Patents by Inventor Arlo J. Moffat

Arlo J. Moffat 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).

  • Retorting process with contaminant removal
    Patent number: 4599161
    Abstract: Hydrogen sulfide issuing from an oil shale retort is captured in an absorbent bed. When the bed is regenerated as with oxygen containing gas, the sulfur dioxide liberated is reintroduced into the retort for reaction with the spent shale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1986
    Assignee: Phillips Petroleum Company
    Inventors: James Scinta, Arlo J. Moffat
  • Sorbent bases treated with organic halides and their use to remove acidic substances from gas mixtures
    Patent number: 4454099
    Abstract: One or more sorbent bases selected from the group consisting of the alkali and alkaline earth metal oxides, hydoxides, carbonates and bicarbonates are treated with at least one organic halide of the general formula R--X.sub.n where R is an organic radical containing from 1 to about 12 carbon atoms, X is a halogen atom and n has a value from 1 to about 10 to form a sorbent suitable for removing acidic substances from gas mixtures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1982
    Date of Patent: June 12, 1984
    Assignee: Phillips Petroleum Company
    Inventor: Arlo J. Moffat
  • Oxidation of acetylenic impurities with copper manganite catalyst
    Patent number: 4053533
    Abstract: Acetylenic compounds are selectively removed from hydrocarbon mixtures containing same by oxidation in the presence of a solid copper-manganese-oxygen catalyst. In one embodiment, acetylenic compounds are selectively removed from a conjugated diene mixture containing same by contacting oxygen and a mixture with a copper manganite catalyst under oxidizing conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1975
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1977
    Assignee: Phillips Petroleum Company
    Inventors: Lewis E. Drehman, Floyd Farha, Jr., Arlo J. Moffat