Patents by Inventor Michel Makris

Michel Makris 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).

  • Equipment for and method of calcination of mineral materials with reduced emission of nitrogen oxides
    Patent number: 5713734
    Abstract: An equipment for and a method of calcining mineral materials comprising a precalciner consisting of a combustion zone followed by a reaction zone and then by a contact zone and by a post-combustion zone, the latter communicating itself with a separating cyclone, the reaction zone being fed with smokes coming from a firing furnace, the supply of mineral material being distributed between the combustion zone and the contact zone, the invention being applicable in particular to the manufacture of cement clinker while considerably decreasing the emission of nitrogen oxides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1998
    Assignee: TECHNIP
    Inventors: Michel Makris, Jacques Dupuis, Jean-Luc Sue