Patents by Inventor Peter Reinhardt

Peter Reinhardt 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: 12704046
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods and systems for injecting and/or sequestering carbon-containing materials in underground wells, and, in some examples, for using the carbon-containing materials for enhanced oil recovery and well abandonment. An example method includes: obtaining a mixture including biochar particles and a liquid; and providing the mixture for injection into an underground well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2026
    Assignee: Charm Industrial, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Young, Lina Zhu, Subodh Adhikari, Michael Tyler St Germaine, Peter Reinhardt
  • Patent number: 12644361
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods and systems for injecting and/or sequestering carbon-containing materials in underground wells, and, in some examples, for using the carbon-containing materials for enhanced oil recovery and well abandonment. An example method includes: obtaining a mixture including biochar particles and a liquid; and providing the mixture for injection into an underground well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2025
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: Charm Industrial, Inc.
    Inventors: Shaun Kinetic, Kelly Kinetic, Peter Reinhardt
  • Publication number: 20260036023
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a method and a system for sequestering carbon-containing materials in underground wells. An example method includes: obtaining a material comprising a carbon-containing liquid; optionally testing the material for compatibility with an underground well; optionally adjusting a property of the material to improve the compatibility; and providing the material for injection into the underground well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2025
    Publication date: February 5, 2026
    Inventors: Shaun Kinetic, Kelly Kinetic, Peter Reinhardt
  • Patent number: 12398034
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for producing synthesis gas (syngas) using bio-oil. In some embodiments, syngas is produced by steam reforming bio-oil. In some embodiments, the bio-oil is provided in liquid form. In some embodiments at least some of the liquid bio-oil is transitioned into droplet form when entering a reformer for steam-reforming. In some embodiments, the reformer produces a gas stream comprising syngas, which may be fed to a furnace (e.g., direct reducing furnace, shaft furnace) for reducing iron ore to iron. In some embodiments, the amount of oxygen provided to the reformer is regulated based on an equivalence ratio (ER) corresponding to moles of oxygen fed to the reformer divided by moles of oxygen necessary to achieve stoichiometric combustion of the bio-oil, wherein an exemplary ER value is from about 0.1 to about 0.6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2025
    Assignee: Charm Industrial, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Reinhardt, Jacob Wilkins, Brian Jamieson
  • Publication number: 20250243732
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods and systems for injecting and/or sequestering carbon-containing materials in underground wells, and, in some examples, for using the carbon-containing materials for enhanced oil recovery and well abandonment. An example method includes: obtaining a mixture including biochar particles and a liquid; and providing the mixture for injection into an underground well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2025
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Inventors: Shaun Kinetic, Kelly Kinetic, Peter Reinhardt
  • Publication number: 20250230732
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods and systems for injecting and/or sequestering carbon-containing materials in underground wells, and, in some examples, for using the carbon-containing materials for enhanced oil recovery and well abandonment. An example method includes: obtaining a mixture including biochar particles and a liquid; and providing the mixture for injection into an underground well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2025
    Publication date: July 17, 2025
    Inventors: Shaun Kinetic, Kelly Kinetic, Peter Reinhardt
  • Patent number: 12359538
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a method and a system for sequestering carbon-containing materials in underground wells. An example method includes: obtaining a material comprising a carbon-containing liquid; optionally testing the material for compatibility with an underground well; optionally adjusting a property of the material to improve the compatibility; and providing the material for injection into the underground well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: Charm Industrial, Inc.
    Inventors: Shaun Meehan, Kelly Hering, Peter Reinhardt
  • Publication number: 20250188554
    Abstract: Disclosed herein, in some aspects, are systems and methods for producing a material comprising iron through self-reduction of iron ore using bio-oil and/or other reducing agents (e.g., bio-based reducing agents), such as biocrude, ethanol, or other bio-based liquids or biologically sourced liquids. The bio-oil and/or other reducing agents can be mixed with the iron ore to form a furnace mixture, which can be heated, such that the components of the bio-oil and/or other reducing agents in the furnace mixture reduce the iron ore to form an iron product (e.g., a material that includes metallic iron). In some cases, the pre-formed furnace mixture allows for the reducing agents to interact with the iron more readily, thereby providing for quicker reaction rates, and thereby quicker reduction of iron ore, as compared to direct reduction iron production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2025
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Inventors: Peter Reinhardt, Brian Jamieson
  • Patent number: 12297719
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods and systems for injecting and/or sequestering carbon-containing materials in underground wells, and, in some examples, for using the carbon-containing materials for enhanced oil recovery and well abandonment. An example method includes: obtaining a mixture including biochar particles and a liquid; and providing the mixture for injection into an underground well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Charm Industrial, Inc.
    Inventors: Shaun Kinetic, Kelly Kinetic, Peter Reinhardt
  • Publication number: 20250091863
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for producing synthesis gas (syngas) using bio-oil. In some embodiments, syngas is produced by steam reforming bio-oil. In some embodiments, the bio-oil is provided in liquid form. In some embodiments at least some of the liquid bio-oil is transitioned into droplet form when entering a reformer for steam-reforming. In some embodiments, the reformer produces a gas stream comprising syngas, which may be fed to a furnace (e.g., direct reducing furnace, shaft furnace) for reducing iron ore to iron. In some embodiments, the amount of oxygen provided to the reformer is regulated based on an equivalence ratio (ER) corresponding to moles of oxygen fed to the reformer divided by moles of oxygen necessary to achieve stoichiometric combustion of the bio-oil, wherein an exemplary ER value is from about 0.1 to about 0.6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Peter Reinhardt, Jacob Wilkins, Brian Jamieson
  • Patent number: 12252753
    Abstract: Disclosed herein, in some aspects, are systems and methods for producing a material comprising iron through self-reduction of iron ore using bio-oil and/or other reducing agents (e.g., bio-based reducing agents), such as biocrude, ethanol, or other bio-based liquids or biologically sourced liquids. The bio-oil and/or other reducing agents can be mixed with the iron ore to form a furnace mixture, which can be heated, such that the components of the bio-oil and/or other reducing agents in the furnace mixture reduce the iron ore to form an iron product (e.g., a material that includes metallic iron). In some cases, the pre-formed furnace mixture allows for the reducing agents to interact with the iron more readily, thereby providing for quicker reaction rates, and thereby quicker reduction of iron ore, as compared to direct reduction iron production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Charm Industrial, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Reinhardt, Brian Jamieson
  • Patent number: 12180074
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for producing synthesis gas (syngas) using bio-oil. In some embodiments, syngas is produced by steam reforming bio-oil. In some embodiments, the bio-oil is provided in liquid form. In some embodiments at least some of the liquid bio-oil is transitioned into droplet form when entering a reformer for steam-reforming. In some embodiments, the reformer produces a gas stream comprising syngas, which may be fed to a furnace (e.g., direct reducing furnace, shaft furnace) for reducing iron ore to iron. In some embodiments, the amount of oxygen provided to the reformer is regulated based on an equivalence ratio (ER) corresponding to moles of oxygen fed to the reformer divided by moles of oxygen necessary to achieve stoichiometric combustion of the bio-oil, wherein an exemplary ER value is from about 0.1 to about 0.6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Charm Industrial, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Reinhardt, Shaun Kinetic, Kelly Kinetic, Jacob Wilkins, Brian Jamieson
  • Publication number: 20240328284
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods and systems for injecting and/or sequestering carbon-containing materials in underground wells, and, in some examples, for using the carbon-containing materials for enhanced oil recovery and well abandonment. An example method includes: obtaining a mixture including biochar particles and a liquid; and providing the mixture for injection into an underground well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Shaun Meehan, Kelly Hering, Peter Reinhardt
  • Publication number: 20240247570
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods and systems for injecting and/or sequestering carbon-containing materials in underground wells, and, in some examples, for using the carbon-containing materials for enhanced oil recovery and well abandonment. An example method includes: obtaining a mixture including biochar particles and a liquid; and providing the mixture for injection into an underground well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Edward Young, Lina Zhu, Subodh Adhikari, Michael Tyler St Germaine, Peter Reinhardt
  • Publication number: 20240229176
    Abstract: Disclosed herein, in some aspects, are systems and methods for producing a material comprising iron through self-reduction of iron ore using bio-oil and/or other reducing agents (e.g., bio-based reducing agents), such as biocrude, ethanol, or other bio-based liquids or biologically sourced liquids. The bio-oil and/or other reducing agents can be mixed with the iron ore to form a furnace mixture, which can be heated, such that the components of the bio-oil and/or other reducing agents in the furnace mixture reduce the iron ore to form an iron product (e.g., a material that includes metallic iron). In some cases, the pre-formed furnace mixture allows for the reducing agents to interact with the iron more readily, thereby providing for quicker reaction rates, and thereby quicker reduction of iron ore, as compared to direct reduction iron production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Peter Reinhardt, Brian Jamieson
  • Publication number: 20240150170
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for producing synthesis gas (syngas) using bio-oil. In some embodiments, syngas is produced by steam reforming bio-oil. In some embodiments, the bio-oil is provided in liquid form. In some embodiments at least some of the liquid bio-oil is transitioned into droplet form when entering a reformer for steam-reforming. In some embodiments, the reformer produces a gas stream comprising syngas, which may be fed to a furnace (e.g., direct reducing furnace, shaft furnace) for reducing iron ore to iron. In some embodiments, the amount of oxygen provided to the reformer is regulated based on an equivalence ratio (ER) corresponding to moles of oxygen fed to the reformer divided by moles of oxygen necessary to achieve stoichiometric combustion of the bio-oil, wherein an exemplary ER value is from about 0.1 to about 0.6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Peter Reinhardt, Shaun Kinetic, Kelly Kinetic, Jacob Wilkins, Brian Jamieson
  • Publication number: 20240068250
    Abstract: A adjustable alignment brace device for aligning a structural member includes a turnbuckle coupling a base anchor to a beam attachment member. The turnbuckle is pivotably coupled to each of the base anchor and the beam attachment member. The beam attachment member is configured for attaching to a beam and aligning a structural member by engaging a top end of the structural member with the beam and rotating a body of the turnbuckle to translate the beam toward or away from the base anchor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventor: Peter Reinhardt
  • Publication number: 20230366297
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods and systems for injecting and/or sequestering carbon-containing materials in underground wells, and, in some examples, for using the carbon-containing materials for enhanced oil recovery and well abandonment. An example method includes: obtaining a material comprising a carbon-containing liquid; optionally testing the material for compatibility with an underground well; optionally adjusting a property of the material to improve the compatibility; and providing the material for injection into the underground well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Jennifer Anderson, Shaun Kinetic, Kelly Kinetic, Peter Reinhardt, Katie Holligan
  • Publication number: 20230160283
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a method and a system for sequestering carbon-containing materials in underground wells. An example method includes: obtaining a material comprising a carbon-containing liquid; optionally testing the material for compatibility with an underground well; optionally adjusting a property of the material to improve the compatibility; and providing the material for injection into the underground well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Shaun Meehan, Kelly Hering, Peter Reinhardt
  • Patent number: 11572765
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a method and a system for sequestering carbon-containing materials in underground wells. An example method includes: obtaining a material comprising a carbon-containing liquid; optionally testing the material for compatibility with an underground well; optionally adjusting a property of the material to improve the compatibility; and providing the material for injection into the underground well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Charm Industrial, Inc.
    Inventors: Shaun Meehan, Kelly Hering, Peter Reinhardt