Patents by Inventor Michael C. Darcy

Michael C. Darcy 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: 20250051649
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a processes and systems for producing fuels from biomass with high carbon conversion efficiency. The processes and systems described herein provide a highly efficient process for producing hydrocarbons from biomass with very low Green House Gas (GHG) emissions using a specific combination of components, process flows, and recycle streams. The processes and systems described herein provide a carbon conversion efficiency greater than 95% with little to no GHG in the flue gas due to the novel arrangement of components and utilizes renewable energy to provide energy to some components. The system reuses water and carbon dioxide produced in the process flows and recycles naphtha and tail gas streams to other units in the system for additional conversion to syngas to produce hydrocarbon-based fuels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: DG Fuels, LLC
    Inventors: Michael C. Darcy, Michael W. Horner, Lyman Joseph Frost, Robert L. Freerks, Juan Francisco Pearcy Salinas, Daniel Benjamin Montoto
  • Patent number: 12098328
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a processes and systems for producing fuels from biomass with high carbon conversion efficiency. The processes and systems described herein provide a highly efficient process for producing hydrocarbons from biomass with very low Green House Gas (GHG) emissions using a specific combination of components, process flows, and recycle streams. The processes and systems described herein provide a carbon conversion efficiency greater than 95% with little to no GHG in the flue gas due to the novel arrangement of components and utilizes renewable energy to provide energy to some components. The system reuses water and carbon dioxide produced in the process flows and recycles naphtha and tail gas streams to other units in the system for additional conversion to syngas to produce hydrocarbon-based fuels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: DG FUELS, LLC
    Inventors: Michael C. Darcy, Michael W. Horner, Lyman Joseph Frost, Robert L. Freerks, Juan Francisco Pearcy Salinas, Daniel Benjamin Montoto
  • Publication number: 20230119589
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a processes and systems for producing fuels from biomass with high carbon conversion efficiency. The processes and systems described herein provide a highly efficient process for producing hydrocarbons from biomass with very low Green House Gas (GHG) emissions using a specific combination of components, process flows, and recycle streams. The processes and systems described herein provide a carbon conversion efficiency greater than 95% with little to no GHG in the flue gas due to the novel arrangement of components and utilizes renewable energy to provide energy to some components. The system reuses water and carbon dioxide produced in the process flows and recycles naphtha and tail gas streams to other units in the system for additional conversion to syngas to produce hydrocarbon-based fuels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: DG Fuels, LLC
    Inventors: Michael C. Darcy, Michael W. Horner, Lyman Joseph Frost, Robert L. Freerks, Juan Francisco Pearcy Salinas, Daniel Benjamin Montoto