Patents by Inventor Gary Horley

Gary Horley 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).

  • Heat recovery process and apparatus
    Patent number: 4446003
    Abstract: A process for the recovery of heat from the gas leaving a unit for the thermal hydrogenation of an oil feedstock, which process comprises quenching the gas with a quench liquid in a quenching zone in which all the internal surfaces thereof are irrigated by the quench liquid and passing the cooled gas and quench liquid to a heat recovery unit in which all the surfaces thereof in contact with gas are irrigated by the quench liquid.The process is particularly suitable for the recovery of heat from the gas leaving a fluidized bed hydrogenator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 1, 1984
    Assignee: British Gas Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen R. Burton, Gary Horley, Ronald C. Hodrien