Patents by Inventor Ian Richard Barton

Ian Richard Barton 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: 9365421
    Abstract: A process for increasing the hydrogen content of a synthesis gas including hydrogen and carbon oxides and having a carbon monoxide content ?45 mole % on a dry-gas basis, including the steps of: (i) combining the synthesis gas with steam to form a steam-enriched feed gas mixture (ii) passing the feed gas mixture at an inlet temperature in the range 220-370° C. over an iron-based water-gas shift catalyst to form a hydrogen-enriched shifted gas mixture having a carbon monoxide content 10 mole % on a dry gas basis, and (iii) recovering the hydrogen-enriched shifted gas mixture, where a portion of the hydrogen-enriched shifted gas mixture is recycled to the feed gas mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey PLC
    Inventors: Graham Charles Hinton, Richard Ian Johnston, John David Pach, Hsing-Chuan Yang, Ian Richard Barton
  • Patent number: 8821833
    Abstract: A process for increasing the hydrogen content of a synthesis gas including hydrogen and carbon oxides and having a carbon monoxide content?45 mole % on a dry-gas basis, including the steps of: (i) combining the synthesis gas with steam to form a steam-enriched feed gas mixture (ii) passing the feed gas mixture at an inlet temperature in the range 220-370° C. over an iron-based water-gas shift catalyst to form a hydrogen-enriched shifted gas mixture having a carbon monoxide content?10 mole % on a dry gas basis, and (iii) recovering the hydrogen-enriched shifted gas mixture, where a portion of the hydrogen-enriched shifted gas mixture is recycled to the feed gas mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Graham Charles Hinton, Richard Ian Johnston, John David Pach, Hsing-Chuan Yang, Ian Richard Barton
  • Publication number: 20140225037
    Abstract: A process for increasing the hydrogen content of a synthesis gas including hydrogen and carbon oxides and having a carbon monoxide content 45 mole % on a dry-gas basis, including the steps of: (i) combining the synthesis gas with steam to form a steam-enriched feed gas mixture (ii) passing the feed gas mixture at an inlet temperature in the range 220-370° C. over an iron-based water-gas shift catalyst to form a hydrogen-enriched shifted gas mixture having a carbon monoxide content 10 mole % on a dry gas basis, and (iii) recovering the hydrogen-enriched shifted gas mixture, where a portion of the hydrogen-enriched shifted gas mixture is recycled to the feed gas mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: Johnson Matthey PLC
    Inventors: Graham Charles Hinton, Richard Ian Johnston, John David Pach, Hsing-Chuan Yang, Ian Richard Barton
  • Publication number: 20120223274
    Abstract: A process for increasing the hydrogen content of a synthesis gas including hydrogen and carbon oxides and having a carbon monoxide content ?45 mole % on a dry-gas basis, including the steps of: (i) combining the synthesis gas with steam to form a steam-enriched feed gas mixture (ii) passing the feed gas mixture at an inlet temperature in the range 220-370° C. over an iron-based water-gas shift catalyst to form a hydrogen-enriched shifted gas mixture having a carbon monoxide content ?10 mole % on a dry gas basis, and (iii) recovering the hydrogen-enriched shifted gas mixture, where a portion of the hydrogen-enriched shifted gas mixture is recycled to the feed gas mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: JOHNSON MATTHEY PLC
    Inventors: Graham Charles Hinton, Richard Ian Johnston, John David Pach, Hsing-Chuan Yang, Ian Richard Barton