Patents by Inventor B. Erik Henry

B. Erik Henry 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).

  • Patent number: 7261807
    Abstract: The propylene production of a fluid catalytic cracking unit employing a large pore zeolite cracking catalyst, produces more propylene by adding a naphtha cracking riser and a medium pore zeolite catalytic component to the unit, and recycling at least a portion of the naphtha crackate to the naphtha riser. The large pore size zeolite preferably comprises a USY zeolite and the medium pore size is preferably ZSM-5. Propylene production per unit of naphtha feed to the naphtha riser is maximized, by using the 60–300° F. naphtha crackate as the feed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co.
    Inventors: B. Erik Henry, William A. Wachter, George A. Swan, III
  • Publication number: 20020189973
    Abstract: The propylene production of a fluid catalytic cracking unit employing a large pore zeolite cracking catalyst, produces more propylene by adding a naphtha cracking riser and a medium pore zeolite catalytic component to the unit, and recycling at least a portion of the naphtha crackate to the naphtha riser. The large pore size zeolite preferably comprises a USY zeolite and the medium pore size is preferably ZSM-5. Propylene production per unit of naphtha feed to the naphtha riser is maximized, by using the 60-300° F. naphtha crackate as the feed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2002
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventors: B. Erik Henry, William A. Wachter, George A. Swan
  • Patent number: 6339180
    Abstract: A process for producing polypropylene from olefins selectively produced from a catalytically cracked or thermally cracked naphtha stream is disclosed herein. The naphtha stream is contacted with a catalyst containing from about 10 to 50 wt. % of a crystalline zeolite having an average pore diameter less than about 0.7 nanometers at reaction conditions which include temperatures from about 500° C. to 650° C. and a hydrocarbon partial pressure from about 10 to 40 psia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2002
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul K. Ladwig, John E. Asplin, Gordon F. Stuntz, William A. Wachter, B. Erik Henry
  • Publication number: 20020003103
    Abstract: The propylene production of a fluid catalytic cracking unit employing a large pore zeolite cracking catalyst, produces more propylene by adding a naphtha cracking riser and a medium pore zeolite catalytic component to the unit, and recycling at least a portion of the naphtha crackate to the naphtha riser. The large pore size zeolite preferably comprises a USY zeolite and the medium pore size is preferably ZSM-5. Propylene production per unit of naphtha feed to the naphtha riser is maximized, by using the 60-300° F. naphtha crackate as the feed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 1998
    Publication date: January 10, 2002
    Inventors: B. ERIK HENRY, WILLIAM A. WACHTER, GEORGE A. SWAN
  • Patent number: 6258257
    Abstract: A process for producing polymers from olefins selectively produced by a two stage process for selectively producing C2 to C4 olefins from a gas oil or resid is disclosed herein. The gas oil or resid is reacted in a first stage comprising a fluid catalytic cracking unit wherein it is converted in the presence of conventional large pore zeolitic catalyst to reaction products, including a naphtha boiling range stream. The naphtha boiling range stream is introduced into a second stage comprising a process unit containing a reaction zone, a stripping zone, a catalyst regeneration zone, and a fractionation zone. The naphtha feed is contacted in the reaction zone with a catalyst containing from about 10 to 50 wt. % of a crystalline zeolite having an average pore diameter less than about 0.7 nanometers at reaction conditions which include temperatures ranging from about 500 to 650° C. and a hydrocarbon partial pressure from about 10 to 40 psia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: George A. Swan, III, Michael W. Bedell, Paul K. Ladwig, John E. Asplin, Gordon F. Stuntz, William A. Wachter, B. Erik Henry
  • Patent number: 6258990
    Abstract: A process for producing polymers from C2-C4 olefins selectively produced from a catalytically-cracked or thermally-cracked naphtha stream is disclosed herein. A mixture of the naphtha stream and a stream of steam is feed into a reaction zone where it is contacted with a catalyst containing from about 10 to 50 wt. % of a crystalline zeolite having an average pore diameter less than about 0.7 nanometers at reaction conditions that include temperatures from about 500° C. to 650° C. and a hydrocarbon partial pressure from about 10 to 40 psia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Shun C. Fung, Tan-Jen Chen, Marcel J. Janssen, William A. Wachter, B. Erik Henry, John E. Asplin