John E Notestein, 8715214 Sundown Dr, Scottsdale, AZ 85268

5232673, Aug 3, 1993

Aug 27, 1991

7/750680

John E. Notestein - Morgantown WV

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

B01J 812

422216

A shielded fluid-stream injector assembly is provided for particle bed reactors. The assembly includes a perforated pipe injector disposed across the particle bed region of the reactor and an inverted V-shaped shield placed over the pipe, overlapping it to prevent descending particles from coming into direct contact with the pipe. The pipe and shield are fixedly secured at one end to the reactor wall and slidably secured at the other end to compensate for thermal expansion. An axially extending housing aligned with the pipe and outside the reactor and an in-line reamer are provided for removing deposits from the inside of the pipe. The assembly enables fluid streams to be injected and distributed uniformly into the particle bed with minimized clogging of injector ports. The same design may also be used for extraction of fluid streams from particle bed reactors.

4466360, Aug 21, 1984

Dec 14, 1982

6/449793

Jer-Yu Shang - Fairfax VA
Joseph S. Mei - Morgantown WV
Frank D. Slagle - Kingwood WV
John E. Notestein - Morgantown WV

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

F23D 102

110264

The present invention is directed to a combustion apparatus in the configuration of a oblong annulus defining a closed loop. Particulate coal together with a sulfur sorbent such as sulfur or dolomite is introduced into the closed loop, ignited, and propelled at a high rate of speed around the loop. Flue gas is withdrawn from a location in the closed loop in close proximity to an area in the loop where centrifugal force imposed upon the larger particulate material maintains these particulates at a location spaced from the flue gas outlet. Only flue gas and smaller particulates resulting from the combustion and innerparticle grinding are discharged from the combustor. This structural arrangement provides increased combustion efficiency due to the essentially complete combustion of the coal particulates as well as increased sulfur absorption due to the innerparticle grinding of the sorbent which provides greater particle surface area.

5230716, Jul 27, 1993

Jul 14, 1992

7/913095

John E. Notestein - Morgantown WV

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

C10J 342

48 62R

A grate assembly for a coal gasifier of a moving-bed or fixed-bed type is provided for crushing agglomerates of solid material such as clinkers, tailoring the radial distribution of reactant gases entering the gasification reaction zone, and control of the radial distribution of downwardly moving solid velocities in the gasification and combustion zone. The clinker crushing is provided by pinching clinkers between vertically oriented stationary bars and angled bars supported on the upper surface of a rotating conical grate. The distribution of the reactant gases is provided by the selective positioning of horizontally oriented passageways extending through the grate. The radial distribution of the solids is provided by mounting a vertically and generally radially extending scoop mechanism on the upper surface of the grate near the apex thereof.

4616137, Oct 7, 1986

Jan 4, 1985

6/688670

David R. Goff - Star City WV
John E. Notestein - Morgantown WV

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

G01N 2100

250554

A fiber optics based optical emission line monitoring system is provided in which selected spectral emission lines, such as the sodium D-line emission in coal combustion, may be detected in the presence of interferring background or blackbody radiation with emissions much greater in intensity than that of the emission line being detected. A bifurcated fiber optic light guide is adapted at the end of one branch to view the combustion light which is guided to a first bandpass filter, adapted to the common trunk end of the fiber. A portion of the light is reflected back through the common trunk portion of the fiber to a second bandpass filter adapted to the end of the other branch of the fiber. The first filter bandpass is centered at a wavelength corresponding to the emission line to be detected with a bandwidth of about three nanometers (nm). The second filter is centered at the same wavelength but having a width of about 10 nm.

4447297, May 8, 1984

Apr 14, 1982

6/368197

Jer-Yu Shang - Fairfax VA
John E. Notestein - Morgantown WV
Joseph S. Mei - Morgantown WV
Li-Wen Zeng - Morgantown WV

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

C10B 106
C10B 4910
C10B 4922

202 99

The present invention is directed to a combined fluidized bed retorting and combustion system particularly useful for extracting energy values from oil shale. The oil-shale retort and combustor are disposed side-by-side and in registry with one another through passageways in a partition therebetween. The passageways in the partition are submerged below the top of the respective fluid beds to preclude admixing or the product gases from the two chambers. The solid oil shale or bed material is transported through the chambers by inclining or slanting the fluidizing medium distributor so that the solid bed material, when fluidized, moves in the direction of the downward slope of the distributor.

4524796, Jun 25, 1985

Sep 24, 1982

6/422795

William J. Ayers - Morgantown WV
Charles R. Carter - Fairmont WV
Richard A. Griffith - Morgantown WV
Richard B. Loomis - Bruceton Mills WV
John E. Notestein - Morgantown WV

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

F16K 336
F16K 2500

137240

The invention is a flow and pressure-sealing valve for use with abrasive solids. The valve embodies special features which provide for long, reliable operating lifetimes in solids-handling service. The valve includes upper and lower transversely slidable gates, contained in separate chambers. The upper gate provides a solids-flow control function, whereas the lower gate provides a pressure-sealing function. The lower gate is supported by means for (a) lifting that gate into sealing engagement with its seat when the gate is in its open and closed positions and (b) lowering the gate out of contact with its seat to permit abrasion-free transit of the gate between its open and closed positions. When closed, the upper gate isolates the lower gate from the solids. Because of this shielding action, the sealing surface of the lower gate is not exposed to solids during transit or when it is being lifted or lowered.