Patents by Inventor Steve Klasnich

Steve Klasnich 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).

  • Coker operation without recycle
    Publication number: 20040173504
    Abstract: A process for coking a heavy oil feedstock with elimination of recycle is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, heavy hydrocarbon feed is directly passed to the coking vessels, coker overhead vapors are combined and passed directly to a fractionator and fractionator bottoms are recovered as product for further processing in other refining systems. Distillate coker product is not used to reduce the heavy hydrocarbon feed viscosity or to manage coke fouling in the coker furnace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2003
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Applicant: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Klasnich, Robert V. Bell