Patents by Inventor Edward Lee Hartman

Edward Lee Hartman 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).

  • SLURRY PUMPAROUND SECTION OF A FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING UNIT FRACTIONATOR
    Publication number: 20240082802
    Abstract: A fluid catalytic cracking unit fractionator comprising a fractionator column having a slurry pumparound section and a bottom liquid section. The slurry pumparound section comprises an upper bed and a lower bed each disposed in the fractionator column. The slurry pumparound section further comprises an upper liquid distributor (such as a spray header comprising a plurality of upper nozzles) disposed above the upper bed and configured to distribute liquid from the bottom liquid section onto the upper bed. The slurry pumparound section also comprises a lower liquid distributor (such as a spray header comprising a plurality of lower nozzles) disposed below the upper bed and above the lower bed and configured to distribute liquid from the bottom liquid section onto the lower bed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Anthony Frederick BARLETTA, JR., Scott William GOLDEN, Edward Lee HARTMAN, Steven Leslie WHITE
  • Slurry pumparound section of a fluid catalytic cracking unit fractionator
    Patent number: 11925929
    Abstract: A fluid catalytic cracking unit fractionator comprising a fractionator column having a slurry pumparound section and a bottom liquid section. The slurry pumparound section comprises an upper bed and a lower bed each disposed in the fractionator column. The slurry pumparound section further comprises an upper liquid distributor (such as a spray header comprising a plurality of upper nozzles) disposed above the upper bed and configured to distribute liquid from the bottom liquid section onto the upper bed. The slurry pumparound section also comprises a lower liquid distributor (such as a spray header comprising a plurality of lower nozzles) disposed below the upper bed and above the lower bed and configured to distribute liquid from the bottom liquid section onto the lower bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: PROCESS CONSULTING SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Anthony Frederick Barletta, Jr., Scott William Golden, Edward Lee Hartman, Steven Leslie White