Patents by Inventor John James Sullivan

John James Sullivan 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).

  • Chemical process optimization method that considers chemical process plant safety
    Patent number: 8290626
    Abstract: A method for assuring safety of a particular chemical process plant includes measuring, for each of a plurality of sets of proposed process conditions for a particular chemical process within the particular chemical process plant, a pressure rise rate following a deliberate contained ignition of at least one material used within the particular chemical process. From the resulting plurality of pressure rise rates that corresponds with the plurality of sets of proposed process conditions a particular pressure rise rate that allows for a safe operation of the particular chemical reaction within the particular chemical process plant may be selected. The particular chemical process may be implemented within the particular chemical process plant while using a particular set of process conditions from the plurality of sets of process conditions that corresponds with the selected pressure rise rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: SD Lizenzverwertungsgesellschadt mbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Barry Billig, John James Sullivan
  • CHEMICAL PROCESS OPTIMIZATION METHOD THAT CONSIDERS CHEMICAL PROCESS PLANT SAFETY
    Publication number: 20090069944
    Abstract: A method for assuring safety of a particular chemical process plant includes measuring, for each of a plurality of sets of proposed process conditions for a particular chemical process within the particular chemical process plant, a pressure rise rate following a deliberate contained ignition of at least one material used within the particular chemical process. From the resulting plurality of pressure rise rates that corresponds with the plurality of sets of proposed process conditions a particular pressure rise rate that allows for a safe operation of the particular chemical reaction within the particular chemical process plant may be selected. The particular chemical process may be implemented within the particular chemical process plant while using a particular set of process conditions from the plurality of sets of process conditions that corresponds with the selected pressure rise rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2007
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: SD LIZENZVERWERTUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Barry Jay Billig, John James Sullivan