Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP

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Gregory G Hendrickson

John D Hottovy

Max P McDaniel

Jamie N Sutherland

Robert R McElvain

Mark L Hlavinka

Ted H Cymbaluk

Orson L Sydora

Bruce E Kreischer

Jeffrey S Lowell

Pasquale Iacono

Steven D Bridges

Lei Ji

James L Hillier

Ralph J Price

Jennifer F Drew

Daniel W Peneguy

Thomas A Lessard

Kenneth B Moore

Charles F Fisher

Lee N Green

Qing R Yang

Eric D Schwerdtfeger

Joel A Mutchler

Steven M Bischof

Uriah J Kilgore

Albert P Masino

Rebecca A Gonzales

Scott G Morrison

John H Tait

John D Stewart

Bryan M Garner

George R Rajaendran

Corey W Knight

Ryan W Snell

Chih-An Hwang

Leonard E Powell

Michael A Rhodes

Maruti Bhandarker

Bruce H Marantis

Susannah Lane

Richard A Hernandez

Elliott W Johnson

William L Valerioti

Metal-containing ionic liquids can demonstrate a sharply increased viscosity relative to the same ionic liquids without the metal cation. Metal-containing ionic liquid compositions are disclosed that contain viscosity modifiers that reduce viscosity. Metal-containing ionic liquids are applicable to methods and within systems designed for the purpose of removing and recovering certain components of process streams such as ethylene, isobutane, or both. Methods for removing and recovering ethylene from process streams are also disclosed herein as having increased ethylene removal capacity concurrently with reductions in viscosity without corresponding reductions in metal cation concentrations.

Metal-containing ionic liquids with reduced viscosity

The present disclosure relates to the integration of systems and methods associated with steam cracking, oligomerization reactions, hydrogenation reactions, and aromatization reactions for the production of benzene via the hydrogenation of oligomers produced from ethylene. In some aspects, the disclosed systems and methods utilize one or more of an oligomerization process, a hydrotreating process, and an aromatization process for producing a benzene comprising effluent. In further aspects, the systems and methods disclosed herein utilize one or more selective oligomerization catalyst systems.

Flexible benzene production via selective-higher-olefin oligomerization of ethylene

Processes for converting methane into methanol are disclosed in which methane, water, and a supported chromium (VI) catalyst are contacted with a light beam at a wavelength in the UV-visible spectrum in an oxidizing atmosphere in a single reactor to form a reaction product comprising methanol, followed by discharging a reactor effluent containing the reaction product from the single reactor, and then separating methanol from the reaction product. Processes to produce methanol using additional reactors also are described, as well as related methanol production systems.

Methanol production from methane utilizing a supported chromium catalyst

A closed-loop nitrogen transport system including a first transfer line configured for nitrogen pressure conveyance of a polymer fluff from at least one upstream vessel to at least one downstream vessel, a second transfer line configured to return a nitrogen gas stream comprising primarily nitrogen from the at least one downstream vessel to the at least one upstream vessel, a conveyor blower operable to provide flow throughout the closed loop, and a treatment unit operable to remove hydrocarbons from at least a portion of the nitrogen gas stream comprising primarily nitrogen, to provide a purified nitrogen stream.

Nitrogen conservation in polymerization processes

Disclosed herein are embodiments of a flare control method and a flare apparatus for automatically controlling, in real-time, the flow of one or more of fuel, steam, and air to a flare. The disclosed embodiments advantageously allow for automated control over a wide spectrum of operating conditions, including emergency operations, and planned operations such as startup and shutdown.

Flare monitoring and control method and apparatus

Provided herein are methods of capturing particulates. The methods may include contacting particulates in a gas stream with one or more acoustic waves. The one or more acoustic waves may include standing waves or waves of modulating frequency. The methods may include promoting agglomeration of particulates with an electrostatic force. Also provided herein are systems for capturing particulates.

Methods and systems for capturing particulates

Disclosed is a continuous process for producing &#x3b1;,&#x3b2;-unsaturated carboxylic acids or salts thereof, comprising: 1) in a first stage, contacting (a) a transition metal precursor compound comprising at least one first ligand, (b) optionally, at least one second ligand, (c) an olefin, (d) carbon dioxide (CO), and (e) a diluent to form a first composition; 2) in a second stage, contacting a polyanionic solid with the first composition to form a second composition; and 3) in a third stage, (a) contacting the second composition with a polar solvent to release a metal salt of an &#x3b1;,&#x3b2;-unsaturated carboxylic acid and form a reacted solid. Methods of regenerating the polyanionic solid are described.

Continuous process for the conversion of olefins and carbon dioxide to acrylates via solution phase reactor

An eductor, a process and apparatus for gas phase polymerization of olefins in a polymerization reactor are disclosed. The process and apparatus employ an eductor which has an inlet which makes a bend of less than about 90&#xb0; toward the outlet after entering the mixing chamber of the eductor.

Elimination of polymer fouling in fluidized bed gas-phase fines recovery eductors

A system for recovering nitrogen during regeneration of a treater, the system including an adsorbent bed downstream of the treater, wherein the adsorbent bed comprises an adsorbent operable to adsorb at least one impurity from a treater bed regeneration effluent stream comprising nitrogen to provide a nitrogen product having a higher nitrogen purity than a nitrogen purity of the treater bed regeneration effluent stream. A method for recovering nitrogen during regeneration of a treater is also provided.

A method is described that includes contacting an olefin with a catalyst in a polymerization reactor, polymerizing at least a portion of the olefin to form an alpha olefin reaction product, detecting a condition within the polymerization reactor, determining an average temperature of at least one olefin product particle based on the condition, determining an operating particle temperature threshold using a foul curve, comparing the average temperature of the polymer particle to the operating particle temperature threshold, changing one or more operating parameters in response to the comparing, and maintaining the average temperature of the olefin polymer particle at or below the operating particle temperature threshold in response to changing the one or more operating parameters. The alpha olefin reaction product includes a plurality of olefin polymer particles, and the polymerization reactor includes a reaction mixture that includes the olefin, the catalyst, a diluent, and the alpha olefin reaction product.

Temperature control for polymerizing particulate polyolefin

A system and method for polymerizing olefin in a gas phase reactor into a polyolefin in presence of catalyst, measuring static charge in the reactor system; determining an indication of polyolefin fines in the reactor system, and adjusting operation of the reactor system in response to the indication.

Polyolefin reactor system having a gas phase reactor

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Kingwood, TX, United States of America

Gregory G Hendrickson