Patents by Inventor Timothy Christopher Golden
Timothy Christopher Golden 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).
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Patent number: 11173451Abstract: Trace hydrogen may be removed from a dry gas by passing the dry gas at a temperature from about 0° C. to about 60° C. through at least one layer of a first hopcalite catalyst to produce product gas that is at least substantially free of hydrogen, wherein the first hopcalite catalyst has a molar ratio of copper to manganese of more than 0.55. Advantages include increase hydrogen capacity, lower feed and regeneration temperatures and lower sensitivity to carbon dioxide than equivalent processes using standard hopcalite catalyst having a Cu/Mn molar ratio from 0.45 to 0.55.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2020Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Garret Chi-Ho Lau, William Jack Casteel, Jr., Timothy Christopher Golden, Venkataramanan Ravi, Jeffrey Raymond Hufton, Guarav Kumar
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Patent number: 10835856Abstract: Disclosed herein are rapid cycle pressure swing adsorption (PSA) process for separating O2 from N2 and/or Ar. The processes use a carbon molecular sieve (CMS) adsorbent having an O2/N2 and/or O2/Ar kinetic selectivity of at least 5 and an O2 adsorption rate (1/s) of at least 0.2000 as determined by linear driving force model at 1 atma and 86° F.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2018Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Roger Dean Whitley, Shubhra Jyoti Bhadra, Erdem Arslan, Yong Cao, Timothy Christopher Golden
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Patent number: 10799849Abstract: An adsorbent for removing CO2 from a gas mixture, the adsorbent comprising alumina and a carbonate compound where the carbonate to alumina IR absorbance intensity ratio is reduced by washing the adsorbent with water. The disclosure also describes a method of making adsorbent particles, process for removing CO2 from a gas mixture using the adsorbent, and an adsorption unit using the adsorbent.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2019Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Garret Chi-Ho Lau, Erin Marie Sorensen, Fred William Taylor, Timothy Christopher Golden, Robert Quinn, William Jack Casteel, Jr.
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Patent number: 10765991Abstract: A rapid cycle pressure swing adsorption (RCPSA) air purification process, apparatus, and device for the removal of at least one of water, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, and one or more hydrocarbons from a feed air stream prior to cryogenic air separation.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2017Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Jinzhong Liu, Wu Li, Timothy Christopher Golden
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Patent number: 10744450Abstract: Disclosed herein are multi-bed rapid cycle pressure swing adsorption (RCPSA) processes for separating O2 from N2 and/or Ar, wherein the process utilizes at least five adsorption beds each comprising a kinetically selective adsorbent for O2 having an O2 adsorption rate (1/s) of at least 0.20 as determined by linear driving force model at 1 atma and 86° F.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Shubhra Jyoti Bhadra, Roger Dean Whitley, Timothy Christopher Golden, Dingjun Wu, Glenn Paul Wagner
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Patent number: 10646848Abstract: Disclosed herein are novel RHO zeolites useful as kinetically selective adsorbents for oxygen and/or nitrogen. The adsorbents can be used in pressure swing adsorption processes for selectively adsorbing oxygen and/or nitrogen from feed streams such as an air stream or crude argon stream. Also disclosed are novel methods of preparing RHO zeolites, including in particular mixed-cation RHO zeolites.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2017Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Magdalena M. Lozinska, Paul A. Wright, Elliott L. Bruce, William Jack Casteel, Jr., Shubhra Jyoti Bhadra, Robert Quinn, Garret Chi-Ho Lau, Erin Marie Sorensen, Roger Dean Whitley, Timothy Christopher Golden, Mohammad Ali Kalbassi
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Publication number: 20200054986Abstract: Disclosed herein are rapid cycle pressure swing adsorption (PSA) process for separating O2 from N2 and/or Ar. The processes use a carbon molecular sieve (CMS) adsorbent having an O2/N2 and/or O2/Ar kinetic selectivity of at least 5 and an O2 adsorption rate (1/s) of at least 0.2000 as determined by linear driving force model at 1 atma and 86° F.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2018Publication date: February 20, 2020Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Roger Dean Whitley, Shubhra Jyoti Bhadra, Erdem Arslan, Yong Cao, Timothy Christopher Golden
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Publication number: 20200054987Abstract: Disclosed herein are multi-bed rapid cycle pressure swing adsorption (RCPSA) processes for separating O2 from N2 and/or Ar, wherein the process utilizes at least five adsorption beds each comprising a kinetically selective adsorbent for O2 having an O2 adsorption rate (1/s) of at least 0.20 as determined by linear driving force model at 1 atma and 86° F.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2018Publication date: February 20, 2020Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Shubhra Jyoti Bhadra, Roger Dean Whitley, Timothy Christopher Golden, Dingjun Wu, Glenn Paul Wagner
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Publication number: 20190388868Abstract: An adsorbent for removing CO2 from a gas mixture, the adsorbent comprising alumina and a carbonate compound where the carbonate to alumina IR absorbance intensity ratio is reduced by washing the adsorbent with water. The disclosure also describes a method of making adsorbent particles, process for removing CO2 from a gas mixture using the adsorbent, and an adsorption unit using the adsorbent.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: GARRET CHI-HO LAU, ERIN MARIE SORENSEN, FRED WILLIAM TAYLOR, TIMOTHY CHRISTOPHER GOLDEN, ROBERT QUINN, WILLIAM JACK CASTEEL, JR.
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Patent number: 10343139Abstract: Disclosed herein are new processes for adsorbing oxygen using adsorbent compositions comprising RHO zeolites kinetically selective for oxygen. The RHO zeolites can be used in pressure swing adsorption processes for separating oxygen from oxygen containing streams, such as for, but not limited to, purifying a crude argon feed stream or separating oxygen from an air feed stream.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2017Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Shubhra Jyoti Bhadra, Roger Dean Whitley, William Jack Casteel, Jr., Timothy Christopher Golden, Garrett Chi-Ho Lau, Erin Marie Sorensen, Robert Quinn, Magdalena M. Lozinska, Paul A. Wright, Mohammad Ali Kalbassi
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Patent number: 10252242Abstract: An adsorbent for removing CO2 from a gas mixture, the adsorbent comprising alumina and a carbonate compound where the carbonate to alumina IR absorbance intensity ratio is reduced by washing the adsorbent with water. The disclosure also describes a method of making adsorbent particles, process for removing CO2 from a gas mixture using the adsorbent, and an adsorption unit using the adsorbent.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2017Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Garret Chi-Ho Lau, Erin Marie Sorensen, Fred William Taylor, Timothy Christopher Golden, Robert Quinn, William Jack Casteel, Jr.
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Publication number: 20190091651Abstract: Disclosed herein are new processes for adsorbing oxygen using adsorbent compositions comprising RHO zeolites kinetically selective for oxygen. The RHO zeolites can be used in pressure swing adsorption processes for separating oxygen from oxygen containing streams, such as for, but not limited to, purifying a crude argon feed stream or separating oxygen from an air feed stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2017Publication date: March 28, 2019Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Shubhra Jyoti Bhadra, Roger Dean Whitley, William Jack Casteel, JR., Timothy Christopher Golden, Garrett Chi-Ho Lau, Erin Marie Sorensen, Robert Quinn, Magdalena M. Lozinska, Paul A. Wright, Mohammad Ali Kalbassi
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Publication number: 20190091652Abstract: Disclosed herein are novel RHO zeolites useful as kinetically selective adsorbents for oxygen and/or nitrogen. The adsorbents can be used in pressure swing adsorption processes for selectively adsorbing oxygen and/or nitrogen from feed streams such as an air stream or crude argon stream. Also disclosed are novel methods of preparing RHO zeolites, including in particular mixed-cation RHO zeolites.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2017Publication date: March 28, 2019Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Magdalena M. Lozinska, Paul A. Wright, Elliott L. Bruce, William Jack Casteel, JR., Shubhra Jyoti Bhadra, Robert Quinn, Garret Chi-Ho Lau, Erin Marie Sorensen, Roger Dean Whitley, Timothy Christopher Golden, Mohammad Ali Kalbassi
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Publication number: 20190046919Abstract: A rapid cycle pressure swing adsorption (RCPSA) air purification process, apparatus, and device for the removal of at least one of water, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, and one or more hydrocarbons from a feed air stream prior to cryogenic air separation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2017Publication date: February 14, 2019Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Jinzhong Liu, Wu Li, Timothy Christopher Golden
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Publication number: 20180264432Abstract: An adsorbent for removing CO2 from a gas mixture, the adsorbent comprising alumina and a carbonate compound where the carbonate to alumina IR absorbance intensity ratio is reduced by washing the adsorbent with water. The disclosure also describes a method of making adsorbent particles, process for removing CO2 from a gas mixture using the adsorbent, and an adsorption unit using the adsorbent.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2017Publication date: September 20, 2018Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Garret Chi-Ho Lau, Erin Marie Sorensen, Fred William Taylor, Timothy Christopher Golden, Robert Quinn, William Jack Casteel, JR.
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Publication number: 20180264433Abstract: An adsorbent for removing CO2 from a gas mixture, the adsorbent comprising alumina and a carbonate compound where the carbonate to alumina IR absorbance intensity ratio is reduced by washing the adsorbent with water. The disclosure also describes a method of making adsorbent particles, process for removing CO2 from a gas mixture using the adsorbent, and an adsorption unit using the adsorbent.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2018Publication date: September 20, 2018Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Garret Chi-Ho Lau, Erin Marie Sorensen, Fred William Taylor, Timothy Christopher Golden, Robert Quinn, William Jack Casteel, JR.
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Patent number: 9945608Abstract: The invention provides systems and methods for separating ethane and heavier hydrocarbons from a natural gas stream. In aspects of the invention, an adsorption unit is integrated with a cryogenic gas processing plant in order to overcome methane recovery limitations by sending the tail gas from the adsorption unit to the cryogenic gas processing plant to recover methane that would otherwise be lost.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2012Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Jason Michael Ploeger, Timothy Christopher Golden, Jeffrey Raymond Hufton, John Eugene Palamara
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Patent number: 9371228Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for efficiently producing both a low-pressure ozone stream and high-pressure oxygen stream using a single air separation unit. The low-pressure ozone stream and high-pressure oxygen stream can be produced with significant energy savings and can be used in variety of applications, including the extraction of precious metals from ore with aqueous oxidation reactors and high-pressure oxidation reactors.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2013Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Timothy Christopher Golden, Vipul P. Dholakia, Sunita S. Sisodia
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Patent number: 9108145Abstract: Process of reducing water, CO2 and N2O in feed air, which: a first adsorbent such as alumina (25-40% volume) and a second adsorbent such as X zeolite (60-75% volume) are used; the online time of the adsorbent is determined by determining the concentration measured by an analyzer for CO2 concentration at a position within the length of the second adsorbent when a maximum level of N2O is simultaneously obtained at the downstream end of the second adsorbent in the feed direction, wherein the online time is the time taken from commencing passing the feed air to the first and second adsorbents to the measurement by the analyzer of the determined concentration of CO2; at least the second adsorbent is regenerated by heated regeneration gas at a temperature of 140° C.-220° C.; and the molar ratio of the regenerating gas to feed air supplied during one iteration of the cycle is 0.08-0.5.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2013Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Mohammad Ali Kalbassi, Anthony Finot, Timothy Christopher Golden, Christopher James Raiswell, Ann Marie Botelho
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Publication number: 20150068365Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for efficiently producing both a low-pressure ozone stream and high-pressure oxygen stream using a single air separation unit. The low-pressure ozone stream and high-pressure oxygen stream can be produced with significant energy savings and can be used in variety of applications, including the extraction of precious metals from ore with aqueous oxidation reactors and high-pressure oxidation reactors.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2013Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: Timothy Christopher GOLDEN, Vipul P. DHOLAKIA, Sunita S. SISODIA