Patents by Inventor Lance A. Baird

Lance A. Baird 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 and apparatus for alkylation of aromatic with olefin using impure aromatic recycle
    Patent number: 7396968
    Abstract: Processes and apparatus for the alkylation of aromatic compound with mono-olefin aliphatic compound in the presence of solid alkylation catalyst use a lights distillation for obtaining desired selectivities to arylalkane in a energy efficient manner. The processes and apparatus offer the potential for debottlenecking existing arylalkane production facilities and reducing the size and energy requirements for a new arylalkane production facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Stephen W. Sohn, Michael R. Smith, Lance A. Baird
  • Process and Apparatus for Alkylation of Aromatic with Olefin Using Impure Aromatic Recycle
    Publication number: 20080118415
    Abstract: Processes and apparatus for the alkylation of aromatic compound with mono-olefin aliphatic compound in the presence of solid alkylation catalyst use a lights distillation for obtaining desired selectivities to arylalkane in a energy efficient manner. The processes and apparatus offer the potential for debottlenecking existing arylalkane production facilities and reducing the size and energy requirements for a new arylalkane production facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventors: Stephen Sohn, Michael Smith, Lance Baird
  • Process and Apparatus for Alkylation of Aromatic with Olefin Using Impure Aromatic Recycle
    Publication number: 20080119677
    Abstract: Processes and apparatus for the alkylation of aromatic compound with mono-olefin aliphatic compound in the presence of solid alkylation catalyst use a lights distillation for obtaining desired selectivities to arylalkane in a energy efficient manner. The processes and apparatus offer the potential for debottlenecking existing arylalkane production facilities and reducing the size and energy requirements for a new arylalkane production facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventors: Stephen Sohn, Michael Smith, Lance Baird
  • Process for the production of high purity hydrogen from a catalytic reformer
    Publication number: 20060013764
    Abstract: A process for the production of high purity hydrogen from a naphtha catalytic reformer wherein the reformer is firstly operated at a predetermined catalyst circulation rate to produce hydrogen gas containing carbon monoxide and secondly the catalyst circulation rate is reduced to produce hydrogen gas having a lower concentration of carbon monoxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Inventors: Lance Baird, Thomas Gevelinger
  • Process for the production of high purity hydrogen from a catalytic reformer
    Publication number: 20060013763
    Abstract: A process for the production of high purity hydrogen from a naphtha catalytic reformer having a first catalytic zone in a lead position followed by a second catalytic zone in a lag position operating at similar inlet temperatures to produce a predetermined conversion wherein the inlet temperature of the second catalytic zone is reduced to thereby reduce the concentration of carbon monoxide in the net hydrogen product stream and the inlet temperatures of the first catalytic zone is increased to restore the predetermined conversion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2003
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Inventors: Lance Baird, Thomas Gevelinger
  • Carbonylation process
    Patent number: 6646159
    Abstract: Long chain alcohols and acids or other similar oxygenates such as esters are produced from paraffins of similar carbon number by a process comprising paraffin dehydrogenation, carbonylation, and separation. Preferably a mixture of paraffins extending over several carbon numbers and recovered from a kerosene fraction is processed, and unconverted paraffins are recycled to a dehydrogenation zone. Alternative reaction zone configurations, catalyst systems and product recovery methods are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Lance A. Baird, Leonid B. Galperin, R. Joe Lawson, Robert H. Jensen, Oleg L. Eliseev, Albert L. Lapidus, Aduard G. Ostapenco
  • Carbonylation process
    Publication number: 20020019562
    Abstract: Long chain alcohols and acids or other similar oxygenates such as esters are produced from paraffins of similar carbon number by a process comprising paraffin dehydrogenation, carbonylation, and separation. Preferably a mixture of paraffins extending over several carbon numbers and recovered from a kerosene fraction is processed, and unconverted paraffins are recycled to a dehydrogenation zone. Alternative reaction zone configurations, catalyst systems and product recovery methods are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2000
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Inventors: Lance A. Baird, Leonid B. Galperin, R. Joe Lawson, Robert H. Jensen, Oleg L. Eliseev, Albert L. Lapidus, Aduard G. Ostapenco