Patents by Inventor Phillip F. Daly
Phillip F. Daly 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: 8684337Abstract: Improvements in tubes, which increase the heat exchange capacity of tubular heat exchangers using the tubes, are described. These improvements involve the use of one or more external surface enhancements, optionally combined with an internal enhancement and/or differing tube geometries. These improvements apply, for example, to internal condensers, including those in which the tube bundles are oriented vertically, in vapor-liquid contacting apparatuses such as distillation columns.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2012Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: UOP LLCInventors: Phillip F. Daly, Steven P. Lankton, Raymond E. Tucker
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Publication number: 20140076528Abstract: An inexpensive heat exchanger is disclosed, wherein the heat exchanger is made up of a plurality of plates and each plate has at least one channel defined in the plate. The plates are stacked and bonded together to form a block having conduits for carrying at least one fluid and where the exchanger includes an expansion device enclosed within the unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: UOP LLCInventors: Phillip F. Daly, Kurt M. Vanden Bussche
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Publication number: 20140020874Abstract: An inexpensive heat exchanger is disclosed, wherein the heat exchanger is made up of a plurality of plates and each plate has at least one channel defined in the plate. The plates are stacked and bonded together to form a block having conduits for carrying at least one fluid and where the exchanger includes an expansion device enclosed within the unit. The plates include construction to thermally insulate the sections of the heat exchanger to control the heat flow within the heat exchanger.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: UOP LLCInventors: Phillip F. Daly, Kurt M. Vanden Bussche
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Publication number: 20140020875Abstract: One exemplary embodiment can be a process for transferring heat to a first stream from a second stream in a hydrocarbon process. The process can include passing the first stream through at least one generally vertically-orientated tube in an exchanger. An interior surface of the at least one generally vertically-orientated tube may form one or more curved irregularities where the first stream, prior to entering the at least one generally vertically-orientated tube, may include a mixture of a gas including hydrogen and at least one or more C1-C3 hydrocarbons, and a liquid including one or more C4-C13 hydrocarbons.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: UOP LLCInventors: Phillip F. Daly, Kenneth D. Peters
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Patent number: 8631858Abstract: An inexpensive heat exchanger is disclosed, wherein the heat exchanger is made up of a plurality of plates and each plate has at least one channel defined in the plate. The plates are stacked and bonded together to form a block having conduits for carrying at least one fluid and where the exchanger includes an expansion device enclosed within the unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2009Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: UOP LLCInventors: Phillip F. Daly, Kurt M. Vanden Bussche
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Patent number: 8613308Abstract: One exemplary embodiment can be a process for transferring heat to a first stream from a second stream in a hydrocarbon process. The process can include passing the first stream through at least one generally vertically-orientated tube in an exchanger. An interior surface of the at least one generally vertically-orientated tube may form one or more curved irregularities where the first stream, prior to entering the at least one generally vertically-orientated tube, may include a mixture of a gas including hydrogen and at least one or more C1-C3 hydrocarbons, and a liquid including one or more C4-C13 hydrocarbons.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2010Date of Patent: December 24, 2013Assignee: UOP LLCInventors: Phillip F. Daly, Kenneth David Peters
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Patent number: 8609922Abstract: An aromatics complex producing one or more xylene isomers offers a large number of opportunities to conserve energy by heat exchange within the complex. One previously unrecognized opportunity is through providing two parallel distillation columns operating at different pressures to separate C8 aromatics from C9+ aromatics. The parallel columns offer additional opportunities to conserve energy within the complex through heat exchange in associated xylene recovery facilities.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2010Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: UOP LLCInventors: Gregory R. Werba, Xin X. Zhu, Phillip F. Daly, Saadet Ulas Acikgoz, Jason T. Corradi, David W. Ablin
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Patent number: 8555954Abstract: An inexpensive heat exchanger is disclosed, wherein the heat exchanger is made up of a plurality of plates and each plate has at least one channel defined in the plate. The plates are stacked and bonded together to form a block having conduits for carrying at least one fluid and where the exchanger includes an expansion device enclosed within the unit. The plates include construction to thermally insulate the sections of the heat exchanger to control the heat flow within the heat exchanger.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2012Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: UOP LLCInventors: Phillip F. Daly, Kurt M. Vanden Bussche
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Publication number: 20120330076Abstract: One exemplary embodiment can be a process for alkylating. The process can include providing a first effluent from a first alkylation zone, and providing a second effluent from a second alkylation zone. Generally, the first and second effluents are provided to an exchanger for reboiling a fractionation zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2011Publication date: December 27, 2012Applicant: UOP, LLCInventors: Michael Roy Smith, Russell Clarence Schulz, Phillip F. Daly, Paul Alvin Sechrist
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Publication number: 20120222447Abstract: Improvements in tubes, which increase the heat exchange capacity of tubular heat exchangers using the tubes, are described. These improvements involve the use of one or more external surface enhancements, optionally combined with an internal enhancement and/or differing tube geometries. These improvements apply, for example, to internal condensers, including those in which the tube bundles are oriented vertically, in vapor-liquid contacting apparatuses such as distillation columns.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2012Publication date: September 6, 2012Applicant: UOP LLCInventors: Phillip F. Daly, Steven P. Lankton, Raymond E. Tucker
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Publication number: 20120145369Abstract: An inexpensive heat exchanger is disclosed, wherein the heat exchanger is made up of a plurality of plates and each plate has at least one channel defined in the plate. The plates are stacked and bonded together to form a block having conduits for carrying at least one fluid and where the exchanger includes an expansion device enclosed within the unit. The plates include construction to thermally insulate the expansion region from the heat exchange region to improve efficiency of the heat exchanger.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2012Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: UOP LLCInventors: Phillip F. Daly, Kurt M. Vanden Bussche
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Publication number: 20120145368Abstract: One exemplary embodiment can be a process for transferring heat to a first stream from a second stream in a hydrocarbon process. The process can include passing the first stream through at least one generally vertically-orientated tube in an exchanger. An interior surface of the at least one generally vertically-orientated tube may form one or more curved irregularities where the first stream, prior to entering the at least one generally vertically-orientated tube, may include a mixture of a gas including hydrogen and at least one or more C1-C3 hydrocarbons, and a liquid including one or more C4-C13 hydrocarbons.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2010Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: UOP, LLCInventors: Phillip F. Daly, Kenneth David Peters
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Publication number: 20120145366Abstract: An inexpensive heat exchanger is disclosed, wherein the heat exchanger is made up of a plurality of plates and each plate has at least one channel defined in the plate. The plates are stacked and bonded together to form a block having conduits for carrying at least one fluid and where the exchanger includes an expansion device enclosed within the unit. The plates include construction to thermally insulate the sections of the heat exchanger to control the heat flow within the heat exchanger.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2012Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: UOP LLCInventors: Phillip F. Daly, Kurt M. Vanden Bussche
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Patent number: 8196909Abstract: Improvements in tubes, which increase the heat exchange capacity of tubular heat exchangers using the tubes, are described. These improvements involve the use of one or more external surface enhancements, optionally combined with an internal enhancement and/or differing tube geometries. These improvements apply, for example, to internal condensers, including those in which the tube bundles are oriented vertically, in vapor-liquid contacting apparatuses such as distillation columns.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2009Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: UOP LLCInventors: Phillip F. Daly, Steven P. Lankton, Raymond E. Tucker
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Publication number: 20120047889Abstract: A process for recovering waste heat in an organic Rankine cycle system which comprises passing a liquid phase working fluid through heat exchange in successive communication with two or more process streams which thus heat the working fluid, removing a vapor phase working fluid from the heat exchanger, passing the vapor phase working fluid to an expander wherein the waste heat is converted into mechanical energy, and passing the vapor phase working fluid from the expander to a condenser wherein the vapor phase working fluid is condensed into the liquid phase working fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2010Publication date: March 1, 2012Applicant: UOP LLCInventors: Saadet Ulas Acikgoz, Xin X. Zhu, Phillip F. Daly
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Publication number: 20120048720Abstract: An aromatics complex producing one or more xylene isomers offers a large number of opportunities to conserve energy by heat exchange within the complex. One previously unrecognized opportunity is through providing two parallel distillation columns operating at different pressures to separate C8 aromatics from C9+ aromatics. The parallel columns offer additional opportunities to conserve energy within the complex through heat exchange in associated xylene recovery facilities.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2010Publication date: March 1, 2012Applicant: UOP LLCInventors: Gregory R. Werba, Xin X. Zhu, Phillip F. Daly, Saadet Ulas Acikgoz
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Patent number: 8122946Abstract: An inexpensive heat exchanger is disclosed, wherein the heat exchanger is made up of a plurality of plates and each plate has at least one channel defined in the plate. The plates are stacked and bonded together to form a block having conduits for carrying at least one fluid and where the exchanger includes an expansion device enclosed within the unit. The plates include construction to thermally insulate the sections of the heat exchanger to control the heat flow within the heat exchanger.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2009Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: UOP LLCInventors: Phillip F. Daly, Kurt M. Vanden Bussche
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Patent number: 8118086Abstract: An inexpensive heat exchanger is disclosed, wherein the heat exchanger is made up of a plurality of plates and each plate has at least one channel defined in the plate. The plates are stacked and bonded together to form a block having conduits for carrying at least one fluid and where the exchanger includes an expansion device enclosed within the unit. The plates include construction to thermally insulate the expansion region from the heat exchange region to improve efficiency of the heat exchanger.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2009Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: UOP LLCInventors: Phillip F. Daly, Kurt M. Vanden Bussche
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Patent number: 8043417Abstract: A reactor-installed or column-installed vertical plate heat exchanger having channels for flow of cooling fluid and vertical passageways between the cooling fluid channels for flow of product. A divider is located between a first fraction and a second fraction of the product vertical passageways and a vapor product inlet communicates with the tops of the product vertical passageways in the first fraction. A product collection volume communicates with the bottoms of the product vertical passageways and an outlet communicates with the product collection volume for recovering condensed product. An uncondensed vapor outlet communicates with the tops of the vertical passageways in the second fraction for removing uncondensed vapor from the heat exchanger.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2009Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: UOP LLCInventor: Phillip F. Daly
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Publication number: 20100314086Abstract: An inexpensive heat exchanger is disclosed, wherein the heat exchanger is made up of a plurality of plates and each plate has at least one channel defined in the plate. The plates are stacked and bonded together to form a block having conduits for carrying at least one fluid and where the exchanger includes an expansion device enclosed within the unit. The plates include construction to thermally insulate the expansion region from the heat exchange region to improve efficiency of the heat exchanger.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2009Publication date: December 16, 2010Inventors: Phillip F Daly, Kurt M. Vanden Bussche