Patents by Inventor Anthony J Sterner

Anthony J Sterner has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Acid gas fractionation
    Patent number: 5983663
    Abstract: A process to bulk separate H.sub.2 S and CO.sub.2 from a sour gas by first cooling the inlet sour gas, passing the cooled sour gas through a separator and removing a liquid acid gas as a bottoms product in a fractionation tower, and then either pumping or free flowing the liquid acid gas into a disposal well. Potential sulphur deposition problems are controlled by recycling liquid acid gas to the plant inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Kvaerner Process Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Anthony J Sterner