Patents by Inventor Lisa Mazzocato

Lisa Mazzocato 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).

  • Process for determining the amount of erosive material entering a power recovery turbine
    Patent number: 6324895
    Abstract: A method for continuous monitoring the presence of entrained catalyst in a regenerator flue gas stream of a fluidized catalytic cracking unit is provided. The method has the following steps: (a) passing the regenerator gas stream through a separation system to remove a portion of the catalyst fines and to create a cleaner regenerator gas stream; (b) collecting a sample portion of the cleaner regenerator gas stream and directing the sample portion of the cleaner regenerator gas stream through an inertial separating device to separate entrained catalyst from the sample portion of the cleaner regenerator gas stream; (c) collecting any separated catalyst from the inertial separating device; and (d) monitoring the efficiency of the separation system by analyzing at least the amount of the collected separated catalyst or the particle size of the collected separated catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: Mobil Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Girish K. Chitnis, Brent David Freeman, Edward A. Lemon, Jr., Stephen J. McGovern, Lisa Mazzocato