Patents by Inventor Nicholas Brancaccio

Nicholas Brancaccio 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).

  • GAS-TO-LIQUID CO2 REDUCTION BY USE OF H2 AS A FUEL
    Publication number: 20050113464
    Abstract: CO2 emissions from Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) facilities such as, for example, Fischer-Tropsch facilities, are minimized by using recovered hydrogen as a fuel in at least one furnace in the GTL facility. A process for manufacturing hydrocarbonaceous products from a methane-containing feedstock in a GTL facility comprising at least one furnace generating reduced CO2 emissions comprises forming syngas from a methane-containing feedstock by means of a partial oxidation reaction. A hydrogen rich fuel is used in at least one furnace in the GTL facility to reduce CO2 emissions generated by the facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2003
    Publication date: May 26, 2005
    Applicant: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
    Inventors: Dennis O'Rear, Nicholas Brancaccio
  • Gas-to-liquid CO2 reduction by use of H2 as a fuel
    Patent number: 6890962
    Abstract: CO2 emissions Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) facilities such as, for example, Fischer-Tropsch facilities, are minimized by using recovered hydrogen as a fuel in at least one furnace in the GTL facility. A process for manufacturing hydrocarbonaceous products from a methane-containing feedstock in a GTL facility comprising at least one furnace generating reduced CO2 emissions comprises forming syngas from a methane-containing feedstock by means of a partial oxidation reaction. A hydrogen rich fuel is used in at least one furnace in the GTL facility to reduce CO2 emissions generated by the facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis J. O'Rear, Nicholas Brancaccio