Patents by Inventor Joseph Innocent

Joseph Innocent 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).

  • MITIGATION OF SECONDARY PHASE FORMATION DURING WASTE VITRIFICATION
    Publication number: 20100285945
    Abstract: A method for vitrification of high level waste to reduce the formation of persistent secondary phases comprising the steps of providing a high level waste for vitrification; providing a glass frit additive for mixing with said high level waste; redistributing selected constituents of said glass frit for mixing separately as raw chemicals with said high level waste; and, feeding said high level waste, said glass frit additive, and the redistributed glass frit constituents to a melter for vitrification of said high level waste so that formation of secondary phases is suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2008
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: ENERGY SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Akito Yamazaki, Yoshihiro Endo, Katsuyuki Shirato, Kunihiko Nakano, Ian L. Pegg, Gan Hao, Keith Matlack, Joseph Innocent, Bradley W. Bowan, II