Patents by Inventor Daniel T Fernald

Daniel T Fernald 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).

  • Publication number: 20240010921
    Abstract: Processes and systems for converting waste plastics include feeding a waste plastic to a melt tank, and in the melt tank, heating the waste plastic to form a molten plastic. The molten plastic is withdrawn from the melt tank and fed to a pyrolysis reactor. In the pyrolysis reactor, the molten plastic is heated to a pyrolysis temperature, producing a pyrolysis oil product and a liquid pitch product. The pyrolysis oil is then separated into a pyrolysis gas fraction, a light pyrolysis oil fraction, a medium pyrolysis oil fraction, and a heavy pyrolysis oil fraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: LUMMUS TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Sudipto Chakraborty, Daniel T. Fernald, David Guymon, Ron Herbanek, Richard John Jibb, Johnny Doyle Combs, Boddie Lynn Lindsey
  • Patent number: 11795401
    Abstract: Process and systems for converting waste plastics include feeding a waste plastic to a melt tank, and in the melt tank, heating the waste plastic to form a molten plastic. The molten plastic is withdrawn from the melt tank and fed to a pyrolysis reactor. In the pyrolysis reactor, the molten plastic is heated to a pyrolysis temperature, producing a pyrolysis oil product and a liquid pitch product. The pyrolysis oil is then separated into a pyrolysis gas fraction, a light pyrolysis oil fraction, a medium pyrolysis oil fraction, and a heavy pyrolysis oil fraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: LUMMUS TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Sudipto Chakraborty, Daniel T. Fernald, David Lee Guymon, Ron Herbanek, Richard John Jibb, Johnny Doyle Combs, Boddie Lynn Lindsey
  • Publication number: 20230227729
    Abstract: A system for converting waste plastic material to petrochemicals. The system including a feed inlet and distributor zone, a raked film reaction section located below the feed inlet and distributor zone, and a stirred tank reaction section located below the raked film reaction section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: LUMMUS TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: David Lee Guymon, Daniel T. Fernald, Ron Herbanek, Richard John Jibb, Sudipto Chakraborty, Johnny Doyle Combs, Boddie Lynn Lindsey, Zachary Alan Mays
  • Publication number: 20230227731
    Abstract: Systems and processes for pyrolyzing waste plastics, including, in one or more heating stages, heating a waste plastic from an initial temperature to a peak pyrolysis temperature, and, in a final pyrolysis stage, providing heat input sufficient to maintain a temperature of the waste plastic at a pyrolysis reaction temperature less than the peak pyrolysis temperature and maintaining the waste plastic at the pyrolysis reaction temperature for a time period to convert a portion of the waste plastic to a pyrolyzed product and a pitch. The process further includes recovering the pyrolyzed product and recovering the pitch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: LUMMUS TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Sudipto Chakraborty, Liang Chen, Te-Chun Chu, Manoj Som, David Lee Guymon, Daniel T. Fernald, Richard John Jibb, Ron Herbanek
  • Publication number: 20220228070
    Abstract: Process and systems for converting waste plastics include feeding a waste plastic to a melt tank, and in the melt tank, heating the waste plastic to form a molten plastic. The molten plastic is withdrawn from the melt tank and fed to a pyrolysis reactor. In the pyrolysis reactor, the molten plastic is heated to a pyrolysis temperature, producing a pyrolysis oil product and a liquid pitch product. The pyrolysis oil is then separated into a pyrolysis gas fraction, a light pyrolysis oil fraction, a medium pyrolysis oil fraction, and a heavy pyrolysis oil fraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Sudipto Chakraborty, Daniel T. Fernald, David Lee Guymon, Ron Herbanek, Richard John Jibb, Johnny Doyle Combs, Boddie Lynn Lindsey
  • Patent number: 8685151
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to contaminant removal from gas streams. In certain embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a process for removing one or more contaminants from a gas stream via contact with a regenerable sorbent at high temperature and pressure, utilizing a unique arrangement of reactors operating in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Lummus Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald E. Brown, Daniel T. Fernald
  • Publication number: 20130312611
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to contaminant removal from gas streams. In certain embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a process for removing one or more contaminants from a gas stream via contact with a regenerable sorbent at high temperature and pressure, utilizing a unique arrangement of reactors operating in parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: Lummus Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald E. Brown, Daniel T. Fernald
  • Patent number: 8500851
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to contaminant removal from gas streams. In certain embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a process for removing one or more contaminants from a gas stream via contact with a regenerable sorbent at high temperature and pressure, utilizing a unique arrangement of reactors operating in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Phillips 66 Company
    Inventors: Ronald E. Brown, Daniel T. Fernald
  • Publication number: 20100115839
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to contaminant removal from gas streams. In certain embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a process for removing one or more contaminants from a gas stream via contact with a regenerable sorbent at high temperature and pressure, utilizing a unique arrangement of reactors operating in parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
    Inventors: Ronald E. BROWN, Daniel T. Fernald
  • Patent number: 7655138
    Abstract: A system which circulates fluidizable solid particles through a fluidized bed reactor, a fluidized bed regenerator, and a fluidized bed reducer to thereby provide for substantially continuous desulfurization of a hydrocarbon-containing fluid stream and substantially continuous regeneration of the solid particles is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Victor G Hoover, Daniel T Fernald, Gwen J DeBrower
  • Publication number: 20080116113
    Abstract: A system which circulates fluidizable solid particles through a fluidized bed reactor, a fluidized bed regenerator, and a fluidized bed reducer to thereby provide for substantially continuous desulfurization of a hydrocarbon-containing fluid stream and substantially continuous regeneration of the solid particles is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventors: Victor G. Hoover, Daniel T. Fernald, Gwen J. DeBrower
  • Patent number: 6093285
    Abstract: A system and process for purifying a 1,3-butadiene feedstock containing 1,3-butadiene and various impurities by first introducing the 1,3-butadiene feedstock stream to a separation column to produce an intermediate product stream containing 1,3-butadiene and residual impurities and then introducing the produced intermediate product stream through a condenser to a suitable dryer for removing residual impurities from the intermediate product stream and thereby forming a purified 1,3-butadiene stream. The separation column separates an overhead stream, containing 1,3-butadiene and impurities such as propadiene, water and oxygen, and a bottoms stream, containing impurities such as polymerization inhibitor, ethyl acetylene, 1,3-butadiene dimer, pentane and 1,2-butadiene, from the intermediate product stream which leaves the separation column in the form of a vapor side draw stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Assignee: Phillips Petroleum Company
    Inventors: Daniel T. Fernald, Stephen L. Ege, Si M. Nguyen, Richard Peacock, Larry L. Nash, George A. Moczygemba
  • Patent number: 5654247
    Abstract: Described is a novel method by which the activity of a deactivated or partially deactivated paraffin isomerization catalyst is enhanced or reactivated. The isomerization catalyst undergoes a deactivation period followed by a reactivation period during which isomerizable hydrocarbons are simultaneously isomerized during the catalyst reactivation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1997
    Assignee: Phillips Petroleum Company
    Inventors: Fan-Nan Lin, Daniel T. Fernald, Floyd H. Holland