Patents by Inventor Martin Byran

Martin Byran 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 purification of ethylene-containing feedstreams
    Patent number: 8426660
    Abstract: A method for purification of ethylene-containing feedstreams from steam crackers or fluid catalytic crackers (FCC), wherein the feedstreams further comprises hydrogen, carbon monoxide, acetylenes, oxygen, nitric oxides, is disclosed. The method comprises contacting an ethylene-comprising gas stream with a Ru-based catalyst at reaction temperatures of at least 120°C. The process results in an ethylene-containing feedstream wherein the ethylene is essentially free of acetylenes, nitric oxides and oxygen. The purifying of the feedstream occurs with minimal loss of ethylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Sud-Chemie Inc.
    Inventors: Mingyong Sun, Martin Byran, Steven A. Blankenship, Michael A. Urbancic
  • Process for Purification of Ethylene-Containing Feedstreams
    Publication number: 20100048972
    Abstract: A method for purification of ethylene-containing feedstreams from steam crackers or fluid catalytic crackers (FCC), wherein the feedstreams further comprises hydrogen, carbon monoxide, acetylenes, oxygen, nitric oxides, is disclosed. The method comprises contacting an ethylene-comprising gas stream with a Ru-based catalyst at reaction temperatures of at least 120°C. The process results in an ethylene-containing feedstream wherein the ethylene is essentially free of acetylenes, nitric oxides and oxygen. The purifying of the feedstream occurs with minimal loss of ethylene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2008
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Mingyong Sun, Martin Byran, Steven A. Blankenship, Michael A. Urbancic