Patents by Inventor Julian Charles Mast-Ingle

Julian Charles Mast-Ingle 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).

  • Treatment of solid carbonaceous material
    Patent number: 6521003
    Abstract: A process and an installation for treating solid carbonaceous material comprises heating the material to a temperature of about 1800° C. or higher, by means of a non-transfer arc generated plasma flame. This causes components of, or present in, the carbonaceous material to be gasified and thus to be separated or removed from any residual solid material as a hot gas phase, with residual solid material being obtained as a product. The installation comprises a vertical shaft non-transfer arc plasma reactor comprising an upper preheating zone (14) an intermediate reaction zone (16) in which at least one non-transfer arc plasma generator or reactor (40) is located and a lower cooling zone (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignees: Sasol Technology (Pty) Limited, Thermiron Scientific OC
    Inventors: Jacobus Swanepoel, Ruan Lombaard, Julian Charles Mast-Ingle
  • Treatment of solid carbonaceous material
    Publication number: 20010047614
    Abstract: A process and an installation for treating solid carbonaceous material comprises heating the material to a temperature of about 1800° C. or higher, by means of a non-transfer arc generated plasma flame. This causes components of, or present in, the carbonaceous material to be gasified and thus to be separated or removed from any residual solid material as a hot gas phase, with residual solid material being obtained as a product. The installation comprises a vertical shaft non-transfer arc plasma reactor comprising an upper preheating zone (14) an intermediate reaction zone (16) in which at least one non-transfer arc plasma generator or reactor (40) is located and a lower cooling zone (18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2001
    Publication date: December 6, 2001
    Inventors: Jacobus Swanepoel, Ruan Lombaard, Julian Charles Mast-Ingle