Patents by Inventor Raul Fuentes Samaniego

Raul Fuentes Samaniego 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).

  • Enhanced electricity cogeneration in cement clinker production
    Patent number: 8997489
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method to produce electricity in a cement clinker production utilizing a kiln and/or a precalciner as combustion chambers to generate electricity, the method including: a. supplying fuel to the precalciner and/or the kiln in a quantity corresponding to at least 110% of a heat value requirement for clinker production operation of the precalciner and/or the rotary kiln per unit weight of clinker, respectively; b. bypassing a portion of hot flue gases from at least one of (i) the kiln and/or (ii) the precalciner; c. leading hot flue gases to a heat recovery steam generator producing steam; d. producing electricity with a power island including a steam turbine equipped with an electrical generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Cemex Research Group AG
    Inventors: Raul Fuentes Samaniego, Luis Ramon Martinez Farias, Antonio Higinio Noyola De Garagorri, Luis Trevino Villareal
  • ENHANCED ELECTRICITY COGENERATION IN CEMENT CLINKER PRODUCTION
    Publication number: 20110140459
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method to produce electricity in a cement clinker production utilizing a kiln and/or a precalciner as combustion chambers to generate electricity, the method including: a. supplying fuel to the precalciner and/or the kiln in a quantity corresponding to at least 110% of a heat value requirement for clinker production operation of the precalciner and/or the rotary kiln per unit weight of clinker, respectively; b. bypassing a portion of hot flue gases from at least one of (i) the kiln and/or (ii) the precalciner; c. leading hot flue gases to a heat recovery steam generator producing steam; d. producing electricity with a power island including a steam turbine equipped with an electrical generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: CEMEX RESEARCH GROUP AG
    Inventors: Raul Fuentes Samaniego, Luis Ramon Martinez Farias, Antonio Higinio Noyola De Garagorri, Luis Trevino Villareal