Patents by Inventor YLMAZ KARA

YLMAZ KARA 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).

  • Methanation process and reactor for reacting hydrogen with at least one carbon-based compound and producing methane and water
    Patent number: 9926239
    Abstract: A methanation reactor for reacting dihydrogen with a carbon-based compound and producing methane. The reactor has a hollow body configured to receive a fluidized bed of catalytic particles, an inlet for each carbon-based compound and dihydrogen, and an outlet for methane and water. A water inlet is provided to inject liquid-phase cooling water into the fluidized bed. When each carbon-based compound is a gas, the reactor has at least one water-injection nozzle and at least one gas injection nozzle for a gas consisting of the carbon-based gas and dihydrogen, and at least one water-injection nozzle positioned below the gas-injection nozzle. The flow rate of water introduced into the hollow body can depend on the temperature measured in the reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: GDF SUEZ
    Inventors: Ylmaz Kara, Bernard Marchand
  • METHANATION REACTOR FOR REACTING HYDROGEN WITH AT LEAST ONE CARBON-BASED COMPOUND AND PRODUCING METHANE AND WATER
    Publication number: 20160236999
    Abstract: A methanation reactor for reacting dihydrogen with a carbon-based compound and producing methane. The reactor has a hollow body configured to receive a fluidized bed of catalytic particles, an inlet for each carbon-based compound and dihydrogen, and an outlet for methane and water. A water inlet is provided to inject liquid-phase cooling water into the fluidized bed. When each carbon-based compound is a gas, the reactor has at least one water-injection nozzle and at least one gas injection nozzle for a gas consisting of the carbon-based gas and dihydrogen, and at least one water-injection nozzle positioned below the gas-injection nozzle. The flow rate of water introduced into the hollow body can depend on the temperature measured in the reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: YLMAZ KARA, BERNARD MARCHAND