Patents by Inventor John F. Blatnick

John F. Blatnick 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: 10369513
    Abstract: Ancillary embodiments and modifications to a homogenizer unit (“PPH”), and methods of use directed to purification of biogas or other raw methane streams. The apparatus includes a homogenizer body, one or more stream inlets (for the raw methane), one or more chilled water inlets, a mixing zone where the water stream is commingled with the raw methane stream, and a venturi immediately downstream from the mixing zone such that the commingled streams are pulled into the venturi resulting in homogenization. The PPH components are insulated to maintain the chilled water of the various streams at a cooled, below ambient temperature, increasing dissolution of the contaminant gases into the chilled water, and producing a purified methane stream including little or no H2S and CO2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Inventors: John R. Pease, John F. Blatnick
  • Publication number: 20180078895
    Abstract: Ancillary embodiments and modifications to a homogenizer unit (“PPH”), and methods of use directed to purification of biogas or other raw methane streams. The apparatus includes a homogenizer body, one or more stream inlets (for the raw methane), one or more chilled water inlets, a mixing zone where the water stream is commingled with the raw methane stream, and a venturi immediately downstream from the mixing zone such that the commingled streams are pulled into the venturi resulting in homogenization. The PPH components are insulated to maintain the chilled water of the various streams at a cooled, below ambient temperature, increasing dissolution of the contaminant gases into the chilled water, and producing a purified methane stream including little or no H2S and CO2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: John R. Pease, John F. Blatnick
  • Patent number: 9757683
    Abstract: Ancillary embodiments and modifications to a homogenizer unit (“PPH”), and methods of use directed to purification of biogas or other raw methane streams. The apparatus includes a homogenizer body, one or more stream inlets (for the raw methane), one or more chilled water inlets, a mixing zone where the water stream is commingled with the raw methane stream, and a venturi immediately downstream from the mixing zone such that the commingled streams are pulled into the venturi resulting in homogenization. The PPH components are insulated to maintain the chilled water of the various streams at a cooled, below ambient temperature, increasing dissolution of the contaminant gases into the chilled water, and producing a purified methane stream including little or no H2S and CO2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Alchem Environmental IP LLC
    Inventors: John R. Pease, John F. Blatnick
  • Patent number: 9144205
    Abstract: Ancillary embodiments and modifications to a homogenizer unit (“PPH”), and methods of use directed to hydroponics. The apparatus includes a homogenizer body, one or more nutrient stream inlets, one or more water inlets, a mixing zone where the water stream is commingled with the nutrient stream, and a venturi within the body immediately downstream from the mixing zone such that the commingled streams are pulled into the venturi resulting in homogenization. The PPH components are insulated to maintain the aqueous nutrient solution at a cooled, below ambient temperature. Because the prepared aqueous nutrient solution is cooled, it may also have oxygen and/or nitrogen gas dissolved therein (e.g., introduced into one of the streams introduced into the PPH). The resulting aqueous nutrient solution can be conveyed in its cooled state to roots of hydroponically grown plants to provide nutrients for the growth of the plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: ALCHEM ENVIRONMENTAL IP LLC
    Inventors: John R. Pease, John F. Blatnick
  • Publication number: 20120324789
    Abstract: Ancillary embodiments and modifications to a homogenizer unit (“PPH”), and methods of use directed to hydroponics. The apparatus includes a homogenizer body, one or more nutrient stream inlets, one or more water inlets, a mixing zone where the water stream is commingled with the nutrient stream, and a venturi within the body immediately downstream from the mixing zone such that the commingled streams are pulled into the venturi resulting in homogenization. The PPH components are insulated to maintain the aqueous nutrient solution at a cooled, below ambient temperature. Because the prepared aqueous nutrient solution is cooled, it may also have oxygen and/or nitrogen gas dissolved therein (e.g., introduced one of the streams introduced into the PPH. The resulting aqueous nutrient solution can be conveyed in its cooled state to roots of hydroponically grown plants to provide nutrients for the growth of the plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: ALCHEM ENVIRONMENTAL IP LLC
    Inventors: John R. Pease, John F. Blatnick
  • Patent number: 8241410
    Abstract: Ancillary embodiments and modifications to a homogenizer unit that increases its applicability to a wide spectrum of chemical or physical-chemical reactions and properties. Methods of introducing reactants and devices that present a tortuous pathway to reactants are placed at a strategic locus (or loci) that delay or modify flow pathways to gases, liquids, aerosols, particulates, or any combination thereof. Reactions of a chemical, physical-chemical, and thermo-chemical nature between a wide variety of matter are possible and readily achieved with the correct solvent(s), reactant(s), or pressure under controlled conditions of pressure, temperature, chemical concentrations, and other impingements. Various well-recognized or established principles are used to expedite reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Alchem Environmental LLC
    Inventors: John R. Pease, John F. Blatnick