Patents by Inventor James Frederick Klausner

James Frederick Klausner 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).

  • Desalination apparatus and process
    Patent number: 9550685
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and a process that can be used to remove sulfur dioxide other environmentally hazardous contaminants from a gaseous waste stream while at the same time providing a source of purified water. The process can be used for the desalination of sea or brackish water, or for the concentration of contaminated waste water. The method comprises feeding a gaseous waste stream that comprises sulfur dioxide into a diffusion tower. Feed water is sprayed onto a packing material in the diffusion tower to form a thin film of feed water on a surface of the packing material. Sulfur dioxide diffuses into the thin film of feed water to form water that contains sulfur dioxide. The gaseous waste stream is simultaneously humidified. The humidified gaseous waste stream is then subjected to direct contact condensation to obtain purified water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignees: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC., ALCOA INC.
    Inventors: James Frederick Klausner, Renwei Mei, Srinivas S. Garimella, Donald P. Ziegler
  • DESALINATION APPARATUS AND PROCESS
    Publication number: 20110168540
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and a process that can be used to remove sulfur dioxide other environmentally hazardous contaminants from a gaseous waste stream while at the same time providing a source of purified water. The process can be used for the desalination of sea or brackish water, or for the concentration of contaminated waste water. The method comprises feeding a gaseous waste stream that comprises sulfur dioxide into a diffusion tower. Feed water is sprayed onto a packing material in the diffusion tower to form a thin film of feed water on a surface of the packing material. Sulfur dioxide diffuses into the thin film of feed water to form water that contains sulfur dioxide. The gaseous waste stream is simultaneously humidified. The humidified gaseous waste stream is then subjected to direct contact condensation to obtain purified water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC., ALCOA CORPORATION
    Inventors: James Frederick Klausner, Renwei Mei, Srinivas S. Garimella, Donald P. Ziegler