Patents by Inventor Greg Austic

Greg Austic 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).

  • REACTOR SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190247815
    Abstract: A reactor tank is provided having an enzyme inlet, a heating jacket positioned around the exterior center of the tank, a gas outlet for communicating with a vacuum apparatus to create a vacuum within the reactor tank and for communicating with a condensing unit, a first gas inlet for receiving gas from a feed tank and a first liquid outlet for recirculating the liquid from the first liquid outlet back to the feed tank. The reactor tank further includes a sparged unit and a screen positioned within the tank between the sparged unit and the first liquid outlet, where the sparged unit is connected to the first gas inlet for receiving gas from the feed tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Rachel Burton, Greg Austic, Xiaohu Fan
  • Reactor system
    Patent number: 10226748
    Abstract: A reactor tank is provided having an enzyme inlet, a heating jacket positioned around the exterior center of the tank, a gas outlet communicating with a vacuum apparatus and a condensing unit, a first gas inlet for receiving gas from a feed tank and a first liquid outlet for recirculating the liquid back to the feed tank. The tank further includes a sparged unit connected to the first gas inlet for receiving gas from the feed tank and a screen positioned between the sparged unit and the first liquid outlet. The reactor tank is utilized in a reactor system further including a condensing unit, vacuum pump or venturi valve, a first feed tank, a coalescer having at least one circulation pipe and a first circulation pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Inventors: Rachel Burton, Greg Austic, Xiaohu Fan
  • Fatty acid esterification process
    Patent number: 9422584
    Abstract: The invention relates to the utilization of fatty acid feedstocks with substantial free fatty acid content in the production of biodiesel by the use of microbial enzymes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Greg Austic, Rachel Burton, Xiaohu Fan
  • REACTOR SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140248192
    Abstract: A reactor tank is provided having an enzyme inlet, a heating jacket positioned around the exterior center of the tank, a gas outlet communicating with a vacuum apparatus and a condensing unit, a first gas inlet for receiving gas from a feed tank and a first liquid outlet for recirculating the liquid back to the feed tank. The tank further includes a sparged unit connected to the first gas inlet for receiving gas from the feed tank and a screen positioned between the sparged unit and the first liquid outlet. The reactor tank is utilized in a reactor system further including a condensing unit, vacuum pump or venturi valve, a first feed tank, a coalescer having at least one circulation pipe and a first circulation pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Inventors: Rachel Burton, Greg Austic, Xiaohu Fan
  • Fatty Acid Esterification Process
    Publication number: 20140120589
    Abstract: The invention relates to the utilisation of fatty acid feedstocks with substantial free fatty acid content in the production of biodiesel by the use of microbial enzymes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicants: Piedmont Biofuels, NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Greg Austic, Rachel Burton, Xiaohu Fan