Patents by Inventor Carl D. Spangler, Jr.

Carl D. Spangler, Jr. 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).

  • Heat pump fractionation process
    Patent number: 4277268
    Abstract: A process for fractionating two or more compounds in which the stripping section of the fractionator is maintained at a first pressure and the rectifying section of the fractionator is maintained at a higher pressure. Overhead vapors from the stripping section are compressed in a heat pump where the vapor temperature and pressure are raised, and the heated and compressed vapors are then fed to the bottom of the rectifying section. Overhead vapors from the rectifying section, at a higher temperature than the bottoms from the stripping section, are heat exchanged with stripping section bottoms to condense overhead vapors and to supply reboiling heat to the stripping section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1981
    Assignee: Conoco, Inc.
    Inventor: Carl D. Spangler, Jr.