Patents by Inventor Steve Sherwood

Steve Sherwood 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).

  • Patent number: 9481616
    Abstract: Methods for converting a carbon-containing feedstock into a fluid transportation fuel are described. The methods may include converting the carbon-containing feedstock into a producer gas comprising H2, CO, CO2, and N2, and reacting the producer gas with a substrate catalyst to produce a combination of Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) products, the F-T products including the fluid transportation fuel. A portion of the F-T products may be catalytically cracked to produce additional amounts of the fluid transportation fuel. A portion of the F-T products may also be hydrogenated to produce additional amounts of the fluid transportation fuel. Apparatuses are also described for converting a carbon-containing feedstock into a fluid transportation fuel. The apparatuses may include a producer gas reactor, a Fischer-Tropsch reactor, a cracking reactor, and a hydrogenation reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: COMMUNITY POWER CORPORATION
    Inventors: James P. Diebold, Steve Sherwood, Arthur W. Lilley, Robb R. Walt
  • Publication number: 20160096998
    Abstract: Disclosed in the application include systems and processes for producing a liquid transportation fuel product using a carbon-containing feedstock. Also disclosed include catalysts that can be used in the systems and the processes, and processes of making the catalysts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventor: Steve Sherwood
  • Publication number: 20150217266
    Abstract: Disclosed in the application include systems and processes for producing a liquid transportation fuel product using a carbon-containing feedstock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventor: Steve Sherwood
  • Publication number: 20140161690
    Abstract: Methods for converting a carbon-containing feedstock into a fluid transportation fuel are described. The methods may include converting the carbon-containing feedstock into a producer gas comprising H2, CO, CO2, and N2, and reacting the producer gas with a substrate catalyst to produce a combination of Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) products, the F-T products including the fluid transportation fuel. A portion of the F-T products may be catalytically cracked to produce additional amounts of the fluid transportation fuel. A portion of the F-T products may also be hydrogenated to produce additional amounts of the fluid transportation fuel. Apparatuses are also described for converting a carbon-containing feedstock into a fluid transportation fuel. The apparatuses may include a producer gas reactor, a Fischer-Tropsch reactor, a cracking reactor, and a hydrogenation reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: AFOGNAK NATIVE CORPORATION
    Inventors: James P. Diebold, Steve Sherwood, Arthur W. Lilley, Robb R. Walt
  • Patent number: 8624069
    Abstract: Methods for converting a carbon-containing feedstock into a fluid transportation fuel are described. The methods may include converting the carbon-containing feedstock into a producer gas comprising H2, CO, CO2, and N2, and reacting the producer gas with a substrate catalyst to produce a combination of Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) products, the F-T products including the fluid transportation fuel. A portion of the F-T products may be catalytically cracked to produce additional amounts of the fluid transportation fuel. A portion of the F-T products may also be hydrogenated to produce additional amounts of the fluid transportation fuel. Apparatuses are also described or converting a carbon-containing feedstock into a fluid transportation fuel. The apparatuses may include a producer gas reactor, a Fischer-Tropsch reactor, a cracking reactor, and a hydrogenation reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Afognak Native Corporation
    Inventors: James P. Diebold, Steve Sherwood, Arthur W. Lilley, Robb R. Walt
  • Publication number: 20100036181
    Abstract: Methods for converting a carbon-containing feedstock into a fluid transportation fuel are described. The methods may include converting the carbon-containing feedstock into a producer gas comprising H2, CO, CO2, and N2, and reacting the producer gas with a substrate catalyst to produce a combination of Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) products, the F-T products including the fluid transportation fuel. A portion of the F-T products may be catalytically cracked to produce additional amounts of the fluid transportation fuel. A portion of the F-T products may also be hydrogenated to produce additional amounts of the fluid transportation fuel. Apparatuses are also described or converting a carbon-containing feedstock into a fluid transportation fuel. The apparatuses may include a producer gas reactor, a Fischer-Tropsch reactor, a cracking reactor, and a hydrogenation reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: Community Power Corporation
    Inventors: James P. Diebold, Steve Sherwood, Arthur W. Lilley, Robb R. Walt
  • Patent number: 7433858
    Abstract: A rules-based system makes use of a specification that is similar to those used in earlier systems, such as in OPS5, but does not require the computational complexity of implementations such as Rete. In some such implementations, matching of the applicable rules given a set of facts is simplified by providing preallocated storage locations for the Boolean values of the condition elements for each rule. The Boolean values are set by direct processing of each of the facts. These preallocated storage locations are arranged to allow efficient evaluation of the overall condition of each of the rules in a manner that is significantly more efficient than implementations of earlier rule-based systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Trigent Software Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Patrick Rehberg, Steve Sherwood Porter