Patents by Inventor David Allen VAN KLEECK

David Allen VAN KLEECK 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).

  • Guard bed system and process
    Patent number: 11389776
    Abstract: The invention provides a reaction system for the production of ethylene carbonate and/or ethylene glycol. The system having a guard bed system upstream of a catalytic EO reactor. The guard bed system having a feed line supplying a gaseous feed to be treated and an effluent line configured to remove the treated gaseous feed. The guard bed system has two or more guard bed vessels arranged in series in sequential order, each having an inlet, a bed of guard bed material and an outlet. The inlet of each guard bed vessel is attached by means of valves to both the feed line and the outlet of the guard bed vessel preceding it in sequential order. The outlet of each guard bed vessel is attached by means of valves to both the effluent line and to the inlet of the guard bed vessel following it in sequential order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: SHELL USA, INC.
    Inventors: Jesse Raymond Black, Gregory John Ward, Roel Guillaume Hubertus Leonardus Bastings, David Allen Van Kleeck, Wayne Errol Evans
  • Guard bed system and process
    Patent number: 11000819
    Abstract: The invention provides a reaction system for the production of ethylene carbonate and/or ethylene glycol. The reaction system having a guard bed system upstream of a catalytic EO reactor. The guard bed system having a feed line supplying a gaseous feed and an effluent line configured to remove the treated gaseous feed. The guard bed system has two or more guard bed vessels arranged in series in sequential order, each having an inlet, a bed of guard bed material and an outlet. The inlet of each guard bed vessel is attached by means of valves to both the feed line and the outlet of the guard bed vessel preceding it in sequential order. The outlet of each guard bed vessel is attached by means of valves to both the effluent line and to the inlet of the guard bed vessel following it in sequential order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Jesse Raymond Black, Gregory John Ward, Roel Guillaume Hubertus Leonardus Bastings, David Allen Van Kleeck, Wayne Errol Evans
  • GUARD BED SYSTEM AND PROCESS
    Publication number: 20210001298
    Abstract: The invention provides a reaction system for the production of ethylene carbonate and/or ethylene glycol. The system having a guard bed system upstream of a catalytic EO reactor. The guard bed system having a feed line supplying a gaseous feed to be treated and an effluent line configured to remove the treated gaseous feed. The guard bed system has two or more guard bed vessels arranged in series in sequential order, each having an inlet, a bed of guard bed material and an outlet. The inlet of each guard bed vessel is attached by means of valves to both the feed line and the outlet of the guard bed vessel preceding it in sequential order. The outlet of each guard bed vessel is attached by means of valves to both the effluent line and to the inlet of the guard bed vessel following it in sequential order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Jesse Raymond BLACK, Gregory John WARD, Roel Guillaume Hubertus Leonardus BASTINGS, David Allen VAN KLEECK, Wayne Errol EVANS
  • GUARD BED SYSTEM AND PROCESS
    Publication number: 20180369773
    Abstract: The invention provides a reaction system for the production of ethylene carbonate and/or ethylene glycol. The reaction system having a guard bed system upstream of a catalytic EO reactor. The guard bed system having a feed line supplying a gaseous feed and an effluent line configured to remove the treated gaseous feed. The guard bed system has two or more guard bed vessels arranged in series in sequential order, each having an inlet, a bed of guard bed material and an outlet. The inlet of each guard bed vessel is attached by means of valves to both the feed line and the outlet of the guard bed vessel preceding it in sequential order. The outlet of each guard bed vessel is attached by means of valves to both the effluent line and to the inlet of the guard bed vessel following it in sequential order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Jesse Raymond BLACK, Gregory John WARD, Roel Guillaume Hubertus Leonardus BASTINGS, David Allen VAN KLEECK, Wayne Errol EVANS