Patents by Inventor Nicholas Confuorto

Nicholas Confuorto 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).

  • Process of removing nitrogen oxides from flue gases from a fluidized catalytic cracking unit
    Patent number: 6551565
    Abstract: A process for removing nitrogen oxides from flue gases of a fluidized catalytic cracking unit wherein the flue gas is introduced into a tertiary cyclone with percentages of separated solids being discharged in both the overflow and underflow from the cyclone, treating the overflow in a catalytic reduction unit to form an outlet gas and treating the underflow and outlet gas in a wet scrubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: Belco
    Inventors: Nicholas Confuorto, Kevin R. Gilman
  • Process of removing nitrogen oxides from flue gases from a fluidized catalytic cracking unit
    Publication number: 20020068031
    Abstract: A process for removing nitrogen oxides from flue gases of a fluidized catalytic cracking unit wherein the flue gas is introduced into a tertiary cyclone with percentages of separated solids being discharged in both the overflow and underflow from the cyclone, treating the overflow in a catalytic reduction unit to form an outlet gas and treating the underflow and outlet gas in a wet scrubber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2000
    Publication date: June 6, 2002
    Inventors: Nicholas Confuorto, Kevin R. Gilman