Patents by Inventor Keith E. Corkern

Keith E. Corkern 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).

  • Removal of hydrogen cyanide from synthesis gas
    Patent number: 6063349
    Abstract: The HCN concentration of HCN containing synthesis gas streams is reduced by treatment with a Group IVA metal oxide and optionally containing a Group IIB, Group VA, or Group VIA metal or metals, at reaction conditions preferably suppressing Fischer-Tropsch activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Exxon Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Russell J. Koveal, Jr., Keith E. Corkern
  • Process for removal of HCN from synthesis gas
    Patent number: 5968465
    Abstract: Hydrogen cyanide is removed from an HCN containing gas, e.g., a gas containing CO+H.sub.2, by contact with a metal oxide catalyst comprised of the oxides of molybdenum, titanium, and aluminum in the presence of water vapor, and subsequently water washing the resulting gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: Exxon Research and Engineering Co.
    Inventors: Russell J. Koveal, Kenneth L. Riley, Keith E. Corkern