Patents by Inventor Nelson Gardner

Nelson Gardner 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).

  • Method for degassing a liquid
    Patent number: 7537644
    Abstract: A method is provided for degassing a liquid. One step of the method includes providing a rotating packed bed (RPB) reactor. The RPB reactor includes a rotatable permeable element disposed within a chamber defining an interior region, at least one liquid inlet for infusing the liquid into the interior region, at least one gas outlet for removing a gas from the interior region, and at least one liquid outlet for removing a liquid from the interior region. The rotatable permeable element within the RPB reactor is caused to spin at a tangential velocity, and the liquid is then infused into the at least one liquid inlet at an inlet flow rate. Next, a vacuum is applied to the interior region of the RPB reactor via the at least one gas outlet to generate a liquid substantially free of the gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: GasTran Systems
    Inventors: Jonathan Park, Nelson Gardner
  • SPINNING IMPINGEMENT MULTIPHASE CONTACTING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20080073273
    Abstract: A spinning impingement multiphase contacting device and method for heat or mass transfer are disclosed. A first fluid, from which the transfer is to occur, is caused to impinge and be entrained in a spinning permeable element, creating a highly dispersed phase. The highly dispersed phase contacts the second fluid to cause the desired heat or mass transfer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Inventors: Nelson Gardner, Xintian Zheng, Robert Harris
  • Method for degassing a liquid
    Publication number: 20070295662
    Abstract: A method is provided for degassing a liquid. One step of the method includes providing a rotating packed bed (RPB) reactor. The RPB reactor includes a rotatable permeable element disposed within a chamber defining an interior region, at least one liquid inlet for infusing the liquid into the interior region, at least one gas outlet for removing a gas from the interior region, and at least one liquid outlet for removing a liquid from the interior region. The rotatable permeable element within the RPB reactor is caused to spin at a tangential velocity, and the liquid is then infused into the at least one liquid inlet at an inlet flow rate. Next, a vacuum is applied to the interior region of the RPB reactor via the at least one gas outlet to generate a liquid substantially free of the gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Inventors: Jonathan Park, Nelson Gardner
  • Spinning impingement multiphase contacting device
    Publication number: 20050116364
    Abstract: A spinning impingement multiphase contacting device and method for heat or mass transfer are disclosed. A first fluid, from which the transfer is to occur, is caused to impinge and be entrained in a spinning permeable element, creating a highly dispersed phase. The highly dispersed phase contacts the second fluid to cause the desired heat or mass transfer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Nelson Gardner, Xintian Zheng, Robert Harris