Patents by Inventor Stig Ovar Keller

Stig Ovar Keller 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).

  • Publication number: 20200306662
    Abstract: Method for cleaning a material contaminated with an organic pollutant by heat treatment, where energy for heating the material is provided by direct heat treatment of the material in a hammermill. An organic polar additive with a boiling temperature above 100° C. is added to and mixed with the material prior to the direct heat treatment. A use of the organic polar additive is described as well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: Norwegian Technology AS
    Inventor: Stig Ovar Keller
  • Patent number: 10722811
    Abstract: A method is for thermal separation of a non-polar organic compound from a material by steam distillation, where microwave radiation provides energy to the material, and where a susceptor comprising an organic substance with an electric dipole characteristic is added to and mixed with the material prior to the steam distillation, and the susceptor contributes with vapor to the steam distillation. Use of the susceptor in a steam distillation process is described as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Norwegian Technology AS
    Inventor: Stig Ovar Keller
  • Publication number: 20180304170
    Abstract: A method is for thermal separation of a non-polar organic compound from a material by steam distillation, where microwave radiation provides energy to the material, and where a susceptor comprising an organic substance with an electric dipole characteristic is added to and mixed with the material prior to the steam distillation, and the susceptor contributes with vapor to the steam distillation. Use of the susceptor in a steam distillation process is described as well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: Norwegian Technology AS
    Inventor: Stig Ovar Keller
  • Patent number: 6916431
    Abstract: The invention concerns, among other things, a precipitating chemical for separating preferably hydrocarbons from water, but also for separating other dissolved and/or suspended organic and/or inorganic substances and particles in an associated liquid, including mineral and/or rock particles, heavy metals, salts, phosphorous compounds, alcohols, lipids, aromatics and cellulose. The precipitating chemical is composed of bentonite, preferably sodium montmorillonite; of polymer, preferably of the polyacrylamide type; of sodium polyphosphate and/or lignite; and of water. The chemical is added to and mixed with waste liquid, after which chemical precipitation is activated through the addition of acid or base until the pH-value of the liquid mixture is 4.0 or less, or the pH-value being 8.0 or more. The liquid mixture then rests until the contaminant(s) flakes and separates from the liquid phase of the mixture and is then deposited or floated from the liquid mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Nature Technology Solution AS
    Inventor: Stig Ovar Keller
  • Publication number: 20040026331
    Abstract: The invention concerns, among other things, a precipitating chemical for separating preferably hydrocarbons from water, but also for separating other dissolved and/or suspended organic and/or inorganic substances and particles in an associated liquid, including mineral and/or rock particles, heavy metals, salts, phosphorous compounds, alcohols, lipids, aromatics and cellulose. The precipitating chemical is composed of bentonite, preferably sodium montmorillonite; of polymer, preferably of the polyacrylamide type; of sodium polyphosphate and/or lignite; and of water. The chemical is added to and mixed with waste liquid, after which chemical precipitation is activated through the addition of acid or base until the pH-value of the liquid mixture is 4.0 or less, or the pH-value being 8.0 or more. The liquid mixture then rests until the contaminant(s) flakes and separates from the liquid phase of the mixture and is then deposited or floated from the liquid mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2002
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventor: Stig Ovar Keller
  • Publication number: 20030047515
    Abstract: The invention concerns, among other things, a precipitating chemical for separating preferably hydrocarbons from water, but also for separating other dissolved and/or suspended organic and/or inorganic substances and particles in an associated liquid, including mineral and/or rock particles, heavy metals, salts, phosphorous compounds, alcohols, lipids, aromatics and cellulose. The precipitating chemical is composed of bentonite, preferably sodium montmorillonite; of polymer, preferably of the polyacrylamide type; of sodium polyphosphate and/or lignite; and of water. The chemical is added to and mixed with waste liquid, after which chemical precipitation is activated through the addition of acid or base until the pH-value of the liquid mixture is 4.0 or less, or the pH-value being 8.0 or more. The liquid mixture then rests until the contaminant(s) flakes and separates from the liquid phase of the mixture and is then deposited or floated from the liquid mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2002
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Inventor: Stig Ovar Keller