Patents by Inventor Scott G. Tolbert

Scott G. Tolbert 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: 20230151286
    Abstract: An ASG system for polygeneration with CC includes a devolatilizer that pyrolyzes solid fuel to produce char and gases. A burner adds exothermic heat by high-pressure sub-stoichiometric combustion, a mixing pot causes turbulent flow of the gases to heat received solid fuel, and a riser micronizes resulting friable char. A devolatilizer cyclone separates the micronized char by weight providing micronized char, steam and gases to a gasifier feed and oversized char to the mixing pot. An indirect fluid bed gasifier combustion loop includes a gasifier coupled to the gasifier feed, a steam input to provide oxygen for gasification and to facilitate sand-char separation, and an output for providing syngas. A burner provides POC to a mixing pot which provides hot sand with POC to a POC cyclone via a riser, where the POC cyclone separates sand and POC by weight and provides POC and sand for steam-carbon reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicants: Wormser Energy Solutions, Inc., Energy & Environmental Research Center Foundation
    Inventors: Douglas M. Todd, John Parkes, Scott G. Tolbert, Michael L. Swanson, Surya B. Reddy Karri, Teddy M. Knowlton
  • Patent number: 11572518
    Abstract: An ASG system for polygeneration with CC includes a devolatilizer that pyrolyzes solid fuel to produce char and gases. A burner adds exothermic heat by high-pressure sub-stoichiometric combustion, a mixing pot causes turbulent flow of the gases to heat received solid fuel, and a riser micronizes resulting friable char. A devolatilizer cyclone separates the micronized char by weight providing micronized char, steam and gases to a gasifier feed and oversized char to the mixing pot. An indirect fluid bed gasifier combustion loop includes a gasifier coupled to the gasifier feed, a steam input to provide oxygen for gasification and to facilitate sand-char separation, and an output for providing syngas. A burner provides POC to a mixing pot which provides hot sand with POC to a POC cyclone via a riser, where the POC cyclone separates sand and POC by weight and provides POC and sand for steam-carbon reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignees: Wormser Energy Solutions, Inc., Energy & Environmental Research Center Foundation
    Inventors: Douglas M. Todd, John Parkes, Scott G. Tolbert, Michael L. Swanson, Surya B. Reddy Karri, Teddy M. Knowlton
  • Publication number: 20210155860
    Abstract: An ASG system for polygeneration with CC includes a devolatilizer that pyrolyzes solid fuel to produce char and gases. A burner adds exothermic heat by high-pressure sub-stoichiometric combustion, a mixing pot causes turbulent flow of the gases to heat received solid fuel, and a riser micronizes resulting friable char. A devolatilizer cyclone separates the micronized char by weight providing micronized char, steam and gases to a gasifier feed and oversized char to the mixing pot. An indirect fluid bed gasifier combustion loop includes a gasifier coupled to the gasifier feed, a steam input to provide oxygen for gasification and to facilitate sand-char separation, and an output for providing syngas. A burner provides POC to a mixing pot which provides hot sand with POC to a POC cyclone via a riser, where the POC cyclone separates sand and POC by weight and provides POC and sand for steam-carbon reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicants: Wormser Energy Solutions, Inc., Energy & Environmental Research Center Foundation
    Inventors: Douglas M. Todd, John Parkes, Scott G. Tolbert, Michael L. Swanson, Surya B. Reddy Karri, Teddy M. Knowlton