Patents by Inventor Georges Facas

Georges Facas 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).

  • CONTINUOUS PROCESSING OF LIGNIN FOR REDUCED SOLVENT USAGE IN REDUCTIVE CATALYTIC FRACTIONATION
    Publication number: 20220411454
    Abstract: Described herein are devices and methods for the efficient and economic generation of lignin monomers from biomass. The provided devices and methods utilize reductive catalytic fractionation with an organic solvent to extract high-quality lignin from biomass and cleave specific lignin bonds to generate valuable lignin monomers with a relatively narrow product slate. Advantageously, the devices and methods described herein utilize solvent recycling, multiple solvolysis chambers with multiple biomass beds and/or physical agitation (e.g., use of a screw extruder) to reduce the amount of solvent required and increase economic efficiency and monomer yield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Jacob S. KRUGER, Gregg Tyler BECKHAM, David Gregory BRANDNER, Andrew Wolf BARTLING, Yuriy ROMÁN, Jun Hee JANG, Nicholas Earl Thornburg, Gregory George Facas
  • Reduction of heat transfer between a body and its environment
    Patent number: 6311710
    Abstract: Heat transfer between a body and its surrounding fluidous environment is reduced by placing at least one baffle-insulator adjacent to the body, such that the baffle-insulator which has a thermal conductivity of less than about 5 watts/meter-° K., disturbs, modifies, and/or weakens fluidous environment flow about the body, thus reducing heat transfer between the body and its environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Assignee: Powermass Corporation
    Inventors: Georges Facas, Harry L. Brown
  • Reduction of heat transfer between a body and its environment
    Patent number: 5765586
    Abstract: Heat transfer between a body and its surrounding fluidous environment is reduced by placing at least one baffle-insulator adjacent to the body, such that the baffle-insulator which has a thermal conductivity of less than about 5 watts/meter-.degree.K, disturbs, modifies, and/or weakens fluidous environment flow about the body, thus reducing heat transfer between the body and its environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignee: Powermass Corporation
    Inventors: Georges Facas, Harry L. Brown