Patents by Inventor Vincent Nasri

Vincent Nasri 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).

  • Methods and systems for producing ethanol based warm foam mix asphalt
    Patent number: 10011722
    Abstract: Methods and systems for producing warm foam mix asphalt are disclosed. In some embodiments, the methods include the following: injecting an ethanol additive into asphalt binder having a temperature below the auto ignition point of ethanol to form a foamed asphalt stream; adding the foamed asphalt stream to a mixing zone; adding at least one of aggregate and reclaimed asphalt pavement to the mixing zone; adding a foaming agent to the mixing chamber; heating at least one of the mixing zone and the at least one of aggregate and reclaimed asphalt pavement; mixing the foamed asphalt stream and the at least one of aggregate and reclaimed asphalt pavement to form a warm foam mix asphalt; collecting emissions from the mixing zone, the emissions including ethanol vapors; and recycling the emissions to the mixing zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Huiming Yin, Po-Hua Lee, Vincent Nasri, Luis Arias
  • Methods and Systems for Producing Ethanol Based Warm Foam Mix Asphalt
    Publication number: 20160152830
    Abstract: Methods and systems for producing warm foam mix asphalt are disclosed. In some embodiments, the methods include the following: injecting an ethanol additive into asphalt binder having a temperature below the auto ignition point of ethanol to form a foamed asphalt stream; adding the foamed asphalt stream to a mixing zone; adding at least one of aggregate and reclaimed asphalt pavement to the mixing zone; adding a foaming agent to the mixing chamber; heating at least one of the mixing zone and the at least one of aggregate and reclaimed asphalt pavement; mixing the foamed asphalt stream and the at least one of aggregate and reclaimed asphalt pavement to form a warm foam mix asphalt; collecting emissions from the mixing zone, the emissions including ethanol vapors; and recycling the emissions to the mixing zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: TheTrustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Huiming Yin, Po-Hua Lee, Vincent Nasri