Patents by Inventor Richard P. Lowry

Richard P. Lowry 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 for reducing molybdenum trioxide content of gases issuing from reactors containing molybdenum-based catalysts
    Patent number: 4029636
    Abstract: In high-temperature vapor-phase reaction systems in which there are employed molybdenum-containing catalysts, contamination and/or blockage of downstream processing equipment has been found to be a problem as a result of vaporization of molybdenum trioxide into the hot gases passing through the catalytic reactor. The present invention comprises a method for alleviating the problem, preferably by passing the reactor effluent vapor through a bed or array of cooled solids upon which molybdenum trioxide is deposited and so removed from the reactor effluent gases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1974
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1977
    Assignee: Celanese Corporation
    Inventors: Richard P. Lowry, Joseph D. Chase, Paul A. C. Cook