Patents by Inventor Eudes Lorençon

Eudes Lorençon 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).

  • Large scale production of carbon nanotubes in portland cement
    Patent number: 9085487
    Abstract: The present invention describes a chemical vapor-phase deposition for carbon nanotube synthesis in which cement clinker is used as a ceramic matrix for anchoring transition-metal nanoparticles. Using cement clinker as nanoparticle anchoring base of transition metals allows carbon nanotubes to be generated on cement clinker particles and grains, in this way producing a kind of cement that is nanostructured with carbon nanotubes. By this process, the carbon nanotube synthesis and integration to clinker are carried out in just one continuous and large-scale stage. The process described herein can be applied to conventional cement industry whose production may be rated as tons per day. The present invention also proposes—as part of the carbon nanotube synthesis on cement clinker—several enrichment alternatives of cement clinker by using transition metals for producing such nanostructured composite, which may or not be integrated to the conventional cement industry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE MINAS GERAIS
    Inventors: Edelma Eleto Da Silva, Luiz Orlando Ladeira, Rodrigo Gribel Lacerda, Sérgio De Oliveira, André Santarosa Ferlauto, Eudes Lorençon, Erick De Sousa Ávila
  • LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION OF CARBON NANOTUBES IN PORTLAND CEMENT
    Publication number: 20110107942
    Abstract: The present invention describes a chemical vapor-phase deposition for carbon nanotube synthesis in which cement clinker is used as a ceramic matrix for anchoring transition-metal nanoparticles. Using cement clinker as nanoparticle anchoring base of transition metals allows carbon nanotubes to be generated on cement clinker particles and grains, in this way producing a kind of cement that is nanostructured with carbon nanotubes. By this process, the carbon nanotube synthesis and integration to clinker are carried out in just one continuous and large-scale stage. The process described herein can be applied to conventional cement industry whose production may be rated as tons per day. The present invention also proposes—as part of the carbon nanotube synthesis on cement clinker—several enrichment alternatives of cement clinker by using transition metals for producing such nanostructured composite, which may or not be integrated to the conventional cement industry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventors: Edelma Eleto Da Silva, Luiz Orlando Ladeira, Rodrigo Gribel Lacerda, Sérgio De Oliveira, André Santarosa Ferlauto, Eudes Lorencon, Erick De Souza Avila