Search Patents
  • MICROCHANNEL REACTORS AND FABRICATION PROCESSES
    Publication number: 20190030508
    Abstract: A method of loading material within a microchannel device, the method comprising: (a) loading particulates into a plurality of microchannels; and, (b) ultrasonically packing the particulates into the plurality of microchannels using a portable, compact ultrasonic densification unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: Velocys, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Luzenski, Jeffery D. SLANE, Thomas D. YUSCHAK, Paul W. NEAGLE, Michael MARCHIANDO
  • Process for making ethylene oxide using microchannel process technology
    Patent number: 8524927
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process comprising reacting ethylene and oxygen or a source of oxygen in a process microchannel in the presence of a catalyst to form a product comprising ethylene oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Velocys, Inc.
    Inventors: Terry Mazanec, Soumitra Desmukh, Laura J. Silva, Torsten Maurer, Radwan Abdallah, Frank Rosowski
  • In situ mixing in microchannels
    Patent number: 7470408
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods, systems and apparatus in which one fluid passes through an orifice or orifices and mixes with another fluid as it flows through a microchannel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Velocys
    Inventors: Anna Lee Tonkovich, Kai Jarosch, David J. Hesse, Sean P. Fitzgerald
  • Electroless plating in microchannels
    Publication number: 20080214884
    Abstract: Novel methods of electroless plating are described. Catalyst coatings can be applied within microchannel apparatus. Various reactions, including combustion and steam reforming, can be conducted over electroless catalyst coatings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: VELOCYS INC.
    Inventors: Francis P. Daly, Richard Long, Junko Ida, Rachid Taha, Terry Mazanec, Barry L. Yang
  • Microchannel reactors and fabrication processes
    Patent number: 9174387
    Abstract: A method of loading material within a microchannel device, the method comprising: (a) loading particulates into a plurality of microchannels; and, (b) ultrasonically packing the particulates into the plurality of microchannels using a portable, compact ultrasonic densification unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Velocys, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Luzenski, Jeffery Slane, Thomas Yuschak, Paul Neagle, Michael Marchiando
  • Microchannel reactors and fabrication processes
    Patent number: 10737234
    Abstract: A method of loading material within a microchannel device, the method comprising: (a) loading particulates into a plurality of microchannels; and, (b) ultrasonically packing the particulates into the plurality of microchannels using a portable, compact ultrasonic densification unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: VELOCYS, INC.
    Inventors: Robert J. Luzenski, Jeffery D. Slane, Thomas D. Yuschak, Paul W. Neagle, Michael Marchiando
  • PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR CONDUCTING SIMULTANEOUS ENDOTHERMIC AND EXOTHERMIC REACTIONS
    Publication number: 20140264175
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process and an apparatus for conducting simultaneous endothermic and exothermic reactions in a microchannel reactor. A start-up procedure for the microchannel reactor is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: VELOCYS, INC.
    Inventors: Steven T. Perry, Ravi Arora, Martyn Twigg, Bin Yang, Thomas Yuschak, Kai Tod Paul Jarosch, Eric Hans Drescher, Franck Letellier, Anders Gabrielsson
  • MICROCHANNEL APPARATUS COMPRISING STRUCTURED WALLS, CHEMICAL PROCESSES, METHODS OF MAKING FORMALDEHYDE
    Publication number: 20100267993
    Abstract: Methods for controlling series or series-parallel reactions are described. Novel microchannel apparatus having mesoporous structures adjacent to bulk flow paths are described. Methods of synthesizing formaldehyde from methanol are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: VELOCYS INC.
    Inventors: Soumitra Deshmukh, Anna Lee Tonkovich, Terry Mazanec, Bin Yang, Kai Jarosch, Richard Long
  • Process of removing heat
    Patent number: 9822049
    Abstract: The present invention provides an improved process for removing heat from an exothermic reaction. In particular, the present invention provides a process wherein heat can be removed from multiple reaction trains using a common coolant system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Velocys Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Ivan Phillip Greager, Steven Claude LeViness, Roger Allen Harris, Andre Peter Steynberg, Jasmeer Jaichland Ramlal, Dennis Parker, John Dolan
  • FISCHER-TROPSCH PROCESS
    Publication number: 20140045954
    Abstract: The disclosed invention relates to a process for conducting a Fischer-Tropsch reaction, comprising flowing a reactant mixture comprising fresh synthesis gas and tail gas in a microchannel reactor in contact with a catalyst to form at least one hydrocarbon product, the catalyst being derived from a catalyst precursor comprising cobalt and a surface modified catalyst support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: VELOCYS, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen Claude LeViness, Francis Daly, Laura Richard, Sreekala Rugmini
  • Process of removing heat
    Patent number: 10065911
    Abstract: The present invention provides an improved process for removing heat from an exothermic reaction. In particular, the present invention provides a process wherein heat can be removed from multiple reaction trains using a common coolant system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Velocys Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Ivan Phillip Greager, Steven Claude LeViness, Roger Allen Harris, Andre Peter Steynberg, Jasmeer Jaichland Ramlal, Dennis Parker, John Dolan
  • Welded, Laminated Apparatus, Methods of Making, and Methods of Using the Apparatus
    Publication number: 20190076948
    Abstract: The invention describes methods of welding onto laminated devices using a low temperature welding process. Also described are laminated devices with welds that do not disrupt a brazed core block of sheets in the laminated devices. Novel laminated devices with welded features for servicing the devices are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: Velocys, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Yuschak, Anna Lee Tonkovich
  • Microchannel reactors and fabrication processes
    Patent number: 10159954
    Abstract: A method of loading material within a microchannel device, the method comprising: (a) loading particulates into a plurality of microchannels; and, (b) ultrasonically packing the particulates into the plurality of microchannels using a portable, compact ultrasonic densification unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Velocys, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Luzenski, Jeffery D. Slane, Thomas D. Yuschak, Paul W. Neagle, Michael Marchiando
  • Process and apparatus for conducting simultaneous endothermic and exothermic reactions
    Patent number: 9676623
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process and an apparatus for conducting simultaneous endothermic and exothermic reactions in a microchannel reactor. A start-up procedure for the microchannel reactor is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Velocys, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven T. Perry, Ravi Arora, Martyn Twigg, Bin Yang, Thomas Yuschak, Kai Tod Paul Jarosch, Eric Hans Drescher, Franck Letellier, Anders Gabrielsson
  • Microchannel apparatus comprising structured walls, chemical processes, methods of making formaldehyde
    Patent number: 9278330
    Abstract: Methods for controlling series or series-parallel reactions are described. Novel microchannel apparatus having mesoporous structures adjacent to bulk flow paths are described. Methods of synthesizing formaldehyde from methanol are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Velocys, Inc.
    Inventors: Soumitra Deshmukh, Anna Lee Tonkovich, Terry Mazanec, Bin Yang, Kai Jarosch, Richard Long
  • Process of removing heat
    Patent number: 10851035
    Abstract: The present invention provides an improved process for removing heat from an exothermic reaction. In particular, the present invention provides a process wherein heat can be removed from multiple reaction trains using a common coolant system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Velocys, Inc.
    Inventors: Ivan Phillip Greager, Steven Claude LeViness, Roger Allen Harris, Andre Peter Steynberg, Jasmeer Jaichland Ramlal, Dennis Parker, John Dolan
  • Microchannel apparatus comprising structured walls, chemical processes, methods of making formaldehyde
    Patent number: 7745667
    Abstract: Methods for controlling series or series-parallel reactions are described. Novel microchannel apparatus having mesoporous structures adjacent to bulk flow paths are described. Methods of synthesizing formaldehyde from methanol are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Velocys
    Inventors: Soumitra Deshmukh, Anna Lee Tonkovich, Terry Manzanec, Bin Yang, Kai Jarosch, Richard Long, Francis P. Daly
  • Process of removing heat
    Patent number: 11247953
    Abstract: The present invention provides an improved process for removing heat from an exothermic reaction. In particular, the present invention provides a process wherein heat can be removed from multiple reaction trains using a common coolant system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Velocys Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Ivan Phillip Greager, Stephen Claude LeViness, Roger Allen Harris, Andre Peter Steynberg, Jasmeer Jaichland Ramlal, Dennis Parker, John Dolan
  • Partial boiling in mini and micro-channels
    Patent number: 9500414
    Abstract: The invention provides methods, apparatus and systems in which there is partial boiling of a liquid in a mini-channel or microchannel. The partial boiling removes heat from an exothermic process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: VELOCYS INC.
    Inventors: Anna Lee Tonkovich, David J. Hesse, Sean P. Fitzgerald, Bin Yang, Ravi Arora, Laura J. Silva, G. Bradley Chadwell, Kai Jarosch, Dongming Qiu
  • Welded, laminated apparatus, methods of making, and methods of using the apparatus
    Patent number: 10232455
    Abstract: The invention describes methods of welding onto laminated devices using a low temperature welding process. Also described are laminated devices with welds that do not disrupt a brazed core block of sheets in the laminated devices. Novel laminated devices with welded features for servicing the devices are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Velocys, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Yuschak, Anna Lee Tonkovich
Narrow Results

Filter by US Classification