Patents by Inventor Max G. Staples

Max G. Staples 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).

  • Preventing ammonium chloride deposition in hydrogen recycle stream
    Patent number: 4141816
    Abstract: Deposition of ammonium chloride from gaseous streams is prevented by maintaining the temperature of the gaseous stream above the deposition temperature for ammonium chloride at operating pressure. The invention is particularly useful in hydrocarbon hydrogen treating processes in which hydrogen recycle streams containing ammonium chloride or ammonium chloride-forming constituents must be recompressed before recycle to the hydrogen treating process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1977
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1979
    Assignee: Phillips Petroleum Company
    Inventors: Ralph P. Crowley, Max G. Staples