Patents by Inventor NIck Joseph Vecchio

NIck Joseph Vecchio 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 FOR THE CONVERSION OF MIXED LOWER ALKANES TO AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
    Publication number: 20130338415
    Abstract: A process comprising: contacting a lower alkane feed comprising propane and ethane with an aromatization catalyst in a first stage under first stage reaction conditions to produce a first stage product stream comprising ethane and aromatics; separating the aromatics from the first stage product stream to form an aromatics product stream and a second stage feed; and contacting the second stage feed with an aromatization catalyst in a second stage under second stage reaction conditions to produce a second stage product stream comprising ethane and aromatics wherein the amount ethane in the first stage product stream is equal to from 80 to 300% of the amount of ethane in the lower alkane feed and the amount of ethane in the second stage product stream is 500 equal to at most 80% of the amount of ethane in the second stage feed is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventors: Mahesh Venkataraman Iyer, Ann Marie Lauritzen, Ajay Madhav Madgavkar, NIck Joseph Vecchio