Patents by Inventor Noah S. Adams

Noah S. Adams 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).

  • Nozzle mixing apparatus and methods for treating water in ship ballast tanks
    Patent number: 9688551
    Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus for treating ship or barge ballast water. The system includes a ballast tank storing ballast water and one or more nozzles located in the ballast tank. One or more pumps supply a chemical into the ballast tank and water to the nozzles. The nozzles are strategically located in the ballast tank to circulate the ballast water and mix the chemical with the ballast water without removing the ballast water from the ballast tank to a separate mixing and treatment area located outside the tank either onboard or off of the ship or barge. A controller receives a signal from a flow sensor in the ballast tank to control the one or more pumps to enable operating the nozzles alternately and intermittently to circulate the ballast water and the mix the chemical with the ballast water to minimize energy consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Interior
    Inventors: Noah S. Adams, Barnaby J. Watten
  • NOZZLE MIXING METHODS FOR SHIP BALLAST TANKS
    Publication number: 20150336822
    Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus for treating ship or barge ballast water. The system includes a ballast tank storing ballast water and one or more nozzles located in the ballast tank. One or more pumps supply a chemical into the ballast tank and water to the nozzles. The nozzles are strategically located in the ballast tank to circulate the ballast water and mix the chemical with the ballast water without removing the ballast water from the ballast tank to a separate mixing and treatment area located outside the tank either onboard or off of the ship or barge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: United States of America as Represented by the Department of the Interior
    Inventors: Noah S. Adams, Barnaby J. Watten