Patents by Inventor William J. Piel

William J. Piel 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).

  • Integrated production of propylene oxide and methyl T-butyl ether
    Patent number: 5424458
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel integration of an existing MTBE process unit with new propylene oxide producing facilities whereby through this integration new propylene oxide production is achieved without significant increase in MTBE production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1995
    Assignee: Arco Chemical Technology, L.P.
    Inventors: Gordon A. Sullivan, Herry E. Eilerts-de Haan, William J. Piel, John J. Leonard
  • Production of oxygenated fuel components
    Patent number: 5136108
    Abstract: A low value C.sub.5 feedstock is efficiently upgraded by a series of process steps involving reacting branched tertiary olefins in the feed and from subsequent isomerization with methanol and/or water to form TAME and/or TAA, separating isopentene by distillation from the reaction mixture, separating product TAME and/or TAA by distillation from linear C.sub.5 hydrocarbons, and converting the linear C.sub.5 hydrocarbons by skeletal isomerization to branched C.sub.5 hydrocarbons which are recycled to said reaction with methanol and/or water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1992
    Assignee: Arco Chemical Technology, L.P.
    Inventors: Anne M. Gaffney, William J. Piel