Patents by Inventor Grant MCCOOL

Grant MCCOOL 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 for providing refrigeration in natural gas liquids recovery plants
    Patent number: 11268757
    Abstract: A process and plant for natural gas liquids (NGL) recovery includes a main heat exchanger, a cold gas/liquid separator, a separation or distillation column, and an overhead gas heat exchanger. A pressurized residue gas generated from an overhead gas stream removed the top of the separation or distillation column is expanded and used as a cooling medium in the overhead gas heat exchanger and the main heat exchanger. The expanded residue gas, used as a cooling medium, is then compressed up to a pressure to be combined with the overhead stream from the separation or distillation column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Linde Engineering North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Grant McCool, Thomas Walter, Arturo Puigbo
  • METHODS FOR PROVIDING REFRIGERATION IN NATURAL GAS LIQUIDS RECOVERY PLANTS
    Publication number: 20200284507
    Abstract: A process and plant for natural gas liquids (NGL) recovery includes a main heat exchanger, a cold gas/liquid separator, a separation or distillation column, and an overhead gas heat exchanger. A pressurized residue gas generated from an overhead gas stream removed the top of the separation or distillation column is expanded and used as a cooling medium in the overhead gas heat exchanger and the main heat exchanger. The expanded residue gas, used as a cooling medium, is then compressed up to a pressure to be combined with the overhead stream from the separation or distillation column.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Grant MCCOOL, Thomas WALTER, Arturo PUIGBO