Patents by Inventor Max R. Phelps

Max R. Phelps 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).

  • Alcohol steam reforming catalysts and methods of alcohol steam reforming
    Patent number: 7563390
    Abstract: The present invention provides steam reforming catalyst compositions containing Pd and Zn, and methods of steam reforming alcohols over a catalyst. Surprisingly superior results and properties of the present invention, including low temperature activity and/or low carbon monoxide output, are also described. Methods of making a steam reforming catalyst are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Jamelyn D. Holladay, Yong Wang, Jianli Hu, Ya-Huei Chin, Robert A. Dagle, Guanguang Xia, Eddie G. Baker, Daniel R. Palo, Max R. Phelps, Heon Jung
  • Alcohol steam reforming catalysts and methods of alcohol steam reforming
    Patent number: 7208136
    Abstract: The present invention provides steam reforming catalyst compositions containing Pd and Zn, and methods of steam reforming alcohols over a catalyst. Surprisingly superior results and properties of the present invention, including low temperature activity and/or low carbon monoxide output, are also described. Methods of making a steam reforming catalyst are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Jamelyn D. Holladay, Yong Wang, Jianli Hu, Ya-Huei Chin, Robert A. Dagle, Guanguang Xia, Eddie G. Baker, Daniel R. Palo, Max R. Phelps, Heon Jung
  • Microcombustors, microreformers, and methods for combusting and for reforming fluids
    Patent number: 7077643
    Abstract: The present invention provides microcombustors, microreformers, and methods of steam reforming alcohols over a catalyst. The microcombustors can be manufactured with a very small size and can operate at very low temperature. Surprisingly superior results and properties obtained in methods of the present invention are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Jamelyn D. Holladay, Max R. Phelps, Yong Wang, Ya-Huei Chin
  • Microcombustors, microreformers, and methods for combusting and for reforming fluids
    Publication number: 20030091502
    Abstract: The present invention provides microcombustors, microreformers, and methods of steam reforming alcohols over a catalyst. The microcombustors can be manufactured with a very small size and can operate at very low temperature. Surprisingly superior results and properties obtained in methods of the present invention are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2001
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Inventors: Jamelyn D. Holladay, Max R. Phelps, Yong Wang, Ya-Huei Chin
  • Method of filtering a target compound from a first solvent that is above its critical density
    Patent number: 6264726
    Abstract: The present invention is a method of separating a first compound having a macromolecular structure from a mixture. The first solvent is a fluid that is a gas at standard temperature and pressure and is at a density greater than a critical density of the fluid. A macromolecular structure containing a first compound is dissolved therein as a mixture. The mixture is contacted onto a selective barrier and the first solvent passed through the selective barrier thereby retaining the first compound, followed by recovering the first compound. By using a fluid that is a gas at standard temperature and pressure at a density greater than its critical density, separation without depressurization is fast and efficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Max R. Phelps, Clement R. Yonker, John L. Fulton, Lawrence E. Bowman