Patents by Inventor Norman R. Woods

Norman R. Woods 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).

  • Resid hydrotreating with high temperature flash drum recycle oil
    Patent number: 4808289
    Abstract: Resid hydrotreating conversion of resid can be substantially increased by blending the resid with high-temperature flash drum oil before being hydrotreated in a train of ebullated bed reactors. The high-temperature flash drum oil also improves the overall thermal efficiency of the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1989
    Assignee: Amoco Corporation
    Inventors: Norman K. McDaniel, Nicholas C. Vasti, Norman R. Woods, Robert E. Boening
  • Increasing resid hydrotreating conversion
    Patent number: 4743356
    Abstract: Resid hydrotreating conversion of resid can be substantially increased by decreasing the feed gas rate and simultaneously increasing the concentration of hydrogen in the feed gases. Hydrogen purity can be increased by increasing the flow rate of lean sponge oil into the sponge oil absorbers, bleeding some of the recycled reactor tail gases, and increasing the makeup gas rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1988
    Assignee: Amoco Corporation
    Inventors: David J. Soderberg, Norman K. McDaniel, Norman R. Woods