Patents by Inventor Peter S. Pedersen

Peter S. Pedersen 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).

  • METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUXILIARY POWER TO AN ELECTRIC POWER PLANT USING FISCHER-TROPSCH TECHNOLOGY
    Publication number: 20120153639
    Abstract: A method for meeting both base-load and peak-load demand in a power production facility. By integrating a Fischer-Tropsch (FT) hydrocarbon production facility with an electrical power generating facility, peak-load power demand can be met by reducing the temperature of the FT reactor thereby increasing the quantity of tail gases and using FT tail gases to fuel a gas turbine generator set. The method enables rapid power response and allows the synthesis gas generating units and the FT units to operate with constant flow rates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: RENTECH, INC.
    Inventors: Dennis L. YAKOBSON, Claude C. Corkadel, III, Charles B. Benham, Belma Demirel, Peter S. Pedersen
  • Method for providing auxiliary power to an electric power plant using fischer tropsch technology
    Patent number: 8146368
    Abstract: A method for meeting both base-load and peak-load demand in a power production facility. By integrating a Fischer-Tropsch (FT) hydrocarbon production facility with an electrical power generating facility, peak-load power demand can be met by reducing the temperature of the FT reactor thereby increasing the quantity of tail gases and using FT tail gases to fuel a gas turbine generator set. The method enables rapid power response and allows the synthesis gas generating units and the FT units to operate with constant flow rates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Rentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis L. Yakobson, Claude C. Corkadel, III, Charles B. Benham, Belma Demirel, Peter S. Pedersen
  • Apparatus and methods for the production of ammonia and Fischer-Tropsch liquids
    Patent number: 7919065
    Abstract: A gasification plant and methods for producing ammonia, Fischer-Tropsch fuels, electrical power, and/or sulfur from carbon-bearing feedstocks including coal and/or petroleum coke. Methods for production of desired relative amounts of ammonia and Fischer-Tropsch liquid hydrocarbons by adjusting the amount of synthesis gas bypassing the Fischer-Tropsch reactor. The multi-product and integrated plants may be used to reduce the amount of CO2 vented into the atmosphere during the production of these products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Rentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter S. Pedersen, Dennis L. Yakobson
  • Apparatus and methods for the production of ammonia and fischer-tropsch liquids
    Patent number: 7803329
    Abstract: A gasification plant and methods for producing ammonia, Fischer-Tropsch fuels, electrical power, and/or sulfur from carbon-bearing feedstocks including coal and/or petroleum coke. Methods for production of desired relative amounts of ammonia and Fischer-Tropsch liquid hydrocarbons by adjusting the amount of synthesis gas bypassing the Fischer-Tropsch reactor. The multi-product and integrated plants may be used to reduce the amount of CO2 vented into the atmosphere during the production of these products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Rentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter S. Pedersen, Dennis L. Yakobson
  • APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF AMMONIA AND FISCHER-TROPSCH LIQUIDS
    Publication number: 20100204348
    Abstract: A gasification plant and methods for producing ammonia, Fischer-Tropsch fuels, electrical power, and/or sulfur from carbon-bearing feedstocks including coal and/or petroleum coke. Methods for production of desired relative amounts of ammonia and Fischer-Tropsch liquid hydrocarbons by adjusting the amount of synthesis gas bypassing the Fischer-Tropsch reactor. The multi-product and integrated plants may be used to reduce the amount of CO2 vented into the atmosphere during the production of these products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: RENTECH, INC.
    Inventors: Peter S. PEDERSEN, Dennis L. YAKOBSON
  • METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUXILIARY POWER TO AN ELECTRIC POWER PLANT USING FISCHER TROPSCH TECHNOLOGY
    Publication number: 20100109338
    Abstract: A method for meeting both base-load and peak-load demand in a power production facility. By integrating a Fischer-Tropsch (FT) hydrocarbon production facility with an electrical power generating facility, peak-load power demand can be met by reducing the temperature of the FT reactor thereby increasing the quantity of tail gases and using FT tail gases to fuel a gas turbine generator set. The method enables rapid power response and allows the synthesis gas generating units and the FT units to operate with constant flow rates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: RENTECH, INC.
    Inventors: Dennis L. Yakobson, Claude C. Corkadel, III, Charles B. Benham, Belma Demirel, Peter S. Pedersen
  • Method for providing auxiliary power to an electric power plant using fischer-tropsch technology
    Patent number: 7644587
    Abstract: A method for meeting both base-load and peak-load demand in a power production facility. By integrating a Fischer-Tropsch (FT) hydrocarbon production facility with an electrical power generating facility, peak-load power demand can be met by reducing the temperature of the FT reactor thereby increasing the quantity of tail gases and using FT tail gases to fuel a gas turbine generator set. The method enables rapid power response and allows the synthesis gas generating units and the FT units to operate with constant flow rates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: Rentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis L. Yakobson, Claude C. Corkadel, III, Charles B. Benham, Belma Demirel, Peter S. Pedersen
  • Method for providing auxiliary power to an electric power plant using fischer-tropsch technology
    Publication number: 20080223046
    Abstract: A method for meeting both base-load and peak-load demand in a power production facility. By integrating a Fischer-Tropsch (FT) hydrocarbon production facility with an electrical power generating facility, peak-load power demand can be met by reducing the temperature of the FT reactor thereby increasing the quantity of tail gases and using FT tail gases to fuel a gas turbine generator set. The method enables rapid power response and allows the synthesis gas generating units and the FT units to operate with constant flow rates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: Dennis L. Yakobson, Claude C. Corkadel, Charles B. Benham, Belma Demirel, Peter S. Pedersen
  • Apparatus and methods for the production of ammonia and fischer-tropsch liquids
    Publication number: 20080132588
    Abstract: A gasification plant and methods for producing ammonia, Fischer-Tropsch fuels, electrical power, and/or sulfur from carbon-bearing feedstocks including coal and/or petroleum coke. Methods for production of desired relative amounts of ammonia and Fischer-Tropsch liquid hydrocarbons by adjusting the amount of synthesis gas bypassing the Fischer-Tropsch reactor. The multi-product and integrated plants may be used to reduce the amount of CO2 vented into the atmosphere during the production of these products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: RENTECH, INC.
    Inventors: Peter S. Pedersen, Dennis L. Yakobson
  • Process for the production of ammonia and Fischer-Tropsch liquids
    Patent number: 7300642
    Abstract: A gasification plant for producing ammonia, Fischer-Tropsch fuels, and electrical power from carbon-bearing feedstocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Rentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter S. Pedersen, Dennis L. Yakobson
  • Fischer-tropsch slurry reactor cooling tube arrangement
    Patent number: 7108835
    Abstract: An arrangement of cooling tubes within a Fischer-Tropsch slurry reactor simplifies removal and reinstallation of cooling tubes for reactor maintenance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Rentech, Inc.
    Inventors: William H. Hawthorne, Mark D. Ibsen, Peter S. Pedersen, Mark S. Bohn
  • Fischer-Tropsch synthesis using industrial process off gas feedstreams
    Patent number: 6627666
    Abstract: A process is described in which the waste gas from the production of acetylene is employed in the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis of hydrocarbon liquids. The process consists of the steps of collecting the waste gas, compressing it to the proper pressure, passing the compressed gas into a reactor containing a Fischer-Tropsch catalyst under the proper conditions of temperature, pressure, and space velocity, and collecting the liquid products thereby formed from the waste gas stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Rentech Inc.
    Inventor: Peter S. Pedersen