Patents by Inventor Sean Glennon Thomas Mueller

Sean Glennon Thomas Mueller 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).

  • Method for recovering entrained ionic liquid from an ionic liquid immiscible phase
    Patent number: 9328296
    Abstract: A method for recovering entrained ionic liquid from an immiscible phase containing droplets of ionic liquid is described. The method includes contacting the immiscible phase containing the droplets of ionic liquid with a scrubbing ionic liquid phase in a scrubbing zone. The immiscible phase containing the droplets of ionic liquid has a first level of droplets of ionic liquid. At least a portion of the droplets of ionic liquid are transferred to the scrubbing ionic liquid phase to form a recovered ionic liquid phase comprising the scrubbing ionic liquid and the transferred portion of the droplets of ionic liquid and a second immiscible phase having a second level of droplets of ionic liquid lower than the first level. The second immiscible phase is separated from the recovered ionic liquid phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Avram M. Buchbinder, Susie C. Martins, Sean Glennon Thomas Mueller, Kurt Detrick, Zhanping Xu
  • METHOD FOR RECOVERING ENTRAINED IONIC LIQUID FROM AN IONIC LIQUID IMMISCIBLE PHASE
    Publication number: 20150274614
    Abstract: A method for recovering entrained ionic liquid from an immiscible phase containing droplets of ionic liquid is described. The method includes contacting the immiscible phase containing the droplets of ionic liquid with a scrubbing ionic liquid phase in a scrubbing zone. The immiscible phase containing the droplets of ionic liquid has a first level of droplets of ionic liquid. At least a portion of the droplets of ionic liquid are transferred to the scrubbing ionic liquid phase to form a recovered ionic liquid phase comprising the scrubbing ionic liquid and the transferred portion of the droplets of ionic liquid and a second immiscible phase having a second level of droplets of ionic liquid lower than the first level. The second immiscible phase is separated from the recovered ionic liquid phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Avram M. Buchbinder, Susie C. Martins, Sean Glennon Thomas Mueller, Kurt Detrick, Zhanping Xu