Patents by Inventor Gary Stephen Futral

Gary Stephen Futral 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).

  • Methods, systems, and apparatuses to improve processes of increasing Fischer-Tropsch catalyst activity
    Patent number: 10029245
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of the present disclosure include methods of improving the activity of an at least partially non-active Fischer-Tropsch (“FT”) catalyst in a tubular FT reactor, which includes heating a heat transfer fluid (“HTF”) to a vapor state, using the heated HTF in the vapor state to achieve and maintain the at least partially non-active FT catalyst at a predetermined stage temperature; and exposing the at least partially non-active FT catalyst to at least one stage FT catalyst activity-related gas for a stage duration of time to increase the activity of the FT catalyst to a desired level. Other methods, systems and apparatuses are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: SGCE LLC
    Inventors: Gary Stephen Futral, Govindarajan Raman
  • METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUSES TO IMPROVE PROCESSES OF INCREASING FISCHER-TROPSCH CATALYST ACTIVITY
    Publication number: 20170113214
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of the present disclosure include methods of improving the activity of an at least partially non-active Fischer-Tropsch (“FT”) catalyst in a tubular FT reactor, which includes heating a heat transfer fluid (“HTF”) to a vapor state, using the heated HTF in the vapor state to achieve and maintain the at least partially non-active FT catalyst at a predetermined stage temperature; and exposing the at least partially non-active FT catalyst to at least one stage FT catalyst activity-related gas for a stage duration of time to increase the activity of the FT catalyst to a desired level. Other methods, systems and apparatuses are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Gary Stephen Futral, Govindarajan Raman