Patents by Inventor Patricia Kentosh Hershman

Patricia Kentosh Hershman 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).

  • Hydrogen production process with low COemissions
    Patent number: 8715617
    Abstract: A hydrogen production process wherein steam and a hydrocarbon feed is reacted in a prereformer, the prereformed intermediate is further reacted in an oxygen-based reformer, the reformate is shifted and then separated by a pressure swing adsorber to form a H2 product stream and a tail gas, a first portion of the tail gas is recycled to the prereformer and/or the oxygen-based reformer, and a second portion of the tail gas is recycled to the pressure swing adsorber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene S. Genkin, Patricia Kentosh Hershman, Edward Landis Weist, Jr., Jianguo Xu
  • Hydrogen Production Process with Low CO2 Emissions
    Publication number: 20130243686
    Abstract: A hydrogen production process wherein steam and a hydrocarbon feed is reacted in a prereformer, the prereformed intermediate is further reacted in an oxygen-based reformer, the reformate is shifted and then separated by a pressure swing adsorber to form a H2 product stream and a tail gas, a first portion of the tail gas is recycled to the prereformer and/or the oxygen-based reformer, and a second portion of the tail gas is recycled to the pressure swing adsorber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene S. Genkin, Patricia Kentosh Hershman, Edward Landis Weist, JR., Jianguo Xu