Patents by Inventor Robert A. Kuchner

Robert A. Kuchner 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: 5645616
    Abstract: A system and method for producing product gas using residual waste liquor is described with a gasifier reactor having a fluidized bed located therein. The gasifier reactor is heated to a predetermined temperature range with either an external heater or a second fluidized bed located at a position below the first fluidized bed. A heat exchanger may be positioned in the first fluidized bed and/or the second fluidized bed for indirectly heating the respective fluidized beds. Condensing heat exchanger means recovers heat from the product gas and condenses an acid gas therefrom for recycling the chemicals. A reagent is sprayed in the condensing heat exchanger means to clean the product gas. Pressurization allows the cleaned product gas to be directly fired in a turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1997
    Assignee: The Babcock & Wilcox Company
    Inventors: Robert A. McIlroy, Robert A. Kuchner, John E. Monacelli, Dennis W. Johnson
  • Patent number: 5634950
    Abstract: A system and method for producing product gas using residual waste liquor is described with a gasifier reactor having a fluidized bed located therein. The gasifier reactor is heated to a predetermined temperature range with either an external heater or a second fluidized bed located at a position below the first fluidized bed. A heat exchanger may be positioned in the first fluidized bed and/or the second fluidized bed for indirectly heating the respective fluidized beds. Condensing heat exchanger means recovers heat from the product gas and condenses an acid gas therefrom for recycling the chemicals. A reagent is sprayed in the condensing heat exchanger means to clean the product gas. Pressurization allows the cleaned product gas to be directly fired in a turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 3, 1997
    Assignee: The Babcock & Wilcox Company
    Inventors: Robert A. McIlroy, Robert A. Kuchner, John E. Monacelli, Dennis W. Johnson
  • Patent number: 5447571
    Abstract: A method of cleaning, either continuously or intermittently, a pneumatically operated pulverized coal system by injecting into this system a stream of generally uniformly sized coke breeze particles. This coke breeze stream would abrade the interior surface of the pulverized coal system thereby cleaning it. Additionally, due to the high carbon content of the coke breeze, this substance will replace or displace a portion of the coal stream delivered to the furnace. Furthermore, such use of coke breeze will eliminate the need to dispose of this by-product in cases where alternative uses are not available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1995
    Assignee: The Babcock & Wilcox Company
    Inventors: Robert A. Kuchner, Peter H. Scheuler, Jerald M. Wennerstrom