Patents by Inventor Jorge M. Fernandez-Baujin

Jorge M. Fernandez-Baujin 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).

  • Inhibition of coke formation during vaporization of heavy hydrocarbons
    Patent number: 5190634
    Abstract: An improved process for vaporizing a crude petroleum feedstock, preferably one boiling in the vacuum gas oil range or higher, prior to thermal cracking to olefins, wherein such feedstock is preheated, in one or more stages, in the convection section of a tubular steam cracking furnace, characterized by conducting the preheating in the presence of a small amount of hydrogen, preferably at a hydrogen/feed ratio of from about 0.01 to about 0.15 wt. %, so as to inhibit coke formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1993
    Assignee: Lummus Crest Inc.
    Inventors: Jorge M. Fernandez-Baujin, Kandasmy M. Sundaram, Jo-Lung Chien
  • Packed bed gas-liquid contactor
    Patent number: 4094936
    Abstract: A packed bed gas-liquid contactor wherein the liquid distributor is positioned within and supported by the packed bed, with the portion of the packed bed above the liquid distributor being blocked by an imperforate structure and the remaining portion including non-process packing, whereby gas flows from the process packing through a limited portion of the upper part of the packed bed, defined by the non-process packing to the gas outlet. In this manner, the residence time of the gas in the upper portion of the bed is limited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1977
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1978
    Assignee: The Lummus Company
    Inventor: Jorge M. Fernandez-Baujin