Patents by Inventor Lawrence Vincent

Lawrence Vincent 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).

  • Publication number: 20250154667
    Abstract: The invention relates to the electrochemical synthesis of oxymethylene dimethyl ethers via paired electrolysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Applicant: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO
    Inventors: Francesc SASTRE CALABUIG, Robin Jeremy WHITE, Earl Lawrence Vincent GOETHEER, Roman LATSUZBAIA
  • Publication number: 20250146745
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a carbon capture and liquefication system comprising a liquified natural gas (LNG) exergy recovery section. The invention is more specifically directed to such a system to liquify carbon dioxide (CO2) gas from a CO2 containing gas, more particularly from an exhaust gas from a means of maritime transportation. The invention is further directed to a method for recovery of exergy using the exergy recovery section, a means of maritime transportation comprising the system, and the use of such a system for liquefaction of carbon dioxide gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Jasper Alexander ROS, Earl Lawrence Vincent GOETHEER
  • Publication number: 20250122117
    Abstract: A glass-based assembly includes a glass or glass-ceramic substrate comprising a surface. The surface has flaws, such as a population of small cracks extending into the surface, whereby the substrate is weakened relative to ideal strength thereof. The assembly further includes a coating coupled to the substrate and overlaying at least some of the flaws. Ultimate strength of the substrate with the coating coupled thereto is greater than that of the substrate alone, without the coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Ronald William Davis, JR., John Philip Finkeldey, Lawrence Vincent Daniel Gammond, Timothy Michael Gross, Jason Thomas Harris, Shandon Dee Hart, Erin Katherine Hosmer, John Tyler Keech, Alexandra Lai Ching Kao Andrews Mitchell, Aniello Mario Palumbo, Naveen Prakash, James Joseph Price, Ross Johnson Stewart, Nicholas Michael Walker, Wendell Porter Weeks, JR., Jingshi Wu
  • Publication number: 20250038238
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a redox flow battery that exhibits a tunable power output and/or tunable storage capacity, said redox flow battery comprising an anodic compartment and a cathodic compartment that respectively comprise an anolyte fluid and a catholyte fluid of which at least one comprises a dispersion of particles of a redox-active component, wherein said redox flow battery further comprises a tunable agitation device that is configured to controllably gradually agitate at least part of said dispersion. Further, the invention is directed to a method of operating the redox flow battery, for example by changing the agitation frequency of said tunable agitation device and/or by changing the displacement volume of the agitating device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Ruud CUYPERS, Earl Lawrence Vincent GOETHEER, Anca ANASTASOPOL, Elena PEREZ GALLENT, Susan TURK, Arie Jacobus KALKMAN, Franciscus Petrus Felix VAN BERKEL, Riccardo ZAFFARONI
  • Patent number: 12195865
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for electrochemical production of a product in an electrochemical cell comprising an extraction compartment. The extraction compartment comprises a liquid comprising a dissolved polyelectrolyte. The method comprises producing cations at an anode, producing anions at a cathode and transporting the ions through ion-selective membranes into the extraction compartment where the product is formed. The invention further relates to an electrochemical cell for use in the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO
    Inventors: Earl Lawrence Vincent Goetheer, Roman Latsuzbaia, Elena Pérez Gallent, Cornelis Petrus Marcus Roelands
  • Patent number: 12168606
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for molten metal pyrolysis of hydrocarbons to produce hydrogen gas and carbon. Liquid salt is used to separate produced carbon from the molten metal and to facilitate isolation of produced carbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek TNO
    Inventors: Earl Lawrence Vincent Goetheer, Rajat Bhardwaj, Cornelis Petrus Marcus Roelands, Marco Johannes Gerardus Linders
  • Publication number: 20240390819
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention there is provided a method for deoxygenation of a first liquid, which method comprises contacting said first liquid with a membrane, which membrane is on its filtrate side in contact with a second liquid comprising an oxygen scavenger. There is provided a second method for deoxygenation of a first liquid which method comprises contacting said first liquid with a membrane, which membrane is on its filtrate side in contact with an oxygen-lean sweep gas. The invention is also directed to an apparatus for carrying out these methods. The present invention provides a very efficient means to deoxygenate liquids of all sorts, such as CO2 scrubbing solutions and beverages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Arjen Huizinga, Earl Lawrence Vincent Goetheer, Juliana Garcia Moretz-Sohn Monteiro, Purvil Maganlal Khakharia, Martin Mohana
  • Patent number: 12145905
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a process for the preparation of maleic acid or a derivative thereof. Said process comprising an electrochemical oxidation of a furoic acid compound into maleic acid in an electrolyte solution; and optionally further comprising a step of reacting the maleic acid to the derivative thereof. In an alternative embodiment, said process comprising a first step comprising an electrochemical oxidation in an electrolyte solution of a furanic compound into one or more intermediates; followed by a second step comprising a chemo-catalytic oxidation of said intermediates to provide maleic acid or a derivative thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO
    Inventors: Johan Urbanus, Marc Crockatt, Earl Lawrence Vincent Goetheer, Roman Latsuzbaia
  • Publication number: 20240325976
    Abstract: The invention is in the field of CO2 capture. In particular the invention relates to a method for capturing CO2 from a CO2-containing feed gas stream, wherein the method comprises at least partially removing dissolved transition metal ions by electrodeposition. The invention further relates to a system for the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Roberta Veronezi Figueiredo, Amanda Cristina Garcia, Dhruva Ajit Marathe, Elena Pérez Gallent, Juliana Garcia Moretz-Sohn Monteiro, Earl Lawrence Vincent Goetheer
  • Patent number: 12070703
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention there is provided a method for deoxygenation of a first liquid, which method comprises contacting said first liquid with a membrane, which membrane is on its filtrate side in contact with a second liquid comprising an oxygen scavenger. There is provided a second method for deoxygenation of a first liquid which method comprises contacting said first liquid with a membrane, which membrane is on its filtrate side in contact with an oxygen-lean sweep gas. The invention is also directed to an apparatus for carrying out these methods. The present invention provides a very efficient means to deoxygenate liquids of all sorts, such as CO2 scrubbing solutions and beverages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO
    Inventors: Arjen Huizinga, Earl Lawrence Vincent Goetheer, Juliana Garcia Moretz-Sohn Monteiro, Purvil Maganlal Khakharia, Martin Mohana
  • Patent number: 12054835
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a method for in-situ extracting a reduced carbon dioxide product or product mixture in an electrochemical cell, and the use of a three-compartment electrochemical cell for in-situ extraction of organic carboxylic acids such as formic acid, acetic acid, oxalic acid, glycolic acid, tartaric acid, malonic acid, propionic acid, glyoxylic acid, and/or salts thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO
    Inventors: Earl Lawrence Vincent Goetheer, Roman Latsuzbaia, Anca Anastasopol, Cornelis Petrus Marcus Roelands, Roel Johannes Martinus Bisselink
  • Publication number: 20240183043
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heat integrated electrochemical process for converting a gas, such as carbon dioxide, using, for example, an electrochemical reactor. The process comprises a) feeding a gas-containing absorbent into an electrochemical cell; b) releasing a gas from the gas-containing absorbent by using thermal energy, wherein at least part of the thermal energy originates from Joule heat generated by the electrochemical cell, and c) converting the released gas to form a product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Roman LATSUZBAIA, Earl Lawrence Vincent GOETHEER, Carlos SÁNCHEZ MARTÍNEZ
  • Patent number: 11987896
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a process for the preparation of formaldehyde, the process comprising electrochemically reducing CO to form formaldehyde. The process is carried out in a supporting electrolyte that comprises less than 50% water and a non-aqueous solvent such as an alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO
    Inventors: Elena Pérez Gallent, Earl Lawrence Vincent Goetheer, Francesc Sastre Calabuig
  • Patent number: 11912656
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a process for preparing maleic acid or a derivative thereof, the process comprising a step b) of oxidizing 5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone and/or cis-?-formylacrylic acid to maleic acid or a derivative thereof by contacting the 5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone and/or cis-?-formylacrylic acid with molecular oxygen (O2) in the presence of a catalyst. In a particular embodiment, the step b) is preceded by a step a) of oxidizing a furanic compound according to formula I into the 5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone and/or cis-?-formylacrylic acid, wherein R1 is H, CH2OH, CO2H or CHO and R2 is H, OH, C1-C6 alkyl or O(C1-C6 alkyl), or esters, ethers, amides, acid halides, anhydrides, carboximidates, nitriles, and salts of formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO
    Inventors: Marc Crockatt, Roman Latsuzbaia, Johan Urbanus, Earl Lawrence Vincent Goetheer, Richard Antonius Van Heck
  • Publication number: 20240024832
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a membrane reactor for the hydrogenation of carbon dioxide, said membrane reactor comprising a reaction compartment (2) comprising a catalyst bed, a permeate compartment (4) and a membrane separating the reaction compartment and the permeate compartment, wherein said permeate compartment comprises a condensing surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Earl Lawrence Vincent Goetheer, Marco Johannes Gerardus Linders, Juliana Garcia Moretz-Sohn Monteiro, Rajat Bhardwaj
  • Publication number: 20240002244
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method of preparing NH3, and to a method of regenerating a metal M from MOR1, wherein O is oxygen and R1 is —CH3 and/or —C2H5. The method for preparing NH3 comprises the steps of a) reacting a metal with nitrogen gas to produce a metal nitride, wherein the metal is selected from the group consisting of Li, Be, Mg, Na, Mo, Al, Zn, Ca, Sr, and Ba, b) reacting the metal nitride obtained in step a) with R1OH to produce NH3 and MOR1, wherein R1 represents —CH3 and/or —C2H5, and c) regenerating the metal by electrolysing said MOR1 under formation of HCHO and/or CH3CHO. The method of regenerating a metal M from MOR1, comprises electrolysing of MOR1 under formation of HCHO and/or CH3CHO, wherein R1 represents —CH3 and/or —C2H5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO
    Inventors: Tanya SRIVASTAVA, Anca ANASTASOPOL, Earl Lawrence Vincent GOETHEER
  • Publication number: 20230374676
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a process for electrochemically converting a reactant gas, to an electrolyser, to a gas diffusion electrode, to a method for producing a gas diffusion electrode, to a gas diffusion layer, and to the use of said gas diffusion layer and/or gas diffusion electrode. The process comprises reacting a reactant gas at a gas diffusion electrode to form a product gas and/or a liquid product, wherein the gas diffusion electrode comprises a gas diffusion layer comprising a non-porous layer that is permeable to carbon monoxide and/or carbon dioxide gas, and a porous layer, and the reactant gas comprises carbon monoxide and/or carbon dioxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO
    Inventors: Earl Lawrence Vincent GOETHEER, Carlos SÁNCHEZ MARTÍNEZ, Elena PÉREZ GALLENT, Roman LATSUZBAIA, Anca ANASTASOPOL
  • Patent number: 11815307
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method and a system for regenerating an endothermic salt composition from an aqueous solution thereof, said method comprising a) contacting a switchable-polarity compound with the aqueous solution of the endothermic salt composition to obtain a raffinate phase and an extract phase, wherein the raffinate phase comprises said endothermic salt composition in a higher concentration than said aqueous solution and said extract phase comprises the switchable-polarity compound and water; and b) separating the raffinate phase and the extract phase into a separated raffinate and a separated extract. The endothermic salt can be used in systems for cooling food, milk, medicines and/or air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO
    Inventors: Earl Lawrence Vincent Goetheer, Rajat Bhardwaj, Cornelis Petrus Marcus Roelands, Adriaan Jan De Jong
  • Publication number: 20230312347
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for molten metal pyrolysis of a feed comprising hydrocarbons and nitrogen and/or hydrogen sulphide to produce solid carbon and one or more of liquid sulfur, hydrogen gas and ammonia gas. The molten salt layer contains two reaction zones of different temperatures, a high temperature zone for pyrolysing the hydrocarbon and a low temperature zone for pyrolysing the hydrogen sulphide and/or forming the ammonia. Liquid salt is used to separate produced solid carbon and optionally the produced liquid sulphur from the molten metal and to facilitate isolation of produced carbon. The invention further relates to a reactor for performing the method according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek TNO
    Inventors: Rajat Bhardwaj, Earl Lawrence Vincent Goetheer, Marco Johannes Gerardus Linders
  • Publication number: 20230235465
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for electrochemical production of a product in an electrochemical cell comprising an extraction compartment. The extraction compartment comprises a liquid comprising a dissolved polyelectrolyte. The method comprises producing cations at an anode, producing anions at a cathode and transporting the ions through ion- selective membranes into the extraction compartment where the product is formed. The invention further relates to an electrochemical cell for use in the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Earl Lawrence Vincent Goetheer, Roman Latsuzbaia, Elena Perez Gallent, Cornelis Petrus Marcus Roelands