Patents by Inventor Texas V. Inwood

Texas V. Inwood 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 for producing and extracting C.sub.2 to C.sub.6 alcohols
    Patent number: 4469905
    Abstract: A process for producing and recovering a C.sub.2 to C.sub.6 alcohol, which comprises contacting water and a C.sub.2 to C.sub.6 olefin with a hydration catalyst comprising an acidic ion exchange resin in a reaction zone under reaction conditions, said reaction zone containing multiple water quench points and multiple olefin injection points, and counter-currently contacting the reaction product with a solvent to extract the C.sub.2 to C.sub.6 alcohols therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 4, 1984
    Assignee: Union Oil Company of California
    Inventors: Texas V. Inwood, Carlyle G. Wight, Jeffery W. Koepke
  • Liquid-phase alkylation and transalkylation process
    Patent number: 4459426
    Abstract: A process for alkylating aromatic hydrocarbons with C.sub.2 to C.sub.4 olefins and for transalkylating alkyl or poly-alkylaromatic compounds with an aromatic hydrocarbon. A major portion of the aromatic hydrocarbon is recycled to the alkylation zone while the remainder thereof and poly-alkylaromatic hydrocarbons are subjected to transalkylation in a separate transalkylation zone. Mono-alkylaromatics produced in the alkylation zone are separated from the other reaction products prior to transalkylation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 10, 1984
    Assignee: Union Oil Company of California
    Inventors: Texas V. Inwood, Carlyle G. Wight, John W. Ward
  • Alkylation of aromatic hydrocarbons
    Patent number: 4185040
    Abstract: Highly stable and active catalysts are provided for the alkylation of aromatic hydrocarbons with C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 olefins. The catalysts are extruded composites of an acidic, crystalline aluminosilicate zeolite, e.g. Y zeolite, and a porous mineral oxide binder. The basic novel feature of the invention resides in the shape and size of the catalyst extrudates. By shaping the extrudates so as to give a high ratio of external surface area to volume, resistance to deactivation is found to be much improved, as well as activity and selectivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 22, 1980
    Assignee: Union Oil Company of California
    Inventors: John W. Ward, Texas V. Inwood