Patents by Inventor Zbigniew M. Senk

Zbigniew M. Senk 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).

  • Boundary layer carbonation of trona
    Patent number: 9056780
    Abstract: A boundary layer carbonation process for producing sodium bicarbonate crystals having specific surface area in the range 0.4 m2/g to 2.5 m2/g from Trona, wherein in one embodiment the process comprises the steps of: providing Trona particles having a particle size range of ?4+120 mesh; pre-wetting the Trona particles with water to provide a plurality of pre-wetted Trona particles each having a liquid water solution boundary layer deposited thereon; and carbonating the pre-wetted Trona particles across the water boundary layer to provide a product comprising sodium bicarbonate crystals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: CHURCH & DWIGHT CO., INC.
    Inventors: Dragomir M. Bracilovic, Andrew D. Kurtz, Joseph A. Paluzzi, Zbigniew M. Senk
  • BOUNDARY LAYER CARBONATION OF TRONA
    Publication number: 20140322111
    Abstract: A boundary layer carbonation process for producing sodium bicarbonate crystals having specific surface area in the range 0.4 m2/g to 2.5 m2/g from Trona, wherein in one embodiment the process comprises the steps of: providing Trona particles having a particle size range of ?4+120 mesh; pre-wetting the Trona particles with water to provide a plurality of pre-wetted Trona particles each having a liquid water solution boundary layer deposited thereon; and carbonating the pre-wetted Trona particles across the water boundary layer to provide a product comprising sodium bicarbonate crystals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: CHURCH & DWIGHT CO., INC.
    Inventors: Dragomir M. Bracilovic, Andrew D. Kurtz, Joseph A. Paluzzi, Zbigniew M. Senk
  • Boundary layer carbonation of Trona
    Patent number: 8409533
    Abstract: A boundary layer carbonation process for producing sodium bicarbonate crystals having specific surface area in the range 0.4 m2/g to 2.5 m2/g from Trona, wherein in one embodiment the process comprises the steps of: providing Trona particles having a particle size range of ?4+120 mesh; pre-wetting the Trona particles with water to provide a plurality of pre-wetted Trona particles each having a liquid water solution boundary layer deposited thereon; and carbonating the pre-wetted Trona particles across the water boundary layer to provide a product comprising sodium bicarbonate crystals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Dragomir M. Bracilovic, Andrew D. Kurtz, Joseph Paluzzi, Zbigniew M. Senk