Patents by Inventor Lixiong Li

Lixiong Li 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).

  • Method and apparatus for multiple-stage and recycle wet oxidation
    Patent number: 5358646
    Abstract: An organic or inorganic feed compound can be treated in two or more zones to progressively oxidize the compound. The first zone oxidizes the compound to an intermediate product which includes a first intermediate compound which is intermediate the feed compound and end product. The second zone further oxidizes the intermediate product to an end product or a second intermediate compound which is intermediate the first intermediate compound and an end product. One or both zones may operate catalytically and/or at supercritical conditions for water to oxidize the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1994
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Earnest F. Gloyna, Lixiong Li, Roy N. McBrayer