Patents by Inventor William J. Whyman
William J. Whyman 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).
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Patent number: 11898747Abstract: A burner apparatus and process are described. The burner apparatus includes an inlet chamber in communication with a combustion chamber. The combustion chamber has a cylindrical shape defining a longitudinal axis and a radial direction orthogonal to the longitudinal axis. The combustion chamber has an upstream end and a downstream end, and an air inlet is disposed in the inlet chamber. A pilot, a fuel gas inlet, and a refractory material are disposed in the combustion chamber downstream of the air inlet. A mixed gas inlet is positioned downstream of the fuel gas inlet and the pilot in the combustion chamber. The mixed gas inlet includes a manifold having an inlet, a body, and a plurality of nozzles.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: William J. Whyman, Kenny Arnold
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Patent number: 11780795Abstract: A process for the treatment of waste water, spent air, and hydrocarbon containing liquid and gaseous streams in the cumene/phenol complex is described. Various effluent streams are combined in appropriate collection vessels, including a spent air knockout drum, a hydrocarbon buffer vessel, a fuel gas knockout drum, a phenolic water vessel, and a non-phenolic water vessel. Streams from these vessels are sent to a thermal oxidation system.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Jan De Ren, David K. Borland, Tom Jackson, Chad A. Williams, Cooper W. Bauer, William J. Whyman
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Patent number: 11708267Abstract: A process and apparatus for managing hydrogen sulfide in a refinery is provided. In the process, a hydrogen sulfide stream from said refinery is fed to a sulfur recovery unit to produce sulfur and a sulfur compound stream or to a thermal oxidizer. The sulfur compound stream and the hydrogen sulfide stream are then thermally oxidized to produce a sulfur oxide stream. The sulfur oxide stream is then reacted with an ammonia stream. In aspect, the product of the reaction can be a fertilizer. The ammonia stream can be obtained from stripping the hydrogen sulfide stream.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2021Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: UOP LLCInventors: Jan De Ren, Haiyan Wang, Joao Jorge Da Silva Ferreira Alves, Ian Clarke, William J. Whyman
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Publication number: 20230212097Abstract: A process for adsorbing impurities from hydrocarbon gas streams is disclosed. The process involves passing a hydrocarbon gas stream and a solid dry adsorbent under inert environment to a scrubbing chamber for adsorbing impurities from the hydrocarbon gas streams within the scrubbing chamber. The process adsorption of impurities in scrubbing chamber is carried under non-oxidative conditions to generate a clean product gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2022Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: Aric G. Fisher, Nickolas D. Kapaun, William J. Whyman, James P. Glavin
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Patent number: 11674090Abstract: Processes involving the use of a dry sorbent injection (DSI) unit or slurry reagent injection (SRI) unit to remove sulfur compounds form flue gas are described. Flue gas from an FCC regenerator, for example, is used to make superheated steam and saturated steam. The flue gas is then sent to a DSI unit to remove the sulfur compounds, and then to an economizer (or heat exchanger) to heat boiler feed water or combustion air. Because the temperature is not reduced as much as with a wet scrubber process, additional energy can be recovered in the economizer.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Jan De Ren, William J. Whyman, Richard A. Johnson, II, Jeffrey M. Knight, Anil Nivrutti Pachpande, Andrew J. Craig
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Publication number: 20230167369Abstract: Processes involving the use of a dry sorbent injection (DSI) unit or slurry reagent injection (SRI) unit to remove sulfur compounds form flue gas are described. Flue gas from an FCC regenerator, for example, is used to make superheated steam and saturated steam. The flue gas is then sent to a DSI unit to remove the sulfur compounds, and then to an economizer (or heat exchanger) to heat boiler feed water or combustion air. Because the temperature is not reduced as much as with a wet scrubber process, additional energy can be recovered in the economizer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2021Publication date: June 1, 2023Inventors: Jan De Ren, William J. Whyman, Richard A. Johnson, II, Jeffrey M. Knight, Anil Nivrutti Pachpande, Andrew J. Craig
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Patent number: 11649960Abstract: A burner and methods of using the burner. The burner utilizes bypass conduits to separate the combustion air that is passed to the primary combustion zone into two or more portions. The two portions are injected into the primary combustion zone at different points so as to reduce the flame temperature. A NOx reducing medium may be mixed with the combustion air in the bypass conduit. The NOx reducing medium may be flue gases from a combustion chamber having the primary combustion zone.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Kurt Kraus, Dusty Ray Richmond, Lev Davydov, William J. Whyman
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Publication number: 20230046451Abstract: A control process and apparatus provide feed forward control of stoichiometric proportions of hydrogen sulfide and ammonia to a thermal oxidizer and an ammonia scrubber, respectively. To account for unmeasured or uncalculated sulfur feed to the thermal oxidizer, a feed back measurement of sulfur dioxide and ammonia concentration is used to correct the flow rate of hydrogen sulfide to the thermal oxidizer and/or ammonia to the ammonia scrubber.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2022Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventors: Cameron Kardel, Donald Eizenga, James W. Harris, Jan De Ren, Zudtky Wisecarver, Alexander Green, William J. Whyman, Ian Clarke
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Patent number: 11578020Abstract: A process for treating effluent streams in a naphtha complex is described. One or more of the sour water stripping unit for the NHT sour water from the NHT, the amine treatment unit and the caustic treatment unit for the NHT stripper off-gas, the caustic scrubber unit or other chloride treatment unit for the off-gas from the C5-C6 isomerization zone and the C4 isomerization zone, and the caustic scrubber unit or other chloride treatment unit for the regenerator off-gas are replaced with a thermal oxidation system.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Eldar Khamidulin, Jan De Ren, Raymond S. Chan, William J. Whyman
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Patent number: 11492306Abstract: Processes for treating effluent streams in alkylation processes are described. One or more process streams rom HF alkylation processes, H2SO4 alkylation processes, or ionic liquid alkylation processes can be thermally oxidized in a thermal oxidation system. The thermal oxidation system can replace at least one of the caustic wash unit, the neutralization unit, and the acid gas treatment unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2021Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Jonathan A. Tertel, Rajeswar R. Gattupalli, Jan De Ren, William J. Whyman, David A. Roman
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Publication number: 20220316700Abstract: A burner and methods of using the burner. The burner utilizes bypass conduits to separate the combustion air that is passed to the primary combustion zone into two or more portions. The two portions are injected into the primary combustion zone at different points so as to reduce the flame temperature. A NOx reducing medium may be mixed with the combustion air in the bypass conduit. The NOx reducing medium may be flue gases from a combustion chamber having the primary combustion zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2021Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Kurt Kraus, Dusty Ray Richmond, Lev Davydov, William J. Whyman
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Publication number: 20220194794Abstract: A process and apparatus for managing hydrogen sulfide in a refinery is provided. In the process, a hydrogen sulfide stream from said refinery is fed to a sulfur recovery unit to produce sulfur and a sulfur compound stream or to a thermal oxidizer. The sulfur compound stream and the hydrogen sulfide stream are then thermally oxidized to produce a sulfur oxide stream. The sulfur oxide stream is then reacted with an ammonia stream. In aspect, the product of the reaction can be a fertilizer. The ammonia stream can be obtained from stripping the hydrogen sulfide stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2021Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventors: Jan De Ren, Haiyan Wang, Joao Jorge da Silva Ferreira Alves, Ian Clarke, William J. Whyman
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Publication number: 20220098129Abstract: Processes for treating effluent streams in alkylation processes are described. One or more process streams rom HF alkylation processes, H2SO4 alkylation processes, or ionic liquid alkylation processes can be thermally oxidized in a thermal oxidation system. The thermal oxidation system can replace at least one of the caustic wash unit, the neutralization unit, and the acid gas treatment unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: Jonathan A. Tertel, Rajeswar R. Gattupalli, Jan De Ren, William J. Whyman, David A. Roman
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Publication number: 20220041534Abstract: A process for the treatment of waste water, spent air, and hydrocarbon containing liquid and gaseous streams in the cumene/phenol complex is described. Various effluent streams are combined in appropriate collection vessels, including a spent air knockout drum, a hydrocarbon buffer vessel, a fuel gas knockout drum, a phenolic water vessel, and a non-phenolic water vessel. Streams from these vessels are sent to a thermal oxidation system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Inventors: Jan De Ren, David K. Borland, Tom Jackson, Chad A. Williams, Cooper W. Bauer, William J. Whyman
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Publication number: 20220041527Abstract: A process for treating effluent streams in a naphtha complex is described. One or more of the sour water stripping unit for the NHT sour water from the NHT, the amine treatment unit and the caustic treatment unit for the NHT stripper off-gas, the caustic scrubber unit or other chloride treatment unit for the off-gas from the C5-C6 isomerization zone and the C4 isomerization zone, and the caustic scrubber unit or other chloride treatment unit for the regenerator off-gas are replaced with a thermal oxidation system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Inventors: Eldar Khamidulin, Jan De Ren, Raymond S. Chan, William J. Whyman
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Publication number: 20220040629Abstract: Processes for the treatment of waste streams from the hydroconversion of heavy hydrocarbons containing additives and catalysts are described. At least one of the SHC pitch stream, SDA pitch stream, and the heavy residue stream is sent to a thermal oxidation system. The metals in the SHC and SDA pitch streams and the heavy residue stream are oxidized and can be easily recovered as clean powdered metal oxides which can be reused or sold. The processes produce chemicals which can be recovered and sold.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Inventors: Nicholas R. Edmoundson, William J. Whyman, Randall Tucker Watts, Kenny M. Arnold, Jagannathan Govindhakannan, Gary R. Brierley, Christopher J. Anderle, Mark Van Wees, Jan De Ren
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Publication number: 20210341141Abstract: A burner apparatus and process are described. The burner apparatus includes an inlet chamber in communication with a combustion chamber. The combustion chamber has a cylindrical shape defining a longitudinal axis and a radial direction orthogonal to the longitudinal axis. The combustion chamber has an upstream end and a downstream end, and an air inlet is disposed in the inlet chamber. A pilot, a fuel gas inlet, and a refractory material are disposed in the combustion chamber downstream of the air inlet. A mixed gas inlet is positioned downstream of the fuel gas inlet and the pilot in the combustion chamber. The mixed gas inlet includes a manifold having an inlet, a body, and a plurality of nozzles.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2021Publication date: November 4, 2021Inventors: William J. Whyman, Kenny Arnold
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Patent number: 11155760Abstract: Processes for natural gas production are described. The processes involve combining a membrane separation system and a thermal oxidizing system. The high and low hydrocarbon permeate streams from the membrane separation system are introduced into the thermal oxidizing system separately. The high hydrocarbon permeate stream provides fuel for the thermal oxidizing system, allowing a reduction in external fuel usage. The reduction in total fuel required yields increased gas production for the total plant. A solvent based acid gas removal system can optionally be included.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2019Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: William J. Whyman, David Farr, Jan De Ren, Manu Gustaaf Rosa Van Leuvenhaege
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Patent number: 10888818Abstract: An integrated mercaptan extraction and/or sweetening and thermal oxidation and flue gas treatment process for a wide variety of sulfur, naphthenic, phenolic/cresylic contaminated waste streams is described. It provides comprehensive treatment for the safe disposal of sulfidic, naphthenic, phenolic/cresylic spent caustic streams, disulfide streams, spent air streams, spent mixed amine and caustic streams (also known as COS solvent streams) from sulfur treating processes. It allows the use of regenerated spent caustic in the sulfur oxide removal section of the thermal oxidation system reducing the need for fresh NaOH. It may also contain an integrated make-up water system. The integration allows the use of the liquefied petroleum gas or other hydrocarbon feeds to the respective extraction or sweetening process to offset external fuel gas requirements for the thermal oxidation system and for the push/pull system of the spent caustic surge drum and optional hydrocarbon surge drum.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2019Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Jan De Ren, William J. Whyman, David A. Roman, Tom M. Jackson
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Publication number: 20200347311Abstract: Processes for natural gas production are described. The processes involve combining a membrane separation system and a thermal oxidizing system. The high and low hydrocarbon permeate streams from the membrane separation system are introduced into the thermal oxidizing system separately. The high hydrocarbon permeate stream provides fuel for the thermal oxidizing system, allowing a reduction in external fuel usage. The reduction in total fuel required yields increased gas production for the total plant. A solvent based acid gas removal system can optionally be included.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2019Publication date: November 5, 2020Inventors: William J. Whyman, David Farr, Jan De Ren, Manu Gustaaf Rosa Van Leuvenhaege