Kevin B Fitzpatrick

US Patent:

43673635, Jan 4, 1983

Filed:

Dec 23, 1980

Appl. No.:

6/219756

Inventors:

Michael Katz - New City NY
Frank Carluccio - Towaco NJ
Gil Mallari - Jersey City NJ
Kevin FitzPatrick - Irvington NJ
Ashok Desai - Wayne NJ
Robert Casciano - Hewitt NJ
Jane Tsai - Upper Montclair NJ

Assignee:

GAF Corporation - New York NY

International Classification:

C07C 710

US Classification:

585809

Abstract:

The process relates to the recovering of essentially pure acetylene from the gaseous out-put stream from a coal to acetylene conversion process. A plasma arc generator or other high energy type reactor can be used for the conversion to coal. The gaseous out-put stream is initially treated in an acid gas removal stage by absorbing HCN and H. sub. 2 S in an organic solvent such as N-methyl pyrrolidone and scrubbing with a caustic agent such as NaOH to remove CO. sub. 2. In a second stage, the gaseous out-put stream is scrubbed with the organic solvent to provide a sweet gas treatment and remove essentially pure acetylene as a product. In a third stage, the second stage gases are first hydrogenated, then desulferized and then methanated. The out-put from the third stage is recycled to the coal to acetylene conversion process. In a fourth stage, the organic solvent from said second stage is refined and recycled to the first stage and/or second stage.

US Patent:

47883790, Nov 29, 1988

Filed:

Oct 1, 1982

Appl. No.:

6/432214

Inventors:

Michael Katz - New City NY
Frank Carluccio - Towaco NJ
Gil Mallari - Jersey City NJ
Kevin FitzPatrick - Irvington NJ
Ashok Desai - Wayne NJ
Robert Casciano - Hewitt NJ
Jane Tsai - Upper Montclair NJ

Assignee:

GAF Corporation - Wayne NJ

International Classification:

C07C 710

US Classification:

585809

Abstract:

The process relates to the recovering of essentially pure acetylene from the gaseous out-put stream from a coal to acetylene conversion process. A plasma arc generator or other high energy type reactor can be used for the conversion to coal. The gaseous out-put stream is initially treated in an acid gas removal stage by absorbing HCN and H. sub. 2 S in an organic solvent such as N-methyl pyrrolidone and scrubbing with a caustic agent such as NaOH to remove CO. sub. 2. In a second stage, the gaseous out-put stream is scrubbed with the organic solvent to provide a sweet gas treatment and remove essentially pure acetylene as a product. In a third stage, the second stage gases are first hydrogenated, then desulfurized and then methanated. The out-put from the third stage is recycled to the coal to acetylene conversion process. In a fourth stage, the organic solvent from said second stage is refined and recycled to the first stage and/or second stage.

US Patent:

20180334620, Nov 22, 2018

Filed:

May 18, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/983886

Inventors:

Stojan Kotefski - Bloomingdale NJ, US
Michael Fitzpatrick - Bloomingdale NJ, US
Kevin Thomas Fitzpatrick - Bloomingdale NJ, US
Michelle Kotevska - Bloomingdale NJ, US
Kailey Marie Fitzpatrick - Bloomingdale NJ, US

International Classification:

C10C 3/00
C10C 3/08
C10C 1/18
C10C 1/14

Abstract:

A method is disclosed for the retrieval and recovery of organic-based or organic-containing materials, including naturally occurring substances such as crude oil, and other petroleum-based or containing materials, natural gas, and the like, from environments where they are entrained within or otherwise admixed or complexed with other organic or inorganic materials, such as rock, sand, shale and the like. The method comprises:

US Patent:

20180186963, Jul 5, 2018

Filed:

Dec 30, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/395298

Inventors:

Stojan Kotefski - Bloomingdale NJ, US
Michael Fitzpatrick - Bloomingdale NJ, US
Kevin Thomas Fitzpatrick - Bloomingdale NJ, US
Michelle Kotevska - Bloomingdale NJ, US
Kailey Marie Fitzpatrick - Bloomingdale NJ, US

International Classification:

C08J 11/08
C08L 95/00
C10C 3/00

Abstract:

A method to reclaim or recycle asphalt or asphalt components to produce reusable asphalt or asphalt components featuring (a) providing crushed asphalt or asphalt components, and (b) adding the asphalt or asphalt components to a solvent in which the asphalt binder is soluble. The solvent may be at approximately ambient temperature and may be, for instance, heptane, hexane, naphta, kerosene, gasoline or a petroleum based solvent or any other suitable solvent in which the asphalt binder is soluble. The solvent may be added in a standard automated parts washer or equivalent equipment to provide exposure to one or more solvents in which the asphalt binder is soluble. The method may further feature c) grinding or breaking the asphalt to be reclaimed or recycled into chunks, millings or particulate prior to step a), d) screening or separating coarse aggregate and fine aggregate asphalt components from the solution of b), d) cleaning or removing asphalt binder and/or the solution from the coarse aggregate and fine aggregate asphalt components screened or separated in step c), and e) cleaning or removing asphalt binder from the solution of b).