Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Norris N. Reinisch
  • Behind the brick thermocouple
    Patent number: 6302578
    Abstract: The invention is a thermocouple installation wherein the thermocouple measures the temperature in a gasification reactor. The thermocouple is installed through the wall of a gasification reactor such that the measuring element is behind a continuous layer of refractory hot face brick. The thermocouple assembly is mounted in a opening made through the gasifier wall, the insulating brick, and optionally a portion of the way through the hotface brick.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: Texaco Inc.
    Inventors: John S. Stevenson, Kent W. Santos, Gus Zachariou