Patents by Inventor Myron E. Schroeder

Myron E. Schroeder 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 for chemical addition utilizing adaptive optimization
    Patent number: 6535795
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for chemical addition utilizing adaptive process control optimizations having a combination of expert system(s), neural network(s) and genetic algorithm(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Myron E. Schroeder, Marilyn W. Blaschke, Michael J. Zetlmeisl, David M. Fischer, Kenneth J. Tacchi
  • Thermal cracking process with reduced coking
    Patent number: 5446229
    Abstract: A process for the production of olefins in an olefin plant, which includes an olefin pyrolysis furnace having pyrolysis tubes in which hydrocarbon feedstock is cracked, comprises introducing hydrocarbon feed substantially free of phosphorous-containing compounds into the pyrolysis furnace and operating the furnace under pyrolysis conditions producing olefin-containing effluent therefrom wherein the pyrolysis tubes have an effective passivator of metal catalytic sites bonded to the exposed metal surface by injecting an effective passivator into the furnace at a point above the dew point of water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1995
    Assignee: Amoco Corporation
    Inventors: Don M. Taylor, Lynn M. Allen, Myron E. Schroeder