Patents by Inventor MILES A. SAKWA-NOVAK

MILES A. SAKWA-NOVAK 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).

  • Patent number: 11794164
    Abstract: Methods of making a poly(propylenimine) (PPI) sorbent, a PPI sorbent, structures including the PPI sorbent, methods of separating CO2 using the PPI sorbent, and the like, are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignees: Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Global Thermostat Operations, LLC
    Inventors: Simon Pang, Christopher W. Jones, Li-Chen Lee, Miles Sakwa-Novak, Michele Sarazen
  • Publication number: 20230211278
    Abstract: A system and a method for continuously separating carbon dioxide from gas mixtures, utilizing a continuous loop of porous monoliths which support a sorbent within its pores. Continuously exposing a portion of the continuous loop of monoliths to a flow of gas mixture containing a minor proportion of carbon dioxide, to adsorb carbon dioxide from the flow. The loop passes through a sealed regeneration and carbon dioxide capture assembly located astride a portion of the loop, and which is capable of sealingly containing a monolith in relative movement through the assembly. The assembly chamber comprises a plurality of separately sealed zones, including at least one zone for purging oxygen from the monoliths, -a subsequent zone for heating the monolith to release the adsorbed carbon dioxide, and another cooling zone for cooling the monolith prior to reentering the adsorption portion of the loop where it is exposed to oxygen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Peter Eisenberger, Eric W. Ping, Miles Sakwa-Novak, Jed Pruett, Robert Klepper, Sarah Wyper
  • Publication number: 20230149896
    Abstract: There is provided a structurally stable monolith substrate, suitable to provide carbon dioxide capture structure for removing carbon dioxide from air, having two major opposed surfaces, and further having a plurality of longitudinal channels extending between and opening through the two major opposed surfaces of the structurally stable monolith substrate; and a macroporous coating, adhered to the interior wall surfaces of the longitudinal channels, comprising an adherent, coating formed of cohered, compact mesoporous particles each being formed of a material that is compatible with the material forming the underlying substrate structure so as to become adherent thereto when coated. The mesoporous particles are capable of supporting in their mesopores a sorbent for CO2 There is also provided a method for forming the monolith and a system for utilizing the monolith as part of a CO2 capture structure, within the system, to remove CO2 from the atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Peter EISENBERGER, Eric W. PING, Miles SAKWA-NOVAK
  • Publication number: 20230023050
    Abstract: A system and method for, removing carbon dioxide from a carbon dioxide laden gas mixture, the system comprising a group of carbon dioxide removal structures moving along a closed curve track. At one location along the track is located a desorption or regeneration box, into which each capture structure passes in order to be regenerated. The majority of the CO2 removal structures are fed ambient air, or an admixture of ambient air with a minor portion of a flue gas, and exhaust CO2-lean air. At least one selected such removal structure within each group, at a location immediately preceding its entry into the capture structure, is fed a flue gas comprising at least 4% CO2 by volume. A method for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is provided utilizing a system operating in the same manner as the preceding system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Peter Eisenberger, Eric Ping, Miles Sakwa-Novak
  • Publication number: 20220355271
    Abstract: Methods of making a poly(propylenimine) (PPI) sorbent, a PPI sorbent, structures including the PPI sorbent, methods of separating CO2 using the PPI sorbent, and the like, are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Simon PANG, Christopher W. JONES, Li-Chen LEE, Miles SAKWA-NOVAK, Michele SARAZEN
  • Patent number: 11446634
    Abstract: Methods of making a poly(propylenimine) (PPI) sorbent, a PPI sorbent, structures including the PPI sorbent, methods of separating CO2 using the PPI sorbent, and the like, are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignees: Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Global Thermostat Operations, LLC
    Inventors: Simon H. Pang, Christopher W. Jones, Li-Chen Lee, Miles A. Sakwa-Novak, Michele Sarazen
  • Publication number: 20220169593
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for alkyl-aryl amine-rich small molecules that are prepared by nucleophilic substitution from tri- and hexa-bromine-substituted aromatic cores with various aliphatic diamines. The resulting products can be subsequently subjected by solution impregnation into solid mesoporous supports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher W. Jones, Dharam Raj Kumar, Eric W. Ping, Cornelia Rosu, Miles A. Sakwa-Novak, Achintya Sujan
  • Publication number: 20220096999
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for materials comprising porous structures supporting (e.g., disposed therein and/or thereon) alkyl diamine-substituted aryl compounds, methods of making the materials and components thereof, methods of use thereof, and the like. In an aspect, the materials can be used to separate CO2 and/or adsorb CO2 in one or more CO2 capture or separation applications. In one aspect, the sorbent material can be used to separate and capture CO2 in gas mixtures (e.g., ambient air, flue gas, exhaust, and mixtures of these) in a wide range of concentrations. As a result, embodiments of the present disclosure are advantageous in that they can be used in different types of CO2 concentration environments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Eric W. PING, Miles A. Sakwa-Novak, Christopher W. Jones, Dharam Raj Kumar, Cornelia Rosu
  • Publication number: 20220096991
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for alkyl-aryl amine rich molecules impregnated into various porous substrates were examined for potential use as sorbents for CO2 capture from dilute and ultra-dilute gas streams such as flue gas and ambient air, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher W. Jones, Dharam Raj Kumar, Eric W. Ping, Cornelia Rosu, Miles A. Sakwa-Novak
  • Publication number: 20190291077
    Abstract: Methods of making a poly(propylenimine) (PPI) sorbent, a PPI sorbent, structures including the PPI sorbent, methods of separating CO2 using the PPI sorbent, and the like, are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: SIMON H. PANG, CHRISTOPHER W. JONES, LI-CHEN LEE, MILES A. SAKWA-NOVAK, MICHELE SARAZEN