Patents by Inventor Timothy Roberge

Timothy Roberge 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).

  • Systems and methods for producing liquid fuels from landfill gases
    Patent number: 10144878
    Abstract: In some embodiments, method for producing liquid fuel from landfill gas, the method including providing landfill gas to a tri-reformer, performing a tri-reforming process on the landfill gas within the tri-reformer to convert the landfill gas into synthesis gas, wherein the tri-reforming process combines carbon dioxide reforming, steam reforming, water-gas shifting, and methane oxidation and wherein the synthesis gas has a H2:CO ratio of approximately 2:1, providing the synthesis gas to a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS) reformer, and converting the synthesis gas into liquid fuel within the FTS reformer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: University of South Florida
    Inventors: John N. Kuhn, Babu Joseph, Devin Walker, Syed Ali Gardezi, Timothy Roberge
  • Systems and methods for producing liquid fuels from landfill gases
    Patent number: 10005963
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a system for producing liquid fuel from landfill gas includes a tri-reformer that receives landfill gas and produces synthesis gas having a H2:CO ratio of approximately 2:1, and a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS) reformer that receives the synthesis gas from the tri-reformer and produces liquid fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: University of South Florida
    Inventors: John N. Kuhn, Babu Joseph, Devin Walker, Syed Ali Gardezi, Timothy Roberge
  • Systems And Methods For Producing Liquid Fuels From Landfill Gases
    Publication number: 20170283344
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a system for producing liquid fuel from landfill gas includes a tri-reformer that receives landfill gas and produces synthesis gas having a H2:CO ratio of approximately 2:1, and a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS) reformer that receives the synthesis gas from the tri-reformer and produces liquid fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: University of South Florida (A Florida Non-Profit Corporation)
    Inventors: John N. Kuhn, Babu Joseph, Devin Walker, Syed Ali Gardezi, Timothy Roberge