Patents by Inventor Edward Choros

Edward Choros 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).

  • FLUID-SPARGED HELICAL CHANNEL REACTOR AND ASSOCIATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20150165408
    Abstract: A fluid-sparged helical channel reactor can include a constrained flow unit located within a reactor body. The unit has an inner wall and an outer wall which produces a helical constrained flow along a substantially enclosed helical flow path around an axial interior volume. At least part of the outer wall includes a sparging portion to allow fluid reactant to be sparged into the helical constrained flow. A liquid inlet fluidly connected to the reactor body and configured to allow addition of a liquid into the enclosed helical flow path. A sparging fluid inlet is fluidly connected to the reactor body which supplies a sparging fluid to the sparging portion of the constrained-flow unit. A liquid outlet fluidly is connected to the reactor body to allow removal of liquid from the constrained-flow unit. A gas outlet is fluidly associated with the enclosed helical flow path to allow removal of gases from the enclosed helical flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Wlodzimierz W. Zmierczak, Jan D. Miller, Raj Rajamani, Steven Messiter, Nicholas B. Drinnan, Edward Choros
  • Fluid-sparged helical channel reactor and associated methods
    Patent number: 8980196
    Abstract: A method of reacting compounds can include directing a liquid into a helical constrained flow (37) having an inner circumferential flow surface and an outer circumferential flow surface. The helical constrained flow (37) can be formed around an axial interior volume (38). At least a portion of the helical constrained flow can be exposed to a sparging portion (35) to allow a fluid to be sparged into the liquid along the helical constrained flow (37). The fluid reactant can be sparged through the helical constrained flow so as to form a fluid product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignees: University of Utah Research Foundation, Ambre Energy Limited
    Inventors: Wlodzimierz W. Zmierczak, Jan Dean Miller, Raj Rajamani, Steven Messiter, Nicholas Drinnan, Edward Choros
  • FLUID-SPARGED HELICAL CHANNEL REACTOR AND ASSOCIATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20120149944
    Abstract: A method of reacting compounds can include directing a liquid into a helical constrained flow (37) having an inner circumferential flow surface and an outer circumferential flow surface. The helical constrained flow (37) can be formed around an axial interior volume (38). At least a portion of the helical constrained flow can be exposed to a sparging portion (35) to allow a fluid to be sparged into the liquid along the helical constrained flow (37). The fluid reactant can be sparged through the helical constrained flow so as to form a fluid product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicants: University of Utah, Ambre Energy Limited
    Inventors: Wlodzimierz W. Zmierczak, Jan Dean Miller, Raj Rajamani, Steven Messiter, Nicholas Drinnan, Edward Choros