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).
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Publication number: 20250154667Abstract: The invention relates to the electrochemical synthesis of oxymethylene dimethyl ethers via paired electrolysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2023Publication date: May 15, 2025Applicant: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNOInventors: Francesc SASTRE CALABUIG, Robin Jeremy WHITE, Earl Lawrence Vincent GOETHEER, Roman LATSUZBAIA
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Publication number: 20250146745Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2022Publication date: May 8, 2025Inventors: Jasper Alexander ROS, Earl Lawrence Vincent GOETHEER
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Publication number: 20250122117Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2024Publication date: April 17, 2025Inventors: 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
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Publication number: 20250038238Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2022Publication date: January 30, 2025Inventors: Ruud CUYPERS, Earl Lawrence Vincent GOETHEER, Anca ANASTASOPOL, Elena PEREZ GALLENT, Susan TURK, Arie Jacobus KALKMAN, Franciscus Petrus Felix VAN BERKEL, Riccardo ZAFFARONI
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Patent number: 12195865Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 18, 2021Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNOInventors: Earl Lawrence Vincent Goetheer, Roman Latsuzbaia, Elena Pérez Gallent, Cornelis Petrus Marcus Roelands
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Patent number: 12168606Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 5, 2020Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek TNOInventors: Earl Lawrence Vincent Goetheer, Rajat Bhardwaj, Cornelis Petrus Marcus Roelands, Marco Johannes Gerardus Linders
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Publication number: 20240390819Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2024Publication date: November 28, 2024Inventors: Arjen Huizinga, Earl Lawrence Vincent Goetheer, Juliana Garcia Moretz-Sohn Monteiro, Purvil Maganlal Khakharia, Martin Mohana
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Patent number: 12145905Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNOInventors: Johan Urbanus, Marc Crockatt, Earl Lawrence Vincent Goetheer, Roman Latsuzbaia
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Publication number: 20240325976Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2022Publication date: October 3, 2024Inventors: Roberta Veronezi Figueiredo, Amanda Cristina Garcia, Dhruva Ajit Marathe, Elena Pérez Gallent, Juliana Garcia Moretz-Sohn Monteiro, Earl Lawrence Vincent Goetheer
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Patent number: 12070703Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 28, 2019Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNOInventors: Arjen Huizinga, Earl Lawrence Vincent Goetheer, Juliana Garcia Moretz-Sohn Monteiro, Purvil Maganlal Khakharia, Martin Mohana
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Patent number: 12054835Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 4, 2019Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNOInventors: Earl Lawrence Vincent Goetheer, Roman Latsuzbaia, Anca Anastasopol, Cornelis Petrus Marcus Roelands, Roel Johannes Martinus Bisselink
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Publication number: 20240183043Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2022Publication date: June 6, 2024Inventors: Roman LATSUZBAIA, Earl Lawrence Vincent GOETHEER, Carlos SÁNCHEZ MARTÍNEZ
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Patent number: 11987896Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 25, 2021Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNOInventors: Elena Pérez Gallent, Earl Lawrence Vincent Goetheer, Francesc Sastre Calabuig
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Patent number: 11912656Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNOInventors: Marc Crockatt, Roman Latsuzbaia, Johan Urbanus, Earl Lawrence Vincent Goetheer, Richard Antonius Van Heck
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Publication number: 20240024832Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Earl Lawrence Vincent Goetheer, Marco Johannes Gerardus Linders, Juliana Garcia Moretz-Sohn Monteiro, Rajat Bhardwaj
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Publication number: 20240002244Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2021Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNOInventors: Tanya SRIVASTAVA, Anca ANASTASOPOL, Earl Lawrence Vincent GOETHEER
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Publication number: 20230374676Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2021Publication date: November 23, 2023Applicant: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNOInventors: Earl Lawrence Vincent GOETHEER, Carlos SÁNCHEZ MARTÍNEZ, Elena PÉREZ GALLENT, Roman LATSUZBAIA, Anca ANASTASOPOL
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Patent number: 11815307Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 18, 2019Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNOInventors: Earl Lawrence Vincent Goetheer, Rajat Bhardwaj, Cornelis Petrus Marcus Roelands, Adriaan Jan De Jong
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Publication number: 20230312347Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2021Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek TNOInventors: Rajat Bhardwaj, Earl Lawrence Vincent Goetheer, Marco Johannes Gerardus Linders
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Publication number: 20230235465Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2021Publication date: July 27, 2023Inventors: Earl Lawrence Vincent Goetheer, Roman Latsuzbaia, Elena Perez Gallent, Cornelis Petrus Marcus Roelands