Patents by Inventor Nestor A Camargo

Nestor A Camargo 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).

  • AUTOMATED PROCESS CONTROL FOR CO BIOCONVERSIONS
    Publication number: 20240110207
    Abstract: Control processes are provided for enhancing biological processes for converting gaseous substrates to useful end products such as ethanol. A process includes providing a gaseous substrate comprising one or more of CO and CO2 to a bioreactor at a substrate addition rate. Acetogenic bacteria provided to the bioreactor ferment the gaseous substrate in a fermentation broth. The process includes determining a concentration of carboxylic acids and/or carboxylates in the fermentation broth. A control algorithm uses those concentrations to adjust the gaseous substrate addition rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Neubeck, Trevor Stilwell, Nestor Camargo
  • Automated process control for co bioconversions
    Patent number: 11879146
    Abstract: Control processes are provided for enhancing biological processes for converting gaseous substrates to useful end products such as ethanol. A process includes providing a gaseous substrate comprising one or more of CO and CO2 to a bioreactor at a substrate addition rate. Acetogenic bacteria provided to the bioreactor ferment the gaseous substrate in a fermentation broth. The process includes determining a concentration of carboxylic acids and/or carboxylates in the fermentation broth. A control algorithm uses those concentrations to adjust the gaseous substrate addition rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Neubeck, Trevor Stilwell, Nestor Camargo
  • Carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide bioconversion process
    Patent number: 11807891
    Abstract: A process is provided for bioconversion of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide. More specifically, the process includes fermenting carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide containing substrate with acetogenic bacteria. The process provides for high levels of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide conversions and utilization of hydrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Inventors: Ryan H Senaratne, Nestor A Camargo, Ryan M Lacey, Abel J Price, Brandon L Beard
  • PROCESS CONTROL FOR BIOCONVERSIONS
    Publication number: 20210222213
    Abstract: Control processes are provided for enhancing biological processes for converting gaseous substrates to useful end products such as ethanol. A process includes providing a gaseous substrate comprising one or more of CO and CO2 to a bioreactor at a substrate addition rate. Acetogenic bacteria provided to the bioreactor ferment the gaseous substrate in a fermentation broth. The process includes determining a concentration of carboxylic acids and/or carboxylates in the fermentation broth. A control algorithm uses those concentrations to adjust the gaseous substrate addition rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Neubeck, Trevor Stilwell, Nestor Camargo
  • CARBON MONOXIDE AND CARBON DIOXIDE BIOCONVERSION PROCESS
    Publication number: 20200071734
    Abstract: A process is provided for bioconversion of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide. More specifically, the process includes fermenting carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide containing substrate with acetogenic bacteria. The process provides for high levels of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide conversions and utilization of hydrogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Ryan H Senaratne, Nestor A Camargo, Ryan M Lacey, Abel J Price, Brandon L Beard