Patents by Inventor Colin W. Gent

Colin W. Gent 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 gas
    Patent number: 4618451
    Abstract: Synthesis gas is produced by reacting a hydrocarbon feedstock with oxygen to give a hot gas containing H.sub.2 and CO, injecting into the resulting hot gas a hydrocarbon and possibly steam and/or CO.sub.2 and reacting the resulting mixture adiabatically over a steam reforming catalyst. These steps are carried out preferably in a reactor of substantially uniform cross section such as a gas turbine combustor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1984
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1986
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
    Inventor: Colin W. Gent