Patents by Inventor Fernando Baratelli Junior

Fernando Baratelli Junior 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).

  • Process for dehydration of a low molecular weight alcohol
    Patent number: 4396789
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process for the dehydration of ethanol to form ethene in fixed adiabatic reactors containing a dehydration catalyst. The process includes the recycling of unreacted ethanol to the process, feeding the charge to the initial reactor at a pressure of 20 to 40 atmospheres, withdrawing the ethene from the final reactor at a pressure of no less than 18 atmospheres, and passing at least a portion of said reaction effluent to cryogenic purification with further compression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1982
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1983
    Assignee: Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.
    Inventors: Helcio V. Barrocas, Fernando Baratelli Junior