Patents by Inventor Mazen A. Ba-abbad

Mazen A. Ba-abbad 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: 20120260907
    Abstract: Solar heating systems and methods are described. In one aspect, a system is described that includes multiple mirror row holders, with each row holder configured to hold a row of mirrors at angles to track sunrays and reflect the rays onto a focal point. Each row holder has a single pinion device of multiple pinion devices associated with the multiple row holders. The system also has a sun tracking latitudinal slider (STLS) rack configured to interface with each pinion device on a respective mirror row holder. This interface tilts the mirrors in each row holder an amount to adjust mirror angles to reflect latitudinal sun motion to concentrate rays of the sun onto the focal point. The system also includes an azimuth adjustment mechanism to control mirror angles with respect to the sun to reflect sun motion during daylight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: King Saud University
    Inventors: Mazen Ba-abbad, Hany Al-Ansary, Essam Al-Ammar
  • Publication number: 20120234665
    Abstract: The invention provides a method and apparatus for purifying water. The apparatus includes a water still for receiving water and a hot air maintained in a heat-exchanging relationship to obtain a hot water and a cold air. The apparatus also includes one or more water purification units configured to receive the hot water from the water still in which the hot water is further heated using thermal energy received from one or more thermal energy sources to obtain steam and waste matter. A water purification unit of the one or more water purification units includes a waste matter remover for removing the waste matter from the water purification unit. The water still includes a heat-exchanging unit configured to receive the steam from the one or more water purification units. The steam received at the heat-exchanging unit is condensed to obtain purified water within the heat-exchanging unit using the cold air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology
    Inventor: Mazen A. Ba-abbad
  • Patent number: 8256382
    Abstract: The invention provides a method and system for managing animal waste produced in an animal breeding farm. The animal breeding farm is sealed from external atmosphere. The method includes collecting the animal waste from a plurality of animals in the animal breeding farm. The animal waste is then processed for obtaining fertilizers. The processing of the animal waste includes chemical treatment, thermal treatment, and aerobic digestion of the animal waste. The method further includes utilizing the fertilizers for growing a plurality of plants in one or more aeroponic units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology (KACST)
    Inventor: Mazen A. Ba-abbad
  • Publication number: 20120205233
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for purifying water. The apparatus includes one or more fluid pipes for transporting a hot fluid and a heating unit capable of receiving the hot fluid from the one or more fluid pipes and water. The water is heated using the hot fluid to generate steam and a condensed fluid. The apparatus further comprises one or more steam pipes for transporting the steam and a fluid circulation pipe connected to the heating unit and the at least one fluid pipe. The fluid circulation pipe receives the condensed fluid from the heating unit. At least a portion of each steam pipe is arranged in a heat-exchanging relationship with the fluid circulation pipe for condensing the steam passing through each steam pipe using the condensed fluid to obtain purified water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: King Abdul Aziz City For Science and Technology
    Inventor: Mazen A. Ba-abbad
  • Publication number: 20120204613
    Abstract: The invention provides a method and apparatus for incinerating waste, wherein the waste is one or more of an organic waste and an inorganic waste. The apparatus includes a grinder for grinding a mixture of the waste and calcium carbonate. The ground mixture is then fed to a molten metal bath contained within a crucible. Thereafter, a heating member configured proximal to the crucible combusts the mixture of the waste and the calcium carbonate to form one or more of slag and one or more acidic gases. On combustion, the one or more acidic gases are neutralized by calcium hydroxide produced as a result of combusting the calcium carbonate. Additional metal compounds usable as fertilizers are also produced in response to reacting with the one or more acidic gases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology
    Inventors: Mazen A. Ba-abbad, Ahmed Mohammed Alabdulkader, Ali Abdullah Aljaloud
  • Publication number: 20120129249
    Abstract: The invention provides a stirring apparatus for stirring microorganisms such as, an alga in a culturing medium. The stirring apparatus includes one or more supporting structures. The stirring apparatus further includes a plurality of paddle units operatively connected to the one or more supporting structures. The plurality of paddle units are submerged in the culturing medium holding the microorganisms. Further, the plurality of paddle units are configured to rotate for stirring the microorganisms in the culturing medium. In response to the rotation of the plurality of paddle units, the stirring apparatus propels in the culturing medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology
    Inventor: Mazen A. Ba-abbad
  • Publication number: 20120103636
    Abstract: The invention provides a fire extinguishing apparatus. The fire extinguishing apparatus includes a holding unit for holding various components of the fire extinguishing apparatus. The fire extinguishing apparatus also includes one or more tubes which are operatively coupled to the holding unit. The one or more tubes are capable of rotating with respect to the holding unit, such that an axis of rotation of a tube is angled at a predetermined angle to the earth surface. Further, each tube of the one or more tubes includes one or more nozzles for dispersing a fire extinguishing fluid to a location of the fire. The fire extinguishing fluid is supplied to the one or more tubes through a fluid supplying unit. The fluid supplying unit and the one or more tubes are held together by the holding unit in a suspended manner above the location of the fire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology
    Inventor: Mazen A. Ba-abbad
  • Publication number: 20120076610
    Abstract: An apparatus and system for holding one or more objects is disclosed. The apparatus includes one or more holding units and a supporting unit. A holding unit of the one or more holding units includes a plurality of holding members. Additionally, the holding unit is operable between a contracted configuration and an expanded configuration to hold an object of the one or more object. The holding unit in the contracted configuration is capable of drilling one or more holes in the object. Further, the holding unit is capable of spreading the plurality of holding members within a hole of the one or more holes to achieve the expanded configuration and hold the object. Additionally, the supporting unit of the apparatus includes one or more motors to operate the one or more holding units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology
    Inventors: Mazen A. Ba-abbad, Fahad Hassan Saeed Almalki
  • Publication number: 20120047803
    Abstract: The invention provides a method and system for managing animal waste produced in an animal breeding farm. The animal breeding farm is sealed from external atmosphere. The method includes collecting the animal waste from a plurality of animals in the animal breeding farm. The animal waste is then processed for obtaining fertilizers. The processing of the animal waste includes chemical treatment, thermal treatment, and aerobic digestion of the animal waste. The method further includes utilizing the fertilizers for growing a plurality of plants in one or more aeroponic units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology
    Inventor: Mazen A. Ba-abbad
  • Publication number: 20120048532
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for plugging leaking oil and leaking gas wells is disclosed. The apparatus includes a stepped structure capable of being mounted over the one of the leaking oil well and the leaking gas well. The stepped structure includes a plurality of structural modules arranged in a stacked form. A pipe arrangement capable of extracting one or effluents perpendicularly passes through the plurality of structural modules. One or more effluents are extracted from one of the leaking oil well and the leaking gas well. Additionally, one or more pressure relief pipes are provided to extract the one or more effluents. The one or more pressure relief pipes protrude outwardly through a peripheral surface of each of one or more structural modules. The pipe arrangement and the one or more pressure relief pipes enables extraction of the one or more effluents to reduce the pressure within the stepped structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology
    Inventor: Mazen A. Ba-abbad
  • Publication number: 20120051843
    Abstract: A tunnel drilling machine and a method for drilling an epitrochoidal tunnel is disclosed. The tunnel drilling machine includes a tunneling machine body, a fixed gear operatively coupled to a frontal end of the tunneling machine body along a central axis of the tunneling machine body, and a drill head having a substantially triangular periphery. The drill head includes an internal gear ring, the internal gear ring being mounted on the fixed gear, wherein the fixed gear drives the internal gear ring around the fixed gear with a gear ratio of 3:1 to form an epitrochoidal tunnel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology
    Inventor: Mazen A. Ba-abbad
  • Publication number: 20120048712
    Abstract: A system for purifying a liquid mixture including a liquid and one or more anti-scalants is disclosed. The system includes a heat exchanger chamber and a conduit at least partly housed within the heat exchanger chamber for receiving one or more hot industrial exhaust gases. The conduit is configured with one or more pipes capable of receiving and heating the liquid mixture using at least a part of heat energy obtained from the one or more hot industrial exhaust gases present within the conduit. The system also includes a condensation unit configured within the heat exchanger chamber to receive and condense vapors generated by heating the liquid mixture to obtain a purified liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology
    Inventors: Mazen A. Ba-abbad, Hany Abdulrahman Al-Ansary
  • Publication number: 20110284362
    Abstract: Systems and methods for solar water purification are described. In one exemplary aspect, the system includes a sun-tracking reflecting mirror unit, and a two-axis Fresnel concentrator mirror unit to collect sunlight reflected from the sun-tracking reflecting mirror unit and focus the sunlight. A central water purification boiler module includes a heating zone upon which the sunlight is focused by the two-axis Fresnel concentrator mirror unit. The focused sunlight heats the water contained therein to create steam which is redirected to heat water coming into the boiler and to condense as purified water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: King Saud University
    Inventors: Mazen Ba-abbad, Hany Al-Ansary, Essam Al-Bahkali, Essam Al-Ammar, Ibrahime Al-Olayan, Davinder Surah
  • Publication number: 20110253522
    Abstract: A method and system for purifying liquid using waste heat is provided. Initially, a liquid is mixed with an anti-sealant agent in a first filtering unit to form a liquid mixture. Thereafter, the liquid mixture is filtered in the first filtering unit to separate foreign objects from the liquid mixture. Subsequently, the liquid mixture is heated in a pipe arrangement connecting the first filtering unit and one or more second filtering units to generate steam. The steam obtained from the heated liquid mixture is then purified in the one or more second filtering units. Thereafter, the purified steam is condensed in the pipe arrangement to obtain the purified liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: KING ABDUL AZIZ CITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Mazen A. Ba-Abbad, Hany A. Al-Ansary
  • Publication number: 20110256614
    Abstract: The invention provides a method and system for processing organic matter that is produced in a poultry farm. The organic matter produced by the plurality of birds is removed from one or more containers that house the plurality of birds. The method further includes treating a first amount of organic matter of the organic matter in a thermal processor to produce inorganic matter. Thereafter, the inorganic matter and a second amount of organic matter of the organic matter are consumed in one or more photo bioreactors for growing one or more photosynthesis organisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: KING ABDUL AZIZ CITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: MAZEN A. BA-ABBAD