Patents by Inventor Bart Beuckels

Bart Beuckels 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).

  • Sour syngas treatment apparatuses and processes for treating sour syngas comprising sulfur components and carbon dioxide
    Patent number: 9682343
    Abstract: Sour syngas treatment apparatuses and processes for treating a sour syngas stream are provided herein. In an embodiment, a process for treating a sour syngas stream that includes sulfur components and carbon dioxide includes absorbing the sulfur components and carbon dioxide from the sour syngas stream in a primary liquid/vapor phase absorption stage with a solvent to produce a liquid absorbent stream. The liquid absorbent stream includes the solvent, the sulfur components, and carbon dioxide. A portion of the sulfur components from the liquid absorbent stream is directly oxidized in the presence of a direct oxidation catalyst to produce elemental sulfur and a recycle stream. The recycle stream includes an unconverted portion of the sulfur components and carbon dioxide. The recycle stream is recycled for further absorption of the unconverted portion of the sulfur components and carbon dioxide through liquid/vapor phase absorption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Lubo Zhou, Bart Beuckels, Ernest James Boehm
  • SOUR SYNGAS TREATMENT APPARATUSES AND PROCESSES FOR TREATING SOUR SYNGAS COMPRISING SULFUR COMPONENTS AND CARBON DIOXIDE
    Publication number: 20160296878
    Abstract: Sour syngas treatment apparatuses and processes for treating a sour syngas stream are provided herein. In an embodiment, a process for treating a sour syngas stream that includes sulfur components and carbon dioxide includes absorbing the sulfur components and carbon dioxide from the sour syngas stream in a primary liquid/vapor phase absorption stage with a solvent to produce a liquid absorbent stream. The liquid absorbent stream includes the solvent, the sulfur components, and carbon dioxide. A portion of the sulfur components from the liquid absorbent stream is directly oxidized in the presence of a direct oxidation catalyst to produce elemental sulfur and a recycle stream. The recycle stream includes an unconverted portion of the sulfur components and carbon dioxide. The recycle stream is recycled for further absorption of the unconverted portion of the sulfur components and carbon dioxide through liquid/vapor phase absorption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Lubo Zhou, Bart Beuckels, Ernest James Boehm