Christopher James Swartz

Address:

1700 NE 105 St APT 513, Miami Shores, FL 33138

VIN:

1GNFC13077J389038

Make:

CHEVROLET

Model:

TAHOE

Year:

2007

US Patent:

20120007027, Jan 12, 2012

Filed:

Jan 10, 2011

Appl. No.:

12/987794

Inventors:

Rudyard Lyle Istvan - Fort Lauderdale FL, US
Stephen M. Lipka - Nicholasville KY, US
Christopher Ray Swartz - Lexington KY, US

International Classification:

H01B 1/04
B05D 1/12
C01B 31/10
C01B 31/08
B01J 21/18

US Classification:

252502, 4234491, 502439, 427180

Abstract:

Activated carbon blacks and the enhanced methods of preparing activated carbon blacks have been discovered. In order to form an activated carbon black, a conductive carbon black is coated with nanoparticles containing metal, and then catalytically activated in steam and an inert gas to form a catalytically activated mesoporous carbon black, where the mass of the catalytically activated carbon black is lower than the mass of the carbon black. The nanoparticles may serve as catalysts for activation rugosity of mesoporous carbon blacks. The catalytically activated carbon black material may be used in all manner of devices that contain carbon materials.

US Patent:

20080254972, Oct 16, 2008

Filed:

Feb 14, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/070062

Inventors:

Rudyard Lyle Istvan - Fort Lauderdale FL, US
Stephen M. Lipka - Nicholasville KY, US
Christopher Ray Swartz - Lexington KY, US

International Classification:

B01J 37/02
B01J 21/18

US Classification:

502182, 502180, 502185

Abstract:

Enhanced methods for preparing activated carbons have been discovered. In order to form an activated carbon, a carbon precursor material is coated with a phosphorus based chemical solution and physically activated. An activated carbon may also be formed by coating a green carbon precursor with a chemical solution that chemically reacts with carbon, carbonizing the resulting material, and physically activating the material during at least a portion of the carbonizing step. An activated carbon may also be formed by milling a carbon material to a predetermined particle size, then activating the milled particles. In another enhancement, an activated carbon is formed by coating a carbon or carbon precursor with nanoparticles, carbonizing if the carbon is a carbon precursor, then catalytically activating in air and an inert gas, and physically activating in steam or carbon dioxide. An activated carbon may also be formed by physically activating a previously chemically activated carbon.