Patents by Inventor William L. Cannan

William L. Cannan 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).

  • Disposal of slurries of municipal waste in deep geothermal reservoirs
    Patent number: 5484231
    Abstract: A process for obtaining decomposition products from a slurry of municipal waste by use of a geothermal reservoir. The process comprises placing the slurry of municipal waste into a geothermal reservoir; sealing the opening of the geothermal reservoir; and retorting the municipal waste slurry in the geothermal reservoir for a time sufficient to liberate methane, ammonia, urea, nitrites, nitrates, and phosphates from said slurry. Thereafter, the liberated products are removed from the geothermal reservoir and separated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1996
    Assignee: Mobil Oil Corporation
    Inventors: William L. Cannan, Alfred R. Jennings, Jr.