Patents by Inventor Linda L. Nero

Linda L. Nero 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).

  • Apparatus and process for monitor and control of an ammoxidation reactor with a fourier transform infrared spectrometer
    Publication number: 20040023407
    Abstract: The present invention is a method and an apparatus for identifying and quantifying components in an effluent stream from an ammoxidation reactor, the apparatus comprising a microprocessor; and a Fourier Transform infrared spectrometer having a sample cell through which may flow a portion of the effluent stream, an infrared source to emit infrared radiation and pass the infrared radiation through the effluent stream, an infrared detector to detect transmitted infrared radiation at the selected infrared wavelengths and to generate absorbance data due to absorbance of the infrared radiation by the components, wherein each of the components absorbs infrared radiation at one or more of the infrared wavelengths, and an output apparatus to provide the absorbance data to the microprocessor; wherein the microprocessor is programmed to identify and quantify each of the plurality of components based upon the absorbance data and calibration data, the calibration data being obtained from recovery run analyses and calibrat
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: Hector L. Casal, Nazaneen Asker, Michael J. Seely, Linda L. Nero, Jean A. Baldwin
  • Apparatus and process for monitor and control of an ammoxidation reactor with a fourier transform infrared spectrometer
    Patent number: 6607447
    Abstract: The present invention is a method and an apparatus for identifying and quantifying components in an effluent stream from an ammoxidation reactor, the apparatus comprising a microprocessor; and a Fourier Transform infrared spectrometer having a sample cell through which may flow a portion of the effluent stream, an infrared source to emit infrared radiation and pass the infrared radiation through the effluent stream, an infrared detector to detect transmitted infrared radiation at the selected infrared wavelengths and to generate absorbance data due to absorbance of the infrared radiation by the components, wherein each of the components absorbs infrared radiation at one or more of the infrared wavelengths, and an output apparatus to provide the absorbance data to the microprocessor; wherein the microprocessor is programmed to identify and quantify each of the plurality of components based upon the absorbance data and calibration data, the calibration data being obtained from recovery run analyses and calibrat
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: BP Corporation North America Inc.
    Inventors: Hector L. Casal, Nazaneen Asker, Michael J. Seely, Linda L. Nero, Jean A. Baldwin
  • Apparatus and process for monitor and control of an ammoxidation reactor with a fourier transform infrared spectrometer
    Publication number: 20020055175
    Abstract: The present invention is a method and an apparatus for identifying and quantifying components in an effluent stream from an ammoxidation reactor, the apparatus comprising a microprocessor; and a Fourier Transform infrared spectrometer having a sample cell through which may flow a portion of the effluent stream, an infrared source to emit infrared radiation and pass the infrared radiation through the effluent stream, an infrared detector to detect transmitted infrared radiation at the selected infrared wavelengths and to generate absorbance data due to absorbance of the infrared radiation by the components, wherein each of the components absorbs infrared radiation at one or more of the infrared wavelengths, and an output apparatus to provide the absorbance data to the microprocessor; wherein the microprocessor is programmed to identify and quantify each of the plurality of components based upon the absorbance data and calibration data, the calibration data being obtained from recovery run analyses and calibrat
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2001
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Inventors: Hector L. Casal, Nazaneen Asker, Michael J. Seely, Linda L. Nero, Jean A. Baldwin
  • Apparatus for monitor and control of an ammoxidation reactor with a fourier transform infrared spectrometer
    Patent number: 6284196
    Abstract: The present invention is a method and an apparatus for identifying and quantifying components in an effluent stream from an ammoxidation reactor, the apparatus comprising a microprocessor; and a Fourier Transform infrared spectrometer having a sample cell through which may flow a portion of the effluent stream, an infrared source to emit infrared radiation and pass the infrared radiation through the effluent stream, an infrared detector to detect transmitted infrared radiation at the selected infrared wavelengths and to generate absorbance data due to absorbance of the infrared radiation by the components, wherein each of the components absorbs infrared radiation at one or more of the infrared wavelengths, and an output apparatus to provide the absorbance data to the microprocessor; wherein the microprocessor is programmed to identify and quantify each of the plurality of components based upon the absorbance data and calibration data, the calibration data being obtained from recovery run analyses and calibrat
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: BP Corporation North America Inc.
    Inventors: Hector L. Casal, Nazaneen Asker, Michael J. Seely, Linda L. Nero, Jean A. Baldwin
  • Process for recovery and recycle of ammonia from an acrylonitrile reactor effluent stream using an ammonium phosphate quench system
    Publication number: 20010006614
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for the recovery of unreacted ammonia from the effluent obtained from a reaction zone wherein oxygen, ammonia and a hydrocarbon are reacted at an elevated temperature in the presence of an ammoxidation catalyst to produce an unsaturated nitrile is provided, including the steps of:
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2000
    Publication date: July 5, 2001
    Inventors: Linda L. Nero, Loring A. Weisenberger