Patents by Inventor Shixue Wen

Shixue Wen 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).

  • Process and apparatus for treating hydrocarbon streams
    Patent number: 9296958
    Abstract: A process and apparatus are disclosed for treating a hydrocarbon stream, the process including flowing the hydrocarbon stream through a hydrocarbon treating vessel, heating a portion of the hydrocarbon treating vessel to a predetermined temperature and for a predetermined amount of time and controlling sensitization and chloride stress corrosion cracking of the portion of the interior surface of the hydrocarbon treating vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Shixue Wen, Mark W. Mucek, Steven A. Bradley, Benjamin L. Tiemens, Donald A. Eizenga
  • Process for treating hydrocarbon streams
    Patent number: 9272256
    Abstract: A process is disclosed for treating a hydrocarbon stream including flowing the hydrocarbon stream through a hydrocarbon treating vessel, heating a portion of the hydrocarbon treating vessel to a predetermined temperature and for a predetermined amount of time and controlling sensitization of the portion of the interior surface of the hydrocarbon treating vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Steven A. Bradley, Benjamin L. Tiemens, Mark W. Mucek, Shixue Wen
  • PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING HYDROCARBON STREAMS
    Publication number: 20140251868
    Abstract: A process and apparatus are disclosed for treating a hydrocarbon stream, the process including flowing the hydrocarbon stream through a hydrocarbon treating vessel, heating a portion of the hydrocarbon treating vessel to a predetermined temperature and for a predetermined amount of time and controlling sensitization and chloride stress corrosion cracking of the portion of the interior surface of the hydrocarbon treating vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Shixue Wen, Mark W. Mucek, Steven A. Bradley, Benjamin L. Tiemens, Donald A. Eizenga
  • Process for Treating Hydrocarbon Streams
    Publication number: 20140148628
    Abstract: A process is disclosed for treating a hydrocarbon stream including flowing the hydrocarbon stream through a hydrocarbon treating vessel, heating a portion of the hydrocarbon treating vessel to a predetermined temperature and for a predetermined amount of time and controlling sensitization of the portion of the interior surface of the hydrocarbon treating vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Inventors: Steven A. Bradley, Benjamin L. Tiemens, Mark W. Mucek, Shixue Wen
  • Thermal transfer and power generation devices and methods of making the same
    Patent number: 8039726
    Abstract: A device includes a first thermally conductive substrate having a first patterned electrode disposed thereon and a second thermally conductive substrate having a second patterned electrode disposed thereon, wherein the first and second thermally conductive substrates are arranged such that the first and second patterned electrodes are adjacent to one another. The device includes a plurality of nanowires disposed between the first and second patterned electrodes, wherein the plurality of nanowires is formed of a thermoelectric material. The device also includes a joining material disposed between the plurality of nanowires and at least one of the first and second patterned electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: An-Ping Zhang, Fazila Seker, Reed Roeder Corderman, Shixue Wen, Fred Sharifi, Melissa Suzanne Sander, Craig Douglas Young
  • Thermal transfer and power generation devices and methods of making the same
    Publication number: 20060266402
    Abstract: A device includes a first thermally conductive substrate having a first patterned electrode disposed thereon and a second thermally conductive substrate having a second patterned electrode disposed thereon, wherein the first and second thermally conductive substrates are arranged such that the first and second patterned electrodes are adjacent to one another. The device includes a plurality of nanowires disposed between the first and second patterned electrodes, wherein the plurality of nanowires is formed of a thermoelectric material. The device also includes a joining material disposed between the plurality of nanowires and at least one of the first and second patterned electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2005
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Inventors: An-Ping Zhang, Fazila Seker, Reed Corderman, Shixue Wen, Fred Sharifi, Melissa Sander, Craig Young