Patents by Inventor Kenneth Coull

Kenneth Coull 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: 6085548
    Abstract: A control vent system is disclosed for reducing volatile impurities in a gaseous product of ultra-high purity delivered from a storage vessel containing an inventory of a non-cryogenic liquid product, as well as a method and a system for delivering the product from the storage vessel. The control vent system includes a vent line attached to the storage vessel and a condenser in the vent line. Coolant (e.g., a refrigerant) is transferred between the condenser and a source of coolant, such as a refrigeration unit. The method of reducing volatile impurities includes three steps. The first step is to vent part of the gaseous vapor from the gaseous vapor space to a condenser. The second step is to cool the vented gaseous vapor in the condenser to a temperature below the boiling point of the liquid product and above the boiling points of the volatile impurities. As a result, a first portion of the vented gaseous vapor is condensed and a second portion of the vented gaseous vapor is not condensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Naser Mahmud Chowdhury, John Irven, Dao-Hong Zheng, Sukla Chandra, Kenneth Coull, Reiner Reinhard Wilhelm Taege