Patents by Inventor Peter J. Klomans

Peter J. Klomans 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).

  • Process and apparatus for promoting annularly uniform flow
    Patent number: 5723041
    Abstract: An apparatus is described for promoting annularly uniform flow in a reaction space of a mixed phase reactor. The apparatus defines ports which face a shared direction relative to the axis. The apparatus is useful in a process, also described, in which fluid emerging from the ports creates a turning moment which rotates fluid in a plenum adjacent the reaction space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1998
    Assignee: Amoco Corporation
    Inventors: Narasimhan Devanathan, Peter J. Klomans, William B. VanderHeyden
  • Hydrocarbon processing apparatus
    Patent number: 5624642
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods useful for degassing a reaction mixture in a petrochemical processing reactor are disclosed. The methods and apparatus employ a novel liquid-gas separator that includes non-linear risers and that discharges the mixture into a vapor space in a manner intended to maximize degassing of the mixture. Resid hydrotreating processes employing these methods also are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1997
    Assignee: Amoco Corporation
    Inventors: Narasimhan Devanathan, Craig A. McKnight, William B. VanderHeyden, Larry P. Hackman, Peter J. Klomans, Robert W. Skwarok
  • Hydrocarbon processing apparatus and method
    Patent number: 5569434
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods useful for introducing feedstock to a chemical reactor are disclosed. The methods and apparatus employ a novel baffle system to mitigate the effects of unwanted momentum components transferred to the reactor liquid mass from the introduced feedstock. Resid hydrotreating processes employing these methods also are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1996
    Assignee: Amoco Corporation
    Inventors: Narasimhan Devanathan, Peter J. Klomans, William B. VanderHeyden, Robert D. Buttke