Patents by Inventor Joel J. Kaye

Joel J. Kaye 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).

  • Pressure swing adsorption processes and systems for recovery of hydrogen and C+ hydrocarbons
    Patent number: 9630138
    Abstract: The invention involves a process for treating a gas stream from a hydroprocessor that contains hydrogen, methane and C2+ hydrocarbons. In embodiments of the invention, the gas stream is sent through at least two pressure swing adsorption units to produce a high quality hydrogen stream, a fuel gas stream containing most of the methane and a tail gas stream that is sent to a steam cracker. Lean gas from a gas plant and other refinery off gases may also be processed together with the gas stream from the hydroprocessor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Robert E. Tsai, Xin X. Zhu, Joel J. Kaye, Eleftherios Adamopoulos
  • PRESSURE SWING ADSORPTION PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS FOR RECOVERY OF HYDROGEN AND C2+ HYDROCARBONS
    Publication number: 20150375159
    Abstract: The invention involves a process for treating a gas stream from a hydroprocessor that contains hydrogen, methane and C2+ hydrocarbons. In embodiments of the invention, the gas stream is sent through at least two pressure swing adsorption units to produce a high quality hydrogen stream, a fuel gas stream containing most of the methane and a tail gas stream that is sent to a steam cracker. Lean gas from a gas plant and other refinery off gases may also be processed together with the gas stream from the hydroprocessor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Robert E. Tsai, Xin X. Zhu, Joel J. Kaye, Eleftherios Adamopoulos