Patents by Inventor Jonathan James Berg

Jonathan James Berg 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: 10935312
    Abstract: A split mixed refrigerant (“MR”) natural gas liquefication system, where low-pressure (“LP”) and medium pressure (“MP”) MR compressors are driven by a first gas turbine and a propane compressor and a high-pressure (“HP”) MR compressor is driven by a second gas turbine, is disclosed. The split MR liquefication system is configured to adjust the characteristics of the HP MR compressor to require less power when less power is available and more power when more power is available compared to the system's design point. Such adjustments allow for shifting the balance of power between the propane compressor and the HP MR compressor to improve LNG production efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Ott, Jonathan James Berg, Annemarie Ott Weist, Joseph Gerard Wehrman
  • Publication number: 20200041203
    Abstract: A split mixed refrigerant (“MR”) natural gas liquefication system, where low-pressure (“LP”) and medium pressure (“MP”) MR compressors are driven by a first gas turbine and a propane compressor and a high-pressure (“HP”) MR compressor is driven by a second gas turbine, is disclosed. The split MR liquefication system is configured to adjust the characteristics of the HP MR compressor to require less power when less power is available and more power when more power is available compared to the system's design point. Such adjustments allow for shifting the balance of power between the propane compressor and the HP MR compressor to improve LNG production efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Ott, Jonathan James Berg, Annemarie Ott Weist, Joseph Gerard Wehrman
  • Patent number: 8709136
    Abstract: A process for separating a first gas, for example CO2, from a feed gas mixture comprising the first gas and a second gas, for example H2, in five or more adsorption beds each containing an adsorbent selective for the first gas. The process comprises subjecting each of the adsorption beds to a repetitive cycle comprising, in sequence, (a) a feed step, (b) a rinse step, (c) a pressure decreasing equalization step, (d) a blowdown step, (e) an evacuation step, (f) a pressure increasing equalization step, and (g) a repressurization step. The feed gas mixture may be a reformate from a steam-hydrocarbon reforming process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Kuo-Kuang Hsu, Jonathan James Berg, Jianguo Xu, Edward Landis Weist, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20130255492
    Abstract: A process for separating a first gas, for example CO2, from a feed gas mixture comprising the first gas and a second gas, for example H2, in five or more adsorption beds each containing an adsorbent selective for the first gas. The process comprises subjecting each of the adsorption beds to a repetitive cycle comprising, in sequence, (a) a feed step, (b) a rinse step, (c) a pressure decreasing equalization step, (d) a blowdown step, (e) an evacuation step, (f) a pressure increasing equalization step, and (g) a repressurization step. The feed gas mixture may be a reformate from a steam-hydrocarbon reforming process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Kuo-Kuang Hsu, Jonathan James Berg, Jianguo Xu, Edward Landis Weist, JR.
  • Publication number: 20090191113
    Abstract: A stream of liquid methanol containing ammonia and other species is sent to the top of a countercurrent stripping column. The stream is stripped with a flow of ambient-temperature nitrogen or another inert gas. The column can be packed with random dumped packing. The overhead vapor contains ammonia and the liquid exiting the column has a reduced amount of ammonia. Removing ammonia can reduce or prevent fouling or corrosion caused by ammonia (and other compounds).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Charles Roland Higdon, III, Jonathan James Berg, Thomas Leo Jakubowski