Patents by Inventor Kenneth W. Bleiler

Kenneth W. Bleiler 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).

  • Coal desulfurization using alkali metal or alkaline earth compounds and electromagnetic irradiation
    Patent number: 4152120
    Abstract: Pyritic and organic sulfur is removed from pulverized coal by contacting the coal with an alkali metal or alkaline earth compound and thereafter using low amounts of electromagnetic energy to preferentially heat sulfur rich regions of the coal-alkali compound mixture. The alkali compound reacts with the sulfur within the coal to form water soluble, or separated compounds of sulfur which can easily be removed by washing the treated coal with water and/or to form compounds which do not convert into sulfur oxides during combustion of the coal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 1, 1979
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Peter D. Zavitsanos, Kenneth W. Bleiler, Joseph A. Golden
  • Process for coal desulfurization
    Patent number: 4076607
    Abstract: A process for coal desulfurization generates extremely low amounts of heat from microwave energy to induce thermochenical, in-situ, reactions to liberate sulfur in the form of stable gaseous species, such as H.sub.2 S, COS and SO.sub.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1975
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1978
    Inventors: Peter D. Zavitsanos, Kenneth W. Bleiler