Patents by Inventor Pier Ugo Foscolo

Pier Ugo Foscolo 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).

  • Publication number: 20250256255
    Abstract: An autothermal process of concentric bubbling fluid double bed for the production of syngas by gasification with biomass steam, in the presence of a granular material includes: continuous gasification under stationary bed condition of said granular material in bubbling fluidisation regime of biomass with water vapour with thermochemical transformation of the fuel into raw syngas and char, the raw syngas including heavy hydrocarbons in the steam state and any harmful compounds in traces, in a first reaction volume; combustion in bubbling fluidised bed with air of the char and of auxiliary fuel in a second reaction volume; the transfer velocity of the granular material between the first and second reaction volumes being such that the thermal difference does not exceed 20° C.; separation from the raw syngas by hot filters; and elimination of any harmful compounds in traces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Publication date: August 14, 2025
    Applicants: WALTER TOSTO S.P.A., UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DELL'AQUILA, UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI GUGLIELMO MARCONI
    Inventors: Andrea DI CARLO, Enrico BOCCI, Pier UGO FOSCOLO, Elisa SAVUTO, Luca DEL ZOTTO
  • Patent number: 8562701
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gasification apparatus for generating syngas from gasifiable feedstock material, said apparatus comprising a vessel having a feedstock inlet, an inlet for a gaseous gasifying medium, an outlet for exhausted feedstock material and a syngas outlet; a gasifying reactor accommodated in said vessel and in fluid communication with said feedstock inlet, said outlet for exhausted feedstock material and said inlet for said gasifying medium of said vessel; and a filtering unit accommodated in said vessel and having an upstream side and a downstream side, said upstream side of said filtering unit being in fluid communication with said reactor and said downstream side thereof being in fluid communication with said syngas outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Pall Corporation
    Inventors: Steffen Heidenreich, Manfred Nacken, Pier Ugo Foscolo, Sergio Rapagna
  • Publication number: 20100223848
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gasification apparatus for generating syngas from gasifiable feedstock material, said apparatus comprising a vessel having a feedstock inlet, an inlet for a gaseous gasifying medium, an outlet for exhausted feedstock material and a syngas outlet; a gasifying reactor accommodated in said vessel and in fluid communication with said feedstock inlet, said outlet for exhausted feedstock material and said inlet for said gasifying medium of said vesel; and a filtering unit accommodated in said vessel and having an upstream side and a downstream side, said upstream side of said filtering unit being in fluid communication with said reactor and said downstream side thereof being in fluid communication with said syngas outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: PALL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steffen Heidenreich, Manfred Nacken, Pier Ugo Foscolo, Sergio Rapagna