Patents by Inventor Emmanouil Kakaras

Emmanouil Kakaras 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).

  • Methanation method and power plant comprising COmethanation of power plant flue gas
    Patent number: 10227901
    Abstract: One embodiment relates to a methanation method comprising the conversion into methane (CH4) of CO2, in particular CO2 gas, originating from, in particular diverted or obtained from, power plant flue gas from a power plant fired with carbon-containing fuel, in particular carbon-containing gas, and having a connected water/steam circuit, said method being performed in a methanation plant. Some embodiments provide a solution that makes it possible to couple a power plant and a methanation plant to one another in an energetically favorable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Europe GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Bergins, Torsten Buddenberg, Emmanouil Kakaras
  • METHANATION METHOD AND POWER PLANT COMPRISING CO2 METHANATION OF POWER PLANT FLUE GAS
    Publication number: 20160153316
    Abstract: One embodiment relates to a methanation method comprising the conversion into methane (CH4) of CO2, in particular CO2 gas, originating from, in particular diverted or obtained from, power plant flue gas from a power plant fired with carbon-containing fuel, in particular carbon-containing gas, and having a connected water/steam circuit, said method being performed in a methanation plant. Some embodiments provide a solution that makes it possible to couple a power plant and a methanation plant to one another in an energetically favorable manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Christian Bergins, Torsten Buddenberg, Emmanouil Kakaras