Patents by Inventor Zackory S. Akin

Zackory S. Akin 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).

  • Multiphase contact and distribution apparatus for hydroprocessing
    Patent number: 8597595
    Abstract: Systems and apparatus for mixing, cooling, and distributing multiphase fluid mixtures within a reactor, wherein reactor internal apparatus of the present invention provides not only improved fluid mixing and distribution to each underlying catalyst bed surface, but also offers other advantages including: decreased mixing tray height; easier maintenance, assembly and disassembly; and decreased amounts of fabrication material. In an embodiment, fluid may be evenly distributed to a catalyst bed from a fluid distribution unit comprising a nozzle tray including a plurality of nozzles, wherein the nozzles include at least one liquid inlet disposed tangentially to an inner surface of the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Zackory S. Akin, Craig R. Boyak, Abdenour Kemoun, Ralph Evan Killen, Krishniah Parimi, Steven Xuqi Song, Steven Alden Souers
  • MULTIPHASE CONTACT AND DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS FOR HYDROPROCESSING
    Publication number: 20130082125
    Abstract: Systems and apparatus for mixing, cooling, and distributing multiphase fluid mixtures within a reactor, wherein reactor internal apparatus of the present invention provides not only improved fluid mixing and distribution to each underlying catalyst bed surface, but also offers other advantages including: decreased mixing tray height; easier maintenance, assembly and disassembly; and decreased amounts of fabrication material. In an embodiment, fluid may be evenly distributed to a catalyst bed from a fluid distribution unit comprising a nozzle tray including a plurality of nozzles, wherein the nozzles include at least one liquid inlet disposed tangentially to an inner surface of the nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Inventors: Zackory S. Akin, Craig R. Boyak, Abdenour Kemoun, Ralph Evan Killen, Krishniah Parimi, Steven Xuqi Song, Steven Alden Souers