HENRY WILLIAM PENNLINE
Engineers in Bethel Park, PA

6387337, May 14, 2002

Jul 14, 2000

09/616871

Henry W. Pennline - Bethel Park PA
James S. Hoffman - Library PA

The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy - Washington DC

B01D 5362

423220, 423230, 423232, 423233, 422216

A process to remove carbon dioxide from a gas stream using a cross-flow, or a moving-bed reactor. In the reactor the gas contacts an active material that is an alkali-metal compound, such as an alkali-metal carbonate, alkali-metal oxide, or alkali-metal hydroxide; or in the alternative, an alkaline-earth metal compound, such as an alkaline-earth metal carbonate, alkaline-earth metal oxide, or alkaline-earth metal hydroxide. The active material can be used by itself or supported on a substrate of carbon, alumina, silica, titania or aluminosilicate. When the active material is an alkali-metal compound, the carbon-dioxide reacts with the metal compound to generate bicarbonate. When the active material is an alkaline-earth metal, the carbon dioxide reacts with the metal compound to generate carbonate. Spent sorbent containing the bicarbonate or carbonate is moved to a second reactor where it is heated or treated with a reducing agent such as, natural gas, methane, carbon monoxide hydrogen, or a synthesis gas comprising of a combination of carbon monoxide and hydrogen. The heat or reducing agent releases carbon dioxide gas and regenerates the active material for use as the sorbent material in the first reactor.

6521021, Feb 18, 2003

Jan 9, 2002

10/040758

Henry W. Pennline - Bethel Park PA
Evan J. Granite - Wexford PA
Mark C. Freeman - South Park Township PA
Richard A. Hargis - Canonsburg PA
William J. ODowd - Charleroi PA

The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy - Washington DC

B01D 5306

95134, 95901, 96153, 423210, 110203, 110345

A system and method for removing mercury from the flue gas of a coal-fired power plant is described. Mercury removal is by adsorption onto a thermally activated sorbent produced in-situ at the power plant. To obtain the thermally activated sorbent, a lance (thief) is inserted into a location within the combustion zone of the combustion chamber and extracts a mixture of semi-combusted coal and gas. The semi-combusted coal has adsorptive properties suitable for the removal of elemental and oxidized mercury. The mixture of semi-combusted coal and gas is separated into a stream of gas and semi-combusted coal that has been converted to a stream of thermally activated sorbent. The separated stream of gas is recycled to the combustion chamber. The thermally activated sorbent is injected into the duct work of the power plant at a location downstream from the exit port of the combustion chamber. Mercury within the flue gas contacts and adsorbs onto the thermally activated sorbent.

6576092, Jun 10, 2003

Sep 13, 2001

09/953073

Evan Granite - Wexford PA
Henry W. Pennline - Bethel Park PA

The United States of America as represented by the U.S. Department of Energy - Washington DC

C07C 100

2041582, 20415715, 2041573

The invention provides for a method for removing elemental mercury from a fluid, the method comprising irradiating the mercury with light having a wavelength of approximately 254 nm. The method is implemented in situ at various fuel combustion locations such as power plants and municipal incinerators.

7776780, Aug 17, 2010

Jul 14, 2005

11/183221

Evan J. Granite - Wexford PA, US
Henry W. Pennline - Bethel Park PA, US

The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy - Washington DC

B01J 27/18, B01J 27/06, B01D 53/02

502181, 95134, 95901

Two new classes of catalysts for the removal of heavy metal contaminants, especially mercury (Hg) from effluent gases. Both of these classes of catalysts are excellent absorbers of HCl and Clpresent in effluent gases. This adsorption of oxidizing agents aids in the oxidation of heavy metal contaminants. The catalysts remove mercury by oxidizing the Hg into mercury (II) moieties. For one class of catalysts, the active component is selected from the group consisting of iridium (Ir) and iridum-platinum (Ir/Pt) alloys. The Ir and Ir/Pt alloy catalysts are especially corrosion resistant. For the other class of catalyst, the active component is partially combusted coal or “Thief” carbon impregnated with Cl. Untreated Thief carbon catalyst can be self-activating in the presence of effluent gas streams. The Thief carbon catalyst is disposable by means of capture from the effluent gas stream in a particulate collection device (PCD).

7255842, Aug 14, 2007

Sep 22, 2003

10/664950

James T. Yeh - Bethel Park PA, US
Henry W. Pennline - Bethel Park PA, US

United States of America Department of Energy - Washington DC

B01D 53/50, B01D 53/56, B01D 53/62, B01D 53/68

423234, 423220, 423235, 4232391, 423240 R, 42324301, 42324303

A new method for the removal of environmental compounds from gaseous streams, in particular, flue gas streams. The new method involves first oxidizing some or all of the acid anhydrides contained in the gas stream such as sulfur dioxide (SO) and nitric oxide (NO) and nitrous oxide (NO) to sulfur trioxide (SO) and nitrogen dioxide (NO). The gas stream is subsequently treated with aqua ammonia or ammonium hydroxide which captures the compounds via chemical absorption through acid-base or neutralization reactions. The products of the reactions can be collected as slurries, dewatered, and dried for use as fertilizers, or once the slurries have been dewatered, used directly as fertilizers. The ammonium hydroxide can be regenerated and recycled for use via thermal decomposition of ammonium bicarbonate, one of the products formed. There are alternative embodiments which entail stoichiometric scrubbing of nitrogen oxides and sulfur oxides with subsequent separate scrubbing of carbon dioxide.

8500854, Aug 6, 2013

Mar 21, 2011

13/052331

Henry W. Pennline - Bethel Park PA, US
James S. Hoffman - South Park PA, US
McMahan L. Gray - Pittsburgh PA, US
Daniel J. Fauth - Pittsburgh PA, US
Kevin P. Resnik - White Oak PA, US

U.S. Department of Energy - Washington DC

B01D 53/02

95139, 95117, 95148, 95126, 95146

The disclosure provides a COabsorption method using an amine-based solid sorbent for the removal of carbon dioxide from a gas stream. The method disclosed mitigates the impact of water loading on regeneration by utilizing a conditioner following the steam regeneration process, providing for a water loading on the amine-based solid sorbent following COabsorption substantially equivalent to the moisture loading of the regeneration process. This assists in optimizing the COremoval capacity of the amine-based solid sorbent for a given absorption and regeneration reactor size. Management of the water loading in this manner allows regeneration reactor operation with significant mitigation of energy losses incurred by the necessary desorption of adsorbed water.

7033419, Apr 25, 2006

Sep 16, 2003

10/663052

Evan J. Granite - Wexford PA, US
Henry W. Pennline - Bethel Park PA, US

The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy - Washington DC

B01D 53/04, B01D 53/64

95134, 95115, 95133, 423210, 502339, 502400

A process to facilitate mercury extraction from high temperature flue/fuel gas via the use of metal sorbents which capture mercury at ambient and high temperatures. The spent sorbents can be regenerated after exposure to mercury. The metal sorbents can be used as pure metals (or combinations of metals) or dispersed on an inert support to increase surface area per gram of metal sorbent. Iridium and ruthenium are effective for mercury removal from flue and smelter gases. Palladium and platinum are effective for mercury removal from fuel gas (syngas). An iridium-platinum alloy is suitable for metal capture in many industrial effluent gas streams including highly corrosive gas streams.

2013007, Mar 28, 2013

Sep 12, 2012

13/611651

Bingyun Li - Morgantown WV, US
Bingbing Jiang - Morgantown WV, US
McMahan L. Gray - Pittsburgh PA, US
Daniel J. Fauth - Pittsburgh PA, US
Henry W. Pennline - Bethel Park PA, US
George A. Richards - Morgantown WV, US

WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION - Morgantown WV

B01J 20/28, B05D 1/04, B01J 20/26, B01D 53/02

423228, 423230, 423226, 427470, 4283044, 4283193, 4283159, 428216

A solid sorbent for the capture and the transport of carbon dioxide gas is provided having at least one first layer of a positively charged material that is polyethylenimine or poly(allylamine hydrochloride), that captures at least a portion of the gas, and at least one second layer of a negatively charged material that is polystyrenesulfonate or poly(acryclic acid), that transports the gas, wherein the second layer of material is in juxtaposition to, attached to, or crosslinked with the first layer for forming at least one bilayer, and a solid substrate support having a porous surface, wherein one or more of the bilayers is/are deposited on the surface of and/or within the solid substrate. A method of preparing and using the solid sorbent is provided.

4878442, Nov 7, 1989

Jun 17, 1988

7/207995

James T. Yeh - Bethel Park PA
James M. Ekmann - Bethel Park PA
Henry W. Pennline - Bethel Park PA
Charles J. Drummond - Churchill PA

The United States of America as represented by the Department of Energy - Washington DC

F23J 1100, F23J 1500

110345

An improved method for removing nitrogen oxides from concentrated waste gas streams, in which nitrogen oxides are ignited with a carbonaceous material in the presence of substoichiometric quantities of a primary oxidant, such as air. Additionally, reductants may be ignited along with the nitrogen oxides, carbonaceous material and primary oxidant to achieve greater reduction of nitrogen oxides. A scrubber and regeneration system may also be included to generate a concentrated stream of nitrogen oxides from flue gases for reduction using this method.

8071500, Dec 6, 2011

Jul 13, 2010

12/835204

Evan J. Granite - Wexford PA, US
Henry W. Pennline - Bethel Park PA, US

The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy - Washington DC

B01J 21/18, B01J 27/06, B01J 20/00

502180, 502181, 502400, 95901

A catalyst for the oxidation of heavy metal contaminants, especially mercury (Hg), in an effluent stream is presented. The catalyst facilitates removal of mercury through the oxidation of elemental Hg into mercury (II) moieties. The active component of the catalyst is partially combusted coal, or “Thief” carbon, which can be pre-treated with a halogen. An untreated Thief carbon catalyst can be self-promoting in the presence of an effluent gas streams entrained with a halogen.