Patents by Inventor Lawrence P. Golan

Lawrence P. Golan 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: 4492184
    Abstract: Apparatus for cooling hot particulate solids, especially shale solids, and reclaiming heat therefrom. The apparatus is constituted of an elongate housing divided into two compartments by a distributor plate sloped from 0.degree. to 15.degree. from horizontal, with jet openings therethrough declined downwardly from vertical at an angle between about 0.degree. to 45.degree.. The upper compartment contains a tube type heat exchanger and can be provided with a bed of solids. The lower compartment constitutes a plenum having a gas manifold with gas inlets for injection of gas into the manifold for release through the jets of the distributor plate. The gas is injected at velocities insufficient to fluidize a significant portion of the solids to maximize heat transfer between the solids and heat exchanger, and it contacts and expands the bed of solids, and assists in the downward movement of the solids along the distributor plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1985
    Assignee: Exxon Research and Engineering Co.
    Inventors: James P. Norton, Lawrence P. Golan