Patents by Inventor Scott Sluder

Scott Sluder 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: 20230125924
    Abstract: A method of capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) present in air is provided. The method includes adding a carbon-dioxide-capturing device to a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system of a building. The carbon-dioxide-capturing device is added to one or both of an air handler and air-distribution ductwork of the HVAC system. The method further includes circulating air including carbon dioxide through the carbon-dioxide-capturing device in the HVAC system. A direct decarbonization system for capturing carbon dioxide present in air is also provided. The system includes an HVAC unit, air-distribution ductwork connected to the HVAC unit, and a carbon-dioxide-capturing device disposed in one or both of the HVAC unit and the air-distribution ductwork. Carbon dioxide gas present in air passing through the HVAC unit or the air-distribution ductwork is removable from the air by the carbon-dioxide-capturing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Kashif Nawaz, Brian A. Fricke, Xin Sun, Scott Sluder, Constantinos Tsouris, Michelle K. Kidder, Christopher J. Janke, Kai Li, Joshua A. Thompson
  • Patent number: 7257945
    Abstract: A method to use diesel fuel alchohol micro emulsions (E-diesel) to provide a source of reductant to lower NOx emissions using selective catalytic reduction. Ethanol is stripped from the micro emulsion and entered into the exhaust gasses upstream of the reducing catalyst. The method allows diesel (and other lean-burn) engines to meet new, lower emission standards without having to carry separate fuel and reductant tanks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: U T Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Delos Kass, Ronald Lee Graves, John Morse Elliot Storey, Samuel Arthur Lewis, Sr., Charles Scott Sluder, John Foster Thomas
  • Publication number: 20040154215
    Abstract: A method to use diesel fuel alchohol micro emulsions (E-diesel) to provide a source of reductant to lower NOx emissions using selective catalytic reduction. Ethanol is stripped from the micro emulsion and entered into the exhaust gasses upstream of the reducing catalyst. The method allows diesel (and other lean-burn) engines to meet new, lower emission standards without having to carry separate fuel and reductant tanks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2003
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Inventors: Michael Delos Kass, Ronald Lee Graves, John Morse Elliot Storey, Samuel Arthur Lewis, Charles Scott Sluder, John Foster Thomas