Patents by Inventor Lisa Maxine Edwards

Lisa Maxine Edwards 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: 20160118153
    Abstract: A method of capturing radioactive species from an aqueous solution and removing the radioactive species for disposal, includes: contacting the aqueous solution with a first sequestration resin comprising a sequestration ligand coupled to a sulfonic acid based polymer resin backbone, to allow the first sequestration resin to capture the radioactive species; removing the first sequestration resin with the captured radioactive species from the aqueous solution; and using an acid to lower a pH of the first sequestration resin to release the radioactive species from the first sequestration resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Paul L. Frattini, Roger Howard Asay, Keith Paul Fruzzetti, Susan Elaine Garcia, Leon Yengoyan, Lisa Maxine Edwards
  • Patent number: 9214248
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of capturing radioactive species in an aqueous solution and removing the radioactive species for disposal. The method includes the steps of providing a macroporous bead form sequestration resin including a sequestration ligand coupled to a sulfonic acid based polymer resin, subjecting the bead form sequestration resin to radioactive species contained in the aqueous solution to allow the bead form sequestration resin to capture the radioactive species; using an acid to lower a pH of the resin to release the radioactive species; and disposing the radioactive species in a radioactive storage facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Electric Power Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul L. Frattini, Roger Howard Asay, Keith Paul Fruzzetti, Susan Elaine Garcia, Leon Yengoyan, Lisa Maxine Edwards
  • Patent number: 9208915
    Abstract: A method of processing ion exchange resin radioactive waste, wherein the radioactive waste contains a plurality of fractions of radioactive waste based on density, which may include cation resin waste and anion resin waste, wherein at least one of the plurality of fractions comprises a total concentration of at least one radionuclide, including performing at least one of the following operations (i), (ii) or (iii): (i) separating the at least one of the plurality of fractions from the radioactive waste utilizing a moving freeboard; (ii) separating the radioactive waste into cation resin waste and anion resin waste; or (iii) removing at least a portion of the total concentration of the at least one radionuclide from: the radioactive waste; the at least one of the plurality of fractions separated by the moving freeboard; or at least one of the radioactive waste, the cation resin waste or the anion resin waste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Electric Power Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Frank Hussey, David Bradbury, George Richard Elder, Lisa Maxine Edwards
  • Publication number: 20120184796
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of capturing radioactive species in an aqueous solution and removing the radioactive species for disposal. The method includes the steps of providing a macroporous bead form sequestration resin, subjecting the bead form sequestration resin to radioactive species contained in the aqueous solution to allow the bead form sequestration resin to capture the radioactive species; and disposing the radioactive species in a radioactive storage facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Paul L. Frattini, Roger Howard Asay, Keith Paul Fruzzetti, Susan Elaine Garcia, Leon Yengoyan, Lisa Maxine Edwards
  • Publication number: 20120088949
    Abstract: A method of processing ion exchange resin radioactive waste, wherein the radioactive waste contains a plurality of fractions of radioactive waste based on density, which may include cation resin waste and anion resin waste, wherein at least one of the plurality of fractions comprises a total concentration of at least one radionuclide, including performing at least one of the following operations (i), (ii) or (iii): (i) separating the at least one of the plurality of fractions from the radioactive waste utilizing a moving freeboard; (ii) separating the radioactive waste into cation resin waste and anion resin waste; or (iii) removing at least a portion of the total concentration of the at least one radionuclide from: the radioactive waste; the at least one of the plurality of fractions separated by the moving freeboard; or at least one of the radioactive waste, the cation resin waste or the anion resin waste.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: Electric Power Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Frank Hussey, David Bradbury, George Richard Elder, Lisa Maxine Edwards