Patents by Inventor Paul A. Webley

Paul A. Webley 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).

  • Pretreatment layer for CO-VSA
    Patent number: 5531809
    Abstract: The present invention is an apparatus and method for preferentially adsorbing carbon monoxide from a gas stream containing carbon monoxide in the presence of water and potentially ammonia while not adsorbing methane, hydrogen or carbon dioxide which may be present in the gas stream using an adsorbent of a supported cuprous compound situated downstream serially from a pretreatment adsorbent of 3A zeolite which protects the cuprous compound from water. An additional pretreatment layer of a basic metal compound to protect the acid-unstable 3A zeolite layer is also contemplated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1996
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy C. Golden, Paul A. Webley, Steven R. Auvil, Wilbur C. Katz
  • Process for cooling the feed gas to gas separation systems
    Patent number: 5306331
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for utilizing one stream from a gas separation unit in an evaporation cooler to provide cool water which is used to cool the feed gas mixture by direct or indirect contact prior to entering the gas separation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1994
    Assignee: Permea, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven R. Auvil, Rodney J. Allam, Paul A. Webley, Philip J. Young