Patents by Inventor David L. Denton

David L. Denton 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).

  • Publication number: 20190352177
    Abstract: Acid gas compounds are removed from a process gas such as, for example, syngas or natural gas, by flowing a feed gas into a desulfurization unit to remove a substantial fraction of sulfur compounds from the feed gas and flowing the resulting desulfurized gas into a CO2 removal unit to remove a substantial fraction of CO2 from the desulfurized gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: David L. Denton, Raghubir P. Gupta, Brian S. Turk, Vijay Gupta, Himanshu Paliwal
  • Patent number: 10414649
    Abstract: Acid gas compounds are removed from a process gas such as, for example, syngas or natural gas, by flowing a feed gas into a desulfurization unit to remove a substantial fraction of sulfur compounds from the feed gas and flowing the resulting desulfurized gas into a CO2 removal unit to remove a substantial fraction of CO2 from the desulfurized gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Research Triangle Institute
    Inventors: David L. Denton, Raghubir P. Gupta, Brian S. Turk, Vijay Gupta, Himanshu Paliwal
  • Publication number: 20180339902
    Abstract: A water gas shift reaction is carried out on a feed gas comprising carbon monoxide to produce carbon dioxide and hydrogen gas. The feed gas is split into multiple input streams flowed into respective reactors coupled in series. Steam is supplied to the input stream fed to the first reactor. The shift reaction is carried out in each reactor, with an overall reduced consumption of steam relative to the amount of gas shifted. The water gas shift reaction may be performed in conjunction with removing acid gas compounds from a process gas such as, for example, syngas or natural gas, by flowing a feed gas into a desulfurization unit to remove a substantial fraction of sulfur compounds from the feed gas and flowing the resulting desulfurized gas into a CO2 removal unit to remove a substantial fraction of CO2 from the desulfurized gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Brian S. Turk, Vijay Gupta, David L. Denton, Raghubir P. Gupta, Himanshu Paliwal
  • Publication number: 20170334718
    Abstract: Acid gas compounds are removed from a process gas such as, for example, syngas or natural gas, by flowing a feed gas into a desulfurization unit to remove a substantial fraction of sulfur compounds from the feed gas and flowing the resulting desulfurized gas into a CO2 removal unit to remove a substantial fraction of CO2 from the desulfurized gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: David L. DENTON, Raghubir P. GUPTA, Brian S. TURK, Vijay GUPTA, Himanshu PALIWAL
  • Publication number: 20160311682
    Abstract: A water gas shift reaction is carried out on a feed gas comprising carbon monoxide to produce carbon dioxide and hydrogen gas. The feed gas is split into multiple input streams flowed into respective reactors coupled in series. Steam is supplied to the input stream fed to the first reactor. The shift reaction is carried out in each reactor, with an overall reduced consumption of steam relative to the amount of gas shifted. The water gas shift reaction may be performed in conjunction with removing acid gas compounds from a process gas such as, for example, syngas or natural gas, by flowing a feed gas into a desulfurization unit to remove a substantial fraction of sulfur compounds from the feed gas and flowing the resulting desulfurized gas into a CO2 removal unit to remove a substantial fraction of CO2 from the desulfurized gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Brian S. Turk, Vijay Gupta, David L. Denton, Raghubir P. Gupta, Himanshu Paliwal
  • Patent number: 4457317
    Abstract: Method of removing paper wraps that are secured by thermoplastic adhesive around and/or to waste cigarette filter rods to enable subsequent recovery of the filter material in the cigarette filter rods, the method including the step of heating the cigarette filter rods to the melting point of the thermoplastic adhesive and then agitating the paper wrap against the filter material to obtain separation of the paper wrap therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 3, 1984
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: James M. Thompson, David L. Denton