Patents by Inventor Paul Eugene Eaton

Paul Eugene Eaton 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).

  • Method of reducing hydrolysis in hydrocarbon streams
    Patent number: 6902662
    Abstract: A method of reducing hydrolysis in a hydrocarbon stream comprising adding to a hydrocarbon stream containing a chloride compound which undergoes hydrolysis at elevated temperatures in the presence of water to form hydrochloric acid, an effective amount of a treating agent that is at least one overbased complex of a metal salt and an organic acid complexing agent, the treating agent being added to hydrocarbon stream when the stream is at a temperature below which any substantial hydrolysis of the chloride containing compound occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Champion Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Eugene Eaton, Petrous Johannes Venter, George Burton Jones
  • Method of reducing hydrolysis in hydrocarbon streams
    Publication number: 20030201207
    Abstract: A method of reducing hydrolysis in a hydrocarbon stream comprising adding to a hydrocarbon stream containing a chloride compound which undergoes hydrolysis at elevated temperatures in the presence of water to form hydrochloric acid, an effective amount of a treating agent that is at least one overbased complex of a metal salt and an organic acid complexing agent, the treating agent being added to hydrocarbon stream when the stream is at a temperature below which any substantial hydrolysis of the chloride containing compound occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2003
    Publication date: October 30, 2003
    Inventors: Paul Eugene Eaton, Petrus Johannes Venter, George Burton Jones