Patents by Inventor Vince D. MCGAHEE

Vince D. MCGAHEE 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 for selectively allocating heating duty in a catalytic reforming system
    Patent number: 10544373
    Abstract: A process for a catalytic reforming system, the process comprising controlling an amount of aromatic hydrocarbon fed to a sulfur removal system in the catalytic reforming system such that a temperature of a reduced sulfur stream flowing from the sulfur removal system is higher than a temperature of a stream which is fed to the sulfur removal system, due to a heat of reaction generated in the sulfur removal system by converting at least a portion of the aromatic hydrocarbon to aliphatic hydrocarbons. A process for a catalytic reforming system, the process comprising feeding an effective amount of aromatic hydrocarbons to a sulfur removal system of the catalytic reforming system such that a heat duty of a first furnace of a plurality of reactor-furnace pairs connected in series in the catalytic reforming system is reduced relative to operation of the sulfur removal system without the effective amount of aromatic hydrocarbons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Ryan W. Snell, Vince D. McGahee, Scott G. Morrison, Kenny A. Fountain, Cameron M. Crager
  • Process for Selectively Allocating Heating Duty in a Catalytic Reforming System
    Publication number: 20190136143
    Abstract: A process for a catalytic reforming system, the process comprising controlling an amount of aromatic hydrocarbon fed to a sulfur removal system in the catalytic reforming system such that a temperature of a reduced sulfur stream flowing from the sulfur removal system is higher than a temperature of a stream which is fed to the sulfur removal system, due to a heat of reaction generated in the sulfur removal system by converting at least a portion of the aromatic hydrocarbon to aliphatic hydrocarbons. A process for a catalytic reforming system, the process comprising feeding an effective amount of aromatic hydrocarbons to a sulfur removal system of the catalytic reforming system such that a heat duty of a first furnace of a plurality of reactor-furnace pairs connected in series in the catalytic reforming system is reduced relative to operation of the sulfur removal system without the effective amount of aromatic hydrocarbons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Ryan W. SNELL, Vince D. MCGAHEE, Scott G. MORRISON, Kenny A. Fountain, Cameron M. CRAGER