Patents by Inventor Thomas Leroy Hinton SALEMAN

Thomas Leroy Hinton SALEMAN 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 gas separation
    Patent number: 10279305
    Abstract: A method for controlling gas separation of a gas mixture comprising a first component and a second component, the method comprising contacting a feed containing the gas mixture with an adsorbent in a bed in a column in a dual reflux swing adsorption process such that a first component of a gas mixture attains or exceeds a desired purity and a second component of the gas mixture attains or exceeds a desired purity, wherein the mathematical product of the cycle feed time and the sum of the molar feed flow rate and the molar reflux flow rate directed to the column does not exceed the maximum number of moles that can be treated per bed per cycle and wherein the ratio of the first product flow rate to the feed flow rate is less than or equal to the first component's fraction of the feed, and the ratio of the second product flow rate to the feed flow rate is less than or equal to the second component's fraction of the feed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignees: The University of Western Australia, Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Freemantle May, Gang Li, Kaman Ida Chan, Stanley Hsing-Wei Huang, Thomas Leroy Hinton Saleman
  • Method for Gas Separation
    Publication number: 20180104640
    Abstract: A method for controlling gas separation of a gas mixture comprising a first component and a second component, the method comprising contacting a feed containing the gas mixture with an adsorbent in a bed in a column in a dual reflux swing adsorption process such that a first component of a gas mixture attains or exceeds a desired purity and a second component of the gas mixture attains or exceeds a desired purity, wherein the mathematical product of the cycle feed time and the sum of the molar feed flow rate and the molar reflux flow rate directed to the column does not exceed the maximum number of moles that can be treated per bed per cycle and wherein the ratio of the first product flow rate to the feed flow rate is less than or equal to the first component's fraction of the feed, and the ratio of the second product flow rate to the feed flow rate is less than or equal to the second component's fraction of the feed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Eric Freemantle MAY, Gang LI, Kaman Ida CHAN, Stanley Hsing-Wei HUANG, Thomas Leroy Hinton SALEMAN