Patents by Inventor Thomas Michael Roden

Thomas Michael Roden 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 with intermediate reactant injection
    Patent number: 6527980
    Abstract: According to the present invention, hydrogen/carbon monoxide synthesis gas (also called syngas) is produced by injection of a second reactant stream into a hydrocarbon reformer at a location between the entry and discharge ends of the reformer. The second reactant stream can contain: carbon dioxide; a mixture of carbon dioxide and hydrocarbon; a mixture of hydrocarbon and steam, a mixture of carbon dioxide and steam; or a mixture of carbon dioxide with hydrocarbon and steam. All or part of the mixtures containing hydrocarbon and steam can be prereformed hydrocarbon in steam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Michael Roden, Arthur Daniel Bixler, David Michael Nicholas, Shankar Nataraj