Patents by Inventor Michael S. GROVES

Michael S. GROVES 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).

  • Systems for heating multi-tubular reactors
    Patent number: 10518236
    Abstract: Systems for heating multi-tubular reactors are provided. Systems can include one or more reaction panels including multiple vertically-oriented reaction tubes, each including a catalyst bed, which can be located within a furnace. A burner system can provide a flue gas to the furnace, and the flue gas can enter one or more distribution chambers such flue gas in the distribution chambers does not contact the portion of the reaction tubes containing the catalyst bed. The flue gas can travel from the distribution chambers and through one or more convection chambers to flow co-currently with a feedstream within the reaction tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: John B. Kessler, Slawomir A. Oleksy, John David Andrews, Michael S. Groves
  • SYSTEMS FOR HEATING MULTI-TUBULAR REACTORS
    Publication number: 20190134588
    Abstract: Systems for heating multi-tubular reactors are provided. Systems can include one or more reaction panels including multiple vertically-oriented reaction tubes, each including a catalyst bed, which can be located within a furnace. A burner system can provide a flue gas to the furnace, and the flue gas can enter one or more distribution chambers such flue gas in the distribution chambers does not contact the portion of the reaction tubes containing the catalyst bed. The flue gas can travel from the distribution chambers and through one or more convection chambers to flow co-currently with a feedstream within the reaction tubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: John B. KESSLER, Slawomir A. OLEKSY, John David ANDREWS, Michael S. GROVES