Patents by Inventor James Edward Koniski

James Edward Koniski 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).

  • Catalyst holder and agitation system for converting stirred tank reactor to fixed bed reactor
    Patent number: 7074962
    Abstract: This invention relates to apparatus particularly a monolith catalytic reactor in a stirred tank reactor. The stirred tank reactor including the fixed bed catalytic reactor apparatus comprises: an housing having an open top and open bottom portion supportably maintained with said tank, said housing having a substantially outwardly extending, horizontal baffle near its top portion said baffle having a least one perforation in its surface, and said housing having at least one perforation in the wall near its top portion; a fixed bed catalyst system supportably retained within said housing permitting both liquid and gas flow therethrough; and, an agitator shaft terminating in a turbine blade substantially adjacent the perforation in the wall of said housing, said agitator having a passageway including an opening in an upper portion thereof to the interior of an upper part of said tank and terminating in an opening adjacent the turbine blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Reinaldo Mario Machado, James Edward Koniski, Stephen Kohler
  • Catalyst holder and agitation system for converting stirred tank reactor to fixed bed reactor
    Publication number: 20030157003
    Abstract: This invention relates to apparatus particularly a monolith catalytic reactor in a stirred tank reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2002
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Inventors: Reinaldo Mario Machado, James Edward Koniski, Stephen Kohler