Patents by Inventor Thomas Richard Findlow

Thomas Richard Findlow 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 OF EXTENDING TAILINGS POND LIFE
    Publication number: 20180022623
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for extending the life of tailings ponds produced from purge streams containing inorganic salts such as sodium carbonate, which method comprises treating such purge stream with gaseous carbon dioxide. This treatment converts the sodium carbonate into sodium bicarbonate. As the pond evaporates, the sodium bicarbonate will take up only about 40 percent of the volume of the sodium carbonate decahydrate that is formed by the drying of sodium carbonate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: Tronox Alkali Wyoming Corporation
    Inventors: Gary Lee Mortensen, Thomas Richard Findlow
  • Method of Extending Tailings Pond Life
    Publication number: 20110220565
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for extending the life of tailings ponds produced from purge streams containing inorganic salts such as sodium carbonate, which method comprises treating such purge stream with gaseous carbon dioxide. This treatment converts the sodium carbonate into sodium bicarbonate. As the pond evaporates, the sodium bicarbonate will take up only about 40 percent of the volume of the sodium carbonate decahydrate that is formed by the drying of sodium carbonate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: FMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gary Lee Mortensen, Thomas Richard Findlow