Patents by Inventor Lars E. Capener

Lars E. Capener 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).

  • Complexation and removal of heavy metals from flue gas desulfurization systems
    Patent number: 8110163
    Abstract: A method for the reduction of the emission of mercury into the environment from the burning of fossil fuels with the use of polydithiocarbamic compounds. The polydithiocarbamic compounds are used for the capture of mercury from the resulting flue gases using a flue gas desulfrization systems or scrubbers. The method uses polydithiocarbamic compounds in conjunction with a scrubber to capture mercury and reduce its emission and/or re-emission with stack gases. The method is a unique process of reducing the toxic levels of mercury, which allows for the use of coal as a clean and environmentally friendlier fuel source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Nalco Company
    Inventors: Bruce A Keiser, Jitendra Shah, Anthony G. Sommese, Lars E. Capener, Peter TenEyck, Ralf Wysk
  • COMPLEXATION AND REMOVAL OF HEAVY METALS FROM FLUE GAS DESULFURIZATION SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20090148372
    Abstract: A method for the reduction of the emission of mercury into the environment from the burning of fossil fuels with the use of polydithiocarbamic compounds. The polydithiocarbamic compounds are used for the capture of mercury from the resulting flue gases using a flue gas desulfrization systems or scrubbers. The method uses polydithiocarbamic compounds in conjunction with a scrubber to capture mercury and reduce its emission and/or re-emission with stack gases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventors: Bruce A. Keiser, Jitendra Shah, Anthony G. Sommese, Lars E. Capener, Peter TenEyck, Ralf Wysk