Patents by Inventor Gregory A. Carle

Gregory A. Carle 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).

  • High efficiency distributor for gas-liquid contact column and method of preparation and use
    Patent number: 4994210
    Abstract: A multiple level distributor and method for the distribution of a downwardly flowing liquid in a gas-liquid contact column and the upward flow of a gas within the gas-liquid column and which distributor comprises a trough type distributor having a plurality of holes therein, the holes arranged in at least two different levels of height from the bottom of the trough type distributor, the number and size of the holes and the height of the holes so arranged to provide for control of the liquid turndown and the liquid flow of the downwardly flowing liquid in the gas-liquid column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1991
    Assignee: Koch Engineering Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernardo Y. Lucero, Gregory A. Carle