Patents by Inventor Soumendra Mohan Banerjee

Soumendra Mohan Banerjee 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: 20150129461
    Abstract: Embodiments of apparatuses and methods for hydrotreating coker kerosene or other thermally or catalytically cracked hydrocarbon stream are provided. In one example, a method comprises splitting a feed comprising coker kerosene into first and second feed streams. The first feed stream is heated to form a heated first feed stream. The second feed stream is partially heated to form a partially heated second feed stream. The heated first feed stream is contacted with a first hydrotreating catalyst to form a first hydrotreated intermediate stream. The first hydrotreated intermediate stream is combined with the partially heated second feed stream to form a partially quenched first hydrotreated intermediate combined stream. The partially quenched first hydrotreated intermediate combined stream is contacted with a second hydrotreating catalyst to further hydrotreat the partially quenched first hydrotreated intermediate combined stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: UOP LLC
    Inventor: Soumendra Mohan Banerjee
  • Publication number: 20150041365
    Abstract: One exemplary embodiment can be a process for treating a hydroprocessing fraction. The process can include obtaining a bottom stream from a fractionation zone, and passing at least a portion of the bottom stream to a film generating evaporator zone for separating a first stream containing less heavy polynuclear aromatic compounds than a second stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Richard K. Hoehn, Soumendra Mohan Banerjee, David M. Bowman, Xin X. Zhu
  • Patent number: 8877040
    Abstract: One exemplary embodiment can be a process for treating a hydroprocessing fraction. The process can include obtaining a bottom stream from a fractionation zone, and passing at least a portion of the bottom stream to a film generating evaporator zone for separating a first stream containing less heavy polynuclear aromatic compounds than a second stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Richard Hoehn, Soumendra Mohan Banerjee, Dave Bowman, Xin X. Zhu
  • Publication number: 20140291201
    Abstract: One exemplary embodiment can be a process for hydroprocessing. The process can include providing a hydroprocessing zone having at least two beds, and quenching downstream of a first bed of the at least two beds with a first vacuum gas oil that may be lighter than another vacuum gas oil fed to the first bed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: UOP, LLC
    Inventors: Soumendra Mohan Banerjee, Mani Krishna, Avnish Kumar
  • Publication number: 20140091010
    Abstract: One exemplary embodiment can be a process for removing hydrogen sulfide from a fractionated hydroprocessed effluent. The process can include stripping a hydroprocessed effluent from a hydroprocessing zone, fractionating the stripped hydroprocessed effluent to obtain a naphtha cut, and sending the naphtha cut to a hydrogen sulfide removal zone. The hydrogen sulfide removal zone can include an amine wash settler, an amine contacting column, or a steam stripper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: UOP, LLC
    Inventors: Soumendra Mohan Banerjee, Srinivasa Gopalan-Rajan Varadarajan, Rajaraman Panchapakesan, Babu Balakrishnan
  • Publication number: 20140091009
    Abstract: One exemplary embodiment can be a process for washing a gas from a hydroprocessed effluent from a hydroprocessing zone. The process may include adding a first portion of a wash water stream to the hydroprocessed effluent to form a combined stream, condensing the combined stream, adding a first portion of a wash water stream to the effluent to form a combined stream, sending the combined stream to a separator, and providing a second portion of the wash water stream to the tower for washing one or more gases rising in the tower. The separator can include a substantially cylindrical body, in turn, coupled to a boot and a tower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: UOP, LLC
    Inventors: Soumendra Mohan Banerjee, Richard Hoehn
  • Publication number: 20140048447
    Abstract: One exemplary embodiment can be a process for treating a hydroprocessing fraction. The process can include obtaining a bottom stream from a fractionation zone, and passing at least a portion of the bottom stream to a film generating evaporator zone for separating a first stream containing less heavy polynuclear aromatic compounds than a second stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: UOP, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Hoehn, Soumendra Mohan Banerjee, Dave Bowman, Xin X. Zhu