Patents by Inventor Simon E. Albo

Simon E. Albo 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 system for removal of light ends and non-condensables to prevent buildup in an olefin/paraffin membrane separation process
    Patent number: 11136280
    Abstract: Systems and processes are provided to prevent light ends such as methane, ethylene and ethane from building up in an olefin/paraffin separation system that uses a combination of a membrane and distillation column for this separation. In one embodiment a small stripper column is provided downstream from a selective hydrogenation reactor. In the other embodiment, a surge vessel with a receiver is added to the retentate stream of the membrane unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Mander Singh, Charles P Luebke, Trung Pham, Steven Kozup, Carl Liskey, Simon E. Albo, Saadet Ulas Acikgoz, Chunqing Liu
  • Multi-stage membrane systems with polymeric and microporous zeolitic inorganic membranes for gas separations
    Patent number: 11033856
    Abstract: A multistage membrane system and a process for treating a gas stream is provided in which the multistage membrane system comprises at least two membrane units wherein a first stage membrane unit comprises a polymeric membrane and a second membrane unit comprises a microporous zeolitic inorganic membrane or a combination of a microporous zeolitic inorganic membrane and a polymeric membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Chunqing Liu, Simon E. Albo, David W. Greer, Xueliang Dong, Mark M. Davis
  • PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR REMOVAL OF LIGHT ENDS AND NON-CONDENSABLES TO PREVENT BUILDUP IN AN OLEFIN/PARAFFIN MEMBRANE SEPARATION PROCESS
    Publication number: 20200377430
    Abstract: Systems and processes are provided to prevent light ends such as methane, ethylene and ethane from building up in an olefin/paraffin separation system that uses a combination of a membrane and distillation column for this separation. In one embodiment a small stripper column is provided downstream from a selective hydrogenation reactor. In the other embodiment, a surge vessel with a receiver is added to the retentate stream of the membrane unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Mander Singh, Charles P Luebke, Trung Pham, Steven Kozup, Carl Liskey, Simon E. Albo, Saadet Ulas Acikgoz, Chunqing Liu
  • Method and system for light olefin separation
    Patent number: 10683246
    Abstract: A process is provided for separation of light olefins and paraffins and particular for the separation of propylene and propane comprising sending at least one olefin/paraffin stream to a distillation column and a membrane unit to produce an olefin stream comprising at least 92 mol % olefin. In an embodiment of the invention where the membrane unit is placed downstream from the column which can produce propylene streams at polymer grade of over 99.5 mol % propylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Chunqing Liu, Lubo Zhou, Stanley J. Frey, Gregory R. Werba, Carl W. Liskey, Simon E. Albo, Trung Pham
  • MULTI-STAGE MEMBRANE SYSTEMS WITH POLYMERIC AND MICROPOROUS ZEOLITIC INORGANIC MEMBRANES FOR GAS SEPARATIONS
    Publication number: 20190381449
    Abstract: A multistage membrane system and a process for treating a gas stream is provided in which the multistage membrane system comprises at least two membrane units wherein a first stage membrane unit comprises a polymeric membrane and a second membrane unit comprises a microporous zeolitic inorganic membrane or a combination of a microporous zeolitic inorganic membrane and a polymeric membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Chunqing Liu, Simon E. Albo, David W. Greer, Xueliang Dong, Mark M. Davis
  • HELIUM PURITY ADJUSTMENT IN A MEMBRANE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190184332
    Abstract: A multi-stage membrane system is provided to separate helium from a gas stream such as a natural gas stream. There are at least two permeate streams from a first membrane module. One of the permeate streams is compressed and sent to a second membrane module while one of the permeate streams bypasses the compressor. There are control means provided to determine the flow for these two permeate streams based on factors including the compressor capacity, the concentration of the target component in the combined permeate streams and the capacity of the second membrane module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Tom Cnop, Mark E. Schott, David W. Greer, David Farr, Simon E. Albo
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LIGHT OLEFIN SEPARATION
    Publication number: 20190100479
    Abstract: A process is provided for separation of light olefins and paraffins and particular for the separation of propylene and propane comprising sending at least one olefin/paraffin stream to a distillation column and a membrane unit to produce an olefin stream comprising at least 92 mol % olefin. In an embodiment of the invention where the membrane unit is placed downstream from the column which can produce propylene streams at polymer grade of over 99.5 mol % propylene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Chunqing Liu, Lubo Zhou, Stanley J. Frey, Gregory R. Werba, Carl W. Liskey, Simon E. Albo, Trung Pham