Patents by Inventor Ian Charles Pidgeon

Ian Charles Pidgeon 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).

  • Patent number: 6888039
    Abstract: A process of reducing the sulfur content of gasoline product comprising at least three concurrent steps: a) passing input fluid comprising pollutant through at least one adsorber to produce a polluted adsorber and a purified fluid stream which leaves the adsorber, stopping the flow into said adsorber to leave residual fluid therein, and separating said residual fluid therein said adsorber to leave the polluted adsorber of reduced residual fluid content, b) heating a polluted adsorber with a heated regeneration gas to produce a hot adsorber and cooler regeneration gas, c) contacting a heated adsorber with a regeneration gas (of a lower temperature than that of said adsorber) to produce a cooler adsorber and a warmer regeneration gas, which gas is further heated to produce said heated regeneration gas which is pass to step b), said process comprising at least 3 adsorber, at least one of which being subjected to step a) at least one different adsorber to step b) and at least one further different adsorber being
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: BP Oil International Limited
    Inventor: Ian Charles Pidgeon
  • Publication number: 20020060170
    Abstract: The present invention provides apparatus and a process capable of reducing the sulphur content of the gasoline product resulting from the cracking of a high molecular weight hydrocarbon feed comprising sulphur which comprises at least three concurrent steps: (a) passing input fluid comprising pollutant through at least one adsorber to produce a polluted adsorber and a purified fluid stream (of reduced pollutant content), which leaves the adsorber, stopping the flow into said adsorber to leave residual fluid therein, and separating said residual fluid from said adsorber to leave the polluted adsorber of reduced residual fluid content, (0) heating a polluted adsorber with a heated regeneration gas to produce a hot adsorher (of reduced polutant content) and cooler regeneration gas (of increased pollutant content), (c) contacting a heated adsorher (of reduced pollutant content) with a regeneration gas (of a lower temperature than that of said adsorber) to produce a cooler adsorber and a warmer regeneration gas, w
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2001
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Inventor: Ian Charles Pidgeon