Patents by Inventor Vincent A. White

Vincent A. White 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: 12172086
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed pertaining to determining a level of proficiency of a user at a computer simulation through the use of a plurality of skill assessment tests. Each skill assessment test can test a respective skill for use in the computer simulation. The techniques can also be used to train a user for the computer simulation and/or to determine team composition using roles for use in the computer simulation. In some aspects, skill assessment tests may incorporate multiple iterations in including a first base line iteration and subsequent iterations that differ between user devices. In some embodiments, metrics that are indicative of a level of proficiency of the user can be made with respect to metrics of other users to determine a user's level of skill with respect to various groups of other users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Christophe Constantin, Alain Milliet, Laleh Makarem, Vincent Tucker, Niall White
  • Publication number: 20240400383
    Abstract: The invention concerns a process and apparatus for cracking ammonia in which heated ammonia at super-atmospheric pressure is partially cracked over a first catalyst in a reaction zone of an electrically heated reactor to produce partially cracked ammonia gas which is then cracked in reactor tubes containing a second catalyst in a fired reactor to produce cracked gas comprising hydrogen gas, nitrogen gas and residual ammonia. The cracked gas is cooled and hydrogen is recovered from the cooled cracked gas in a hydrogen recovery unit. Offgas from the hydrogen recovery unit, or a cracked offgas derived therefrom, provides at least some, preferably all, of the fuel requirement in the fired reactor. Varying the power input to the first part of the cracking reaction enables direct control of the heat flux profile and hence accommodate any excess or shortfall in the heat input from the fired reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent White, Andrew Shaw, Fabrice Amy
  • Publication number: 20240400382
    Abstract: The invention concerns a process and apparatus for cracking ammonia in which heated ammonia at super-atmospheric pressure is partially cracked in reactor tubes containing a first catalyst in a fired reactor to produce partially cracked ammonia gas which is then cracked over a second catalyst in a reaction zone of an electrically heated reactor to produce cracked gas comprising hydrogen gas, nitrogen gas and residual ammonia. The cracked gas is cooled and hydrogen is recovered from the cooled cracked gas in a hydrogen recovery unit. Offgas from the hydrogen recovery unit, or a cracked offgas derived therefrom, provides at least some, preferably all, of the fuel requirement in the fired reactor. Varying the power input to the second part of the cracking reaction enables direct control of the heat flux profile and hence optimization of the conversion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent White, Andrew Shaw, Fabrice Amy
  • Patent number: 12103175
    Abstract: Described is a robotic apparatus (10) for investigating a confined area comprising: an articulated robot (20) for insertion into a confined area, the robotic apparatus further comprising a robot control system (30) for controlling the articulated robot. Further, the robot control system comprises a control unit (50), a robot driving means, a seal (70) for isolating the confined area from the external environment and at least one transmission member (80), wherein the control unit is configured to send control signals to the robot driving means, and the at least one transmission member extends from the robot driving means to connect to the articulated robot, the at least one transmission member extending through the seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Process Vision Ltd.
    Inventors: Harry Thorpe, James Watson, Gisle-Andre Larsen, Vincent Strong, Simon White, Paul Stockwell
  • Publication number: 20240294376
    Abstract: Ammonia cracking process in which cracked gas is purified in a PSA system are improved by converting residual ammonia in the first cracked gas into further hydrogen and nitrogen by feeding PSA tail gas, or a gas derived therefrom, to a secondary cracking reactor and further processing the second cracked gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Shaw, Vincent White, Simon Craig Saloway
  • Publication number: 20240279053
    Abstract: NOx impurities in a flue gas generated in an ammonia cracking process may be removed from the flue gas by selective catalytic reduction (SCR) using an aqueous ammonia solution produced by cooling compressed tail gas from a hydrogen PSA device purifying the cracked gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent White, Simon Craig Saloway, JR.
  • Publication number: 20240270569
    Abstract: Recovery of a renewable hydrogen product from an ammonia cracking process, in which the cracked gas is purified in a first PSA device and at least a portion of the first PSA tail gas is recycled as fuel to reduce the carbon intensity of the renewable hydrogen product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent White, Edward Landis Weist, JR., Andrew Shaw, Simon Craig Saloway
  • Publication number: 20240253982
    Abstract: Reduction of the water content of ammonia used in an ammonia cracking process allows the use of water intolerant cracking catalysts. The water removal process can also be used to recover and recycle ammonia from the cracked gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent White, Andrew Shaw, Simon Craig Saloway
  • Publication number: 20240166502
    Abstract: The invention concerns a process and apparatus for cracking ammonia in which heated ammonia gas at super-atmospheric pressure is partially cracked catalytically in an adiabatic reaction unit to produce partially cracked ammonia gas which is heated and fed to catalyst-containing reactor tubes in a furnace to cause cracking of further ammonia and produce a cracked gas comprising hydrogen gas, nitrogen gas and residual ammonia gas. At least some, preferably all, of the duty required to heat the partially cracked ammonia gas is provided by heat exchange with the cracked gas, enabling more efficient heat integration within the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent White, Andrew Shaw, Simon Craig Saloway
  • Publication number: 20240166505
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a process for cracking ammonia comprising providing an ammonia-containing feed gas at a temperature of over 600° C. and a pressure in a range from about 5 bar to about 50 bar; combusting a fuel with an oxidant gas in a furnace to heat reactor tubes to achieve a maximum inner wall temperature of over 700° C. and produce a flue gas, each reactor tube comprising a catalyst bed comprising a first row transition metal-based catalyst; and feeding the ammonia-containing feed gas to the reactor tubes to produce a cracked gas at a temperature of over 600° C. on exit from the reactor tubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent White, Andrew Shaw, Simon Craig Saloway, Micah S. Kiffer, Yingying Wei
  • Publication number: 20240166506
    Abstract: Processes for cracking ammonia are improved by using heat generated in a compression unit that is used to compress PSA off gas being recycled to a PSA unit to pre-heat liquid ammonia prior to vaporization and cracking. The heat is transferred using a heat transfer fluid such as an aqueous solution comprising from about 50 wt. % to about 60 wt. % of a glycol, e.g., ethylene glycol or propylene glycol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent White, Simon Craig Saloway
  • Publication number: 20240166503
    Abstract: The invention concerns a process and apparatus for cracking ammonia in which heated ammonia gas at super-atmospheric pressure is partially cracked in at least two adiabatic reactors in series with interstage heating in which the feed temperature to a first reactor is higher than the feed temperature to a further reactor to produce a partially cracked ammonia gas which is then fed to catalyst-containing reactor tubes in a furnace to produce a cracked gas comprising hydrogen gas, nitrogen gas and residual ammonia gas. The use of the adiabatic reactors enables more efficient heat integration within the process and the higher temperature in the first reactor enables the use of a nickel-based catalyst in that reactor as an alternative solution to the potential problem of the presence of oil in the ammonia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent White, Andrew Shaw, Simon Craig Saloway
  • Patent number: 11926906
    Abstract: A process for producing compressed hydrogen gas, said process comprising electrolysing water to produce hydrogen gas and compressing said hydrogen gas in a multistage compression system to produce compressed hydrogen gas. The multistage compression system comprises at least one centrifugal compression stage, and the hydrogen gas is fed to the centrifugal compression stage at a pre-determined feed temperature and pressure and having a pre-determined relative humidity. The process further comprises adding water and heat to the hydrogen gas upstream of the centrifugal compression stage, as required, to humidify the hydrogen gas to the pre-determined relative humidity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph Gerard Wehrman, Paul Higginbotham, Vincent White
  • Patent number: 11773873
    Abstract: A process for producing compressed hydrogen gas including: electrolysing water to produce hydrogen gas, and compressing the hydrogen gas in a multistage compression system including: a centrifugal compression stage and a recycle system for recycling a portion of the hydrogen gas from a product end to a feed end of the centrifugal compression stage; wherein hydrogen gas feed is fed to the feed end at a pre-determined feed temperature and pressure and mole fraction of water; wherein a portion of the hydrogen gas is removed from the product end, reduced in pressure in the recycle system to the pre-determined feed pressure and is then recycled to form at least part of the hydrogen gas feed to the centrifugal compression stage; and further including cooling hydrogen gas comprising the reduced pressure hydrogen gas such that the water mole fraction in the hydrogen gas feed is at the pre-determined water mole fraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph Gerard Wehrman, Paul Higginbotham, Vincent White
  • Publication number: 20230242395
    Abstract: Recovery of hydrogen from an ammonia cracking process in which the cracked gas is purified in a PSA device is improved by using a membrane separator on the PSA tail gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Shaw, Vincent White, Edward Landis Weist, Jr., Paul Higginbotham, Donald E Henry
  • Patent number: 11453950
    Abstract: A method for supplying hydrogen gas for consumption in at least one downstream process, the method comprising: electrolysing water to provide hydrogen gas; compressing the hydrogen gas in a multistage compression system to provide compressed hydrogen gas; and feeding at least a portion of the compressed hydrogen gas to the downstream process(es); wherein the multistage compression system comprises at least one centrifugal compression stage; wherein the hydrogen gas is dosed with nitrogen gas upstream of the centrifugal compression stage(s); and wherein the nitrogen gas is present in the compressed hydrogen gas when fed to the downstream process(es).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Gerard Wehrman, Paul Higginbotham, Vincent White
  • Publication number: 20220290691
    Abstract: A process for producing compressed hydrogen gas including: electrolysing water to produce hydrogen gas, and compressing the hydrogen gas in a multistage compression system including: a centrifugal compression stage and a recycle system for recycling a portion of the hydrogen gas from a product end to a feed end of the centrifugal compression stage; wherein hydrogen gas feed is fed to the feed end at a pre-determined feed temperature and pressure and mole fraction of water; wherein a portion of the hydrogen gas is removed from the product end, reduced in pressure in the recycle system to the pre-determined feed pressure and is then recycled to form at least part of the hydrogen gas feed to the centrifugal compression stage; and further including cooling hydrogen gas comprising the reduced pressure hydrogen gas such that the water mole fraction in the hydrogen gas feed is at the pre-determined water mole fraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Gerard Wehrman, Paul Higginbotham, Vincent White
  • Publication number: 20220290310
    Abstract: A method for supplying hydrogen gas for consumption in at least one downstream process, the method comprising: electrolysing water to provide hydrogen gas; compressing the hydrogen gas in a multistage compression system to provide compressed hydrogen gas; and feeding at least a portion of the compressed hydrogen gas to the downstream process(es); wherein the multistage compression system comprises at least one centrifugal compression stage; wherein the hydrogen gas is dosed with nitrogen gas upstream of the centrifugal compression stage(s); and wherein the nitrogen gas is present in the compressed hydrogen gas when fed to the downstream process(es).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Gerard Wehrman, Paul Higginbotham, Vincent White
  • Publication number: 20220290309
    Abstract: A process for producing compressed hydrogen gas, said process comprising electrolysing water to produce hydrogen gas and compressing said hydrogen gas in a multistage compression system to produce compressed hydrogen gas. The multistage compression system comprises at least one centrifugal compression stage, and the hydrogen gas is fed to the centrifugal compression stage at a pre-determined feed temperature and pressure and having a pre-determined relative humidity. The process further comprises adding water and heat to the hydrogen gas upstream of the centrifugal compression stage, as required, to humidify the hydrogen gas to the pre-determined relative humidity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Gerard Wehrman, Paul Higginbotham, Vincent White
  • Patent number: D1037871
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Juul Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajeev Bhalla, Jason Curtis, Peter C. De Alva, Pyiphyo Lwin, James Monsees, Kevin J. Myers, Vincent C. Phua, Jambunathan Vangal Ramamurthy, Alexandra N. Siano, Srinivasan Sundararajan, Bryan White, Thomas J. White