Patents by Inventor Michael Jerome Holmes

Michael Jerome Holmes 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).

  • Ion transport membrane module and vessel system with directed internal gas flow
    Patent number: 7658788
    Abstract: An ion transport membrane system comprising (a) a pressure vessel having an interior, an inlet adapted to introduce gas into the interior of the vessel, an outlet adapted to withdraw gas from the interior of the vessel, and an axis; (b) a plurality of planar ion transport membrane modules disposed in the interior of the pressure vessel and arranged in series, each membrane module comprising mixed metal oxide ceramic material and having an interior region and an exterior region; and (c) one or more gas flow control partitions disposed in the interior of the pressure vessel and adapted to change a direction of gas flow within the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignees: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., SOFCO-EFS Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Michael Jerome Holmes, Theodore R. Ohrn, Christopher Ming-Poh Chen