Patents by Inventor Giovanni Spagna

Giovanni Spagna 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: 4900530
    Abstract: A continuous process is disclosed for the production, with a high yield, of high purity silicon tetrafluoride, starting from an aqueous solution of fluorosilicic acid, which comprises:(a) reacting an aqueous solution of fluorosilicic acid with concentrated sulphuric acid, carried out with a short residence time and preferably under fluido-dynamic conditions of turbulence, inside a reaction zone;(b) separating a gaseous stream containing silicon tetrafluoride from a liquid stream of aqueous sulphuric acid, carried out inside a separation zone, directly connected with the reaction zone;(c) washing said gaseous stream with concentrated and cold sulphuric acid carried out inside a washing zone, for the purpose of separating a gaseous stream of purified silicon tetrafluoride; and, possibly(d) further purifying said gaseous stream of purified silicon tetrafluoride by means of techniques of adsorption on an adsorbent solid material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1990
    Assignee: Enichem Agricoltura S.p.A.
    Inventors: Guido Anania, Angelo Bianchi, Vito Cultrera, Francesco Russo, Giovanni Spagna