Patents by Inventor Sherwin Gormly

Sherwin Gormly 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).

  • BICARBONATE CONVERSION ASSISTED RO TREATMENT SYSTEM FOR NATURAL GAS FLOWBACK WATER
    Publication number: 20140091040
    Abstract: Bicarbonate conversion assisted reverse-osmosis (RO) treatment systems for treatment of contaminated water, particularly natural gas flowback water. The systems and processes provide for simultaneous conversion of the primary salt in gas production flowback waters from sodium bicarbonate to sodium sulfate, and flotation removal of organic contaminants, for the enhanced water recovery by RO of these waters. In the systems and processes, RO processes are enhanced by lowering the osmotic potential of the water being processed, by converting the bicarbonate ions to sulfate ions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: HYDRATION SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: John R. Herron, Edward Beaudry, Keith Lampi, Sherwin Gormly
  • Dewatering Systems and Methods for Biomass Concentration
    Publication number: 20130341272
    Abstract: Ultra-low energy membrane-based dewatering systems and methods are provided herein. Dewatering systems of the invention employ both micro-filtration and forward osmosis, and optionally employ settling, to concentrate biomass at a low concentration, such as about 0.5 g/L, to a concentration of about 50 g/L or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: Algae Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Sherwin Gormly, Matthew Atwood, Andrew Septimus, John Perry Barlow