Patents by Inventor James Michael Occhialini

James Michael Occhialini 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: 7947118
    Abstract: Containerized gas separation system comprising (a) a container having an interior, an exterior, and an exterior volume defined by the exterior dimensions of the container and (b) a pressure swing adsorption system installed in the interior of the container and adapted to recover a product gas from a feed gas mixture, the pressure swing adsorption system being adapted to deliver the product gas at a product gas flow rate, wherein the ratio of the exterior volume of the container to the product gas flow rate is less than about 2000 ft3/(ton per day).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: David Lester Rarig, Roger Dean Whitley, Matthew James LaBuda, James Michael Occhialini, Kevin Alan Lievre, Michael S. Yankovoy
  • Patent number: 7473299
    Abstract: System for producing an oxygen-rich gas comprising (a) a primary gas mover including a first and a second compressor, wherein the primary gas mover is characterized by a weight Wp; (b) a drive motor adapted to drive the first and second compressors; (c) a rechargeable power supply characterized by a weight, Wb; and (d) a pressure/vacuum swing adsorption unit adapted to separate the pressurized feed air into an oxygen-rich product at a product flow rate Fp and an oxygen-depleted waste gas, wherein the adsorption unit comprises a plurality of adsorber beds containing an adsorbent and characterized by a total adsorbent weight Wa; and wherein the combined weight, Wt, of the adsorbent, the primary gas mover, and the rechargeable power supply is characterized by the expression 0.75 Fp<Wt<2.02 Fp where Fp is in liters per min (at 23° C. and 1 atma pressure), and Wa, Wp, and Wb are in pounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: James Michael Occhialini, Roger Dean Whitley, Glenn Paul Wagner, Matthew James LaBuda, Craig E. Steigerwalt
  • Publication number: 20080282883
    Abstract: Containerized gas separation system comprising (a) a container having an interior, an exterior, and an exterior volume defined by the exterior dimensions of the container and (b) a pressure swing adsorption system installed in the interior of the container and adapted to recover a product gas from a feed gas mixture, the pressure swing adsorption system being adapted to deliver the product gas at a product gas flow rate, wherein the ratio of the exterior volume of the container to the product gas flow rate is less than about 2000 ft3/(ton per day).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: David Lester Rarig, Roger Dean Whitley, Matthew James LaBuda, James Michael Occhialini, Kevin Alan Lievre, Michael S. Yankovoy
  • Patent number: 7279029
    Abstract: System for producing an oxygen-rich gas comprising (a) a primary gas mover including a first and a second compressor, wherein the primary gas mover is characterized by a weight Wp; (b) a drive motor adapted to drive the first and second compressors; (c) a rechargeable power supply characterized by a weight, Wb; and (d) a pressure/vacuum swing adsorption unit adapted to separate the pressurized feed air into an oxygen-rich product at a product flow rate Fp and an oxygen-depleted waste gas, wherein the adsorption unit comprises a plurality of adsorber beds containing an adsorbent and characterized by a total adsorbent weight Wa; and wherein the combined weight, Wt, of the adsorbent, the primary gas mover, and the rechargeable power supply is characterized by the expression 0.75 Fp<Wt<2.02 Fp where Fp is in liters per min (at 23° C. and 1 atma pressure), and Wa, Wp, and Wb are in pounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: James Michael Occhialini, Roger Dean Whitley, Glenn Paul Wagner, Matthew James LaBuda, Craig E. Steigerwalt
  • Patent number: 6802889
    Abstract: Rapid cycle pressure swing adsorption processes, systems and apparatus for the separation of a multi-component feed gas mixture by selectively adsorbing at least one more readily adsorbable component in a bed of adsorbent material are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: David Ross Graham, James Michael Occhialini, Pushpinder Singh Puri
  • Publication number: 20040107831
    Abstract: Rapid cycle pressure swing adsorption processes, systems and apparatus for the separation of a multi-component feed gas mixture by selectively adsorbing at least one more readily adsorbable component in a bed of adsorbent material are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2002
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Inventors: David Ross Graham, James Michael Occhialini, Pushpinder Singh Puri
  • Patent number: 6379431
    Abstract: A pressure swing adsorption process including an adsorption apparatus having a plurality of beds and counter-currently purging at least two of the beds simultaneously throughout the process. The number of beds and number of pressure equalization steps are not particularly limited, but a ten-bed, four pressure equalization step process in advantageous. In addition, other ten-bed, four pressure equalization step processes are disclosed which do not counter-currently purge at least two of the beds simultaneously, but which have an average of at least two of the ten beds being simultaneously regenerated by simultaneously providing off-gas from a feed end of each of the beds to an off-gas line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Jianguo Xu, Edward L. Weist, Jr., David L. Rarig, James Michael Occhialini, Mark Robert Pillarella
  • Patent number: 6302943
    Abstract: An improved adsorption process is provided for purifying hydrogen from a feed gas mixture including hydrogen and at least one impurity selected from the group consisting of carbon monoxide and nitrogen. The process includes providing an adsorption apparatus having a discharge end adsorption layer containing an adsorbent with a Henry's law constant (KH) at 70° F. for the impurity from about 0.5 to about 2.4 mmole/g/atm. The product gas collected from the adsorption apparatus is high purity (99.99+%) hydrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Leighta Maureen Johnson, Thomas Stephen Farris, Timothy Christopher Golden, Edward Landis Weist, Jr., James Michael Occhialini