Patents by Inventor John C. Linehan
John C. Linehan 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).
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Patent number: 11168275Abstract: Methods for separation of oxygenates or other chemical components from fuels using chemical processes and separations including, but not limited to, onboard applications in vehicles. These separations may take place using a variety of materials and substances whereby a target material of interest is captured, held, and then released at a desired location and under desired conditions. In one set of experiments we demonstrated an enhancement in the separation of diaromatics by >38 times over gasoline and aromatics by >3.5 times over gasoline. This would give an advantage to reducing cold-start emissions, or emissions during transient conditions, in either gasoline or diesel.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2019Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTEInventors: John T. Bays, Katarzyna Grubel, David J. Heldebrant, John C. Linehan
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Patent number: 11021661Abstract: Conversion of heavy fossil hydrocarbons (HFH) to a variety of value-added chemicals and/or fuels can be enhanced using microwave (MW) and/or radio-frequency (RF) energy. Variations of reactants, process parameters, and reactor design can significantly influence the relative distribution of chemicals and fuels generated as the product. In one example, a system for flash microwave conversion of HFH includes a source concentrating microwave or RF energy in a reaction zone having a pressure greater than 0.9 atm, a continuous feed having HFH and a process gas passing through the reaction zone, a HFH-to-liquids catalyst contacting the HFH in at least the reaction zone, and dielectric discharges within the reaction zone. The HFH and the catalyst have a residence time in the reaction zone of less than 30 seconds. In some instances, a plasma can form in or near the reaction zone.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2012Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: James J. Strohm, John C. Linehan, Benjamin Q. Roberts, Douglas L. McMakin, David M. Sheen, Jeffrey W. Griffin, James A. Franz, Charlene Franz
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Publication number: 20200123462Abstract: Methods for separation of oxygenates or other chemical components from fuels using chemical processes and separations including, but not limited to, onboard applications in vehicles. These separations may take place using a variety of materials and substances whereby a target material of interest is captured, held, and then released at a desired location and under desired conditions. In one set of experiments we demonstrated an enhancement in the separation of diaromatics by >38 times over gasoline and aromatics by >3.5 times over gasoline. This would give an advantage to reducing cold-start emissions, or emissions during transient conditions, in either gasoline or diesel.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2019Publication date: April 23, 2020Applicant: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTEInventors: John T. Bays, Katarzyna Grubel, David J. Heldebrant, John C. Linehan
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Patent number: 9433892Abstract: A system, method, and material that enables the pressure-activated reversible chemical capture of acid gasses such as CO2 from gas volumes such as streams, flows or any other volume. Once the acid gas is chemically captured, the resulting product typically a zwitterionic salt, can be subjected to a reduced pressure whereupon the resulting product will release the captures acid gas and the capture material will be regenerated. The invention includes this process as well as the materials and systems for carrying out and enabling this process.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2014Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTEInventors: David J. Heldebrant, Phillip K. Koech, John C. Linehan, James E. Rainbolt, Mark D. Bearden, Feng Zheng
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Publication number: 20150050203Abstract: A system, method, and material that enables the pressure-activated reversible chemical capture of acid gasses such as CO2 from gas volumes such as streams, flows or any other volume. Once the acid gas is chemically captured, the resulting product typically a zwitterionic salt, can be subjected to a reduced pressure whereupon the resulting product will release the captures acid gas and the capture material will be regenerated. The invention includes this process as well as the materials and systems for carrying out and enabling this process.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2014Publication date: February 19, 2015Applicant: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTEInventors: David J. Heldebrant, Phillip K. Koech, John C. Linehan, James E. Rainbolt, Mark D. Bearden, Feng Zheng
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Publication number: 20120061613Abstract: A system, method, and material that enables the pressure-activated reversible chemical capture of acid gasses such as CO2 from gas volumes such as streams, flows or any other volume. Once the acid gas is chemically captured, the resulting product typically a zwitterionic salt, can be subjected to a reduced pressure whereupon the resulting product will release the captures acid gas and the capture material will be regenerated. The invention includes this process as well as the materials and systems for carrying out and enabling this process.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2010Publication date: March 15, 2012Applicant: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTEInventors: David J. Heldebrant, Phillip K. Koech, John C. Linehan, James E. Rainbolt, Mark D. Bearden, Feng Zheng
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Patent number: 7897129Abstract: The present invention discloses new methods for synthesizing ammonia borane (NH3BH3, or AB). Ammonium borohydride (NH4BH4) is formed from the reaction of borohydride salts and ammonium salts in liquid ammonia. Ammonium borohydride is decomposed in an ether-based solvent that yields AB at a near quantitative yield. The AB product shows promise as a chemical hydrogen storage material for fuel cell powered applications.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2009Date of Patent: March 1, 2011Assignee: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: S. Thomas Autrey, David J. Heldebrant, John C. Linehan, Abhijeet J. Karkamkar, Feng Zheng
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Publication number: 20090291039Abstract: The present invention discloses new methods for synthesizing ammonia borane (NH3BH3, or AB). Ammonium borohydride (NH4BH4) is formed from the reaction of borohydride salts and ammonium salts in liquid ammonia. Ammonium borohydride is decomposed in an ether-based solvent that yields AB at a near quantitative yield. The AB product shows promise as a chemical hydrogen storage material for fuel cell powered applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2009Publication date: November 26, 2009Applicant: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTEInventors: S. Thomas Autrey, David J. Heldebrant, John C. Linehan, Abhijeet J. Karkamkar, Feng Zheng
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Patent number: 5770172Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for producing a nanometer-sized metal compound. The process comprises forming a reverse micelle or reverse microemulsion system comprising a polar fluid in a non-polar or low-polarity fluid. A first reactant comprising a multi-component, water-soluble metal compound is introduced into the polar fluid in a non-polar or low-polarity fluid. This first reactant can be introduced into the reverse micelle or reverse microemulsion system during formation thereof or subsequent to the formation of the reverse micelle or microemulsion system. The water-soluble metal compound is then reacted in the reverse micelle or reverse microemulsion system to form the nanometer-sized metal compound. The nanometer-sized metal compound is then precipitated from the reverse micelle or reverse microemulsion system.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 1996Date of Patent: June 23, 1998Assignee: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: John C. Linehan, John L. Fulton, Roger M. Bean
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Patent number: 5652192Abstract: The material of the present invention is a mixture of catalytically active material and carrier materials, which may be catalytically active themselves. Hence, the material of the present invention provides a catalyst particle that has catalytically active material throughout its bulk volume as well as on its surface. The presence of the catalytically active material throughout the bulk volume is achieved by chemical combination of catalytically active materials with carrier materials prior to or simultaneously with crystallite formation.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 1995Date of Patent: July 29, 1997Assignee: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: Dean W. Matson, John L. Fulton, John C. Linehan, Roger M. Bean, Thomas D. Brewer, Todd A. Werpy, John G. Darab
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Patent number: 5469061Abstract: The present invention is an arrangement of a glass capillary tube for use in spectroscopy. In particular, the invention is a capillary arranged in a manner permitting a plurality or multiplicity of passes of a sample material through a spectroscopic measurement zone. In a preferred embodiment, the multi-pass capillary is insertable within a standard NMR sample tube. The present invention further includes a method of making the multi-pass capillary tube and an apparatus for spinning the tube.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 1993Date of Patent: November 21, 1995Assignee: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: John C. Linehan, Clement R. Yonker, Thomas S. Zemanian, James A. Franz