Patents by Inventor Lawrence R. Gros

Lawrence R. Gros 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).

  • Publication number: 20240368476
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for integration of a reactor for polyolefin pyrolysis with the effluent processing train for a steam cracker. The polyolefins can correspond to, for example, polyolefins in plastic waste. Integrating a process for polyolefin pyrolysis with a steam cracker processing train can allow a mixture of polymers to be converted to monomer units while reducing or minimizing costs and/or equipment footprint. This can allow for direct conversion of polyolefins to the light olefin monomers in high yield while significantly lowering capital and energy usage due to integration with a steam cracking process train. The integration can be enabled in part by selecting feeds with appropriate mixtures of various polymer types and/or by limiting the volume of the plastic waste pyrolysis product relative to the volume from the steam cracker(s) in the steam cracking process train.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Sundararajan Uppili, Bryan A. Patel, Randolph J. Smiley, Lawrence R. Gros, Anthony Go, Saurabh S. Maduskar, Melissa D. Foster, Philippe Laurent
  • Patent number: 12065616
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for integration of a reactor for polyolefin pyrolysis with the effluent processing train for a steam cracker. The polyolefins can correspond to, for example, polyolefins in plastic waste. Integrating a process for polyolefin pyrolysis with a steam cracker processing train can allow a mixture of polymers to be converted to monomer units while reducing or minimizing costs and/or equipment footprint. This can allow for direct conversion of polyolefins to the light olefin monomers in high yield while significantly lowering capital and energy usage due to integration with a steam cracking process train. The integration can be enabled in part by selecting feeds with appropriate mixtures of various polymer types and/or by limiting the volume of the plastic waste pyrolysis product relative to the volume from the steam cracker(s) in the steam cracking process train.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Sundararajan Uppili, Bryan A. Patel, Randolph J. Smiley, Lawrence R. Gros, Anthony Go, Saurabh S. Maduskar, Melissa D. Foster, Philippe Laurent
  • Publication number: 20220372375
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for co-processing of plastic waste in a coking environment or other thermal conversion environment. The co-processing of plastic waste in a coking environment can be performed by performing four types of processes on the plastic waste. The plastic waste can be conditioned by classifying and sizing of the plastic waste to improve the suitability of the plastic waste for co-processing. The conditioned plastic waste particles can be entrained and/or dissolved into a solvent and/or the base feed. The solution and/or slurry of plastic waste can be passed into a coking environment, such as a fluidized coking environment or a delayed coking environment. The plastic waste can then be co-processed in the coking environment to generate liquid product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Bryan A. Patel, Randolph J. Smiley, Lawrence R. Gros, Mohsen N. Harandi
  • Publication number: 20220195309
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for integration of a reactor for polyolefin pyrolysis with the effluent processing train for a steam cracker. The polyolefins can correspond to, for example, polyolefins in plastic waste. Integrating a process for polyolefin pyrolysis with a steam cracker processing train can allow a mixture of polymers to be converted to monomer units while reducing or minimizing costs and/or equipment footprint. This can allow for direct conversion of polyolefins to the light olefin monomers in high yield while significantly lowering capital and energy usage due to integration with a steam cracking process train. The integration can be enabled in part by selecting feeds with appropriate mixtures of various polymer types and/or by limiting the volume of the plastic waste pyrolysis product relative to the volume from the steam cracker(s) in the steam cracking process train.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Sundararajan Uppili, Bryan A. Patel, Randolph J. Smiley, Lawrence R. Gros, Anthony Go, Saurabh S. Maduskar, Melissa D. Foster, Philippe Laurent