Patents by Inventor Silvia Mancini

Silvia Mancini 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).

  • Method for mitigating acid rock drainage potential through the smoldering combustion of organic materials
    Patent number: 11666956
    Abstract: Methods are provided for the removal of sulfur and other ARD/AMD-generating materials through the smoldering combustion of an organic material. The methods comprise admixing an ARD/AMD-generating porous matrix material with an organic material to produce a mixture, exposing the mixture to an oxidant, and initiating a self-sustaining smoldering combustion of the mixture. Additional embodiments aggregate the organic material or ARD/AMD-generating porous matrix material or mixture thereof in an impoundment such as a reaction vessel, depression or matrix pile. Further embodiments utilize at least one heater to initiate combustion and at least one air supply port to supply oxidant to initiate and maintain combustion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Geosyntec Consultants, Inc.
    Inventors: Gavin Grant, David Major, Grant Scholes, Silvia Mancini, Christine Switzer
  • Method for Mitigating Acid Rock Drainage Potential through the Smoldering Combustion of Organic Materials
    Publication number: 20200331043
    Abstract: Methods are provided for the removal of sulfur and other ARD/AMD-generating materials through the smoldering combustion of an organic material. The methods comprise admixing an ARD/AMD-generating porous matrix material with an organic material to produce a mixture, exposing the mixture to an oxidant, and initiating a self-sustaining smoldering combustion of the mixture. Additional embodiments aggregate the organic material or ARD/AMD-generating porous matrix material or mixture thereof in an impoundment such as a reaction vessel, depression or matrix pile. Further embodiments utilize at least one heater to initiate combustion and at least one air supply port to supply oxidant to initiate and maintain combustion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Gavin Grant, David Major, Grant Scholes, Silvia Mancini, Christine Switzer