Patents by Inventor Kevin John Schwint
Kevin John Schwint 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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Patent number: 11802101Abstract: Processes and systems for dehydrogenating ethylbenzene may include mixing a steam stream and an ethylbenzene stream to form a feed mixture. The ethylbenzene/steam feed mixture may then be fed to a dehydrogenation reactor containing an alkali metal promoted catalyst. A liquid, selected from an alkali metal liquid, an alkali metal compound liquid, or a liquid solution comprising an alkali metal, may be injected into a feed stream, such as the steam stream, the ethylbenzene stream, or the ethylbenzene/steam feed mixture. Following injection, the liquid vaporizes and disperses into the feed stream upstream of the dehydrogenation reactor. The liquid may be maintained as a liquid from a point upstream of injection to an injection nozzle. The liquid is dispersed through the injection nozzle, in liquid form, to form droplets of liquid dispersed in the feed stream, which evaporate and/or dissolve into the vaporous feed stream.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: LUMMUS TECHNOLOGY LLCInventors: Gary George Podrebarac, Kevin John Schwint
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Publication number: 20210292257Abstract: Processes and systems for the production of ethylbenzene using a dilute ethylene feed and subsequent recovery of ethane in the alkylation vent gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Applicant: LUMMUS TECHNOLOGY LLCInventors: Kevin John Schwint, Sanjeev Ram
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Publication number: 20210214292Abstract: Processes and systems for dehydrogenating ethylbenzene may include mixing a steam stream and an ethylbenzene stream to form a feed mixture. The ethylbenzene/steam feed mixture may then be fed to a dehydrogenation reactor containing an alkali metal promoted catalyst. A liquid, selected from an alkali metal liquid, an alkali metal compound liquid, or a liquid solution comprising an alkali metal, may be injected into a feed stream, such as the steam stream, the ethylbenzene stream, or the ethylbenzene/steam feed mixture. Following injection, the liquid vaporizes and disperses into the feed stream upstream of the dehydrogenation reactor. The liquid may be maintained as a liquid from a point upstream of injection to an injection nozzle. The liquid is dispersed through the injection nozzle, in liquid form, to form droplets of liquid dispersed in the feed stream, which evaporate and/or dissolve into the vaporous feed stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2021Publication date: July 15, 2021Applicant: LUMMUS TECHNOLOGY LLCInventors: Gary George Podrebarac, Kevin John Schwint
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Patent number: 11034632Abstract: Processes and systems for the production of ethylbenzene using a dilute ethylene feed and subsequent recovery of ethane in the alkylation vent gas.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2016Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: LUMMUS TECHNOLOGY LLCInventors: Kevin John Schwint, Sanjeev Ram
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Patent number: 10961169Abstract: Processes and systems for dehydrogenating ethylbenzene may include mixing a steam stream and an ethylbenzene stream to form a feed mixture. The ethylbenzene/steam feed mixture may then be fed to a dehydrogenation reactor containing an alkali metal promoted catalyst. A liquid, selected from an alkali metal liquid, an alkali metal compound liquid, or a liquid solution comprising an alkali metal, may be injected into a feed stream, such as the steam stream, the ethylbenzene stream, or the ethylbenzene/steam feed mixture. Following injection, the liquid vaporizes and disperses into the feed stream upstream of the dehydrogenation reactor. The liquid may be maintained as a liquid from a point upstream of injection to an injection nozzle. The liquid is dispersed through the injection nozzle, in liquid form, to form droplets of liquid dispersed in the feed stream, which evaporate and/or dissolve into the vaporous feed stream.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2019Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: LUMMUS TECHNOLOGY LLCInventors: Gary George Podrebarac, Kevin John Schwint
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Publication number: 20200331825Abstract: Processes and systems for dehydrogenating ethylbenzene may include mixing a steam stream and an ethylbenzene stream to form a feed mixture. The ethylbenzene/steam feed mixture may then be fed to a dehydrogenation reactor containing an alkali metal promoted catalyst. A liquid, selected from an alkali metal liquid, an alkali metal compound liquid, or a liquid solution comprising an alkali metal, may be injected into a feed stream, such as the steam stream, the ethylbenzene stream, or the ethylbenzene/steam feed mixture. Following injection, the liquid vaporizes and disperses into the feed stream upstream of the dehydrogenation reactor. The liquid may be maintained as a liquid from a point upstream of injection to an injection nozzle. The liquid is dispersed through the injection nozzle, in liquid form, to form droplets of liquid dispersed in the feed stream, which evaporate and/or dissolve into the vaporous feed stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2019Publication date: October 22, 2020Applicant: LUMMUS TECHNOLOGY LLCInventors: Gary George Podrebarac, Kevin John Schwint
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Patent number: 10598432Abstract: Processes and systems for recovery of a dilute ethylene stream are illustrated and described. More specifically, embodiments disclosed herein relate to processes and systems for separation of a dilute ethylene stream from an offgas or other vapor streams, where the ultra-low temperature refrigeration for the desired separations is provided by the offgas itself, and only moderately-low temperature externally supplied propylene refrigerants (for example, at ?40° C. to 15° C.) are necessary.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2019Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: LUMMUS TECHNOLOGY LLCInventors: Kevin John Schwint, Sanjeev Ram
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Publication number: 20190346202Abstract: Processes and systems for recovery of a dilute ethylene stream are illustrated and described. More specifically, embodiments disclosed herein relate to processes and systems for separation of a dilute ethylene stream from an offgas or other vapor streams, where the ultra-low temperature refrigeration for the desired separations is provided by the offgas itself, and only moderately-low temperature externally supplied propylene refrigerants (for example, at ?40° C. to 15° C.) are necessary.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2019Publication date: November 14, 2019Applicant: LUMMUS TECHNOLOGY LLCInventors: Kevin John Schwint, Sanjeev Ram
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Patent number: 10365038Abstract: Processes and systems for recovery of a dilute ethylene stream are illustrated and described. More specifically, embodiments disclosed herein relate to processes and systems for separation of a dilute ethylene stream from an offgas or other vapor streams, where the ultra-low temperature refrigeration for the desired separations is provided by the offgas itself, and only moderately-low temperature externally supplied propylene refrigerants (for example, at ?40° C. to 15° C.) are necessary.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2016Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Lummus Technology Inc.Inventors: Kevin John Schwint, Sanjeev Ram
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Patent number: 10207965Abstract: Processes and systems for producing olefins, including: dehydrogenating a first n-alkane to produce a first effluent; and dehydrogenating at least one of a first isoalkane or a second n-alkane to produce a second effluent. The first and second effluents may be compressed and fed to a common separation train to separate the effluents into two or more fractions. In some embodiments, each of the first and second dehydrogenation reaction zones may include two reactors, one reactor in each of the reaction zones operating in a dehydrogenation cycle, one operating in a regeneration cycle, and one operating in a purge or evacuation/reduction cycle. Operation of the reactors in the dehydrogenation cycle is staggered, such that the purge cycle, regeneration cycle, or evacuation/reduction cycle of the reactors may not overlap.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2018Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: Lummus Technology Inc.Inventors: Kevin John Schwint, Robert John Brummer
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Patent number: 10118876Abstract: A process for recovering butadiene from a C4 fraction is disclosed. The process may include: contacting a mixed C4 stream comprising butane, butene, and butadiene, with a solvent comprising an organic solvent and water in a butadiene pre-absorber column to recover an overheads fraction comprising at least a portion of the butane, butene, and water, and a first bottoms fraction comprising the organic solvent, butadiene, and at least a portion of the butene; and feeding the first bottoms fraction to a butadiene extraction unit to recover a butene fraction, a crude butadiene fraction, and a solvent fraction.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2016Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: Lummus Technology Inc.Inventors: Robert John Brummer, Kevin John Schwint, Thomas Alexander Dwyer
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Publication number: 20180312451Abstract: Processes and systems for producing olefins, including: dehydrogenating a first n-alkane to produce a first effluent; and dehydrogenating at least one of a first isoalkane or a second n-alkane to produce a second effluent. The first and second effluents may be compressed and fed to a common separation train to separate the effluents into two or more fractions. In some embodiments, each of the first and second dehydrogenation reaction zones may include two reactors, one reactor in each of the reaction zones operating in a dehydrogenation cycle, one operating in a regeneration cycle, and one operating in a purge or evacuation/reduction cycle. Operation of the reactors in the dehydrogenation cycle is staggered, such that the purge cycle, regeneration cycle, or evacuation/reduction cycle of the reactors may not overlap.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2018Publication date: November 1, 2018Applicant: Lummus Technology LLCInventors: Kevin John Schwint, Robert John Brummer
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Patent number: 10081581Abstract: A process for recovering butadiene from a C4 fraction is disclosed. The process may include: contacting a mixed C4 stream comprising butane, butene, and butadiene, with a solvent comprising an organic solvent and water in a butadiene pre-absorber column to recover an overheads fraction comprising at least a portion of the butane, butene, and water, and a first bottoms fraction comprising the organic solvent, butadiene, and at least a portion of the butene; and feeding the first bottoms fraction to a butadiene extraction unit to recover a butene fraction, a crude butadiene fraction, and a solvent fraction.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2016Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: Lummus Technology Inc.Inventors: Kevin John Schwint, Robert John Brummer
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Patent number: 10017431Abstract: Processes and systems for producing olefins, including: dehydrogenating a first n-alkane to produce a first effluent; and dehydrogenating at least one of a first isoalkane or a second n-alkane to produce a second effluent. The first and second effluents may be compressed and fed to a common separation train to separate the effluents into two or more fractions. In some embodiments, each of the first and second dehydrogenation reaction zones may include two reactors, one reactor in each of the reaction zones operating in a dehydrogenation cycle, one operating in a regeneration cycle, and one operating in a purge or evacuation/reduction cycle. Operation of the reactors in the dehydrogenation cycle is staggered, such that the purge cycle, regeneration cycle, or evacuation/reduction cycle of the reactors may not overlap.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2014Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: Lummus Technology Inc.Inventors: Kevin John Schwint, Robert John Brummer
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Publication number: 20180073803Abstract: Processes and systems for recovery of a dilute ethylene stream are illustrated and described. More specifically, embodiments disclosed herein relate to processes and systems for separation of a dilute ethylene stream from an offgas or other vapor streams, where the ultra-low temperature refrigeration for the desired separations is provided by the offgas itself, and only moderately-low temperature externally supplied propylene refrigerants (for example, at ?40° C. to 15° C.) are necessary.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2016Publication date: March 15, 2018Applicant: Lummus Technology Inc.Inventors: Kevin John Schwint, Sanjeev Ram
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Publication number: 20180072640Abstract: Processes and systems for the production of ethylbenzene using a dilute ethylene feed and subsequent recovery of ethane in the alkylation vent gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2016Publication date: March 15, 2018Applicant: Lummus Technology Inc.Inventors: Kevin John Schwint, Sanjeev Ram
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Patent number: 9776103Abstract: A process and system for separating butenes and butanes by extractive distillation using a polar solvent is disclosed. The process may include: contacting a hydrocarbon mixture including butanes and butenes with a lean solvent mixture in an extractive distillation column to form an enriched solvent fraction comprising butenes; recovering an overheads fraction comprising butanes and a bottoms fraction from the extractive distillation column; feeding the bottoms fraction to a stripper including a stripping section and a wash section; recovering the lean solvent mixture as a bottoms fraction and a stripper overheads fraction comprising butenes and water from the stripper; condensing the overheads fraction to form a water fraction and a product butenes fraction; feeding water as reflux to a top of the stripper wash section; feeding at least a portion of the condensed water fraction intermediate the top and bottom of the stripper wash section as a second reflux.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2016Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: Lummus Technology Inc.Inventors: Kevin John Schwint, Robert J. Brummer
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Patent number: 9744475Abstract: A process for recovering 1,3-butadiene from a C4 fraction, where the butadiene extraction processes may be operated at an intermediate pressure using a liquid ring type compressor. The use of a liquid ring compressor, among other process options presented herein, may advantageously reduce capital and operating costs, similar to the compressorless option, while mitigating the risks associated with the higher operating temperatures and pressures associated with the compressorless option. Thus, the embodiments of the processes disclosed herein encompass the best features of the conventional design (low pressure, with a compressor) with the advantages of the compressorless design (low capital and operating cost), as well as other advantages unique to the systems disclosed herein.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2016Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: Lummus Technology Inc.Inventors: Kevin John Schwint, Robert J. Brummer
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Publication number: 20160340275Abstract: A process for recovering butadiene from a C4 fraction is disclosed. The process may include: contacting a mixed C4 stream comprising butane, butene, and butadiene, with a solvent comprising an organic solvent and water in a butadiene pre-absorber column to recover an overheads fraction comprising at least a portion of the butane, butene, and water, and a first bottoms fraction comprising the organic solvent, butadiene, and at least a portion of the butene; and feeding the first bottoms fraction to a butadiene extraction unit to recover a butene fraction, a crude butadiene fraction, and a solvent fraction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2016Publication date: November 24, 2016Applicant: Lummus Technology Inc.Inventors: Robert John Brummer, Kevin John Schwint, Thomas Alexander Dwyer
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Publication number: 20160311733Abstract: A process for recovering butadiene from a C4 fraction is disclosed. The process may include: contacting a mixed C4 stream comprising butane, butene, and butadiene, with a solvent comprising an organic solvent and water in a butadiene pre-absorber column to recover an overheads fraction comprising at least a portion of the butane, butene, and water, and a first bottoms fraction comprising the organic solvent, butadiene, and at least a portion of the butene; and feeding the first bottoms fraction to a butadiene extraction unit to recover a butene fraction, a crude butadiene fraction, and a solvent fraction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2016Publication date: October 27, 2016Applicant: Lummus Technology Inc.Inventors: Kevin John Schwint, Robert John Brummer