Philip J Scalzo

20130020895, Jan 24, 2013

Jun 22, 2012

13/531121

Philip J. SCALZO - North Salt Lake UT, US
Carleton D. TAIT - North Salt Lake UT, US

EMB Energy, Inc. - Edmonton OK

H02K 7/09

310 905

A magnetic-stabilizer bearing apparatus is described for stabilizing the magnetic bearing of an electromechanical battery (EMB) system, which includes a magnetic bearing arrangement having magnetic-stabilizer bearing elements, at least two Halbach arrays attached to the flywheel with a fixed conductive element positioned in-between each of the arrays and an EMB flywheel, and a control arrangement to monitor the current and detect an anomalous axial displacement of the flywheel from its equilibrium position if currents measured by the control arrangement exceed a characterized distribution of currents. Also described is a related method for stabilizing a magnetic bearing of an electromechanical battery (EMB) system.

20130020157, Jan 24, 2013

Jun 22, 2012

13/531109

Philip J. SCALZO - North Salt Lake UT, US
Carleton D. TAIT - North Salt Lake UT, US

EMB Energy, Inc. - Edmonton OK

F16D 63/00

188272

A passive inert gas braking apparatus, system and method for braking a flywheel rotating within an electromechanical battery (EMB) system includes an electro-mechanical battery arrangement having a containment vessel containing a flywheel, a compressed gas storage arrangement to store compressed gas, a gas expansion arrangement to receive gas from the vessel, which is coupled to the storage arrangement, in which the vessel is coupled to the gas expansion arrangement, and in which the gas expansion arrangement is coupled to the compressor arrangement. Also described is a method for braking a flywheel rotating in an electromechanical battery (EMB) system by providing a compressed gas to an electro-mechanical battery arrangement having a containment vessel containing a rotating flywheel to slow the rotating flywheel, and after the flywheel has at least slowed because of the gas in the containment vessel, returning heated gas from the containment vessel to a gas expansion arrangement.

20180195017, Jul 12, 2018

Mar 5, 2018

15/911287

Douglas M. Van Thorre - Minneapolis MN, US
Carleton Drew Tait - North Salt Lake UT, US
Michael L. Catto - Moore SC, US
Philip James Scalzo - South Jordan UT, US

CTP Biotechnology LLC - Honolulu HI

C10L 5/44
C10L 5/14
C10L 5/08
C10L 9/08
C10L 5/36

A process for making a renewable processed biochar pellet composition made with a pelletizing sub-system followed with a heating sub-system from a processed organic-carbon-containing feedstock made with a beneficiation sub-system is described. Renewable biomass feedstock passed through a beneficiation sub-system to reduce water content to below at least 20 wt % and an intracellular water-soluble salt reduction of at least 60% from that of unprocessed organic-carbon-containing feedstock on a dry basis. The processed feedstock is introduced into a pelletizing sub-system and then into a heating sub-system to result in renewable processed biochar pellets having an energy density of at least 21 MMBTU/ton (24 GJ/MT), a water content of less than 10 wt %, and an intracellular water-soluble salt content that is decreased by at least 60 wt % on a dry basis for the processed organic-carbon-containing feedstock from that of the unprocessed organic-carbon-containing feedstock.

20180187113, Jul 5, 2018

Feb 23, 2018

15/903943

Douglas M Van Thorre - Minneapolis MN, US
Carleton Drew Tait - North Salt Lake UT, US
Michael L. Catto - Moore SC, US
Philip James Scalzo - South Jordan UT, US

C10L 5/44
C10L 5/08
C10L 5/04
C10L 9/08
C10L 5/14

A processed biomass/coal blended compact aggregate composition made with a blending sub-system from a processed organic-carbon-containing feedstock made with a beneficiation sub-system and low energy coal is described. Renewable biomass feedstock passed through a beneficiation sub-system to produce a processed biomass with an energy density of at least 17 MMBTU/ton (19 GJ/MT), a water content of below at least 20 wt % and an intracellular water-soluble salt that is at least 60% below that of unprocessed organic-carbon-containing feedstock on a dry basis. Low energy un-cleaned coal is sized and passed through a coal cleaning sub-system to result in cleaned low energy coal having an energy density of less than 21 MMBTU/ton (24 GJ/MT) and a content of sulfur that is at least 50 wt % below that of the content of sulfur in the coal before it passed through the coal cleaning sub-system. The processed feedstock is sized and blended with the cleaned low energy coal in a blending sub-system to form a blended aggregate that comprises at least 10 wt % of the cleaned low energy coal and at least 10 wt % of the processed biomass.

20180002622, Jan 4, 2018

Aug 31, 2017

15/692155

Michael L Catto - Moore SC, US
Carleton Drew Tait - North Salt Lake UT, US
Douglas M Van Thorre - Minneapolis MN, US
Philip James Scalzo - South Jordan UT, US

C10L 1/04
C10G 1/02
C10L 3/00
C10L 5/44
B01D 3/34
C10J 3/72

A process for making a biochar composition by passing renewable organic-carbon-containing feedstock through a beneficiation sub-system to reduce water content followed by introducing beneficiated feedstock into an oxygen-deficient thermal sub-system to result in renewable processed biochar having an energy density of at least 17 MMBTU/ton (20 GJ/MT) a water content of less than 10 wt %, and water-soluble salt that is decreased by at least 60 wt % on a dry basis from that of the unprocessed organic-carbon-containing feedstock.

20170314758, Nov 2, 2017

Jul 12, 2017

15/647786

Carleton Drew Tait - North Salt Lake UT, US
Douglas M. Van Thorre - Minneapolis MN, US
Michael L. Catto - Moore SC, US
Philip James Scalzo - South Jordan UT, US

Biomass Energy Enhancements LLC - Minneapolis MN

F21S 8/10
B60Q 1/26
B60Q 1/00
F21S 8/10
F21S 8/10

A process for making biochar from a processed organic-carbon-containing feedstock is described. The processed feedstock is introduced into a substantially microwave-transparent reaction chamber. A microwave source emits microwaves which are directed through the microwave-transparent wall of the reaction chamber to impinge on the feedstock within the reaction chamber. The microwave source may be rotated relative to the reaction chamber. The feedstock is subjected to microwaves until the desired reaction occurs to produce a solid processed biochar fuel.

20170145331, May 25, 2017

Jan 26, 2017

15/416784

Philip James Scalzo - South Jordan UT, US
Carleton Drew Tait - North Salt Lake UT, US

Biomass Energy Enhancements LLC - Zirconia NC

C10L 5/44
C10L 9/08

Methods for producing processed organic-carbon-containing feedstock from an unprocessed organic-carbon-containing feedstock are described. Unprocessed feedstock is introduced into and transported through at least one reaction chamber. The reaction chamber is configured for each feedstock to produce processed feedstock having a water-soluble salt reduction of at least 60 percent from that of unprocessed organic-carbon-containing feedstock and a water content of less than 20 percent.

20170121620, May 4, 2017

Jan 12, 2017

15/404939

Carleton Drew Tait - North Salt Lake UT, US
Douglas M. Van Thorre - Minneapolis MN, US
Michael L. Catto - Moore SC, US
Philip James Scalzo - South Jordan UT, US

Biomass Energy Enhancements LLC - Zirconia NC

C10L 5/44
C10L 5/08

A renewable processed biomass pellet composition made with a pelletizing sub-system from a processed organic-carbon-containing feedstock made with a beneficiation sub-system is described. Renewable biomass feedstock passed through a beneficiation sub-system to reduce water content to below at least 20 wt % and water-soluble intracellular salt reduction of at least 60% from that of unprocessed organic-carbon-containing feedstock on a dry basis. The processed feedstock is introduced into a pelletizing sub-system to result in renewable processed biomass pellets having an energy density of at least 17 MMBTU/ton (20 GJ/MT) a water content of less than 20 wt %, and water-soluble intracellular salt content that is decreased by at least 60 wt % on a dry basis for the processed organic-carbon-containing feedstock from that of the unprocessed organic-carbon-containing feedstock, and made with 40% less energy than expended to make current biomass pellets.