Patents by Inventor Barbara S. Taylor

Barbara S. Taylor 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).

  • Reduction of metal surface-initiated cracking in dehydrogenation reactors
    Patent number: 4132743
    Abstract: Low yield thermal cracking of a hydrocarbon such as ethylbenzene caused by contact with active metal surfaces in a catalytic dehydrogenation reactor is reduced by coating the metal surfaces, particularly those in the feed inlet end, with a thin layer of an inactivating metal or metal compound, such as V.sub.2 O.sub.5, preferably in an inert ceramic medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 2, 1979
    Assignee: The Dow Chemical Company
    Inventors: William M. Castor, Barbara S. Taylor