Patents by Inventor Gerarld C. Blount

Gerarld C. Blount 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).

  • Carbon dioxide capture from a cement manufacturing process
    Publication number: 20100319586
    Abstract: A process of manufacturing cement clinker is provided in which a clean supply of CO2 gas may be captured. The process also involves using an open loop conversion of CaO/MgO from a calciner to capture CO2 from combustion flue gases thereby forming CaCO3/CaMg(CO3)2. The CaCO3/CaMg(CO3)2 is then returned to the calciner where CO2 gas is evolved. The evolved CO2 gas, along with other evolved CO2 gases from the calciner are removed from the calciner. The reactants (CaO/MgO) are feed to a high temperature calciner for control of the clinker production composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicants: Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC, Clemson University
    Inventors: Gerarld C. Blount, Ronald W. Falta, Alvin A. Siddall