Patents by Inventor Michael P. RALSTON

Michael P. RALSTON 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).

  • Steam methane reformer system and method of performing a steam methane reforming process
    Patent number: 9592487
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a furnace having at least one bayonet reforming tube. The furnace is adapted to receive a gas including a hydrocarbon and at least one of steam and carbon dioxide via the bayonet reforming tube, heat and catalytically react the gas to form syngas at a first temperature, cool the syngas to a second temperature lower than the first temperature, and eject the syngas from the tube. The furnace has a first effluent stream including flue gas and a second effluent stream including syngas. The apparatus also includes a first heat recovery section adapted to transfer heat from the first effluent stream to a first heat load including one of air, water, and steam, and a second heat recovery section adapted to transfer heat from the second effluent stream to a second heat load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: ZONEFLOW REACTOR TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Michael P. Ralston, Jonathan Jay Feinstein
  • STEAM METHANE REFORMER SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PERFORMING A STEAM METHANE REFORMING PROCESS
    Publication number: 20160002035
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a furnace having at least one bayonet reforming tube. The furnace is adapted to receive a gas including a hydrocarbon and at least one of steam and carbon dioxide via the bayonet reforming tube, heat and catalytically react the gas to form syngas at a first temperature, cool the syngas to a second temperature lower than the first temperature, and eject the syngas from the tube. The furnace has a first effluent stream including flue gas and a second effluent stream including syngas. The apparatus also includes a first heat recovery section adapted to transfer heat from the first effluent stream to a first heat load including one of air, water, and steam, and a second heat recovery section adapted to transfer heat from the second effluent stream to a second heat load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Michael P. RALSTON, Jonathan Jay FEINSTEIN
  • STEAM METHANE REFORMER SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PERFORMING A STEAM METHANE REFORMING PROCESS
    Publication number: 20150376003
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a furnace having at least one bayonet reforming tube. The furnace is adapted to receive a gas including a hydrocarbon and at least one of steam and carbon dioxide via the bayonet reforming tube, heat and catalytically react the gas to form syngas at a first temperature, cool the syngas to a second temperature lower than the first temperature, and eject the syngas from the tube. The furnace has a first effluent stream including flue gas and a second effluent stream including syngas. The apparatus also includes a first heat recovery section adapted to transfer heat from the first effluent stream to a first heat load including one of air, water, and steam, and a second heat recovery section adapted to transfer heat from the second effluent stream to a second heat load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Michael P. RALSTON, Jonathan Jay FEINSTEIN