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Pfefferle (April 24, 1923 \u2013 December 28, 2010) was an American scientist and inventor.[1][2]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Table of ContentsBiography[edit]Honors and accolades[edit]U.S. patents held[edit]Published work[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]Biography[edit]Pfefferle studied chemical engineering at Drexel University. He took a doctorate in physical chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania.[3]From 1952 to 1956, he worked at Standard Oil of Indiana (now part of BP).       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4In 1956 he moved to Engelhard Industries,[4] Iselin, NJ. While at Engelhard he invented “Magnaforming”, a technique that now creates a large amount of the world’s gasoline. He pioneered “permeation mediated catalysis” and developed phosphoric acid fuel cells.Nicknamed the “father of catalytic combustion”,[3] Pfefferle invented the original catalytic combustor for gas turbine engines in the early 1970s. Gas turbines work by mixing fuel with compressed and heated air, which burns and generates energy to turn the turbines. Unfortunately, nitrogen oxide gases, which contribute to global warming, are emitted during this process. Pfefferle developed a process using a catalyst to allow combustion while forming minimal amounts of nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide.[5]In 1977, Pfefferle founded William C. Pfefferle Associates, which he continued until 1986. He worked on several projects included a heavy oil burning downhole steam system for Dresser Industries.In 1986, Pfefferle co-founded Precision Combustion[6] in North Haven, Connecticut. Pfefferle helped to develop clean and efficient catalytic combustion technologies for combustion engines. He also invented the “Microlith” catalytic reactor for automobiles and fuel processing, and the RCL catalytic combustor for ground-power gas turbine machines.Pfefferle received the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Gas Turbine Award in 2003.[7] Also in 2003, he received the American Chemical Society’s (ACS) Industrial Innovation Award. He was survived by his wife Eleanor, whom he married in 1950.[2][3]Honors and accolades[edit]U.S. patents held[edit]Pfefferle held over 100 patents[1] including on two major processes, namely catalytic combustion and magnaforming:3,928,961 – Catalytically Supported Thermal Combustion.  This is the basic patent in a group of over ten covering technology for burning fuels in continuous combustion systems (such as gas turbines and furnaces) without formation of pollutants while improving efficiency.3,392,107 – Magnaforming.  This process for raising octane is now used to produce much of the world’s gasoline, improving product yields and lengthening catalyst life.Pfefferle also held numerous other patents concerning the catalytic method, combustion and related topics.[8]Published work[edit]A Compact Catalytic Combustor System for Small Turbogenerators.  ASME International Joint Power Conference, 1997 (with G.Kraemer, T. Strickland, and J. Ritter).Compact, High Efficiency Catalytic Muffler for Utility Engines, Issues in Emissions Control Technology, SAE, 1997 (with S. Etemad, R. Sun, and S. Roychoudhury).Development and Performance of Microlith Light-Off Preconverters for LEV\/ULEV. Low Emission Vehicle Technologies, SAE, 1997 (with S. Roychoudhury, G. Muench, J. Bianchi, and F. Gonzales).Experimental & Modeling  Results for an Advanced Gas Catalytic Combustor for Gas Turbine Engines. Third Workshop on Catalytic Combustion, AIChE, 1996 (with H. Karim and G. Kraemer).Catalytically Stabilized Incineration of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons. Innovative Hazardous Waste Treatment Technology Series, H. Freeman, ed., Technomic Publishing Company, 1990.Catalysis and Combustion. Catalysis Reviews, J. Carberry, ed., 1987 (with L.D. Pfefferle).Catalytically Stabilized Combustion. Prog. Energy Comb. Science, N.A. Chigier, ed., Pergamon    Press, 1986 (with L.D. Pfefferle).References[edit]^ a b New Haven Register, December 29, 2010.^ a b New York Times: William C. Pfefferle Jr. Obituary. 1 January 2011.^ a b c Worthy, Sharon. Bio-Medicine: Connecticut chemist receives award for cleaner air technology. 23 June 2003. Retrieved 31 October 2012.^ Engelhard Industries^ Robert N. Carter, Lance L. Smith, Hasan Karim, Marco Castaldi, Shah Etemad, George Muench, R. Samuel Boorse, Paul Menacherry and William C. Pfefferle (1998). Catalytic Combustion Technology Development for Gas Turbine Engine Applications. MRS Proceedings, 549, 93 doi:10.1557\/PROC-549-93^ Precision Combustion, Inc, North Haven, Connecticut.^ ASME: Gas Turbine Award. Retrieved 31 October 2012.^ * 5,636,511 – Gas Turbine Torch Assembly5,634,784 – Catalytic Method5,601,426 – Catalytic Method5,593,299 – Catalytic Method5,531,066 – Fuel Injector and Ignitor Assembly5,466,651 – Catalytic Method5,453,003 – Catalytic Method5,440,872 – Catalytic Method5,437,152 – Catalytic Method5,421,154 – Exhaust Temperature Control5,417,933 – Catalytic Method5,376,345 – Catalytic Method and Apparatus5,342,591 – Microlith Catalyst Reaction System5,234,882 – Catalyst Coating Method5,146,881 – Catalytic Glow Plug5,051,241 – Microlith Catalytic Reaction System4,918,915 – Method for Clean Incineration of Wastes4,905,658 – Catalytic Valve for I.C. Engines4,896,636 – Catalytic Glow Plug4,864,811 – Method for Destroying Hazardous Organics4,819,595 – Method of Operating Catalytic Ignition Cyclic Engines4,811,707 – Method of Operating Catalytic Ignition Cyclic Engines4,773,368 – Method of Operating Catalytic Ignition Cyclic Engines4,646,707 – Method of Operating Catalytic Ignition Cyclic Engines4,603,547 – Catalytic Relight Coating for Gas Turbine4,439,136 – Thermal Shock Resistant Spherical Plate Structures4,407,785 – Minimizing Catalytic Activity Variations in Catalytic Gas Phase Reactions4,402,662 – Shock Resistant Catalysts4,384,843 – Combustion Method, Apparatus with Catalytic Tubes4,341,662 – Method of Catalytically Coating Low Porosity Ceramics4,337,028 – Catalyst Monolith4,295,818 – Catalytic Monolith and Method of Its Formulation4,287,090 – Method and Composition of Treating Flue Deposits4,276,203 – Catalytic System and Process for Producing It4,239,499 – Production of Synthetic Natural Gas (SNG) from Methanol4,094,142 – Turbine System Method and Apparatus4,073,716 – Process for Producing SNG and High Octane Motor Fuel4,065,917 – Method of Starting Combustion System Utilizing Catalyst4,019,316 – Method of Starting Combustion System Utilizing Catalyst4,011,839 – Low NOx Internal Combustion Engine3,982,879 – Low NOx Catalytic Furnace3,975,900 – Gas Turbine Catalytic Combustor Temperature Control3,940,923 – Reheat Gas Turbine Engine3,923,011 – Low NOx Internal Combustion Engine3,914,090 – Low NOx Catalytic Furnace3,875,047 – Pt Re Reforming Process3,846,979 – Two Stage Combustion Process3,705,095 – Use of Pt Re Catalysts in Magnaforming Process3,705,094 – Use of Pt Re Catalysts in Magnaforming Process3,679,578 – Platinum Rhenium Paraffinic Naphtha Reforming Process3,676,329 – Use of Pt Re Catalysts in Reforming Process3,676,328 – Use of Pt Re Catalysts in Reforming Process3,658,691 – Serial Reforming: Pt Re on Acidic and Non Acidic Base3,646,236 – Disproportionation of Toluene3,620.962 – Low Pressure Hydrocracking Process3,595,805 – Steam Reforming with Preliminary Hydrodesulfurization3,567,624 – Hydroforming with Preliminary Desulfurization3,481,722 – Process for Producing Hydrogen3,375,191 – Hydrocracking without Net Hydrogen Consumption3,344,586 – Gas Separation Apparatus3,290,406 – Process for Dehydrogenation3,278,268 – Method for Hydrogen Production3,264,207 – Controlling Hydrogen Partial Pressure in Reforming3,251,652 – Process for Producing Hydrogen3,241,293 – Diffusion Purification of Gases3,198,604 – Hydrogen Generating System3,144,313 – Diffusion Purification of Gases3,138,948 – Hydrogen Measuring System3,087,112 – Trace Gas Analyzer2,989,574 – Inhibition of Polymer Formation in AlkylationExternal links[edit]     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki5\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki5\/william-c-pfefferle-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"William C. 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