Patents by Inventor Nelson Socorro

Nelson Socorro 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).

  • Conversion of gaseous carbon dioxide into aqueous alkaline and/or alkaline earth bicarbonate solutions
    Patent number: 8828338
    Abstract: A material with cationic exchanger properties is introduced into aqueous media, where the equilibriums of carbon dioxide dissolution take place. A cationic exchanger material x/nM+nEx? is used to capture hydronium cations (H3O+) according to: x/nM+nEx?(s)+xH3O+(aq)=xH3O+Ex?(s)+x/nM+n(aq) where “x” stands for molar amount of the anionic centers of charge of the cationic exchanger material Ex? balanced by x/n molar amount of metal M, “n” stands for the metal valence, and M is selected from the group consisting of 1A and/or 2A of the periodic table of elements. This capture of the hydronium cations, H3O+, shifts certain reaction equilibriums to the right, according to Le Chatelier's principle, producing more bicarbonate, HCO3?, and/or carbonate, CO3=, than would otherwise be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Silica de Panama S.A.
    Inventors: Juan Lujano, Javier Revete, Norma Valencia, Luis Rivas, Nelson Socorro
  • Conversion of gaseous carbon dioxide into aqueous alkaline and/or alkaline earth bicarbonate solutions
    Publication number: 20130028828
    Abstract: A material with cationic exchanger properties is introduced into aqueous media, where the equilibriums of carbon dioxide dissolution take place. A cationic exchanger material x/nM+nEx? is used to capture hydronium cations (H3O+) according to: x/nM+nEx?(s)+xH3O+(aq)=xH3O+Ex?(s)+x/nM+n(aq) where “x” stands for molar amount of the anionic centers of charge of the cationic exchanger material Ex? balanced by x/n molar amount of metal M, “n” stands for the metal valence, and M is selected from the group consisting of 1A and/or 2A of the periodic table of elements. This capture of the hydronium cations, H3O+, shifts certain reaction equilibriums to the right, according to Le Chatelier's principle, producing more bicarbonate, HCO3?, and/or carbonate, CO3=, than would otherwise be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: Silica de Panama S.A.
    Inventors: Juan Lujano, Javier Revete, Norma Valencia, Luis Rivas, Nelson Socorro