Patents by Inventor Charles Dwight Prater

Charles Dwight Prater 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).

  • Method for upgrading products of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis
    Patent number: 4041094
    Abstract: Upgrading of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis product is obtained by separating a 560.degree. F minus hydrocarbon fraction from gaseous C.sub.5 rich material and a water phase comprising oxygenates. Alcohols may be recovered from the water phase for conversion to gasoline boiling components. C.sub.5 rich material is converted to gasoline boiling material with a ZSM-5 crystalline zeolite and upgrading of the 560.degree. F minus hydrocarbon fraction is accomplished with a ZSM-5 crystalline zeolite catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1977
    Assignee: Mobil Oil Corporation
    Inventors: James C. Kuo, Charles Dwight Prater, John J. Wise