Patents by Inventor Steve Gerdemann

Steve Gerdemann 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).

  • Integrated capture of fossil fuel gas pollutants including COwith energy recovery
    Patent number: 8038773
    Abstract: A method of reducing pollutants exhausted into the atmosphere from the combustion of fossil fuels. The disclosed process removes nitrogen from air for combustion, separates the solid combustion products from the gases and vapors and can capture the entire vapor/gas stream for sequestration leaving near-zero emissions. The invention produces up to three captured material streams. The first stream is contaminant-laden water containing SOx, residual NOx particulates and particulate-bound Hg and other trace contaminants. The second stream can be a low-volume flue gas stream containing N2 and O2 if CO2 purification is needed. The final product stream is a mixture comprising predominantly CO2 with smaller amounts of H2O, Ar, N2, O2, SOX, NOX, Hg, and other trace gases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Jupiter Oxygen Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas L. Ochs, Cathy A. Summers, Steve Gerdemann, Danylo B. Oryshchyn, Paul Turner, Brian R. Patrick
  • INTEGRATED CAPTURE OF FOSSIL FUEL GAS POLLUTANTS INCLUDING CO2 WITH ENERGY RECOVERY
    Publication number: 20080016868
    Abstract: A method of reducing pollutants exhausted into the atmosphere from the combustion of fossil fuels. The disclosed process removes nitrogen from air for combustion, separates the solid combustion products from the gases and vapors and can capture the entire vapor/gas stream for sequestration leaving near-zero emissions. The invention produces up to three captured material streams. The first stream is contaminant-laden water containing SOx, residual NOx particulates and particulate-bound Hg and other trace contaminants. The second stream can be a low-volume flue gas stream containing N2 and O2 if CO2 purification is needed. The final product stream is a mixture comprising predominantly CO2 with smaller amounts of H2O, Ar, N2, O2, SOX, NOX, Hg, and other trace gases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Inventors: Thomas Ochs, Cathy Summers, Steve Gerdemann, Danylo Oryschyn, Paul Turner, Brian Patrick