Patents by Inventor Shaw-Chan Lin
Shaw-Chan Lin 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: 8309758Abstract: A process for purifying allyl acetate is disclosed. An acetoxylation mixture is distilled at elevated pressure to remove propylene and generate a first bottoms mixture comprising allyl acetate, acetic acid, acrolein, allyl diacetate, and 3-acetoxypropionaldehyde. The first bottoms mixture is flash vaporized, and the resulting vapor is contacted with a solid acidic catalyst under conditions effective to decompose allyl diacetate and 3-acetoxypropionaldehyde. The flashed product, which comprises allyl acetate, acetic acid, and acrolein, is then distilled to remove acrolein and generate a second bottoms mixture comprising allyl acetate and acetic acid. The second bottoms mixture can be used to manufacture allyl alcohol.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2009Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Lyondell Chemical Technology, L.P.Inventors: Stephen H. Harris, Shaw-Chan Lin
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Patent number: 8193396Abstract: A process for producing allyl alcohol is disclosed. The process comprises reacting propylene, acetic acid, and oxygen to produce a reaction mixture. The reaction mixture is distilled to produce a vapor stream comprising propylene and a liquid stream comprising allyl acetate, acetic acid, acrolein, and allyl diacetate. The liquid stream is distilled to produce a lights stream comprising acrolein; a side draw comprising allyl acetate, acetic acid, and water; and a bottoms stream comprising acetic acid and allyl diacetate. The bottoms stream is distilled to remove a heavies stream comprising allyl diacetate. The side draw is hydrolyzed to produce allyl alcohol.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2010Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: Lyondell Chemical Technology, L.P.Inventors: Shaw-Chan Lin, Lawrence M. Candela, Andrew P. Kahn, Elizabeth I. Ross-Medgaarden, Gary A. Sawyer
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Patent number: 8067634Abstract: A process for producing allyl acetate is disclosed. The process comprises reacting propylene, acetic acid, and oxygen in the presence of a supported palladium catalyst in an adiabatic reactor.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2009Date of Patent: November 29, 2011Assignee: Lyondell Chemical Technology, L.P.Inventors: Gary A. Sawyer, Shaw-Chan Lin, Elizabeth I. Ross-Medgaarden, Andrew P. Kahn
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Publication number: 20110207973Abstract: A process for producing allyl alcohol is disclosed. The process comprises reacting propylene, acetic acid, and oxygen to produce a reaction mixture. The reaction mixture is distilled to produce a vapor stream comprising propylene and a liquid stream comprising allyl acetate, acetic acid, acrolein, and allyl diacetate. The liquid stream is distilled to produce a lights stream comprising acrolein; a side draw comprising allyl acetate, acetic acid, and water; and a bottoms stream comprising acetic acid and allyl diacetate. The bottoms stream is distilled to remove a heavies stream comprising allyl diacetate. The side draw is hydrolyzed to produce allyl alcohol.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2010Publication date: August 25, 2011Inventors: Shaw-Chan Lin, Lawrence M. Candela, Andrew P. Kahn, Elizabeth I. Ross-Medgaarden, Gary A. Sawyer
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Publication number: 20110152568Abstract: A process for purifying allyl acetate is disclosed. An acetoxylation mixture is distilled at elevated pressure to remove propylene and generate a first bottoms mixture comprising allyl acetate, acetic acid, acrolein, allyl diacetate, and 3-acetoxypropionaldehyde. The first bottoms mixture is flash vaporized, and the resulting vapor is contacted with a solid acidic catalyst under conditions effective to decompose allyl diacetate and 3-acetoxypropionaldehyde. The flashed product, which comprises allyl acetate, acetic acid, and acrolein, is then distilled to remove acrolein and generate a second bottoms mixture comprising allyl acetate and acetic acid. The second bottoms mixture can be used to manufacture allyl alcohol.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2009Publication date: June 23, 2011Inventors: Stephen H. Harris, Shaw-Chan Lin
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Publication number: 20110105792Abstract: A process for producing allyl acetate is disclosed. The process comprises reacting propylene, acetic acid, and oxygen in the presence of a supported palladium catalyst in an adiabatic reactor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2009Publication date: May 5, 2011Inventors: Gary A. Sawyer, Shaw-Chan Lin, Elizabeth I. Ross-Medgaarden, Andrew P. Kahn
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Publication number: 20090143630Abstract: A process comprising reacting a feed comprising isobutene and a modifier in the presence of an acidic solid catalyst to produce diisobutene is disclosed. The amount of the modifier in the feed is reduced as the catalyst ages. Lower reaction temperature is maintained throughout the catalyst life, which is less likely to corrode the reactor. When an alcohol is used as a modifier, a lower reaction temperature causes lower degree of dehydration of the modifier, thus lower water concentration is maintained, which in turn reduces the likelihood of reactor corrosion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2007Publication date: June 4, 2009Inventors: Walter S. Dubner, Christopher P. Renaudo, Shaw-Chan Lin
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Patent number: 7238260Abstract: N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2-pyrrolidone (HEP) is purified by a distillation sequence in which the purified HEP is recovered as a side stream without being separated as an overhead at any point in the procedure.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2004Date of Patent: July 3, 2007Assignee: Lyondell Chemical Technology, L.P.Inventors: Andrew P. Kahn, David W. Leyshon, Shaw-Chan Lin, Edward P. Carey
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Publication number: 20060111598Abstract: This invention is a process for producing diisobutylene from isobutylene. The process comprises contacting isobutylene with a solid adsorbent to remove sulfur and/or nitrogen impurities from the isobutylene, followed by oligomerizing the isobutylene to diisobutylene using a sulfonic acid-type ion exchange resin. The solid adsorbent removes sulfur and/or nitrogen impurities from the isobutylene and surprisingly increases both catalyst activity and catalyst life of the sulfonic acid-type ion exchange resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2004Publication date: May 25, 2006Inventors: Shaw-Chan Lin, Andrew Kahn, Thomas Zak
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Publication number: 20060086602Abstract: N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2-pyrrolidone (HEP) is purified by a distillation sequence in which the purified HEP is recovered as a side stream without being separated as an overhead at any point in the procedure.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2004Publication date: April 27, 2006Inventors: Andrew Kahn, David Leyshon, Shaw-Chan Lin
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Patent number: 6755979Abstract: A propylene oxide/styrene monomer aqueous purge stream is contacted with a catalyst at conditions effective to decompose peroxides contained therein, and oxygen formed by the decomposition swept from the decomposition with a nitrogen vapor stream from ethylbenzene oxidation.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2002Date of Patent: June 29, 2004Assignee: ARCO Chemical Technology, L.P.Inventors: Carl L. Williams, Shaw-Chan Lin, David W. Leyshon, Lawrence M. Candela
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Publication number: 20040031763Abstract: A propylene oxide/styrene monomer aqueous purge stream is contacted with a catalyst at conditions effective to decompose peroxides contained therein, and oxygen formed by the decomposition swept from the decomposition with a nitrogen vapor stream from ethylbenzene oxidation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2002Publication date: February 19, 2004Inventors: Carl L. Williams, Shaw-Chan Lin, David W. Leyshon, Lawrence M. Candela
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Patent number: 5883268Abstract: Ethylbenzene hydroperoxide suitable for epoxidizing an olefin using a heterogeneous titanium catalyst is provided by the sequence of:a) flashing acids containing ethylbenzene peroxidase to reduce the temperature thereof to 170.degree. F. or lower,b) contacting the flash bottoms with aqueous base and separating a base contaminated deacidified hydroperoxide stream from an organics contaminated aqueous stream,c) removing organics from the organics contaminated aqueous stream by extraction with ethylbenzene,d) separating base from the base contaminated deacidified hydroperoxide stream by water extraction, ande) stripping water from deacidified water extracted hydroperoxide stream.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 1997Date of Patent: March 16, 1999Assignee: Arco Chemical Technology, L.P.Inventors: Shaw-Chan Lin, Jeffery B. Danner, John C. Jubin, Jr.
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Patent number: 5659102Abstract: A tertiary alkanol such as tertiary butyl alcohol is converted in one step to an oligomer of the olefin corresponding to the alkanol by reacting a homogeneous solution of the alkanol and an acid catalyst at conditions effective to form the oligomer.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 1996Date of Patent: August 19, 1997Assignee: ARCO Chemical Technology L.P.Inventors: Nicholas D. Triantafillou, Shaw-Chan Lin, Daniel M. Trauth
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Patent number: 5539131Abstract: In the Oxirane process for epoxide production, at least part of the alcohol formed during isobutane or isopentane peroxidation is replaced by an inert solvent such as decane.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 1995Date of Patent: July 23, 1996Assignee: ARCO Chemical Technology, L.P.Inventor: Shaw-Chan Lin
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Patent number: 5243084Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the oxidation of isobutane in the liquid phase to produce TBA and TBHP wherein at least a portion of the oxidation product mixture is obtained as distillate from fractional distillation of vapors from the oxidation zone.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 1992Date of Patent: September 7, 1993Assignee: ARCO Chemical Technology, L.P.Inventors: Robert N. Cochran, Shaw-Chan Lin
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Patent number: 5196597Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the oxidation of isobutane in the liquid phase to produce TBA and TBHP wherein at least a portion of the oxidation product mixture is obtained from the condensate of vapors from the oxidation zone.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 1992Date of Patent: March 23, 1993Assignee: Arco Chemical Technology, L.P.Inventors: Robert N. Cochran, Shaw-Chan Lin
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Patent number: 4996374Abstract: A process for the hydrogenation of ACP to MBA over a supported palladium catalyst wherein a solvent comprised of ethylbenzene and/or MBA is employed and a small amount of water effective to suppress catalyst deactivation is incorporated in the feed. A further improvement comprises maintaining hydrogen pressure on the catalyst during and between hydrogenation runs.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 1989Date of Patent: February 26, 1991Assignee: Arco Chemical Technology, Inc.Inventors: Shaw-Chan Lin, Robert N. Cochran