Patents by Inventor ESMAIL M. A. MOKHEIMER

ESMAIL M. A. MOKHEIMER 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).

  • Publication number: 20240027109
    Abstract: The solar augmented chilled-water cooling system comprises a refrigeration cycle, a cooling tower, an air handling unit (AHU), a supplemental cycle and a solar energy harvesting unit. The supplemental cycle is in fluid communication with the refrigeration cycle, which is in fluid communication with the cooling tower, which in turn is in fluid communication with the supplemental cycle. The cooling tower cools a water stream by evaporation. The water stream from the cooling tower is passed to the supplemental cycle for further cooling using energy from the solar energy harvesting unit. The water stream is then passed to a condenser of the refrigeration cycle for its efficient operation at proper temperature. The water stream is then retuned back to the cooling tower to be re-cooled. In the refrigeration cycle, an evaporator uses operation of the associated condenser for providing cooling effect through the AHU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicants: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS, King Abdullah City for Atomic & Renewable Energy (K.A.CARE)
    Inventors: Esmail M. A. MOKHEIMER, Mohammad R. SHAKEEL
  • Publication number: 20230160606
    Abstract: A heating and cooling system powered by renewable energy and assisted with geothermal energy includes a solar cycling unit, a supercritical carbon dioxide (S—CO2) unit, and a refrigerant cycling unit. Solar energy obtained at the solar cycling unit may be used to power the S—CO2 cycling unit. To do so, the solar cycling unit utilizes a solar collector, a thermal energy storage, and a heat exchanger along with a first working fluid which is preferably molten salt or Therminol. Next, the energy generated at the S—CO2 cycling unit, which preferably circulates S—CO2 as a second working fluid, may be used to operate the refrigerant cycling unit. In the refrigerant cycling unit, Tetrafluroethene is preferably used as the third working fluid to produce required cooling effects. Additionally, geothermal heat exchangers may be integrated into the system for use during varying weather conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicants: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS, KING ABDULLAH CITY FOR ATOMIC & RENEWABLE ENERGY (K.A.CARE)
    Inventors: Esmail M. A. MOKHEIMER, Mohamed A. HABIB, Mohammad Raghib SHAKEEL
  • Publication number: 20210108564
    Abstract: A power generation system using a combined solar-assisted fuel reformer and oxy-combustion membrane reactor is proposed. The system uses solar heating to activate the endothermic fuel steam reforming reaction. The produced gas is separated into streams of H2 and CO for separate oxy-combustion reactions. The O2 used in the oxy-combustion reactions is produced by permeating O2 through ion transport membranes in contact with solar-heated air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: KING FAHD UNIVERISITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
    Inventors: Esmail M. A. MOKHEIMER, Mohamed A. Habib
  • Publication number: 20200182558
    Abstract: A method and system of controlling a temperature includes: controlling circulation of a thermal transfer fluid (TTF) for heat exchange with an interior or exterior of a building independently of heat pump operation; circulating a cold (hot) side TTF for heat exchange with outdoor air during a daytime (night-time); suspending the circulation for heat exchange with outdoor air, when an temperature management application in the building is expected to transfer enough heat to eliminate need of the circulation. A system (and a module for storage and control) for thermal energy storage and management for a building includes a heat pump, hot side and cold side PCM tanks, hot side and cold side TTF circuits to exchange heat with an inside or outside environment of the building by circulating each TTF, and a controller, where the circulation of both TTFs is configured independent of operation of the heat pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: Jihad Hassan ALSADAH, Esmail M. A. MOKHEIMER, Hussain J. ALSADAH
  • Publication number: 20170241337
    Abstract: A combustor having an ion transport membrane therein and an adjustable swirler, which is mechanically connected at an inlet of a combustion zone of the combustor; a combustion system comprising the combustor, a feedback control system adapted to adjust swirler blades of the combustor based on a compositional variation of a fuel stream, and a plurality of feedback control systems to control operational variables within the combustor for an efficient oxy-combustion; and a process for combusting a fuel stream via the combustion system. Various embodiments of the combustor, the combustion system, and the process for combusting the fuel stream are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
    Inventors: Esmail M. A. MOKHEIMER, Yinka S. SANUSI
  • Publication number: 20120131898
    Abstract: The integrated solar-gas turbine cogeneration plant includes a fuel reformer, a plurality of solar collectors, and a gas turbine. The fuel reformer produces syngas to be used as fuel for the gas turbine. One solar collector is operatively connected to both the fuel reformer and the turbine to provide heat for the reforming reaction and to preheat air for a combustion chamber. Exhaust gas from the turbine is directed to the fuel reformer and to a heat recovery steam generator, the former as an additional heat source and the latter to heat the generator. Another solar collector is connected to the generator and heats a portion of the water being fed into the generator in order to help produce steam. The syngas is stored in a to fuel storage unit to provide fuel to the gas turbine continuously and to a supplemental heater on the steam generator during low insolation periods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
    Inventors: ESMAIL M. A. MOKHEIMER, MOHAMED ABDEL-AZIZ HABIB