Patents by Inventor David Graham Winter

David Graham Winter 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).

  • Patent number: 9909803
    Abstract: A process and apparatus for separating a feed containing hydrogen, carbon monoxide, methane, and optionally nitrogen to form a product gas having a desired H2:CO molar ratio and optionally a hydrogen product gas and a carbon monoxide product gas. The feed is partially condensed to form a hydrogen-enriched vapor fraction and a carbon monoxide-enriched liquid fraction. The hydrogen-enriched vapor fraction and carbon monoxide-enriched liquid fraction are combined in a regulated manner to form an admixture, which is cryogenically separated to form the product mixture having the desired H2:CO molar ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Alfred McNeil, Andrew Weaver, David Graham Winter
  • Publication number: 20160153710
    Abstract: A process and apparatus for separating a feed containing hydrogen, carbon monoxide, methane, and optionally nitrogen to form a product gas having a desired H2:CO molar ratio and optionally a hydrogen product gas and a carbon monoxide product gas. The feed is partially condensed to form a hydrogen-enriched vapor fraction and a carbon monoxide-enriched liquid fraction. The hydrogen-enriched vapor fraction and carbon monoxide-enriched liquid fraction are combined in a regulated manner to form an admixture, which is cryogenically separated to form the product mixture having the desired H2:CO molar ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2016
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Alfred McNeil, Andrew Weaver, David Graham Winter
  • Publication number: 20140090416
    Abstract: A process and apparatus for separating a feed containing hydrogen, carbon monoxide, methane, and optionally nitrogen to form a product gas having a desired H2:CO molar ratio and optionally a hydrogen product gas and a carbon monoxide product gas. The feed is partially condensed to form a hydrogen-enriched vapor fraction and a carbon monoxide-enriched liquid fraction. The hydrogen-enriched vapor fraction and carbon monoxide-enriched liquid fraction are combined in a regulated manner to form an admixture, which is cryogenically separated to form the product mixture having the desired H2:CO molar ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Brian Alfred McNeil, Andrew Weaver, David Graham Winter
  • Publication number: 20100251765
    Abstract: A process and apparatus for separating a feed containing hydrogen, carbon monoxide, methane, and optionally nitrogen to form a product gas having a desired H2:CO molar ratio and optionally a hydrogen product gas and a carbon monoxide product gas. The feed is partially condensed to form a hydrogen-enriched vapor fraction and a carbon monoxide-enriched liquid fraction. The hydrogen-enriched vapor fraction and carbon monoxide-enriched liquid fraction are combined in a regulated manner to form an admixture, which is cryogenically separated to form the product mixture having the desired H2:CO molar ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Brian Alfred McNeil, Andrew Weaver, David Graham Winter
  • Patent number: 6161397
    Abstract: Gas mixtures are separated by cryogenic separation, preferably a cryogenic condensation separation cycle, into at least a first gas mixture and a second gas mixture having at least one component common with the first gas mixture; at least one gas mixture selected from at least a portion of said feed gas mixture and at least a portion of said second gas mixture is subjected to non-cryogenic separation to provide a separated gas rich in said common component; and said separated gas is added to said first gas mixture to contribute to a product gas mixture. It is particularly preferred to also blend a portion of the second gas mixture with the first gas mixture to facilitate, in conjunction with the separated stream, simultaneous control of both the amount and composition of the first gas mixture product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Alfred McNeil, Eric William Scharpf, David Graham Winter