Patents by Inventor Ranson Roser

Ranson Roser 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: 9631534
    Abstract: An assembly and method for reducing nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and hydrogen gas in exhausts of internal combustion engines and simultaneously generating electrical power, wherein the exhaust is acted upon in a first stage catalytic converter and is at least in part passed through a thermoelectric generator for production of electrical power. The exhausts are thereafter directed to a second stage catalytic converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Tecogen Inc.
    Inventors: Jean Roy, Robert A. Panora, Joseph B. Gehret, Ranson Roser
  • Patent number: 9470126
    Abstract: A system for reducing ammonia in exhaust gas generated from a lean burn internal combustion engine includes an oxidation catalyst, a selective reduction catalyst (SCR), a cooling unit, and a three-way catalyst. Exhaust gas generated by the engine passes through the oxidation catalyst to oxidize carbon monoxide from the exhaust gas to form carbon dioxide. Nitrous oxide (NOx) compounds in the exhaust gas are reduced in the SCR to form nitrogen and water. The exhaust gas is then cooled in a cooling unit and then passed over the three-way catalyst. The three-way catalyst causes ammonia in the cooled exhaust stream to react to form less harmful compounds, such as nitrogen and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Tecogen Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph B. Gehret, Robert Panora, Ranson Roser, Jean P. Roy
  • Publication number: 20150252700
    Abstract: A system for reducing ammonia in exhaust gas generated from a lean burn internal combustion engine includes an oxidation catalyst, a selective reduction catalyst (SCR), a cooling unit, and a three-way catalyst. Exhaust gas generated by the engine passes through the oxidation catalyst to oxidize carbon monoxide from the exhaust gas to form carbon dioxide. Nitrous oxide (NOx) compounds in the exhaust gas are reduced in the SCR to form nitrogen and water. The exhaust gas is then cooled in a cooling unit and then passed over the three-way catalyst. The three-way catalyst causes ammonia in the cooled exhaust stream to react to form less harmful compounds, such as nitrogen and water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Joseph B. Gehret, Robert Panora, Ranson Roser, Jean P. Roy
  • Patent number: 9121326
    Abstract: An assembly and method for reducing nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons in exhausts of internal combustion engines, wherein the exhaust is acted upon in a first stage catalytic converter. A first portion of the first stage catalytic converter output is cooled and a second portion of the catalytic converter output is not cooled. The cooled and not cooled exhausts are united and directed to a second stage catalytic converter. Air is injected into a selected one of (1) the not cooled exhaust prior to the juncture thereof with the cooled exhaust, and (2) the combined cooled and not cooled exhausts after the juncture thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Tecogen Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph B. Gehret, Robert A. Panora, Ranson Roser
  • Publication number: 20140196438
    Abstract: An assembly and method for reducing nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons in exhausts of internal combustion engines, wherein the exhaust is acted upon in a first stage catalytic converter. A first portion of the first stage catalytic converter output is cooled and a second portion of the catalytic converter output is not cooled. The cooled and not cooled exhausts are united and directed to a second stage catalytic converter. Air is injected into a selected one of (1) the not cooled exhaust prior to the juncture thereof with the cooled exhaust, and (2) the combined cooled and not cooled exhausts after the juncture thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: Tecogen, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph B. Gehret, Robert A. Panora, Ranson Roser
  • Patent number: 8578704
    Abstract: An assembly and method for reducing nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons in exhausts of internal combustion engines, wherein the exhaust is acted upon in a first stage catalytic converter. A first portion of the first stage catalytic converter output is cooled and a second portion of the catalytic converter output is not cooled. The cooled and not cooled exhausts are united and directed to a second stage catalytic converter. Air is injected into a selected one of (1) the not cooled exhaust prior to the juncture thereof with the cooled exhaust, and (2) the combined cooled and not cooled exhausts after the juncture thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Tecogen, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph B. Gehret, Robert A. Panora, Ranson Roser
  • Publication number: 20130004392
    Abstract: An assembly and method for reducing nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and hydrogen gas in exhausts of internal combustion engines and simultaneously generating electrical power, wherein the exhaust is acted upon in a first stage catalytic converter and is at least in part passed through a thermoelectric generator for production of electrical power. The exhausts are thereafter directed to a second stage catalytic converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Jean Roy, Robert A. Panora, Joseph B. Gehret, Ranson Roser
  • Publication number: 20110265451
    Abstract: An assembly and method for reducing nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons in exhausts of internal combustion engines, wherein the exhaust is acted upon in a first stage catalytic converter. A first portion of the first stage catalytic converter output is cooled and a second portion of the catalytic converter output is not cooled. The cooled and not cooled exhausts are united and directed to a second stage catalytic converter. Air is injected into a selected one of (1) the not cooled exhaust prior to the juncture thereof with the cooled exhaust, and (2) the combined cooled and not cooled exhausts after the juncture thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Inventors: Joseph B. Gehret, Robert A. Panora, Ranson Roser
  • Publication number: 20060179824
    Abstract: An air flow regulation system for enhancing the performance of oxidation catalyst in the exhaust stream of an internal combustion engine is provided wherein air flow into the exhaust upstream of an oxidation catalyst is dynamically controlled via a controlled feedback loop to ensure sufficient oxygen availability to induce enhanced oxidation catalyst performance while simultaneously limiting the exhaust cooling effect of the incoming air stream and the associated loss of catalytic conversion performance. The modulation of air temperature and flow into the exhaust gas stream of a reciprocating internal combustion natural gas fuel engine upstream of an oxidation catalyst is regulated such that oxidation of carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, and ammonia is achieved to a level beyond the levels attainable and maintainable with a catalyst strategy that relies only upon pre-combustion air/fuel ratio management. In one aspect, the modulation of air flow into the exhaust is via an electronically controlled feedback loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2006
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Inventor: Ranson Roser
  • Publication number: 20060130470
    Abstract: A recycled exhaust gas cooling and condensate regulation system for a natural gas fired internal combustion engine driven co-generation plant, which allows efficient exhaust recycled gas combustion while maintaining lower head temperatures to reduce thermal NOx emissions and delivering increased process/utility heat to a proximate co-generation client, is provided. The recycled exhaust gas cooling and condensate regulation system has primary and secondary, air-to-gas, exchanger units, coupled in series, such that the first unit, designed to take exhaust gas exiting the engine, cools the gas to a first exhaust gas temperature effectively super saturating the water vapor in the cooled exhaust gas; and, the second unit, designed to handle lower inlet temperatures, condenses the water vapor and super cools the exhaust gas to <130 F. In one embodiment, the engine intake mixture including the exhaust gas is supercharged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2005
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Inventors: Gerald Dorn, Ranson Roser