Patents by Inventor Gerald Michael Loughney

Gerald Michael Loughney 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).

  • Process for producing hydrogen with reduced corrosion
    Patent number: 9624105
    Abstract: Process for producing a hydrogen-containing product gas while impeding corrosion of piping operatively connecting a condensate separator and a pressure swing adsorption unit by heating the effluent gas stream from the condensate separator well above the dew point of the effluent gas stream to prevent liquid water in the stream. Heating of the effluent gas stream is provided without deteriorating the energy efficiency of the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Andrew Sicinski, David Ross Graham, Kelly Ann Forester, Candice Daibes Silvestre, Gerald Michael Loughney
  • Removal of dissolved gases for boiler feed water preparation
    Patent number: 8876955
    Abstract: Method for removing dissolved gases from water to produce boiler feed water in a catalytic steam reforming process where boiler feed water is heated by indirect heat transfer with a reformate stream and/or a combustion product gas stream and the boiler feed water subsequently flash vaporized to form steam and residual liquid water, where the steam formed by flash vaporization strips the dissolved gases from the water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel Charles MacMurray, Gary Stuart Roth, Russell Ira Snyder, III, Gerald Michael Loughney
  • Removal of Dissolved Gases for Boiler Feed Water Preparation
    Publication number: 20140084213
    Abstract: Method for removing dissolved gases from water to produce boiler feed water in a catalytic steam reforming process where boiler feed water is heated by indirect heat transfer with a reformate stream and/or a combustion product gas stream and the boiler feed water subsequently flash vaporized to form steam and residual liquid water, where the steam formed by flash vaporization strips the dissolved gases from the water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel Charles MacMurray, Gary Stuart Roth, Russell Ira Snyder, Gerald Michael Loughney
  • Removal of Dissolved Gases for Boiler Feed Water Preparation
    Publication number: 20140083838
    Abstract: Method for removing dissolved gases from water to produce boiler feed water in a catalytic steam reforming process where boiler feed water is heated by indirect heat transfer with a reformate stream and/or a combustion product gas stream and the boiler feed water subsequently flash vaporized to form steam and residual liquid water, where the steam formed by flash vaporization strips the dissolved gases from the water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Inventors: Joel Charles MacMurray, Gary Stuart Roth, Russell Ira Snyder, III, Gerald Michael Loughney