Patents by Inventor Philip E. DePalm

Philip E. DePalm 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).

  • Pour point depression unit using mild thermal cracker
    Patent number: 6599488
    Abstract: A method for lowering the cloud/pour point of a waxy crude oil in locations where size and/or weight of the facility may need to be limited (i.e. arctic zones and offshore). The major components of the system comprise a fractionation/quench tower and a reaction furnace. The furnace has sufficient heat input to initiate thermal cracking of wax and the fractionation tower is operated at a temperature sufficient to flash off light hydrocarbons but also low enough to quench thermal cracking reaction. The feed to the furnace comprises a portion of the bottoms stream from the tower and the furnace output is fed back into the tower bottom to be quenched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc.
    Inventors: Gee S. Fung, Philip E. DePalm, Puneet Sharma
  • Pour point depression unit using mild thermal cracker
    Publication number: 20020187085
    Abstract: A method for lowering the cloud/pour point of a waxy crude oil in locations where size and/or weight of the facility may need to be limited (i.e. arctic zones and offshore). The major components of the system comprise a fractionation/quench tower and a reaction furnace. The furnace has sufficient heat input to initiate thermal cracking of wax and the fractionation tower is operated at a temperature sufficient to flash off light hydrocarbons but also low enough to quench thermal cracking reaction. The feed to the furnace comprises a portion of the bottoms stream from the tower and the furnace output is fed back into the tower bottom to be quenched.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2000
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Inventors: Gee S. Fung, Philip E. Depalm, Puneet Sharma
  • Pour point depression unit using mild thermal cracker
    Patent number: 6379534
    Abstract: A method for lowering the cloud/pour point of a waxy crude oil in locations where size and/or weight of the facility may need to be limited (i.e. arctic zones and offshore). The major components of the system comprise a fractionation/quench tower and a reaction furnace. The furnace has sufficient heat input to initiate thermal cracking of wax and the fractionation tower is operated at a temperature sufficient to flash off light hydrocarbons but also low enough to quench thermal cracking reaction. The feed to the furnace comprises a portion of the bottoms stream from the tower and the furnace output is fed back into the tower bottom to be quenched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Gee S. Fung, Philip E. DePalm, Puneet Sharma
  • Pour point depression unit using mild thermal cracker
    Patent number: 6337011
    Abstract: A method for lowering the cloud/pour point of a waxy crude oil in locations where size and/or weight of the facility may need to be limited (i.e. arctic zones and offshore). The major components of the system comprise a fractionation/quench tower and a reaction furnace. The furnace has sufficient heat input to initiate thermal cracking of wax and the fractionation tower is operated at a temperature sufficient to flash off light hydrocarbons but also low enough to quench thermal cracking reaction. The feed to the furnace comprises a portion of the bottoms stream from the tower and the furnace output is fed back into the tower bottom to be quenched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Gee S. Fung, Philip E. DePalm, Puneet Sharma