Patents by Inventor Erin Shields

Erin Shields 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).

  • THERMOMECHANOCHEMICAL WASTE TREATMENT
    Publication number: 20240294413
    Abstract: Apparatus and systems are provided for processing PFAS-contaminated waste via thermomechanochemical (TMC) processing. In one example, a system may include a TMC processing chamber including a milling system and coupled to a heating system, the heating system configured to co-operate with the milling system to process the waste material. A plurality of containers including the waste material in one or more of a liquid-solid state, a semi-wet or slurry solid state, and a dry solid state are coupled to the TMC chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventors: Andrew Richard Whitehill, Eben Daniel Thoma, Paul Lemieux, Mark Higuchi, Chelsea Berg, Brian K. Gullett, Erin Shields
  • Thermomechanochemical waste treatment
    Patent number: 12006238
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for processing PFAS-contaminated waste via thermomechanochemical (TMC) processing. In one example, a system may include a TMC processing chamber including a milling system and coupled to a heating system, the heating system configured to co-operate with the milling system to process the waste material. A plurality of containers including the waste material in one or more of a liquid-solid state, a semi-wet or slurry solid state, and a dry solid state are coupled to the TMC chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, AS REPRESENTED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE U.S. EPA
    Inventors: Andrew Richard Whitehill, Eben Daniel Thoma, Paul Lemieux, Mark Higuchi, Chelsea Berg, Brian K. Gullett, Erin Shields
  • THERMOMECHANOCHEMICAL WASTE TREATMENT
    Publication number: 20230097058
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for processing PFAS-contaminated waste via thermomechanochemical (TMC) processing. In one example, a system may include a TMC processing chamber including a milling system and coupled to a heating system, the heating system configured to co-operate with the milling system to process the waste material. A plurality of containers including the waste material in one or more of a liquid-solid state, a semi-wet or slurry solid state, and a dry solid state are coupled to the TMC chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew Richard Whitehill, Eben Daniel Thoma, Paul Lemieux, Mark Higuchi, Chelsea Berg, Brian K. Gullett, Erin Shields