Patents by Inventor Filippo Maccioni

Filippo Maccioni 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 THE PURIFICATION-SWEETENING OF NATURAL GAS BY MEANS OF CONTROLLED DISSOCIATION OF HYDRATES AND USE THEREOF AS SEPARATORS
    Publication number: 20110179714
    Abstract: The invention concerns a process for reducing and/or removing sour gases, such as carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide, from natural gas or from gas associated with oil reservoirs, by means of the formation of mixed hydrates, wherein a selective separation is carried out both during the hydrates decomposition, under pressure conditions close to atmospheric pressure and temperatures little below zero, and, preferably, during a preliminary step, with pressures and temperatures close to the equilibrium values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA "LA SAPIENZA"
    Inventors: Carlo Giavarini, Filippo Maccioni