Patents by Inventor Paul Bertram Trost

Paul Bertram Trost 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: 9630144
    Abstract: Implementations disclosed herein provide a dry chemical scrubber with a pH regulator that adjusts an internal pH value of the dry chemical scrubber by adding high pH elements to the contents of the dry chemical scrubber on a continuous or periodic basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: MTARRI/VARANI EMISSIONS TREATMENT, LLC
    Inventors: John Jenkins, Frederick T. Varani, Thomas A. Jones, Paul Bertram Trost, Aaron F. Primmer, Nathan A. Emsick
  • Publication number: 20150252946
    Abstract: A fugitive gas capture system includes a variable volume gas storage assembly (e.g., a bag) that captures gas from headspace of a production tank. The variable volume storage assembly has a first state and a second state corresponding to first position and a second position, respectively, where the first state represents a greater volume of captured gas being stored than a volume of captured gas stored in the second state. A back pressure regulator is included between the variable volume storage assembly and the production tank to backflows gas from the variable volume storage assembly back into the headspace of the production tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Frederick T. Varani, Paul Bertram Trost
  • Publication number: 20140369909
    Abstract: Implementations disclosed herein provide a dry chemical scrubber with a pH regulator that adjusts an internal pH value of the dry chemical scrubber by adding high pH elements to the contents of the dry chemical scrubber on a continuous or periodic basis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: John Jenkins, Frederick T. Varani, Thomas A. Jones, Paul Bertram Trost, Aaron F. Primmer, Nathan A. Emsick
  • Publication number: 20140370577
    Abstract: Implementations disclosed herein provide a scrubber system for the reduction and removal of acid gas from a gas stream. The scrubber system includes a dry chemical scrubber having an amount of bacteria therein. A gas stream containing an acid gas contaminant such as H2S is directed into and treated by the dry chemical scrubber; both media within the scrubber system and bacteria reduce the level of acid gas contaminant in the gas stream. In some implementations, the bacteria is carried over from a biological scrubber fluidly connected upstream of the dry chemical scrubber. The pH of the gas stream from the biological scrubber may be regulated prior to passing into the dry chemical scrubber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: John Jenkins, Thomas A. Jones, Paul Bertram Trost, Frederick T. Varani, Aaron F. Primmer, Nathan A. Emsick
  • Patent number: 8708663
    Abstract: A fugitive gas capture system includes a variable volume gas storage assembly (e.g., a bag) that expands and deflates between a first position and a second position, respectively, where the positions influence control of a switch coupled to a throttle on a gas engine that powers a compressor or coupled to a valve input to a gas booster compressor. The compressor is coupled to an output pipeline to provide the compressed gas in liquid or gas form to a pipeline under consistent pressure. Alternatively, the compressed gas may be on-site in a separator, in a heater treater, for various controls, as engine fuel, or with any other energy source employed on site, e.g., electric power from offgas vapors used to generate on-site electricity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Inventors: Frederick T. Varani, Paul Bertram Trost