Patents by Inventor Geoffrey Coast

Geoffrey Coast 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 plant
    Patent number: 4046630
    Abstract: To supply process heat to a number of discrete reaction zones typically of a methane reformer plant, the hot gas from a nuclear reactor is employed. The reaction zones are defined within the bores of process tubes and heat is applied by way of gas conduits co-axial with the tubes. The reactants and heating gas are passed in counter current from header pipes which are coupled to the process tubes by flexible pipes. The latter are crushable to isolate any particular process tube, eg for replacement of catalysts etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1977
    Assignee: United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
    Inventors: Geoffrey Coast, Ronald Francis Briody