Exxonmobil Chemical Patents Inc.

Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company

Exxon Research and Engineering Company

Exxonmobil Research and Engineering Company

Exxon Chemical Patents, Inc.

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

Jeffrey William Frederick

Frank Hershkowitz

Paul F Keusenkothen

John William Fulton

Richard John Basile

Robert F Tammera

Ramesh Gupta

Albert Rossi

Salvatore Rea

Rajeev Agnihotri

Jacob I Emert

Harry William Deckman

Paul Joseph Berlowitz

John Scott Buchanan

Edward Stanley Ellis

Richard F Socha

David C Dankworth

Novica Rados

Mahn Won Kim

Gary David Mohr

ChangMin Chun

Ananda K Nagavarapu

Bryan A Patel

Tracy Alan Fowler

Zhiguo Hou

Shwetha Ramkumar

Soheil Alizadeh-Khiavi

Daryl Musselman

Sebastian Chialvo

Bruce Derites

Jeffrey Grenda

John Siller

George Walchuk

Brooke Cox

Andrew Richard Szafran

Kamal Hatami

Dimitrios M Tsangaris

Larry Lee Iaccino

Richard Alan Huntington

Jon E Stanat

Narasimhan Sundaram

Amar S Wanni

James J Schorfheide

Robert M Koros

Timothy M Healy

Krishnan Sankaranarayanan

Russell D Sellen

Mark E Ehrhardt

Lonny R Kelley

Rutton D Patel

Harold Wilbur Margo

Louis A Curcio

Yiu Wah Wong

Kenneth Lee Kaufman

Linda Kay Wright

Ying Liu

Mukhtiar S Purewal

James P Johnston

Chithranjan Nadarajah

Houston G Wood, Iii

John W Fulton, Jr

John W Fulton

Provided are apparatus and systems for performing a swing adsorption process. This swing adsorption process may involve passing streams through adsorbent bed units to remove contaminants, such as water, from the stream. As part of the process, the adsorbent bed unit may include additional space for the valves on the head of the adsorbent bed unit.

Apparatus and system for swing adsorption processes related thereto

Provided are apparatus and systems for performing a swing adsorption process. This swing adsorption process may involve passing streams through adsorbent bed units to remove contaminants, such as water, from the stream. As part of the process, the adsorbent bed unit may include additional space for the valves of the adsorbent bed unit.

Provided are encased parallel channel adsorbent contactor apparatus and systems and swing adsorption processes related thereto. Encased parallel channel adsorbent contactors are useful in swing adsorption processes. A plurality of the encased adsorbent contactors are loaded and sealed together in a swing adsorption vessel such that substantially an entire feed stream must pass through the channels of the contactors and not through stray gaseous stream paths between contactors.

Apparatus and systems having an encased adsorbent contactor and swing adsorption processes related thereto

The invention relates to a process for converting hydrocarbons into unsaturated products such as acetylene and/or ethylene. The invention also relates to converting acetylene to olefins such as ethylene and/or propylene, to polymerizing the olefins, and to equipment useful for these processes.

Hydrocarbon conversion process

Provided are apparatus and systems for performing a swing adsorption process. This swing adsorption process may involve passing fluids through an adsorbent bed unit having a contactor disposed within to separate contaminates from other target components. The process includes a purge stream that introduced into the contactor at a location between a first portion and a second portion of the contactor.

The present disclosure relates to reactor components and their use, e.g., in regenerative reactors. A process and apparatus for utilizing different wetted areas along the flow path of a fluid in a pyrolysis reactor, e.g., a thermally regenerating reactor, such as a regenerative, reverse-flow reactor, is described.

Reactor components

Embodiments of a compact pressure swing reformer are disclosed. Certain embodiments have a construction comprising multiple rotating reformer beds, high temperature rotary valves at the bed ends, and E-seals to seal the beds to the valves. Several possible designs for introducing reactants into the beds also are disclosed. The multiple reformer beds are configured to provide for pressure equalization and 'steam push'. The compact pressure swing reformer is suitable for use in fuel cell vehicle applications.

Compact pressure swing reformer

The invention relates mixer/flow distributors and their use, e.g., in regenerative reactors. The invention encompasses a process and apparatus for controlling oxidation, e.g., for thermally regenerating a reactor, such as a regenerative, reverse-flow reactor.

Mixer/flow distributors

An adsorber with minimal dead volume especially suited to reverse-flow applications comprises: a) an adsorber body; b) a first head engaged with said adsorber body; c) a first conduit extending from outside said head to at least partially through said head; and d) a first valve in flow communication with said first conduit controlling fluid flow along a flow path extending from the first valve and through the adsorber body. The adsorber is especially suited for use in a process for swing adsorption separation processes.

Integrated adsorber head and valve design and swing adsorption methods related thereto

A reactor with minimal dead volume especially suited to reverse-flow applications comprises: a) a reactor body; b) a first head engaged with said reactor body; c) a first conduit extending from outside said head to at least partially through said head; and d) a first valve in flow communication with said first conduit controlling fluid flow along a flow path extending from the first valve and through the reactor body. The reactor is especially suited for use in a process for rapid stream-switching of at least two streams in a reverse-flow reactor.

Reactor with reactor head and integrated valve

A method and apparatus are described for swing adsorption processes. The method includes obtaining different plates, wherein the plates have gaseous openings and a utility fluid opening. Then, the gaseous openings are substantially oriented along a common axis for gaseous openings and the plates are diffusion bonded. Once diffusion bonded, the gaseous openings within the module are wash coated with an adsorbent material.

Apparatus and systems having an adsorbent contactor and swing adsorption processes related thereto

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Centreville, VA, United States of America

Jeffrey William Frederick