Patents by Inventor Benton E. Visser

Benton E. Visser 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).

  • Reduction of jet engine smoke emissions by contacting jet fuel with a carbon molecular sieve adsorbent
    Patent number: 5334308
    Abstract: The present invention is a process for reducing the smoke emissions from a jet fuel engine by combusting a jet fuel range hydrocarbon in a jet engine wherein prior to combusting the jet fuel in the engine the jet fuel is treated by the following process: (a) contacting the jet fuel with at least one adsorbent in at least one adsorbent bed under suitable process conditions such that the smoke point of the jet fuel is increased and (b) recovering the jet fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1994
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Leonard B. Graiff, Danny Y. Ngan, Benton E. Visser, Greg E. Webster