Patents by Inventor Joe B. Hampton

Joe B. Hampton 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).

  • Temperature control for a KOH treater
    Patent number: 4925635
    Abstract: A cooling fluid is utilized to withdraw heat from a KOH treater. The passing of the cooling fluid in heat exchange with the KOH treater is controlled so as to maintain desired operating pressures for the cooling fluid and also to substantially maximize heat transfer. Bypassing of the feed around the KOH treater to prevent temperature runaway is utilized only if sufficient cooling cannot be provided by the cooling fluid to prevent temperature runaway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1990
    Assignee: Phillips Petroleum Company
    Inventor: Joe B. Hampton
  • Temperature control for a KOH treater
    Patent number: 4797199
    Abstract: A cooling fluid is utilized to withdraw heat from a KOH treater. The passing of the cooling fluid in heat exchange with the KOH treater is controlled so as to maintain desired operating pressures and also substantially maximize heat transfer. Bypassing of the feed around the KOH treater is utilized only if sufficient cooling cannot be provided to prevent a temperature runaway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1989
    Assignee: Phillips Petroleum Company
    Inventor: Joe B. Hampton
  • Control of the concentration of methylacetylene and propadiene in a propylene/propane fractionation column
    Patent number: 4540422
    Abstract: The concentration buildup of contaminants methylacetylene and propadiene in a propylene/propane fractionation column is prevented by controlling the injection of propane from a source external from the feedstream into the inlet stream to the column in response to the measured propane content of the feedstream downstream of the point of propane injection, the measured methylacetylene content of the bottoms product from the column, or the measured methylacetylene content of a sample from a tray of the column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1984
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1985
    Assignee: Phillips Petroleum Company
    Inventor: Joe B. Hampton