Patents by Inventor Sergio Rapagna

Sergio Rapagna 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).

  • Gasification apparatus and method for generating syngas from gasifiable feedstock material
    Patent number: 8562701
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gasification apparatus for generating syngas from gasifiable feedstock material, said apparatus comprising a vessel having a feedstock inlet, an inlet for a gaseous gasifying medium, an outlet for exhausted feedstock material and a syngas outlet; a gasifying reactor accommodated in said vessel and in fluid communication with said feedstock inlet, said outlet for exhausted feedstock material and said inlet for said gasifying medium of said vessel; and a filtering unit accommodated in said vessel and having an upstream side and a downstream side, said upstream side of said filtering unit being in fluid communication with said reactor and said downstream side thereof being in fluid communication with said syngas outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Pall Corporation
    Inventors: Steffen Heidenreich, Manfred Nacken, Pier Ugo Foscolo, Sergio Rapagna
  • GASIFICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING SYNGAS FROM GASIFIABLE FEEDSTOCK MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20100223848
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gasification apparatus for generating syngas from gasifiable feedstock material, said apparatus comprising a vessel having a feedstock inlet, an inlet for a gaseous gasifying medium, an outlet for exhausted feedstock material and a syngas outlet; a gasifying reactor accommodated in said vessel and in fluid communication with said feedstock inlet, said outlet for exhausted feedstock material and said inlet for said gasifying medium of said vesel; and a filtering unit accommodated in said vessel and having an upstream side and a downstream side, said upstream side of said filtering unit being in fluid communication with said reactor and said downstream side thereof being in fluid communication with said syngas outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: PALL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steffen Heidenreich, Manfred Nacken, Pier Ugo Foscolo, Sergio Rapagna