Patents by Inventor Bahjat S. Beshty

Bahjat S. Beshty 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).

  • Synthesis of 4-methyl thiazole
    Patent number: 5231187
    Abstract: Isopropylidene methylamine is reacted with SO.sub.2 to form 4-methyl thiazole in the presence of a modified zeolite catalyst that has been ion-exchanged with an ammonium salt and porefilled with an alkali metal salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1993
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Bahjat S. Beshty, Frank P. Gortsema, George T. Wildman, John J. Sharkey
  • Method of steam reforming methanol to hydrogen
    Patent number: 4946667
    Abstract: The production of hydrogen by the catalyzed steam reforming of methanol is accomplished using a reformer of greatly reduced size and cost wherein a mixture of water and methanol is superheated to the gaseous state at temperatures of about 800.degree. to about 1,100.degree. F. and then fed to a reformer in direct contact with the catalyst bed contained therein, whereby the heat for the endothermic steam reforming reaction is derived directly from the superheated steam/methanol mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 7, 1990
    Assignee: Engelhard Corporation
    Inventor: Bahjat S. Beshty
  • Fuel cell integrated with steam reformer
    Patent number: 4670359
    Abstract: A H.sub.2 -air fuel cell integrated with a steam reformer is disclosed wherein a superheated water/methanol mixture is fed to a catalytic reformer to provide a continuous supply of hydrogen to the fuel cell, the gases exhausted from the anode of the fuel cell providing the thermal energy, via combustion, for superheating the water/methanol mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1987
    Assignee: Engelhard Corporation
    Inventors: Bahjat S. Beshty, James A. Whelan
  • Method for recovering platinum in a nitric acid plant
    Patent number: 4526614
    Abstract: Improved recovery of platinum lost from the catalyst gauze in a nitric acid plant is obtained by using palladium containing recovery gauzes configured to enhance the mass transfer characteristics of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1985
    Assignee: Engelhard Corporation
    Inventors: Bahjat S. Beshty, W. Robert Hatfield, Hyo C. Lee, Ronald M. Heck, Thomas H. Hsiung