Patents by Inventor Webster W. Brown, Jr.

Webster W. Brown, Jr. 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 purifying HF catalyst in an isoparaffin-olefin alkylation
    Patent number: 4014953
    Abstract: An apparatus and process for separating acid soluble oil (ASO) from HF to purify same for reuse. The apparatus includes an alkylation HF rerun tower having an upper chamber and a lower chamber with liquid-vapor contact means in the upper chamber and an eductor and liquid-vapor contact means in the lower chamber. A stream of HF catalyst containing ASO is introduced into the upper chamber and is intimately contacted with an isoparaffin for separation of the HF and ASO. The ASO is collected in the lower chamber and is circulated through same and the eductor during which same is contacted by a vaporous isoparaffin for further separation of HF and ASO.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1976
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1977
    Assignee: Phillips Petroleum Company
    Inventor: Webster W. Brown, Jr.
  • Apparatus for purifying HF catalyst in an alkylation process
    Patent number: 3975164
    Abstract: An apparatus and process for separating acid soluble oil (ASO) from HF to purify same for reuse. The apparatus includes an alkylation HF rerun tower having an upper chamber and a lower chamber with liquid-vapor contact means in the upper chamber and an eductor and liquid-vapor contact means in the lower chamber. A stream of HF catalyst containing ASO is introduced into the upper chamber and is intimately contacted with an isoparaffin for separation of the HF and ASO. The ASO is collected in the lower chamber and is circulated through same and the eductor during which same is contacted by a vaporous isoparaffin for further separation of HF and ASO.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1976
    Assignee: Phillips Petroleum Company
    Inventor: Webster W. Brown, Jr.