Abstract: According to embodiments disclosed herein, a method for forming light olefins in a reactor system may include reacting a feed stream in the presence of a catalyst to form a deactivated catalyst, passing the deactivated catalyst to a combustor and processing the deactivated catalyst to produce a reactivated catalyst, combining a portion of the reactivated catalyst with the deactivated catalyst upstream of the combustor to form a mixed catalyst stream and contacting the mixed catalyst stream with a first oxygen-containing gas stream upstream of the combustor, and passing the mixed catalyst stream to the combustor and contacting the mixed catalyst stream with a second oxygen-containing gas stream while in the combustor, where the molar flow rate of the first oxygen-containing gas stream is 1% to 15% of the combined molar flow rate of the first oxygen-containing gas stream and second oxygen-containing gas stream.

Abstract: A method for making light olefins by dehydrogenation may include operating a catalytic dehydrogenation process, monitoring a composition of a combustion gas in the combustor to detect a concentration of one or more hydrocarbons, and selectively adding a combustion additive with the catalyst when the combustion gas comprises one or more hydrocarbons in an amount greater than 5% of a lower flammability level of the combustion gas at a temperature and pressure of the combustor. A Jet cup attrition index of the combustion additive may be greater than a Jet cup attrition index of the catalyst. The combustion additive may comprise from 1 wt. % to 10 wt. % of one or more transition metals exclusive of gallium and noble metals, from 0 parts per million by weight (ppmw) to 100 ppmw of gallium and noble metals, and at least 85 wt. % support.

Abstract: A particulate solids distributor suitable for distributing two particulate solid streams may include an inner conduit extending from an inner conduit inlet to an inner conduit outlet. The inner conduit may be defined at least partially by an inner wall and the inner wall may be arranged around a central axis. The particulate solids distributor may also include an outer conduit defined at least partially by the inner wall and an outer wall. The outer conduit may extend from an outer conduit inlet to an outer conduit outlet. The outer wall may be arranged around the central axis and a crosssection of the outer wall may surround a crosssection of the inner wall in a plane perpendicular to the central axis. The particulate solids distributor may also include a first solids director positioned over the central axis and downstream of the inner conduit outlet. The particulate solids distributor may also include a second solids director attached to the inner wall and extending radially outward from the central axis.

Abstract: A method of producing olefinic compounds may include contacting a feed stream including one or more hydrocarbons with a particulate solid catalyst in a reactor. In the reactor, the one or more hydrocarbons may be dehydrogenated to form one or more products including one or more olefinic compounds and at least a portion of the particulate solid catalyst may be deactivated. The method may also include passing at least a portion of the deactivated particulate solid catalyst to a combustor. In the combustor, a supplemental fuel stream may enter the combustor through a supplemental fuel distributor and the supplemental fuel stream may be reacted to heat at least a portion of the deactivated particulate solid catalyst. The method may also include passing at least a portion of the heated deactivated particulate solid catalyst to an oxygen treatment zone to produce a reactivated particulate solid catalyst.

Abstract: A method for producing one or more olefinic compounds may include dehydrogenating a feed stream in the presence of a catalyst in a reactor to form a product stream and a deactivated catalyst. The feed stream may include one or more hydrocarbons comprising an alkyl moiety. The product stream may include one or more olefinic compounds. The method may also include separating the deactivated catalyst into a first portion of deactivated catalyst and a second portion of deactivated catalyst. The method may include passing the second portion of deactivated catalyst to a regenerator. The method may include processing the second portion of deactivated catalyst in the regenerator to form a regenerated catalyst. The method may also include passing the first portion of deactivated catalyst and the regenerated catalyst to the reactor. The first portion of deactivated catalyst may enter the reactor downstream of the regenerated catalyst relative to the flow direction of the feed stream.

Abstract: Provided are methods for processing raw data for sensors with multiple color channels, which can include receiving raw image data associated with an image sensor, wherein the raw image data includes a plurality of groups of pixels including a first group of pixels associated with a first filter and a second group of pixels associated with a second filter. The methods may also include generating, from the raw image data, a plurality of wavelength-based data groups including a first wavelength-based data group and a second wavelength-based data group. The first wavelength-based data group may include first pixels corresponding to the first group of pixels and the second wavelength-based data group may include second pixels corresponding to the second group of pixels. The methods may also include encoding the first wavelength-based data group and the second wavelength-based data group. Systems and computer program products are also provided.

Abstract: Computer-implemented methods for a pipeline query transformation system are disclosed herein. Aspects include validating an input query of business logic in a pipeline query language using a pipeline dialect by a pipeline processor of a pipeline query transformation system. Aspects also include parsing the input query into pipeline operators. Aspects further include processing the pipeline operators using the pipeline dialect by the pipeline processor. Aspects include generating a query context by processing the pipeline operators. Aspects also include generating an SQL query from the query context.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for substrate processing using a dual liner for a substrate processing chamber having a chamber wall, the dual liner comprising: a conductive outer liner configured to be fixed to the substrate processing chamber and extend about an inner side of the chamber wall; and a conductive inner liner surrounded by the outer liner and coupled thereto, the inner liner electrically insulated from the outer liner.

Abstract: A method may include contacting a hydrocarbon-containing feed with a catalyst in a reactor to form an olefin-containing effluent, then at least partially separating the olefin-containing effluent from the catalyst. Passing the catalyst to a combustor and heating the catalyst by combusting a supplemental fuel. The supplemental fuel includes methane in an amount greater than or equal to 1 mol. %. Passing the catalyst from the combustor to the reactor, such that at least a portion of the catalyst continuously cycles between the reactor and the combustor. The catalyst includes from 0.1 wt. % to 10 wt. % of one or more metals chosen from gallium, indium, thallium or combinations thereof, from 5 ppmw to 1000 ppmw of one or more metals chosen from platinum, palladium, rhodium, iridium, ruthenium, osmium, or combinations thereof, from 100 ppmw to 30000 ppmw of chromium, and at least 85 wt. % support.

Abstract: A catalyst includes from 5 ppmw to 1000 ppmw of platinum, from 0.1 wt. % to 10 wt. % of gallium, from 2300 ppmw to 30000 ppmw of iron, and at least 85 wt. % support, wherein the support includes one or more of alumina, silica, or combinations thereof.

Abstract: A method may include operating a dehydrogenation process whereby a hydrocarbon-containing feed is converted to light olefins, wherein the dehydrogenation process utilizes a fluidized process catalyst that circulates between a reactor and a combustor. The method may comprise withdrawing the process catalyst from the dehydrogenation process, modifying the process catalyst to form a modified catalyst, and adding the modified catalyst back to the dehydrogenation process. The process catalyst may include from 0.1 wt. % to 10 wt. % of one or more metals chosen from gallium, indium, thallium, or combinations thereof, from 1 ppmw to 1000 ppmw of one or more metals chosen from platinum, palladium, rhodium, iridium, ruthenium, osmium, or combinations thereof, and at least 85 wt. % support. Modifying the process catalyst may include adding one or more of manganese, iron, chromium, or vanadium.

Abstract: A method for making light olefins by dehydrogenation may include operating a catalytic dehydrogenation process, monitoring a composition of a combustion gas in the combustor to detect a concentration of one or more hydrocarbons, and selectively adding a combustion additive with the catalyst when the combustion gas comprises one or more hydrocarbons in an amount greater than 5% of a lower flammability level of the combustion gas at a temperature and pressure of the combustor. The combustion additive may comprise from 0.1 wt. % to 10 wt. % of gallium, from 100 parts per million by weight (ppmw) to 10,000 ppmw of manganese, from 0 ppmw to 100 ppmw of noble metals, and at least 85 wt. % support. In other embodiments, the combustion additive may comprise from 0.1 wt. % to 10 wt. % of chromium, from 0 ppmw to 100 ppmw of gallium and noble metals, and at least 85 wt. % support.

Abstract: A method may include contacting a hydrocarbon-containing feed with a catalyst in a reactor to form an olefin-containing effluent, then at least partially separating the olefin-containing effluent from the catalyst. Passing the catalyst to a combustor and heating the catalyst by combusting a supplemental fuel. The supplemental fuel includes methane in an amount greater than or equal to 1 mol. %. Passing the catalyst from the combustor to the reactor, such that at least a portion of the catalyst continuously cycles between the reactor and the combustor. The catalyst includes from 0.1 wt. % to 10 wt. % of one or more metals chosen from gallium, indium, thallium or combinations thereof, from 5 ppmw to 1000 ppmw of one or more metals chosen from platinum, palladium, rhodium, iridium, ruthenium, osmium, or combinations thereof, from 100 ppmw to 30000 ppmw of iron, and at least 85 wt. % support.

Abstract: Provided are methods for camera-assisted LiDAR data verification. A vehicle (such as an autonomous vehicle) has multiple sensors mounted at various locations on the vehicle. Data from these sensors can be used for object detection. In object detection, sensor data is analyzed to annotate portions of the sensor data with confidence scores that indicate the presence of a particular object class instance within a respective portion of the data captured by a sensor. Systems and computer program products are also provided.

Abstract: Provided are methods for cascade camera image signal processing (ISP) tuning, which can include receiving first image data at a first time associated with a first image sensor of a camera, generating at least one tuned first ISP block parameter for at least one first ISP block based on the first image data and first tuning criterion, receiving second image data at a second time, and generating at least one tuned second ISP block parameter for at least one second ISP block based on the second image data and second tuning criterion. Some methods described also include tuning parameters of at least one ISP block of a camera after receiving tuned parameters. Some methods describe also include generating an image using ISP blocks tuned using various tuning criteria. Systems and computer program products are also provided.

Abstract: Computer-implemented methods for a pipeline query transformation system are disclosed herein. Aspects include validating an input query of business logic in a pipeline query language using a pipeline dialect by a pipeline processor of a pipeline query transformation system. Aspects also include parsing the input query into pipeline operators. Aspects further include processing the pipeline operators using the pipeline dialect by the pipeline processor. Aspects include generating a query context by processing the pipeline operators. Aspects also include generating an SQL query from the query context.

Abstract: Provided are methods for customized tags for annotating sensor data, which can include receiving vehicle data associated with a vehicle, identifying a location of the vehicle based at least in part on the vehicle data, identifying a feature, in a map based coordinate system, associated with the location of the vehicle, transposing a location of the feature from the map based coordinate system to an image sensor based coordinate system, identifying a region of interest in the image sensor based coordinate system based at least in part on the feature, routing the region of interest to an image sensor for image signal processing of sensor data based on the region of interest. Systems and computer program products are also provided.

Abstract: According to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for producing olefins includes contacting a hydrocarbon-containing feed with a catalyst in a reactor portion of a reactor system to form an olefin-containing effluent, separating at least a portion of the olefin-containing effluent from the catalyst, passing the catalyst to a catalyst-processing portion of the reactor system and processing the catalyst to produce a processed catalyst and a combustion gas, passing the processed catalyst from the catalyst-processing portion to the reactor portion, and introducing a combustion additive to the reactor system when the combustion gas comprises one or more hydrocarbons in an amount greater than 5% of an LFL of the combustion gas at a temperature and pressure of the catalyst processing portion. The catalyst may include from 1 ppmw to 150 ppmw platinum. The combustion additive may include from 150 ppmw to 1,000 ppmw platinum.