GARY SCOTT WHITTAKER
Pilots at Westwind Dr, Kingsport, TN

6358041, Mar 19, 2002

Apr 21, 2000

09/553823

Gary Scott Whittaker - Kingsport TN
Steven James Hrivnak - Kingsport TN
Woodward Clinton Helton - Kingsport TN
Daniel Isaiah Saxon - Kingsport TN

Eastman Chemical Company - Kingsport TN

F23D 1136

431160, 431187, 2391323, 2393975

A burner nozzle assembly for the production of synthesis gas in a synthesis gas generation chamber has a cooling water jacket face that is protected from hot gas corrosion by an annular shield fabricated from a high melting point material. The heat shield is affixed to the cooling water jacket face by means of a threaded retaining member that engages in one of the surfaces an aligned channel having correspondingly mating threads.

6010330, Jan 4, 2000

Apr 7, 1997

8/833455

Woodward Clinton Helton - Kingsport TN
Daniel Isaiah Saxon - Kingsport TN
Stacey Elaine Swisher - Kingsport TN
Gary Scott Whittaker - Kingsport TN

Eastman Chemical Company - Kingsport TN

F23D 102, F23D 1502, C10J 348

431160

The operational life of a synthesis gas generation reactor burner nozzle is improved, at least about 14%, by a faired lip around the nozzle discharge orifice projecting about 0. 95 cm from the nozzle end face. The lip is faired with a 45. degree. conical angle from the nozzle face. A smooth transition of recirculated gas flow across the nozzle face into the reactive material discharge column is believed to promote an attached static or laminar flowing boundary layer of cooled gas that insulates the nozzle face, to a degree, from the emissive heat of the combustion reaction.

6284324, Sep 4, 2001

Apr 21, 2000

9/556847

Gary Scott Whittaker - Kingsport TN

Eastman Chemical Company - Kingsport TN

C23C 404, C23C 1406, B05B 128, F23D 1138

427452

A method for protecting a synthesis gas generator burner heat shield includes coating the burner heat shield with an overlay alloy coating composition of the formula MCrAlY wherein M is selected from the group consisting of iron, nickel, and cobalt. In a preferred embodiment, the coating includes from about 20-40 weight % Co, 5-35 weight % Cr, 5-10 weight % Ta, 0. 8-10 weight % Al, 0. 5-0. 8 Y, 1-5 weight % Si and 5-15 weight % Al. sub. 2 O. sub. 3.

5947716, Sep 7, 1999

Apr 7, 1997

8/833452

Kevin Gerard Bellamy - Church Hill TN
Woodward Clinton Helton - Kingsport TN
Daniel Isaiah Saxon - Kingsport TN
Stacey Elaine Swisher - Kingsport TN
Gary Scott Whittaker - Kingsport TN

Eastman Chemical Company - Kingsport TN

F23D 1100, F23C 700, B05B 1500, B05B 128

431159

The water jacket face of a burner nozzle for a synthesis gas generator is protected from hot gas corrosion by an annular heat shield of high temperature melting point material. The shield material is formed into two ceramic rings that face or cover the nozzle water jacket face. A circular joint between the outer perimeter of an interior shield annulus is stepped to provide a protective lap with the interior perimeter of an exterior shield annulus. The interior ceramic ring is secured in place around the burner nozzle orifice by external lugs projecting radially from the nozzle extruder lip. A second set of external lugs is provided around the outer perimeter of the water jacket face. Internal sectors within a perimeter cuff bracket secure the outer ceramic ring to the water jacket face.

6152052, Nov 28, 2000

Jun 14, 1999

9/332023

Daniel Isaiah Saxon - Kingsport TN
Stacey Elaine Swisher - Kingsport TN
Gary Scott Whittaker - Kingsport TN

Eastman Chemical Company - Kingsport TN

F23D 1100, F23D 1136

110262

A water jacket face of a burner nozzle for a synthesis gas generator is protected from hot gas corrosion by an annular heat shield of high temperature material tiles. Angular segments of a tile annulus around a burner nozzle orifice are secured to the water jacket face by furnace melted, high temperature brazed metal. The metal water jacket face along radial joints between adjacent tiles is protected by stepped or scarfed lap joints.

5954491, Sep 21, 1999

Apr 7, 1997

8/833454

Woodward Clinton Helton - Kingsport TN
Daniel Isaiah Saxon - Kingsport TN
Stacey Elaine Swisher - Kingsport TN
Gary Scott Whittaker - Kingsport TN

Eastman Chemical Company - Kingsport TN

F23D 1100, F23C 700, B05B 1500, B05B 128

431159

The water jacket face of a burner nozzle for a synthesis gas generator is protected from hot gas corrosion by an annular heat shield of high temperature melting point material. The heat shield element is secured to the water jacket face by means of six, for example, radially aligned bayonet mounts. Along each of the radial mounting lines, a pair of radially aligned posts project from the water jacket face. Blind sockets in the heat shield back side surface are aligned to receive the posts therein. Radial bayonet channels between the heat shield face side and backside surfaces connect the inner outer heat shield perimeters through the posts and post sockets. Bayonet wires through the bayonet channels secure the heat shield position relative to the water jacket face.

5934206, Aug 10, 1999

Apr 7, 1997

8/833456

Daniel Isaiah Saxon - Kingsport TN
Stacey Elaine Swisher - Kingsport TN
Gary Scott Whittaker - Kingsport TN

Eastman Chemical Company - Kingsport TN

F27D 316

110262

The water jacket face of a burner nozzle for a synthesis gas generator is protected from hot gas corrosion by an annular heat shield of high temperature material tiles. Six, for example, angular segments of a tile annulus around a burner nozzle orifice are secured to the water jacket face by furnace melted, high temperature brazed metal. The metal water jacket face along radial joints between adjacent tiles is protected by stepped or scarfed lap joints.

6755355, Jun 29, 2004

Apr 18, 2002

10/125211

Gary Scott Whittaker - Kingsport TN

Eastman Chemical Company - Kingsport TN

B05B 124

239132, 2391323, 2393975, 431159

A coal gasification nozzle is disclosed having a barrier, integral with the face of the injector, that fits into a groove of a heat shield attached to the nozzle face. The barrier prevents oxidative corrosion of the shield, and subsequent damage to the underlying face of the feed injector, by preventing diffusion of corrosive species to the threaded ring by which the heat shield is attached to the face of the nozzle. The life of the injector, and thus the length of any single gasification campaign, is thereby extended.

6892654, May 17, 2005

Apr 18, 2002

10/125535

Gary Scott Whittaker - Kingsport TN, US
James Wesley Adams - Kingsport TN, US

Eastman Chemical Company - Kingsport TN

F23C001/02, F23D011/36, B05B015/00

110260, 431160, 239132, 2393975

A coal gasification feed injector is disclosed having an oxidation-resistant insert which prevents oxidative corrosion of the shield, and the subsequent damage to the underlying face of the feed injector. The life of the feed injector, and thus the length of a single gasification campaign, is thereby extended.

4446200, May 1, 1984

Aug 15, 1983

6/523491

Larry C. Daniels - Kingsport TN
Gary S. Whittaker - Kingsport TN

Eastman Kodak Company - Rochester NY

B32B 1504

428661

The present invention relates to a novel metallurgical coating system which provides corrosion resistance and non-stick properties to metallic components which are subjected to unusually severe operating conditions. The coating system comprises a first layer comprising tantalum which is deposited upon a substrate and a second layer comprising molybdenum disilicide which is deposited upon the first layer.