Patents by Inventor Ciro D. Sorrentino

Ciro D. Sorrentino 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).

  • Patent number: 5041207
    Abstract: A process is disclosed wherein at least two separate gaseous oxygen streams are passed into a coker transfer line to effect oxidation of a portion of the feed passing through the transfer line. Another aspect of the process is disclosed wherein gaseous oxygen is passed into a coking process and sludge is also passed into the coking process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1991
    Assignee: Amoco Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph A. Harrington, Ciro D. Sorrentino, Dean G. Venardos, Shri K. Goyal, Irwin Ginsburgh
  • Patent number: 4325811
    Abstract: A process for the control of sulfur oxide emissions from the regenerator of a fluid catalytic cracking unit which involves circulating solid particles through the process cycle which comprise cracking catalyst and a regenerable sulfur oxide absorbent, absorbing sulfur oxides with the particles in the regeneration zone, withdrawing a stream of particles from the regeneration zone and passing the stream to a reducing zone, contacting the particles in the reducing zone with a reducing gas to release absorbed sulfur oxides as a sulfur-containing gas, and returning the stream to the inventory of solid particles which is circulated between the reaction and regeneration zones. The reducing gas comprises at least one component selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and hydrocarbons, and the process conditions in the reducing zone can be adjusted to optimize the release of absorbed sulfur oxides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1980
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1982
    Assignee: Standard Oil Company (Indiana)
    Inventor: Ciro D. Sorrentino