Patents by Inventor Ashley James Austin

Ashley James Austin 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).

  • Process for upgrading one or more hydrocarbons boiling in a naphtha range
    Patent number: 8702973
    Abstract: One exemplary embodiment can be a process for upgrading one or more hydrocarbons boiling in a naphtha range including less than about 5%, by weight, one or more alkenes and about 2,000-about 5,000 wppm, S, comprised in one or more sulfur-containing compounds, based on the weight of the one or more hydrocarbons. The process can include contacting the one or more hydrocarbons with a catalyst. The catalyst may include about 0.1-about 10%, by weight, NiO, about 5-about 50%, by weight, MoO3, and about 0.1-about 10%, by weight, P, with the balance of the catalyst comprising Al2O3. The process can obtain an upgraded one or more hydrocarbons having a thiol concentration of no more than about 20 wppm, S, based on the sulfur comprised in one or more thiol compounds divided by the weight of the upgraded one or more hydrocarbons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Colleen Costello, Suheil F. Abdo, Keith Adrian Holder, Ashley James Austin, Willie J. Morrissette, Jr.
  • PROCESS FOR UPGRADING ONE OR MORE HYDROCARBONS BOILING IN A NAPHTHA RANGE
    Publication number: 20120234729
    Abstract: One exemplary embodiment can be a process for upgrading one or more hydrocarbons boiling in a naphtha range including less than about 5%, by weight, one or more alkenes and about 2,000-about 5,000 wppm, S, comprised in one or more sulfur-containing compounds, based on the weight of the one or more hydrocarbons. The process can include contacting the one or more hydrocarbons with a catalyst. The catalyst may include about 0.1-about 10%, by weight, NiO, about 5-about 50%, by weight, MoO3, and about 0.1-about 10%, by weight, P, with the balance of the catalyst comprising Al2O3. The process can obtain an upgraded one or more hydrocarbons having a thiol concentration of no more than about 20 wppm, S, based on the sulfur comprised in one or more thiol compounds divided by the weight of the upgraded one or more hydrocarbons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: UOP, LLC
    Inventors: Colleen Costello, Suheil F. Abdo, Keith Adrian Holder, Ashley James Austin, Willie James Morrissette, JR.