseous stream.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2012Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST-NATUURWETENSCHAPPELUK ONDERZOEK TNOInventors: Earl Lawrence Vincent Goetheer, Peter Geerdink, Ikenna Sunday Ngene, Leo Jacques Pierre Van Den Broeke
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Publication number: 20170239636Abstract: The invention relates to a chemical conversion process and to a process for removing particles from a reaction mixture. The chemical conversion process of the invention includes plasmonic heating of a reaction mixture having at least a one component and plasmonic particles, by exposing the reaction mixture to light having one or more wavelengths which are absorbed by at least part of the plasmonic particles, thereby controlling the reaction rate of one or more chemical reactions.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: Pascal Jozef Paul BUSKENS, Maurice Christian Danho MOURAD, Maria Elizabeth Louise WOUTERS, Leonardus Johannus Maria Genoveva DORTMANS, Earl Lawrence Vincent GOETHEER, Nanning Joerg ARFSTEN
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Publication number: 20170198226Abstract: The invention is directed to a method and an apparatus for absorption of terpenes from methane comprising gas streams. The method for absorbing terpenes from a methane comprising gas stream, comprises the step of contacting said stream with a liquid that comprises water and a terpene absorbing agent thereby producing a terpene rich liquid.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2015Publication date: July 13, 2017Applicant: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast- natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNOInventors: LEON CHRISTIAN STILLE, MARCO JOHANNES GERARDUS LINDERS, EARL LAWRENCE VINCENT GOETHEER
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Patent number: 9670380Abstract: The invention relates to a chemical conversion process and to a process for removing particles from a reaction mixture. The chemical conversion process of the invention comprises plasmonic heating of a reaction mixture, which reaction mixture comprises at least a one component and plasmonic particles, by exposing said reaction mixture to light comprising one or more wavelengths which are absorbed by at least part of the plasmonic particles, thereby controlling the reaction rate of one or more chemical reactions.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2014Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST-NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNOInventors: Pascal Jozef Paul Buskens, Maurice Christian Danho Mourad, Maria Elizabeth Louise Wouters, Leonardus Johannus Maria Genoveva Dortmans, Earl Lawrence Vincent Goetheer, Nanning Joerg Arfsten
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Publication number: 20170056817Abstract: The invention relates to a gas desorption unit and a process for desorbing gas absorbed in an absorption liquid, and a gas separation process. A gas desorption unit, comprising an assembly of plates, wherein plates comprise a corrugated part comprising ridges and valleys, and a first channel there between, adapted for counter-current flow of said gaseous and liquid stream in said first channel, and a said second channel for a liquid stream in counter-current flow with the liquid stream in the first channel, wherein a first channel comprises a corrugated part of a first plate comprising ridges crossing with ridges of the corrugated part of a second plate, and wherein a second channel comprises ridges of a corrugated part of a second plate comprising ridges aligned with valleys of a corrugated part of a third plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2015Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Leonardus Volkert van der Ham, Earl Lawrence Vincent Goetheer
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Publication number: 20160312139Abstract: The invention is directed to a process and apparatus for removing hydrogen sulfide from a gas stream comprising biogas. In accordance with the invention the gas stream is contacted with an oxidizing agent present in a vessel, whereby said hydrogen sulfide is oxidized into elemental sulfur and said oxidizing agent is reduced, wherein oxygen containing gas is also fed to said vessel, wherein said oxygen oxidizes at least part of said reduced oxidizing agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2014Publication date: October 27, 2016Applicant: NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST- NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNOInventors: Leon Christian Stille, Marco Johannes Gerardus Linders, Earl Lawrence Vincent Goetheer
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Patent number: 9327241Abstract: A method for treating a contaminated alkaline amino acid salt solution is provided. First, carbon dioxide is introduced into the amino acid salt solution, with the result that carbonate or carbonate salts is or are precipitated, these being filtered off. The remaining filtrate is then cooled, amino acid or amino acid salts being crystallized out and likewise being filtered off. The amino acid or amino acid salt is then dissolved again, with the result that a treated amino acid salt solution is recovered.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2011Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Erwin Johannes Martinus Giling, Earl Lawrence Vincent Goetheer, Ralph Joh, Rüdiger Schneider, Johannes Van Der Meer, Dirk Verdoes
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Publication number: 20160115253Abstract: The invention relates to a chemical conversion process and to a process for removing particles from a reaction mixture. The chemical conversion process of the invention comprises plasmonic heating of a reaction mixture, which reaction mixture comprises at least a one component and plasmonic particles, by exposing said reaction mixture to light comprising one or more wavelengths which are absorbed by at least part of the plasmonic particles, thereby controlling the reaction rate of one or more chemical reactions.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2014Publication date: April 28, 2016Inventors: Pascal Jozef Paul BUSKENS, Maurice Christian Danho MOURAD, Maria Elizabeth Louise WOUTERS, Leonardus Johannus Maria Genoveva DORTMANS, Earl Lawrence Vincent GOETHEER, Nanning Joerg ARFSTEN
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Patent number: 9283522Abstract: The invention is directed to a process for separating liquid mixtures, which includes passing a liquid stream of the liquid mixture over a membrane, the membrane being selective for at least one of a first compound and a second compound, whereby at least part of the liquid stream passes through the membrane leaving the other side of the membrane as a vapor, with the remainder of the liquid stream forming a retentate stream, and condensing the vapor on a condenser surface having a lower temperature than the liquid stream to give a distillate stream, the condenser surface forming a non-permeable heat conducting separation wall between the distillate stream and a cooling stream which cooling stream is a) a feed stream, or b) the retentate stream.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2009Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST-NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNOInventors: Erik Everhardus Bernardus Meuleman, Peter Geerdink, Earl Lawrence Vincent Goetheer, Eva Sanchez Fernandez
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Publication number: 20150273430Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for carrying out a continuous physical or chemical process, in particular crystallisation. The method of the invention comprises: comprising—flowing a fluid through a channel comprising an inlet and an outlet for said fluid, wherein said channel is at least in part curved and comprises at least two curvatures,—allowing said process to occur at least in part in said fluid in the presence of Dean vortices in said fluid, while—reversing the direction of the flow of said fluid in said channel multiple times, wherein Dean vortices in the fluid in the channel are maintained while the flow is reversed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2013Publication date: October 1, 2015Inventors: Cornelis Petrus Marcus Roelands, Axel Sebastiaan Lexmond, Earl Lawrence Vincent Goetheer, Leonard Ferdinand Gerard Geers
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Publication number: 20150083964Abstract: Apparatus and process for removal of volatile degradation products from the absorbent circuit of a CO2 separation process are provided. The CO2 separation process may use the absorbent circuit in an absorption process and a desorption process. Condensate is withdrawn from a condensation process connected downstream of the desorption process, and purified to substantially free such condensate of degradation products. The purified condensate is recycled back to the absorbent circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2012Publication date: March 26, 2015Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Björn Fischer, Erwin Johannes Martinus Giling, Earl Lawrence Vincent Goetheer, Ralph Joh, Markus Kinzl, Diego Andres Kuettel, Rüdiger Schneider, Jan Harm Urbanus