Patents by Inventor Erik Gallegos-Westling

Erik Gallegos-Westling 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).

  • RECOVERY OF ORGANIC ACID USING A COMPLEX EXTRACTION SOLVENT
    Publication number: 20140148615
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for the recovery of an organic acid from a dilute salt solution in which the cation of the salt forms an insoluble carbonate salt. An amine, C02 and a water immiscible solvent are introduced to the solution to form the insoluble carbonate salt and a complex between the acid and the amine that is soluble in both an aqueous and a solvent phase. The complex is extracted into the solvent phase which is than distilled to recover the acid or an ester of the acid in a concentrated form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: ZEACHEM, INC.
    Inventors: Dan W. Verser, Gal Mariansky, Kevin Carlin, Erik Gallegos-Westling, Jesse James Coutu, Timothy J. Eggeman