Patents by Inventor Andrew E. Taraboletti

Andrew E. Taraboletti 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).

  • Feed air precooling and scrubbing system for cryogenic air separation plant
    Patent number: 6732544
    Abstract: A system for preparing feed air for processing in a cryogenic air separation plant wherein nitrogen vapor from the plant is interacted with water to cool the water by heat exchange and also by evaporative cooling to produce chilled water, and the chilled water is contacted with the feed air to cool the feed air and to scrub particulate matter out from the feed air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Praxair Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew E. Taraboletti, David R. Parsnick
  • Cryogenic air separation system for producing oxygen
    Patent number: 6694776
    Abstract: A cryogenic air separation system for producing oxygen wherein essentially all of the power produced by a gas turbine system is used to compress feed air for the cryogenic air separation, and wherein preferably a facilitating column is employed to enhance the production of oxygen from the double column system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Praxair Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: David R. Parsnick, Andrew E. Taraboletti