Patents by Inventor Mary J. Wier

Mary J. Wier 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: 20150290636
    Abstract: A process for regenerating a catalyst used in a reaction zone. In a regeneration zone, the catalyst may be cooled before passing into a chloride rich zone. The regeneration zone may also receive a heated ambient oxygen in a catalyst heating zone. The regeneration zone may also receive recovered chloride from a chloride recovering zone which removes and recovers chloride from regeneration gas taken from the regeneration zone. Heated ambient oxygen may also be introduced into a chlorination zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Bryan K. Glover, Ka Lok, Mary J. Wier, Mohamed S. Shakur, Michael A. Moore, Alexander Sabitov
  • Patent number: 9138738
    Abstract: A process for regenerating a catalyst used in a reaction zone. In a regeneration zone, the catalyst may be cooled before passing into a chloride rich zone. The regeneration zone may also receive a heated ambient oxygen in a catalyst heating zone. The regeneration zone may also receive recovered chloride from a chloride recovering zone which removes and recovers chloride from regeneration gas taken from the regeneration zone. Heated ambient oxygen may also be introduced into a chlorination zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Bryan K. Glover, Ka Lok, Mary J. Wier, Mohamed S. Shakur, Michael A. Moore, Alexander Sabitov
  • Patent number: 8926830
    Abstract: Processes for producing aromatics from a naphtha feedstream are provided. An exemplary process includes passing the feedstream to a fractionation unit, thereby generating a first stream including hydrocarbons having less than 8 carbon atoms and a second stream including hydrocarbons having at least 8 carbon atoms. The first stream is passed to a first reformer operated at a first set of reaction conditions to generate a first product stream. The first set of reaction conditions includes a first temperature and a first pressure. The second stream is passed to a second reformer operated at a second set of reaction conditions to generate a second product stream. The second set of reaction conditions includes a second temperature and a second pressure. The first pressure is lower than the second pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Gregory J. Gajda, Mary J. Wier, Clayton Colin Sadler