Patents by Inventor Ralph C. NORTON

Ralph C. NORTON 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).

  • Perchloroethylene decomposition reactor design for isomerization unit hydrogen feed, enabling a lower temperature process with increased C5+ yield
    Patent number: 10889767
    Abstract: An improved isomerization process in which the inlet temperature to the isomerization reaction zone is less than 105° C. is described. A separate reactor is provided for the decomposition of the organic chloride. The product of the decomposition of the organic chloride is sent to an isomerization reactor along with a hydrocarbon feed containing paraffins. The use of the organic chloride decomposition reactor allows the operating temperatures for the isomerization reaction zone to be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Jocelyn Daguio, Ralph C. Norton, David J. Shecterle, Patrick J. Bullen, Steven L. Krupa
  • PERCHLOROETHYLENE DECOMPOSITION REACTOR DESIGN FOR ISOMERIZATION UNIT HYDROGEN FEED, ENABLING A LOWER TEMPERATURE PROCESS WITH INCREASED C5+ YIELD
    Publication number: 20200002627
    Abstract: An improved isomerization process in which the inlet temperature to the isomerization reaction zone is less than 105° C. is described. A separate reactor is provided for the decomposition of the organic chloride. The product of the decomposition of the organic chloride is sent to an isomerization reactor along with a hydrocarbon feed containing paraffins. The use of the organic chloride decomposition reactor allows the operating temperatures for the isomerization reaction zone to be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Jocelyn Daguio, Ralph C. Norton, David J. Shecterle, Patrick J. Bullen, Steven L. Krupa
  • Extraction of Mercaptans in the Absence of Oxidation Catalyst
    Publication number: 20120043259
    Abstract: Processes for the extractive removal of mercaptan compounds from hydrocarbon feeds, in which the contact between oxidation catalyst with oxygen and mercaptan in the feed is reduced or eliminated, are described. Oxidation of mercaptan compounds to disulfides in the extraction zone is prevented, thereby overcoming separation inefficiencies associated with the inability to extract disulfides in this zone. The invention advantageously relies on the use of a fixed bed of catalyst in the oxidation or regeneration zone, which is coupled to the extraction zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: UOP LLC
    Inventor: Ralph C. NORTON