Patents by Inventor Brian Heasley
Brian Heasley 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).
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Publication number: 20250115813Abstract: A method for treating effluent from hydrothermal liquification of feedstock that contains plastic oil, pyrolysis oil, synthetic oil or hydrocarbons distillates in a plastic recycle process using supercritical water as a reaction medium into a finished liquid hydrocarbon fuel by removing impurities such as i.e. silicon, chlorides, metals, heteroatoms, etc., in a pre-treatment zone and may be passed into a feed drum or a continuous mixed settler vessel. The feed is introduced into a hydrogen atmosphere reactor. The reactor effluent is passed to a separator for extracting product mixture by addition of make-up or recycled hydrogen to the separator. The overhead product mixture is water washed to remove sour water or salt. The separator effluent is passed to a distillation section for extracting a liquid fuel product stream. A portion of the hydro processing product stream may be recycled to the feed drum or the continuous mixed settler vessel, which reduces concentration of diolefins.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2024Publication date: April 10, 2025Applicant: KELLOGG BROWN & ROOT LLCInventors: Rahul Ravi, Brian Heasley
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Patent number: 11905241Abstract: Methods and systems for treating an olefin-containing stream are disclosed. The disclosed methods and systems are particularly suitable for treating an off-gas stream in a refining or petrochemical process, such as from a fluid catalytic cracker (FCC), coker, steam cracker, and the like. The stream is treated in an absorber column to reject lighter stream components and to absorb ethylene and/or propylene into a solvent. The solvent is typically isobutane. The enriched solvent stream from the absorber column is fed to an alkylation reactor, which reacts the dissolved olefin with the isobutane solvent to produce an alkylate product.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: KELLOGG BROWN & ROOT LLCInventors: Gautham Krishnaiah, Brian Heasley, John Lewis Webb, Jr., Rahul Radhakrishna Pillai, Vijender K. Verma, Narinder Singh Duggal
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Publication number: 20230391691Abstract: Methods and systems for treating an olefin-containing stream are disclosed. The disclosed methods and systems are particularly suitable for treating an off-gas stream in a refining or petrochemical process, such as from a fluid catalytic cracker (FCC), coker, steam cracker, and the like. The stream is treated in an absorber column to reject lighter stream components and to absorb ethylene and/or propylene into a solvent. The solvent is typically isobutane. The enriched solvent stream from the absorber column is fed to an alkylation reactor, which reacts the dissolved olefin with the isobutane solvent to produce an alkylate product.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Applicant: KELLOGG BROWN & ROOT LLCInventors: Gautham Krishnaiah, Brian Heasley, John Lewis Webb, JR., Rahul Radhakrishna Pillai, Vijender K. Verma, Narinder Singh Duggal
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Patent number: 11634370Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for selectively hydrogenating acetylene, to methods for starting up a selective hydrogenation reactor, and to hydrogenation catalysts useful in such methods. In one aspect, the disclosure provides a method for selectively hydrogenating acetylene, the method comprising contacting a catalyst composition with a process gas. The catalyst composition comprises a porous support, palladium, and one or more ionic liquids. The process gas includes ethylene, present in the process gas in an amount of at least 20 mol. %; acetylene, present in the process gas in an amount of at least 1 ppm; and 0 to 190 ppm or at least 600 ppm carbon monoxide. At least 90% of the acetylene present in the process gas is hydrogenated, and the selective hydrogenation is conducted without thermal runaway.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2019Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Clariant International LtdInventors: Darren Adams, Mingyong Sun, Uwe Duerr, Denise Cooper, Brian Heasley, Ling Xu, Tina Clinton
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Patent number: 11623902Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for selectively hydrogenating acetylene, to methods for starting up a selective hydrogenation reactor, and to hydrogenation catalysts useful in such methods. In one aspect, the disclosure provides a method for selectively hydrogenating acetylene, the method comprising contacting a catalyst composition with a process gas. The catalyst composition comprises a porous support, palladium, and one or more ionic liquids. The process gas includes ethylene, present in the process gas in an amount of at least 20 mol. %; and acetylene, present in the process gas in an amount of at least 1 ppm. At least 90% of the acetylene present in the process gas is hydrogenated, and the selective hydrogenation is conducted without thermal runaway. Notably, the process gas is contacted with the catalyst at a gas hourly space velocity (GHSV) based on total catalyst volume in one bed or multiple beds of at least 7,100 h?1.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2019Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Clariant International LtdInventors: Darren Adams, Mingyong Sun, Uwe Duerr, Denise Cooper, Brian Heasley, Ling Xu, Tina Clinton
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Publication number: 20220194878Abstract: Methods and systems for treating an olefin-containing stream are disclosed. The disclosed methods and systems are particularly suitable for treating an off-gas stream in a refining or petrochemical process, such as from a fluid catalytic cracker (FCC), coker, steam cracker, and the like. The stream is treated in an absorber column to reject lighter stream components and to absorb ethylene and/or propylene into a solvent. The solvent is typically isobutane. The enriched solvent stream from the absorber column is fed to an alkylation reactor, which reacts the dissolved olefin with the isobutane solvent to produce an alkylate product.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2020Publication date: June 23, 2022Applicant: KELLOGG BROWN & ROOT LLCInventors: Gautham Krishnaiah, Brian Heasley, John Lewis Webb, JR., Rahul Radhakrishna Pillai, Vijender K. Verma, Narinder Singh Duggal
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Patent number: 11059762Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for selectively hydrogenating acetylene, to methods for starting up a selective hydrogenation reactor, and to hydrogenation catalysts useful in such methods. In one aspect, the disclosure provides a variety of methods for starting up reactors for use in methods for selectively hydrogenating acetylene using a catalyst composition comprises a porous support, palladium, and one or more ionic liquids.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2019Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: Clariant International LtdInventors: Darren Adams, Mingyong Sun, Uwe Duerr, Denise Cooper, Brian Heasley, Ling Xu, Tina Clinton
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Publication number: 20200123081Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for selectively hydrogenating acetylene, to methods for starting up a selective hydrogenation reactor, and to hydrogenation catalysts useful in such methods. In one aspect, the disclosure provides a variety of methods for starting up reactors for use in methods for selectively hydrogenating acetylene using a catalyst composition comprises a porous support, palladium, and one or more ionic liquids.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2019Publication date: April 23, 2020Inventors: Darren ADAMS, Mingyong SUN, Uwe DUERR, Denise COOPER, Brian HEASLEY, Ling XU, Tina CLINTON
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Publication number: 20200123082Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for selectively hydrogenating acetylene, to methods for starting up a selective hydrogenation reactor, and to hydrogenation catalysts useful in such methods. In one aspect, the disclosure provides a method for selectively hydrogenating acetylene, the method comprising contacting a catalyst composition with a process gas. The catalyst composition comprises a porous support, palladium, and one or more ionic liquids. The process gas includes ethylene, present in the process gas in an amount of at least 20 mol. %; acetylene, present in the process gas in an amount of at least 1 ppm; and 0 to 190 ppm or at least 600 ppm carbon monoxide. At least 90% of the acetylene present in the process gas is hydrogenated, and the selective hydrogenation is conducted without thermal runaway.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2019Publication date: April 23, 2020Inventors: Darren ADAMS, Mingyong SUN, Uwe DUERR, Denise COOPER, Brian HEASLEY, Ling XU, Tina CLINTON
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Publication number: 20200123083Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for selectively hydrogenating acetylene, to methods for starting up a selective hydrogenation reactor, and to hydrogenation catalysts useful in such methods. In one aspect, the disclosure provides a method for selectively hydrogenating acetylene, the method comprising contacting a catalyst composition with a process gas. The catalyst composition comprises a porous support, palladium, and one or more ionic liquids. The process gas includes ethylene, present in the process gas in an amount of at least 20 mol. %; and acetylene, present in the process gas in an amount of at least 1 ppm. At least 90% of the acetylene present in the process gas is hydrogenated, and the selective hydrogenation is conducted without thermal runaway. Notably, the process gas is contacted with the catalyst at a gas hourly space velocity (GHSV) based on total catalyst volume in one bed or multiple beds of at least 7,100 h?1.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2019Publication date: April 23, 2020Inventors: Darren ADAMS, Mingyong SUN, Uwe DUERR, Denise COOPER, Brian HEASLEY, Ling XU, Tina CLINTON
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Publication number: 20070142429Abstract: Isoquinoline compounds with G are provided that influence, inhibit or reduce the action of a G-protein receptor kinase. Pharmaceutical compositions including therapeutically effective amounts of the isoquinoline compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable carriers are also provided. Various methods using the compounds and/or compositions to affect disease states or conditions such as cancer, osteoporosis and glaucoma are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2006Publication date: June 21, 2007Applicant: Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Mitchell deLong, Marcos Sznaidman, Robert Oakley, Allen Eckhardt, Christine Hudson, Jeffrey Yingling, Michael Peel, Thomas Richardson, Clare Murray, Byappanahally Rao, Brian Heasley, Paresma Patel
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Publication number: 20070135499Abstract: Hydrazide compounds with GPCR desensitization inhibitory activity are provided that may be used to influence, inhibit or reduce the action of a G-protein receptor kinase. Pharmaceutical compositions including therapeutically effective amounts of the hydrazide compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable carriers are also provided. Various methods using the compounds and/or compositions to affect disease states or conditions controlled or influenced by GPCRs are also provided. Various methods using the compounds and/or compositions to affect disease states or conditions such as cancer, osteoporosis and glaucoma are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2006Publication date: June 14, 2007Applicant: Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Mitchell deLong, Marcos Sznaidman, Robert Oakley, Allen Eckhardt, Christine Hudson, Jeffrey Yingling, Michael Peel, Thomas Richardson, Clare Murray, Byappanahally Narasinga Rao, Brian Heasley, Paresma Patel