Patents by Inventor Stephanie ZHU

Stephanie ZHU 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).

  • Publication number: 20240166581
    Abstract: A process and apparatus integrate recovery of propylene from a pyrolysis reactor and a paraffin dehydrogenation reactor. A stripping column for fractionating a dehydrogenation stream is coupled with a demethanizer column for fractionating a pyrolyzed stream. The stripping overhead stream comprising C2? hydrocarbons are fractionated with the pyrolyzed stream in the demethanizer column. The coupling omits the need for a conventional deethanizer column and separate refrigeration system in the propane dehydrogenation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Sudipta K. Ghosh, Prashant Balyan, Xin X. Zhu, Kyle Cuellar, Fuyue Stephanie Li, Ernest J. Boehm
  • Publication number: 20240166580
    Abstract: A process and apparatus integrate recovery of propylene from a pyrolysis reactor and a paraffin dehydrogenation reactor. A common C3 splitter column fractionates propylene product from propane recycle to a paraffin dehydrogenation reactor. The C3 hydrocarbons may be provided from a pyrolysis reactor and from a dehydrogenation reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Sudipta K. Ghosh, Prashant Balyan, Xin X. Zhu, Kyle Cuellar, Fuyue Stephanie Li, Ernest J. Boehm
  • Publication number: 20180340788
    Abstract: An apparatus configured to: based on a plurality of geographical position data points associated with the position of a moving object; and based on a plurality of visual location data points obtained from a plurality of image frames captured from the moving object, the image frames showing a field of view of the moving object; determining a multi-modal trajectory by: matching the plurality of visual location data points with corresponding geographical navigation position data point of the plurality of geographical position data points; and determining the multi-modal trajectory as a best-fit trajectory having a deviation from the matched plurality of visual location data points and the plurality of geographical position data points within a predetermined tolerance; and smoothing the determined multi-modal trajectory to obtain a stable moving object trajectory indicative of a position and a heading of the moving object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Xiaobai LIU, Stephanie ZHU