Patents by Inventor Fotouh A. Al-Raqom

Fotouh A. Al-Raqom 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).

  • THERMOCHEMICAL REACTOR AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20210106963
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a solar reactor comprising a reactor member; an aperture for receiving solar radiation, the aperture being disposed in a plane on a wall of the reactor member, where the plane is oriented at any angle other than parallel relative to the centerline of the reactor member; a plurality of absorber tubes, wherein the absorber tubes are oriented such that their respective centerlines are at an angle other than 90° relative to the centerline of the reactor member; and wherein the aperture has a hydraulic diameter that is from 0.2 to 4 times a hydraulic diameter of at least one absorber tube in the plurality of absorber tubes; and a reactive material, the reactive material being disposed in the plurality of absorber tubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: James F. Klausner, Joerg Petrasch, Nicholas AuYeung, Ayyoub Mehdizadeh Momen, Rishi Mishra, Jinchao Lu, David Worthington Hahn, Nikhil Sehgal, Renwei Mei, Benjamin Greek, Fotouh A. Al-Raqom, Kyle Allen
  • Solar thermochemical reactor and methods of manufacture and use thereof
    Patent number: 10906017
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a solar reactor comprising a reactor member; an aperture for receiving solar radiation, the aperture being disposed in a plane on a wall of the reactor member, where the plane is oriented at any angle other than parallel relative to the centerline of the reactor member; a plurality of absorber tubes, wherein the absorber tubes are oriented such that their respective centerlines are at an angle other than 90° relative to the centerline of the reactor member; and wherein the aperture has a hydraulic diameter that is from 0.2 to 4 times a hydraulic diameter of at least one absorber tube in the plurality of absorber tubes; and a reactive material, the reactive material being disposed in the plurality of absorber tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: James F. Klausner, Joerg Petrasch, Nicholas AuYeung, Ayyoub Mehdizadeh Momen, Rishi Mishra, Jinchao Lu, David Worthington Hahn, Nikhil Sehgal, Renwei Mei, Benjamin Greek, Fotouh A. Al-Raqom, Kyle Allen
  • Solar thermochemical reactor, methods of manufacture and use thereof and thermogravimeter
    Patent number: 10239036
    Abstract: A solar thermochemical reactor includes an outer member, an inner member disposed within an outer member, wherein the outer member surrounds the inner member and wherein the outer member has an aperture for receiving solar radiation and wherein an inner cavity and an outer cavity are formed by the inner member and outer member and a reactive material capable of being magnetically stabilized wherein the reactive material is disposed in the outer cavity between the inner member and the outer member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: James F. Klausner, Joerg Petrasch, Renwei Mei, Ayyoub Mehdizadeh Momen, Kyle Allen, Fotouh A. Al-Raqom
  • SOLAR THERMOCHEMICAL REACTOR, METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND USE THEREOF AND THERMOGRAVIMETER
    Publication number: 20170304797
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a solar thermochemical reactor comprising an outer member, an inner member disposed within an outer member, wherein the outer member surrounds the inner member and wherein the outer member has an aperture for receiving solar radiation and wherein an inner cavity and an outer cavity are formed by the inner member and outer member and a reactive material capable of being magnetically stabilized wherein the reactive material is disposed in the outer cavity between the inner member and the outer member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: James F. Klausner, Joerg Petrasch, Renwei Mei, Ayyoub Mehdizadeh Momen, Kyle Allen, Fotouh A. Al-Raqom
  • SOLAR THERMOCHEMICAL REACTOR AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20170304794
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a solar reactor comprising a reactor member; an aperture for receiving solar radiation, the aperture being disposed in a plane on a wall of the reactor member, where the plane is oriented at any angle other than parallel relative to the centerline of the reactor member; a plurality of absorber tubes, wherein the absorber tubes are oriented such that their respective centerlines are at an angle other than 90° relative to the centerline of the reactor member; and wherein the aperture has a hydraulic diameter that is from 0.2 to 4 times a hydraulic diameter of at least one absorber tube in the plurality of absorber tubes; and a reactive material, the reactive material being disposed in the plurality of absorber tubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: James F. Klausner, Joerg Petrasch, Nicholas AuYeung, Ayyoub Mehdizadeh Momen, Rishi Mishra, Jinchao Lu, David Worthington Hahn, Nikhil Sehgal, Renwei Mei, Benjamin Greek, Fotouh A. Al-Raqom, Kyle Allen
  • Material comprising two different non-metallic parrticles having different particle sizes for use in solar reactor
    Patent number: 9776154
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a composite particle comprising a first non-metallic particle in which is dispersed a second non-metallic particle, where the first non-metallic particle and the second non-metallic particle are inorganic; and where a chemical composition of the first non-metallic particle is different from a chemical composition of the second non-metallic particle; and where the first non-metallic particle and the second non-metallic particle are metal oxides, metal carbides, metal nitrides, metal borides, metal silicides, metal oxycarbides, metal oxynitrides, metal boronitrides, metal carbonitrides, metal borocarbides, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: James F. Klausner, Ayyoub Mehdizadeh Momen, Fotouh A. Al-Raqom
  • NOVEL MATERIAL FOR USE IN SOLAR REACTOR
    Publication number: 20150321158
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a composite particle comprising a first non-metallic particle in which is dispersed a second non-metallic particle, where the first non-metallic particle and the second non-metallic particle are inorganic; and where a chemical composition of the first non-metallic particle is different from a chemical composition of the second non-metallic particle; and where the first non-metallic particle and the second non-metallic particle are metal oxides, metal carbides, metal nitrides, metal borides, metal silicides, metal oxycarbides, metal oxynitrides, metal boronitrides, metal carbonitrides, metal borocarbides, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: James F. Klausner, Ayyoub Mehdizadeh Momen, Fotouh A. Al-Raqom