Patents by Inventor Herbert Mark Kosstrin

Herbert Mark Kosstrin 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).

  • Renewable carbon content in methanol and other products from gasification of biomass
    Patent number: 9416077
    Abstract: An integrated plant is provided to improve carbon utilization of carbon molecules from gasified woody biomass to be converted into methanol. Detectors ensure a minimized sulfur content of less than 0.05% by dry weight of the woody biomass. A biomass gasifier reacts woody biomass in a rapid gasification reaction to produce a syngas composition having a ratio of hydrogen to carbon dioxide that is higher than needed for methanol synthesis. Parallel to the gasifier, a hydrocarbon reforming reactor provides a syngas composition having a ratio of hydrogen to carbon monoxide that is higher than needed for methanol synthesis. The combined syngas mixture from the biomass gasifier and the hydrocarbon reforming reactor comprises feed to a methanol synthesis plant, such that a majority of the carbon dioxide produced by the biomass gasification reaction and the hydrogen produced by the hydrocarbon reforming reactor are synthesized into methanol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Sundrop Fuels, Inc.
    Inventors: Renus Constantyn Kelfkens, Herbert Mark Kosstrin
  • RENEWABLE CARBON CONTENT IN METHANOL AND OTHER PRODUCTS FROM GASIFICATION OF BIOMASS
    Publication number: 20140080928
    Abstract: An integrated plant is provided to improve carbon utilization of carbon molecules from gasified woody biomass to be converted into methanol. Detectors ensure a minimized sulfur content of less than 0.05% by dry weight of the woody biomass. A biomass gasifier reacts woody biomass in a rapid gasification reaction to produce a syngas composition having a ratio of hydrogen to carbon dioxide that is higher than needed for methanol synthesis. Parallel to the gasifier, a hydrocarbon reforming reactor provides a syngas composition having a ratio of hydrogen to carbon monoxide that is higher than needed for methanol synthesis. The combined syngas mixture from the biomass gasifier and the hydrocarbon reforming reactor comprises feed to a methanol synthesis plant, such that a majority of the carbon dioxide produced by the biomass gasification reaction and the hydrogen produced by the hydrocarbon reforming reactor are synthesized into methanol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: Sundrop Fuels, Inc.
    Inventors: Renus Constantyn Kelfkens, Herbert Mark Kosstrin