Patents by Inventor Kenneth L. Baumert

Kenneth L. Baumert 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).

  • Corrosion inhibition for distillation apparatus
    Patent number: 4514281
    Abstract: Tower material corrosion in an atmospheric or sub-atmospheric distillation tower in a coal liquefaction process is reduced or eliminated by subjecting chloride-containing tray contents to an appropriate ion-exchange resin to remove chloride from such tray contents materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1985
    Assignee: International Coal Refining Company
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Baumert, Alberto A. Sagues, Burtron H. Davis, Frank K. Schweighardt
  • Minimizing corrosion in coal liquid distillation
    Patent number: 4511460
    Abstract: In an atmospheric distillation tower of a coal liquefaction process, tower materials corrosion is reduced or eliminated by introduction of boiling point differentiated streams to boiling point differentiated tower regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1985
    Assignee: International Coal Refining Company
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Baumert, Alberto A. Sagues, Burtron H. Davis
  • Corrosion inhibition when distilling coal liquids by adding cresols or phenols
    Patent number: 4511453
    Abstract: Fractionation apparatus material corrosion in a coal liquefaction system is reduced by addition of compounds having a pK.sub.b <6 to tower feed streams or to the tower itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1985
    Assignee: International Coal Refining Company
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Baumert, Alberto A. Sagues, Burtron H. Davis