Kenneth J Peters

US Patent:

7622620, Nov 24, 2009

Filed:

Dec 22, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/615254

Inventors:

Kenneth D. Peters - Elmhurst IL, US
Clayton C. Sadler - Arlington Heights IL, US

Assignee:

UOP LLC - Des Plaines IL

International Classification:

C10G 65/02

US Classification:

585314, 585441, 585449, 208 49, 208 64, 208 79, 208 80, 208133, 208134, 208142, 208145, 208156, 208165, 208169

Abstract:

One exemplary embodiment can include a hydrocarbon conversion process. Generally, the process includes passing a hydrocarbon stream through a hydrocarbon conversion zone comprising a series of reaction zones. Typically, the hydrocarbon conversion zone includes a staggered-bypass reaction system having a first, second, third, and fourth reaction zones, which are staggered-bypass reaction zones, and a fifth reaction zone, which can be a non-staggered-bypass reaction zone, subsequent to the staggered-bypass reaction system.

US Patent:

7638664, Dec 29, 2009

Filed:

Oct 29, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/260312

Inventors:

Kenneth D. Peters - Des Plaines IL, US
Clayton C. Sadler - Des Plaines IL, US

Assignee:

UOP LLC - Des Plaines IL

International Classification:

C07C 2/00

US Classification:

585310, 585314, 585441, 585449, 208 49, 208 64, 208 79, 208 80, 208133, 208134, 208142, 208145, 208156, 208165, 208169

Abstract:

One exemplary embodiment can include a hydrocarbon conversion process. Generally, the process includes passing a hydrocarbon stream through a hydrocarbon conversion zone comprising a series of reaction zones. Typically, the hydrocarbon conversion zone includes a staggered-bypass reaction system having a first, second, third, and fourth reaction zones, which are staggered-bypass reaction zones, and a fifth reaction zone, which can be a non-staggered-bypass reaction zone, subsequent to the staggered-bypass reaction system.

US Patent:

7740751, Jun 22, 2010

Filed:

Nov 9, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/558053

Inventors:

Kenneth D. Peters - Elmhurst IL, US

Assignee:

UOP LLC - Des Plaines IL

International Classification:

C10G 35/02

US Classification:

208 63, 208 56, 208133

Abstract:

One exemplary embodiment of the present invention can be a hydrocarbon conversion process. The process may include passing a hydrocarbon stream through at least one heater including at least one burner, a radiant section, and a convection section. Generally, the stream passes through the radiant section and then through the convection section before exiting the heater. Desirably, the hydrocarbon stream includes, in percent or parts by weight based on the total weight of hydrocarbons in the stream:.

US Patent:

8197250, Jun 12, 2012

Filed:

May 5, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/435736

Inventors:

Edward R. Morgan - Elk Grove Village IL, US
Kenneth D. Peters - Elmhurst IL, US
Dennis M. Clary - Barrington IL, US

Assignee:

UOP LLC - Des Plaines IL

International Classification:

F23C 5/06

US Classification:

431189, 431 9

Abstract:

Disclosed are heaters having at least one adjustable fired burner and an adjustable fired burner for use with various types of heaters. The heaters may be part of an industrial processes such as petroleum refining. The adjustable burners are configured to be adjusted and positioned in any direction and then be locked into place. The adjustable burners may be adjusted automatically or manually. The ability to quickly adjust the position of an adjustable burner results in substantially less or virtually no damage to elements in the heater and provides for a more even distribution of heat within the heater.

US Patent:

8282814, Oct 9, 2012

Filed:

Mar 31, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/415007

Inventors:

Kenneth D. Peters - Des Plaines IL, US

Assignee:

UOP LLC - Des Plaines IL

International Classification:

C10G 69/02

US Classification:

208 63, 208 49, 208 64, 208132, 122 37, 122 441, 122412, 122428, 122444

Abstract:

One exemplary embodiment of the present invention can be a fired heater for a hydrocarbon conversion process. The fired heater includes inlet and outlet headers or manifolds, a set of heater tubes with each heater tube having an inlet and an outlet, at least one restriction orifice adjacent the inlet of at least one heater tube. The restriction orifice may be within the inlet manifold and adjacent the inlet of a heater tube, or between the inlet manifold and the inlet to the heater tube. A process may include passing a hydrocarbon stream through the fired heater described herein during the course of operating a hydrocarbon conversion process.

US Patent:

8613308, Dec 24, 2013

Filed:

Dec 10, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/965817

Inventors:

Phillip F. Daly - Palatine IL, US
Kenneth David Peters - Elmhurst IL, US

Assignee:

UOP LLC - Des Plaines IL

International Classification:

F28D 7/02

US Classification:

165163

Abstract:

One exemplary embodiment can be a process for transferring heat to a first stream from a second stream in a hydrocarbon process. The process can include passing the first stream through at least one generally vertically-orientated tube in an exchanger. An interior surface of the at least one generally vertically-orientated tube may form one or more curved irregularities where the first stream, prior to entering the at least one generally vertically-orientated tube, may include a mixture of a gas including hydrogen and at least one or more C1-C3 hydrocarbons, and a liquid including one or more C4-C13 hydrocarbons.

US Patent:

20140020875, Jan 23, 2014

Filed:

Sep 26, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/037486

Inventors:

Kenneth D. Peters - Elmhurst IL, US

Assignee:

UOP LLC - Des Plaines IL

International Classification:

F28D 7/02

US Classification:

165163

Abstract:

One exemplary embodiment can be a process for transferring heat to a first stream from a second stream in a hydrocarbon process. The process can include passing the first stream through at least one generally vertically-orientated tube in an exchanger. An interior surface of the at least one generally vertically-orientated tube may form one or more curved irregularities where the first stream, prior to entering the at least one generally vertically-orientated tube, may include a mixture of a gas including hydrogen and at least one or more C1-C3 hydrocarbons, and a liquid including one or more C4-C13 hydrocarbons.

US Patent:

44090951, Oct 11, 1983

Filed:

Sep 28, 1982

Appl. No.:

6/426017

Inventors:

Kenneth D. Peters - Elmhurst IL

Assignee:

UOP Inc. - Des Plaines IL

International Classification:

C10G 3504

US Classification:

208134

Abstract:

A catalytic reforming process is disclosed in which substantially all of the heat requirements of the product stabilizer column is supplied by multiple indirect heat exchange.