Patents by Inventor William Lewis Trapp

William Lewis Trapp 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: 11939547
    Abstract: Pre-ground plastics of small particle size not more than 2 mm are co-fed into a solid fossil fuel fed entrained flow partial oxidation gasifier. High solids concentrations in the feedstock stream can be obtained without significant impact on the feedstock stream stability and pumpability. A consistent quality of syngas can be continuously produced, including generation of carbon dioxide and a carbon monoxide/hydrogen ratio while stably operating the gasifier and avoiding the high tar generation of fluidized bed or fixed bed waste gasifiers and without impacting the operations of the gasifier. The subsequent syngas produced from this material can be used to produce a wide range of chemicals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: William Lewis Trapp, Justin William Murphy, Nathan Mitchell West
  • Patent number: 11939546
    Abstract: Pre-ground plastics of small particle size not more than 2 mm are co-fed into a solid fossil fuel fed entrained flow partial oxidation gasifier. High solids concentrations in the feedstock stream can be obtained without significant impact on the feedstock stream stability and pumpability. A consistent quality of syngas can be continuously produced, including generation of carbon dioxide and a carbon monoxide/hydrogen ratio while stably operating the gasifier and avoiding the high tar generation of fluidized bed or fixed bed waste gasifiers and without impacting the operations of the gasifier. The subsequent syngas produced from this material can be used to produce a wide range of chemicals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: William Lewis Trapp, Justin William Murphy, Nathan Mitchell West
  • Patent number: 11939534
    Abstract: A composition having a recycle content value is obtained by reacting a recycle content feedstock to make a recycle content alpha olefin or by deducting from a recycle inventory a recycle content value applied to an alpha olefin composition. At least a portion of the recycle content value in the feedstock or in an allotment obtained by an alpha olefin manufacturer has its origin in recycled waste and/or pyrolysis of recycled waste and/or in thermal steam cracking of recycle content pyoil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: David Eugene Slivensky, Daryl Bitting, Kenny Randolph Parker, Michael Gary Polasek, William Lewis Trapp, Xianchun Wu
  • Patent number: 11939406
    Abstract: Densified textile aggregates are co-fed with a fuel into a partial oxidation gasifier. High solids concentrations in the feedstock composition can be obtained without significant impact on the feedstock composition stability and pumpability. A consistent quality of densified textile derived syngas can be continuously produced, including generation of carbon dioxide and a carbon monoxide/hydrogen ratio while stably operating the gasifier and avoiding the high tar generation of fluidized bed or fixed bed waste gasifiers and without impacting the operations of the gasifier. The densified textile derived syngas quality, composition, and throughput are suitable for produce a wide range of chemicals and polymers, including methanol, acetic acid, methyl acetate, acetic anhydride, and cellulose esters through a variety of reaction schemes in which at least a portion of the chemical or polymer originates with densified textile derived syngas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: William Lewis Trapp, Justin William Murphy, Nathan Mitchell West
  • Publication number: 20240051822
    Abstract: Raw synthesis gas (syngas) compositions are provided herein. The syngas compositions are generally formed from a partial oxidation reaction with a plastic feedstock within a PDX gasifier. The raw syngas compositions may by characterized by a desirable ratio of carbon monoxide to hydrogen and/or less impurities than syngas compositions formed using other feedstocks, such as natural gas or coal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Bruce Roger DeBruin, Michael Paul Ekart, William Lewis Trapp
  • Publication number: 20230407198
    Abstract: A chemical recycling process and facility for turning one or more waste plastics into syngas are provided. Generally, the chemical recycling process involves: (a) liquefying at least one solid waste plastic to form a liquefied waste plastic; (b) introducing at least a portion of the liquefied waste plastic into a partial oxidation (POX) gasifier; and (c) converting at least a portion of the liquefied waste plastic in the POX gasifier into a syngas composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Bruce Roger DeBruin, Michael Paul Ekart, William Lewis Trapp, David Milton Lange
  • Patent number: 11802251
    Abstract: Pre-ground plastics of small particle size not more than 2 mm are co-fed into a solid fossil fuel fed entrained flow partial oxidation gasifier. A syngas composition can be made by charging an oxidant and a feedstock composition comprising recycle plastics and a solid fossil fuel to a gasification zone within a gasifier; gasifying the feedstock composition together with the oxidant in said gasification zone to produce said syngas composition; and discharging at least a portion of said syngas composition from said gasifier; wherein the recycled plastics are added to a feed point comprising a solid fossil fuel belt feeding a grinder after the solid fossil fuel is loaded on the belt, a solid fossil fuel belt feeding a grinder before the solid fossil fuel is loaded onto the belt, or a solid fossil fuel slurry storage tank containing a slurry of said solid fossil fuel ground to a size as the size fed to the gasification zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: William Lewis Trapp, Justin William Murphy, Nathan Mitchell West
  • Publication number: 20230235238
    Abstract: A method of producing synthesis gas is provided. The method includes feeding a waste plastic feedstock into a partial oxidation gasifier. The waste plastic feedstock includes one or more vitrification materials. The method also includes partially oxidizing the waste plastic within the partial oxidation gasifier to produce the synthesis gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Bruce Roger DeBruin, Michael Paul Ekart, William Lewis Trapp, Daryl Bitting, David Eugene Slivensky, Xianchun Wu
  • Publication number: 20230211394
    Abstract: Chemical recycling facilities for processing mixed waste plastic are provided herein. Such facilities have the capability of processing mixed plastic waste streams and utilize a variety of recycling facilities, such as, for example, solvolysis facility, a pyrolysis facility, a cracker facility, a partial oxidation gasification facility, an energy recovery facility, and a solidification facility. Streams from one or more of these individual facilities may be used as feed to one or more of the other facilities, thereby maximizing recovery of valuable chemical components and minimizing unusable waste streams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Bruce Roger DeBruin, Michael Paul Ekart, William Lewis Trapp
  • Publication number: 20230212470
    Abstract: A chemical recycling process and facility for turning one or more waste plastics into syngas are provided. Generally, the chemical recycling process involves: (a) liquefying at least one solid waste plastic to form a liquefied waste plastic; (b) introducing at least a portion of the liquefied waste plastic into a partial oxidation (POX) gasifier; and (c) converting at least a portion of the liquefied waste plastic in the POX gasifier into a syngas composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Bruce Roger DeBruin, Michael Paul Ekart, William Lewis Trapp, David Milton Lange
  • Publication number: 20230212469
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of producing synthesis gas (syngas) from aplastic material. The methods generally comprise feeding a wet waste plastic and/or liquified plastic stream and molecular oxygen (O2) into a partial oxidation (POX) gasifier. The wet waste plastic generally comprises the plastic material mixed with a liquid medium and has a liquid content of at least 2 weight percent. The wet waste plastic may be in the form of a plastic-containing slurry and/or may be derived from other processes that produce plastic-containing streams. The wet waste plastic may also be combined with a quantity of coal (or pet coke) before being fed to the gasifier. A partial oxidation reaction is performed within the gasifier by reacting at least a portion of the plastic material and the molecular oxygen to form the syngas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Bruce Roger DeBruin, William Lewis Trapp
  • Publication number: 20230134198
    Abstract: A polypropylene composition having a recycle content value is obtained by reacting a recycle content feedstock to make a recycle content polypropylene or by deducting from a recycle inventory a recycle content value applied to a polypropylene composition. At least a portion of the recycle content value in the feedstock or in an allotment obtained by a polypropylene manufacturer has its origin in recycled waste plastics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Bruce Roger DeBruin, Daryl Bitting, David Eugene Slivensky, Xianchun Wu, William Lewis Trapp
  • Publication number: 20230134669
    Abstract: Amorphous polyolefins, such as propylene-ethylene copolymers, having a recycle content value are obtained by reacting a recycle content feedstock to make recycle content amorphous polyolefins or by deducting from a recycle inventory a recycle content value, which is applied to the amorphous polyolefins. At least a portion of the recycle content value in the feedstock or in an allotment obtained by an amorphous polyolefins manufacturer has its origin in recycled waste plastics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Bruce Roger DeBruin, Daryl Bitting, David Eugene Slivensky, Xianchun Wu, William Lewis Trapp
  • Publication number: 20230110481
    Abstract: Chemical recycling facilities for processing mixed plastic waste are provided herein. Such facilities have the capability of processing mixed plastic waste streams and utilize a variety of recycling facilities, such as, for example, solvolysis facility, a pyrolysis facility, a cracker facility, a partial oxidation gasification facility, an energy generation/energy production facility, and a solidification facility. Streams from one or more of these individual facilities may be used as feed to one or more of the other facilities, thereby maximizing recovery of valuable chemical components and minimizing unusable waste streams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Bruce Roger DeBruin, Daryl Bitting, David Eugene Slivensky, Xianchun Wu, William Lewis Trapp, Travis Wynn Keever, Michael Paul Ekart, Jaclyn Erin Shuman, Timothy Glenn Schaefer, Justin William Murphy, David Milton Lange, Aaron Nathaniel Edens
  • Publication number: 20230070315
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for the conversion of waste plastics into various useful downstream recycle-content products. More particularly, the present system and method involves pyrolyzing one or more waste plastics into various pyrolysis products, including a carbon solids-containing pyrolysis residue, and then subjecting the pyrolysis residue to partial oxidation gasification to thereby form a syngas composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: William Lewis Trapp, Daryl Bitting, David Eugene Slivensky, Xianchun Wu, Bruce Roger DeBruin
  • Publication number: 20230067427
    Abstract: Chemical recycling facilities for processing mixed plastic waste are provided herein. Such facilities have the capability of processing mixed plastic waste streams and utilize a variety of recycling facilities, such as, for example, solvolysis facility, a pyrolysis facility, a cracker facility, a partial oxidation gasification facility, an energy generation/energy production facility, and a solidification facility. Streams from one or more of these individual facilities may be used as feed to one or more of the other facilities, thereby maximizing recovery of valuable chemical components and minimizing unusable waste streams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Bruce Roger DeBruin, Daryl Bitting, David Eugene Slivensky, Xianchun Wu, William Lewis Trapp, Travis Wynn Keever, Michael Paul Ekart, Jaclyn Erin Shuman, Timothy Glenn Schaefer, Justin William Murphy, David Milton Lange, Aaron Nathaniel Edens
  • Publication number: 20230068710
    Abstract: Chemical recycling facilities for processing mixed plastic waste are provided herein. Such facilities have the capability of processing mixed plastic waste streams and utilize a variety of recycling facilities, such as, for example, solvolysis facility, a pyrolysis facility, a cracker facility, a partial oxidation gasification facility, an energy generation/energy production facility, and a solidification facility. Streams from one or more of these individual facilities may be used as feed to one or more of the other facilities, thereby maximizing recovery of valuable chemical components and minimizing unusable waste streams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Bruce Roger DeBruin, Daryl Bitting, David Eugene Slivensky, Xianchun Wu, William Lewis Trapp, Travis Wynn Keever, Michael Paul Ekart, Jaclyn Erin Shuman, Timothy Glenn Schaefer, Justin William Murphy, David Milton Lange, Aaron Nathaniel Edens
  • Publication number: 20230002524
    Abstract: A poly(vinyl acetal) composition, such as a poly(vinyl butyral) composition or resin, can be made containing recycle content by the use of a recycle content aldehyde composition as a feedstock to make the PVA or by application of a recycle allotment, such as an allocation or credit, applied to either the aldehyde composition or to the PVA composition. The recycle content is obtained by cracking a recycle content pyrolysis oil to make a variety of olefins, such as propylene or ethylene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: David Eugene Slivensky, Daryl Bitting, Kenny Randolph Parker, Michael Gary Polasek, William Lewis Trapp, Xianchun Wu
  • Publication number: 20220411538
    Abstract: A process for preparing a recycle cellulose ester and a recycle cellulose ester composition and articles made with such recycle cellulose esters comprising at least one cellulose ester having at least one substituent on an anhydroglucose unit (AU) derived from recycled plastic content syngas are provided. The recycled plastic content syngas can be obtained by gasifying feedstocks containing a solid fossil fuel such as coal, a plastic, and water. The plastic can be post-consumer or postindustrial plastic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Ronald Buford Sheppard, William Lewis Trapp
  • Publication number: 20220402860
    Abstract: An alkanolamine composition having a recycle content value is obtained by reacting a recycle content feedstock to make a recycle content alkanolamine or by deducting from a recycle inventory a recycle content value applied to an alkanolamine composition. At least a portion of the recycle content value in the feedstock or m an allotment obtained by an alkanolamine manufacturer has its origin in recycled waste and/or pyrolysis of recycled waste and/or in thermal steam cracking of recycle content pyoil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: David Eugene Slivensky, Daryl Bitting, Kenny Randolph Parker, Michael Gary Polasek, William Lewis Trapp, Xianchun Wu