Patents by Inventor William H. Henstock

William H. Henstock 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).

  • Patent number: 8845975
    Abstract: A plant and process for producing alkylene oxides to control the production of silver chloride on a high efficiency silver catalyst is disclosed and described. The process involves reacting an alkylene and an organic chloride gas phase promoter with oxygen over the high efficiency silver catalyst. The sulfur concentration in the alkylene oxide reactor feed is controlled to reduce the production of silver chloride which acts as a catalyst poison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Dow Technology Investments LLC
    Inventors: William H. Henstock, Juliana G. Serafin, Albert C. Liu, Hwaili Soo, Yujun Liu, Manuk Colakyan, Sagar Petkar
  • Patent number: 8389751
    Abstract: A simplified method of operating an alkylene oxide production process that utilizes a high efficiency silver catalyst is shown and described. The method accounts for declining catalyst activity that occurs as the catalyst ages by making alternating changes to the reaction temperature and an overall chloriding effectiveness parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Dow Technology Investments LLC
    Inventors: Liping Zhang, William H. Henstock, Hwaili Soo
  • Publication number: 20110160470
    Abstract: A plant and process for producing alkylene oxides to control the production of silver chloride on a high efficiency silver catalyst is disclosed and described. The process involves reacting an alkylene and an organic chloride gas phase promoter with oxygen over the high efficiency silver catalyst. The sulfur concentration in the alkylene oxide reactor feed is controlled to reduce the production of silver chloride which acts as a catalyst poison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: DOW TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS LLC
    Inventors: William H. Henstock, Juliana G. Serafin, Albert C. Liu, Hwaili Soo, Yujun Liu, Manuk Colakyan, Sagar Petkar
  • Publication number: 20100267974
    Abstract: A simplified method of operating an alkylene oxide production process that utilizes a high efficiency silver catalyst is shown and described. The method accounts for declining catalyst activity that occurs as the catalyst ages by making alternating changes to the reaction temperature and an overall chloriding effectiveness parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: DOW TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS LLC
    Inventors: Liping Zhang, Hwaili Soo, William H. Henstock
  • Patent number: 4973792
    Abstract: A process for catalytically converting a feedstock into a product which comprises:(a) contacting the feedstock with a fluidized mass of solid particles comprising crystalline microporous three dimensional solid catalyst in a reaction zone at conditions effective to convert the feedstock into the product;(b) contacting the particles in the reaction zone with a first purge medium to reduce the amount of at least one of the feedstock and the product in contact with the particles; and(c) contacting the particles in the reaction zone with regeneration medium at conditions effective to improve at least one catalytic property of the catalyst, provided that steps (a), (b) and (c) are repeated periodically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 27, 1990
    Assignee: UOP
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. O. Lewis, William H. Henstock
  • Patent number: 4861938
    Abstract: A process for converting a feedstock containing 1 to about 6 carbon atoms per molecule which includes (a) contacting the feedstock with a solid composition comprising a crystalline microporous three dimensional solid catalyst having pores and being capable of promoting the conversion, and matrix material at conditions effective to convert the feedstock, to produce at least one desired product, and to at least partially deactivate the solid composition; (b) contacting the deactivated solid composition with regeneration medium at conditions to at least partially regenerate the solid composition; and (c) repeating step (a), the improvement which comprises (d) contacting the regenerated solid composition prior to step (c) to condition the regenerated solid composition to have increased effectiveness in step (c).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1989
    Assignee: UOP
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. O. Lewis, William H. Henstock