Patents by Inventor Prashant S. Chintawar

Prashant S. Chintawar 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 converting carbon monoxide and water in a reformate stream and apparatus therefore
    Publication number: 20030154655
    Abstract: A process for converting carbon monoxide and water in a reformate stream into carbon dioxide and hydrogen comprising: generating a reformate by reacting a hydrocarbon via partial oxidation, steam reforming, or both, including autothermal reforming; and promoting a water gas shift in the reformate in the presence of a platinum group metal selected from the group consisting of platinum, palladium, iridium, osmium, rhodium and mixtures thereof, supported on zirconium oxide. The platinum group metal advantageously may be supported directly on a monolithic substrate composed of zirconium oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2003
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Inventors: Prashant S. Chintawar, Craig Thompson, Mark R. Hagan
  • Process for converting carbon monoxide and water in a reformate stream
    Patent number: 6524550
    Abstract: A process for converting carbon monoxide and water in a reformate stream into carbon dioxide and hydrogen comprising: generating a reformate by reacting a hydrocarbon via partial oxidation, steam reforming, or both, including autothermal reforming; and promoting a water gas shift in the reformate in the presence of a platinum group metal selected from the group consisting of platinum, palladium, iridium, osmium, rhodium and mixtures thereof, supported on zirconium oxide. The platinum group metal advantageously may be supported directly on a monolithic substrate composed of zirconium oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Inventors: Prashant S. Chintawar, Craig Thompson, Mark R. Hagan