Patents by Inventor Venkata Rama Krishna Sarma Susarla

Venkata Rama Krishna Sarma Susarla 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).

  • Process for the preparation of solar salt having high purity and whiteness
    Patent number: 8282690
    Abstract: The process of the invention deals with significant improvements in salt purity and whiteness brought about through treatment of brine with alum prior to charging into crystallizers for solar salt production. The improvements realized are partly on account of elimination of suspended impurities like gypsum and clayey matter in the brine, which may otherwise be carried along with the brine in the crystallizer and finally end up in the salt, and partly due to the improved crystal size and morphology that minimizes embedded impurities in the salt. Rain washing of the heaped salt has resulted in a salt with greatly reduced calcium and sulphate impurity levels hitherto not achieved in solar salt production. Alum treatment by the process of the invention requires no additional time or infrastructure and the cost of the treatment works out to <3 U.S. cents per ton of salt. The process can be implemented in any solar salt works.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
    Inventors: Indrajit Mukhopadhyay, Pushpito Kumar Ghosh, Puthoor Mohandas Vadakke, Abdulhamid Usmanbhai Hamidani, Venkata Rama Krishna Sarma Susarla, Rahul Jasvantrai Sanghavi
  • Cost-Effective Process for the Preparation of Solar Salt Having High Purity and Whiteness
    Publication number: 20100143220
    Abstract: The process of the invention deals with significant improvements in salt purity and whiteness brought about through treatment of brine with alum prior to charging into crystallizers for solar salt production. The improvements realized are partly on account of elimination of suspended impurities like gypsum and clayey matter in the brine, which may otherwise be carried along with the brine in the crystallizer and finally end up in the salt, and partly due to the improved crystal size and morphology that minimizes embedded impurities in the salt. Rain washing of the heaped salt has resulted in a salt with greatly reduced calcium and sulphate impurity levels hitherto not achieved in solar salt production. Alum treatment by the process of the invention requires no additional time or infrastructure and the cost of the treatment works out to <3 U.S. cents per ton of salt. The process can be implemented in any solar salt works.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2005
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Indrajit Mukhopadhyay, Pushpito Kumar Ghosh, Puthoor Mohandas Vadakke, Abdulhamid Usmanbhai Hamidani, Venkata Rama Krishna Sarma Susarla, Rahul Jasvantrai Sanghavi
  • Process for electrochemical oxidation of bromide to bromine
    Patent number: 6811679
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for electrochemical oxidation of bromide to bromine, more particularly to oxidation of bromide ions in brine, bittern and effluents using an indigenous cation exchange membrane flow cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Council of Scientific & Industrial Research
    Inventors: Gadde Ramachandraiah, Pushpito Kumar Ghosh, Venkata Rama Krishna Sarma Susarla, Sanjay S. Vaghela
  • PROCESS FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION OF BROMIDE TO BROMINE
    Publication number: 20040188271
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for electrochemical oxidation of bromide to bromine, more particularly to oxidation of bromide ions in brine, bittern and effluents using an indigenous cation exchange membrane flow cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicant: COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH
    Inventors: Gadde Ramachandraiah, Pushpito Kumar Ghosh, Venkata Rama Krishna Sarma Susarla, Sanjay S. Vaghela