Patents by Inventor Cedric R. Freeman

Cedric R. Freeman 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 REMOVING ONE OR MORE SULFUR COMPOUNDS FROM A STREAM
    Publication number: 20140088334
    Abstract: One exemplary embodiment can be a process for removing one or more disulfide compounds from a caustic stream. The process can include passing the caustic stream, previously contacted with a hydrocarbon stream for removing one or more mercaptans, through a column to remove the one or more disulfide compounds downstream of a mercaptan oxidation zone. The caustic stream can be contacted with a solvent stream comprising one or more hydrocarbons in a column. The solvent stream can be passed to a plurality of beds for removal of extracted disulfides from the solvent over an adsorbent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Steven L. Krupa, Cedric R. Freeman
  • Process for removing one or more sulfur compounds from a stream
    Patent number: 8597501
    Abstract: One exemplary embodiment can be a process for removing one or more disulfide compounds from a caustic stream. The process can include passing the caustic stream, previously contacted with a hydrocarbon stream for removing one or more mercaptans, through a column to remove the one or more disulfide compounds downstream of a mercaptan oxidation zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Steven Lee Krupa, Cedric R. Freeman, Jessy E. Trucko, Jonathan Andrew Tertel
  • PROCESS FOR REMOVING ONE OR MORE SULFUR COMPOUNDS FROM A STREAM
    Publication number: 20120000827
    Abstract: One exemplary embodiment can be a process for removing one or more disulfide compounds from a caustic stream. The process can include passing the caustic stream, previously contacted with a hydrocarbon stream for removing one or more mercaptans, through a column to remove the one or more disulfide compounds downstream of a mercaptan oxidation zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: UOP, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Lee Krupa, Cedric R. Freeman, Jessy E. Trucko, Jonathan Andrew Tertel