Patents by Inventor Scott David Madara

Scott David Madara 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).

  • Apparatus and method for hydrocarbon reforming process
    Patent number: 7297169
    Abstract: The present invention is an apparatus arranged to maximize heat utilization for a hydrocarbon steam reforming process to produce synthesis gas. The apparatus comprises a refractory lined vessel with partition walls that divide the inside of the vessel into (1) a combustion chamber(s) containing one or more burners, and (2) convection chambers used as a means to remove combustion products from the combustion chamber through one or more openings at the opposite end of the burner end. The combustion chamber contains one or more reformer tubes in which a mixed-feed of hydrocarbon and steam flow co-current with combustion products and receive direct radiant heat from the combustion flame through the tube wall. The convection chambers contain a tube-in-tube device filled with catalyst in the annuli.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Hoanh Nang Pham, David Hon Sing Ying, Shoou-I Wang, Scott David Madara, Joel Charles MacMurray
  • Apparatus and method for hydrocarbon reforming process
    Publication number: 20040134127
    Abstract: The present invention is an apparatus arranged to maximize heat utilization for a hydrocarbon steam reforming process to produce synthesis gas. The apparatus comprises a refractory lined vessel with partition walls that divide the inside of the vessel into (1) a combustion chamber(s) containing one or more burners, and (2) convection chambers used as a means to remove combustion products from the combustion chamber through one or more openings at the opposite end of the burner end. The combustion chamber contains one or more reformer tubes in which a mixed-feed of hydrocarbon and steam flow co-current with combustion products and receive direct radiant heat from the combustion flame through the tube wall. The convection chambers contain a tube-in-tube device filled with catalyst in the annuli.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Inventors: Hoanh Nang Pham, David Hon Sing Ying, Shoou-l Wang, Scott David Madara, Joel Charles MacMurray