Patents by Inventor Olagappan Muthu

Olagappan Muthu 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).

  • AZEOTROPIC COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING HYDROGEN FLUORIDE AND FLUOROCARBONS
    Publication number: 20210047567
    Abstract: The present application discloses compositions comprising hydrogen fluoride and fluorinated compounds (e.g., hydrochlorofluorocarbons), wherein the fluorinated compound is present in the composition in an amount effective to form an azeotrope composition or azeotrope-like composition with the hydrogen fluoride.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: THE CHEMOURS COMPANY FC, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Knapp, Sheng Peng, Olagappan Muthu
  • Azeotropic compositions comprising hydrogen fluoride and fluorocarbons
    Patent number: 10851303
    Abstract: The present application discloses compositions comprising hydrogen fluoride and fluorinated compounds (e.g., hydrochlorofluorocarbons), wherein the fluorinated compound is present in the composition in an amount effective to form an azeotrope composition or azeotrope-like composition with the hydrogen fluoride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: THE CHEMOURS COMPANY FC, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Knapp, Sheng Peng, Olagappan Muthu
  • Azeotropic Compositions Comprising Hydrogen Fluoride and Fluorocarbons
    Publication number: 20190040321
    Abstract: The present application discloses compositions comprising hydrogen fluoride and fluorinated compounds (e.g., hydrochlorofluorocarbons), wherein the fluorinated compound is present in the composition in an amount effective to form an azeotrope composition or azeotrope-like composition with the hydrogen fluoride.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Jeffrey Knapp, Sheng Peng, Olagappan Muthu
  • Purification process for hexafluoroethane products
    Patent number: 6221830
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to removing impurities from hexafluoroethane (CF3CF3), also known as Perfluorocarbon 116 (PFC-116) or Fluorocarbon 116 (FC-116), by using azeotropic distillation such that an overhead product consisting essentially of HCl-hexafluoroethane is formed, optionally combined with a phase separation step to break the HCl-hexafluoroethane azeotropic or azeotrope-like composition thereby permitting recovery of substantially pure hexafluoroethane. Unreacted hydrogen fluoride (HF) may be removed from hexafluoroethane during the above azeotropic distillation with HCl or alternatively by an azeotropic distillation wherein an HF-hexafluoroethane azeotropic or azeotrope-like composition exits overhead and substantially pure HF exits in the bottoms stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Ralph Newton Miller, Mark Richard Deschere, Barry Asher Mahler, Olagappan Muthu
  • Purification process for hexafluoroethane products
    Patent number: 5723699
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to removing impurities from hexafluoroethane (CF.sub.3 CF.sub.3), also known as Perfluorocarbon 116 (PFC-116) or Fluorocarbon 116 (FC-116), by using azeotropic distillation such that an overhead product consisting essentially of HCl-hexafluoroethane is formed, optionally combined with a phase separation step to break the HCl-hexafluoroethane azeotropic or azeotrope-like composition thereby permitting recovery of substantially pure hexafluoroethane. Unreacted hydrogen fluoride (HF) may be removed from hexafluoroethane during the above azeotropic distillation with HCl or alternatively by an azeotropic distillation wherein an HF-hexafluoroethane azeotropic or azeotrope-like composition exits overhead and substantially pure HF exits in the bottoms stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1998
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Ralph Newton Miller, Mark Richard Deschere, Barry Asher Mahler, Olagappan Muthu
  • Purification process for hexafluoroethane products
    Patent number: 5718807
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to removing impurities from hexafluoroethane (CF.sub.3 CF.sub.3), also known as PerFluoroCarbon 116 (PFC-116) or FluoroCarbon 116 (FC-116), by using azeotropic distillation such that an overhead product containing an HCl-hexafluoroethane is formed, optionally combined with a phase separation step to break the HCl-hexafluoroethane azeotropic or azeotrope-like composition thereby permitting recovery of substantially pure hexafluoroethane. Unreacted hydrogen fluoride (HF) may be removed from hexafluoroethane during the above azeotropic distillation with HCl or alternatively by an azeotropic distillation wherein an HF-hexafluoroethane azeotropic or azeotrope-like composition exits overhead and substantially pure HF exits in the bottoms stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1998
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Ralph Newton Miller, Mark Richard Deschere, Barry Asher Mahler, Olagappan Muthu