Patents by Inventor Robert Joseph Farrauto

Robert Joseph Farrauto 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).

  • Reforming sulfur-containing hydrocarbons using a sulfur resistant catalyst
    Patent number: 7901565
    Abstract: A method of reforming a sulfur containing hydrocarbon involves contacting the sulfur containing hydrocarbon with a sulfur tolerant catalyst containing a sulfur tolerant precious metal and a non-sulfating carrier so that the sulfur tolerant catalyst adsorbs at least a portion of sulfur in the sulfur containing hydrocarbon and a low sulfur reformate is collected, and contacting the sulfur tolerant catalyst with an oxygen containing gas to convert at least a portion of adsorbed sulfur to a sulfur oxide that is desorbed from the sulfur tolerant catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Giroux, Earl Waterman, Robert Joseph Farrauto
  • Reforming sulfur-containing hydrocarbons using a sulfur resistant catalyst
    Patent number: 7901566
    Abstract: A method of reforming a sulfur containing hydrocarbon involves contacting the sulfur containing hydrocarbon with a sulfur tolerant catalyst containing a non-sulfating carrier and one or more of a sulfur tolerant precious metal and a non-precious metal compound so that the sulfur tolerant catalyst adsorbs at least a portion of sulfur in the sulfur containing hydrocarbon and a low sulfur reformate is collected, and contacting the sulfur tolerant catalyst with an oxygen containing gas to convert at least a portion of adsorbed sulfur to a sulfur oxide that is desorbed from the sulfur tolerant catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Giroux, Earl Waterman, Robert Joseph Farrauto
  • Catalyst composition for alcohol steam reforming
    Patent number: 7569511
    Abstract: An alcohol steam reforming catalyst for generating hydrogen contains palladium, yttrium, and at least one of cerium and a metal oxide. The catalyst displays both an improved alcohol conversion rate and improved carbon dioxide selectivity. Methods of making and using the alcohol steam reforming catalyst are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: BASF Catalysts LLC
    Inventors: Christopher R. Castellano, Ye Liu, Ahmad Moini, Gerald Stephen Koermer, Robert Joseph Farrauto
  • REFORMING SULFUR-CONTAINING HYDROCARBONS USING A SULFUR RESISTANT CATALYST
    Publication number: 20080011646
    Abstract: A method of reforming a sulfur containing hydrocarbon involves contacting the sulfur containing hydrocarbon with a sulfur tolerant catalyst containing a sulfur tolerant precious metal and a non-sulfating carrier so that the sulfur tolerant catalyst adsorbs at least a portion of sulfur in the sulfur containing hydrocarbon and a low sulfur reformate is collected, and contacting the sulfur tolerant catalyst with an oxygen containing gas to convert at least a portion of adsorbed sulfur to a sulfur oxide that is desorbed from the sulfur tolerant catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Applicant: ENGELHARD CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas Giroux, Earl Waterman, Robert Joseph Farrauto
  • Suppression of methanation activity by a water gas shift reaction catalyst
    Patent number: 6562315
    Abstract: The invention provides a process for carrying out the water gas shift reaction comprising employing a methane production suppressing water gas shift reaction catalyst, wherein the methane production suppressing water gas shift reaction catalyst comprises a methane production suppressing effective amount of a basic metal oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: Engelhard Corporation
    Inventors: Olga Korotkikh, Wolfgang Friedrich Ruettinger, Robert Joseph Farrauto
  • Suppression of methanation activity by a water gas shift reaction catalyst
    Publication number: 20030064887
    Abstract: The invention provides a process for carrying out the water gas shift reaction comprising employing a methane production suppressing water gas shift reaction catalyst, wherein the methane production suppressing water gas shift reaction catalyst comprises a methane production suppressing effective amount of a basic metal oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2002
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Applicant: ENGELHARD CORPORATION
    Inventors: Olga Korotkikh, Wolfgang Friedrich Ruettinger, Robert Joseph Farrauto