Patents by Inventor Edward L. Sughure, II.

Edward L. Sughure, II. 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: 7452846
    Abstract: A desulfurization system employing a system of fluidizable and circulatable solid particles to desulfurize a hydrocarbon-containing fluid in a fluidized bed reactor. The solid particulate system includes solid sorbent particles operable to remove sulfur from the hydrocarbon-containing fluid stream and solid catalyst particles operable to enhance the octane of the resulting desulfurized hydrocarbon-containing fluid stream. The solid particulate system can be circulated between a reactor, regenerator, and reducer, to thereby allow for substantially continuous desulfurization in the reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Edward L. Sughure, II, Bobby G. Cockrell, Glenn W. Dodwell, Brent J. Bertus
  • Patent number: 7232516
    Abstract: A desulfurization system employing a system of fluidizable and circulatable solid particles to desulfurize a hydrocarbon-containing fluid in a fluidized bed reactor. The solid particulate system includes solid sorbent particles operable to remove sulfur from the hydrocarbon-containing fluid stream and solid catalyst particles operable to enhance the octane of the resulting desulfurized hydrocarbon-containing fluid stream. The solid particulate system can be circulated between a reactor, regenerator, and reducer, to thereby allow for substantially continuous desulfurization in the reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignee: ConocoPhillips Company
    Inventors: Edward L. Sughure, II., Bobby G. Cockrell, Glenn W. Dodwell, Brent J. Bertus