Patents by Inventor Robert V. Schneider, III

Robert V. Schneider, III 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).

  • Fusel oil stripping
    Patent number: 5387322
    Abstract: A method for recovering volatile components from reformer effluent condensate and fusel oil in a methanol plant is disclosed. The fusel oil is stripped with steam to produce an overhead vapor stream of steam and stripped organic components which is recycled to the feed to the reformer. Also disclosed are a methanol plant with a fusel oil stripper; and a unitized stripper column for treating fusel oil and process condensate wherein steam containing volatile gases stripped from the process condensate is used to strip the fusel oil. The present invention improves yield and reduces or eliminates liquid fusel oil waste by recycling volatile organic components contained in the fusel oil to the feed of the reformer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1995
    Assignee: The M. W. Kellogg Company
    Inventors: Edward J. Cialkowski, Girish C. Joshi, Robert V. Schneider, III
  • Adiabatically reforming a reformed gas for producing methanol
    Patent number: 4443560
    Abstract: The present invention is an improvement to a process for producing methanol which uses both steam reforming and partial oxidation by adiabatically reforming with substantially pure oxygen the reformed gas to produce the maximum amount of hydrogen for the synthesis of methanol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1984
    Assignee: The M. W. Kellogg Company
    Inventors: Joseph R. Le Blanc, Jr., Dewey O. Moore, Robert V. Schneider, III