Patents by Inventor Jess Firey Adkins

Jess Firey Adkins 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).

  • Patent number: 11235278
    Abstract: Systems and methods for sequestering emissions from marine vessels are provided. Emissions (either flue gas from exhaust or CO2 carried on the ship under pressure in gas cylinders or CO2 obtained during the ships travel via capture) are mixed in a reactor with sea water (e.g., via gas exchange through head-space equilibration or bubbling through a diffuser) until a pH of 5.5 to 6.5 is obtained. Systems and reactors pump seawater through a reactor vessel containing a reaction medium (e.g., carbonates and silicates). The reactor produces an effluent that can be expelled into the ocean. The effluent produced from the result of a reaction according to embodiments has approximately twice the concentration of Dissolved Inorganic Carbon (DIC) and Alkalinity (Alk) as the incoming sea water and has an increased Ca+2 concentration above sea water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignees: California Institute of Technology, University of Southern California
    Inventors: Jess Firey Adkins, William Max Berelson, David B. Rogers
  • Patent number: 10920249
    Abstract: Processes, methods, and apparatus for carbon sequestration utilizing catalysis schemes configured to provide high concentrations of hydrated CO2 in proximity with a sequestration agent are provided. Reactants are combined with catalyst such that at least two regions of controlled catalytic activity form encompassing at least the interface between a sequestration agent and an aqueous solution containing dissolved CO2. Suitable reactants include various sequestration agents, catalyst, and carbon dioxide dissolved in an aqueous solution (seawater, for example). Possible products include bicarbonate and metal cations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignees: California Institute of Technology, University of Southern California, Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Ltd.
    Inventors: Adam Vinay Subhas, William Max Berelson, Nick Everett Rollins, Jess Firey Adkins, Jonathan Erez
  • Publication number: 20200368677
    Abstract: Systems and methods for sequestering emissions from marine vessels are provided. Emissions (either flue gas from exhaust or CO2 carried on the ship under pressure in gas cylinders or CO2 obtained during the ships travel via capture is mixed in a reactor with sea water (e.g., via gas exchange through head-space equilibration or bubbling through a diffuser) until a pH of 5.5 to 6.5 is obtained. Systems and reactors pump seawater through a reactor vessel containing a reaction medium (e.g., carbonates and silicates). The reactor produces an effluent that can be expelled into the ocean. The effluent produced from the result of a reaction according to embodiments has approximately twice the concentration of Dissolved Inorganic Carbon (DIC) and Alkalinity (Alk) as the incoming sea water and has an increased Ca+2 concentration above sea water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicants: California Institute of Technology, University of Southern California
    Inventors: Jess Firey Adkins, William Max Berelson, David B. Rogers
  • Publication number: 20180371506
    Abstract: Processes, methods, and apparatus for carbon sequestration utilizing catalysis schemes configured to provide high concentrations of hydrated CO2 in proximity with a sequestration agent are provided. Reactants are combined with catalyst such that at least two regions of controlled catalytic activity form encompassing at least the interface between a sequestration agent and an aqueous solution containing dissolved CO2. Suitable reactants include various sequestration agents, catalyst, and carbon dioxide dissolved in an aqueous solution (seawater, for example). Possible products include bicarbonate and metal cations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicants: California Institute of Technology, University of Southern California, Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Ltd.
    Inventors: Adam Vinay Subhas, William Max Berelson, Nick Everett Rollins, Jess Firey Adkins, Jonathan Erez
  • Patent number: 9988653
    Abstract: Processes, methods, and apparatus for carbon sequestration utilizing catalysis schemes configured to provide high concentrations of hydrated CO2 in proximity with a sequestration agent are provided. Reactants are combined with catalyst such that at least two regions of controlled catalytic activity form encompassing at least the interface between a sequestration agent and an aqueous solution containing dissolved CO2. Suitable reactants include various sequestration agents, catalyst, and carbon dioxide dissolved in an aqueous solution (seawater, for example). Possible products include bicarbonate and metal cations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignees: California Institute of Technology, University of Southern California, Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jeresalem Ltd.
    Inventors: Adam Vinay Subhas, William Berelson, Nick Everett Rollins, Jess Firey Adkins, Jonathan Erez
  • Publication number: 20160177344
    Abstract: Processes, methods, and apparatus for carbon sequestration utilizing catalysis schemes configured to provide high concentrations of hydrated CO2 in proximity with a sequestration agent are provided. Reactants are combined with catalyst such that at least two regions of controlled catalytic activity form encompassing at least the interface between a sequestration agent and an aqueous solution containing dissolved CO2. Suitable reactants include various sequestration agents, catalyst, and carbon dioxide dissolved in an aqueous solution (seawater, for example). Possible products include bicarbonate and metal cations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Adam Vinay Subhas, William Berelson, Nick Everett Rollins, Jess Firey Adkins, Jonathan Erez