Patents by Inventor Harry M. Woerde

Harry M. Woerde 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).

  • Coking reduction in cracking reactors
    Patent number: 7604730
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for reducing coking on the metal walls of a reactor cracking hydrocarbons or other organic compounds and on the metal walls of a heat exchanger placed downstream of the cracking reactor, whereby the metal surfaces coming into contact with the organic substance to be cracked are pre-treated with a water vapor stream containing at least silicon and at least a sulphur compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Arkema France
    Inventors: Francis Humblot, Claude Brun, Harry M. Woerde, Paul F. Van Den Oosterkamp