Lance A Baird, 67408 Minnaqua Dr, Wheeling, IL 60070

7396968, Jul 8, 2008

Jan 25, 2005

11/042587

Stephen W. Sohn - Arlington Heights IL, US
Michael R. Smith - Rolling Meadows IL, US
Lance A. Baird - Prospect Heights IL, US

UOP LLC - Des Plaines IL

C07C 2/64

585450, 585455, 585903

Processes and apparatus for the alkylation of aromatic compound with mono-olefin aliphatic compound in the presence of solid alkylation catalyst use a lights distillation for obtaining desired selectivities to arylalkane in a energy efficient manner. The processes and apparatus offer the potential for debottlenecking existing arylalkane production facilities and reducing the size and energy requirements for a new arylalkane production facility.

7632473, Dec 15, 2009

Jan 29, 2008

12/021324

Stephen W. Sohn - Des Plaines IL, US
Michael R. Smith - Des Plaines IL, US
Lance A. Baird - Des Plaines IL, US

UOP LLC - Des Plaines IL

B01J 8/00
B01J 7/02
C07C 15/067

422234, 422236, 585450

Processes and apparatus for the alkylation of aromatic compound with mono-olefin aliphatic compound in the presence of solid alkylation catalyst use a lights distillation for obtaining desired selectivities to arylalkane in a energy efficient manner. The processes and apparatus offer the potential for debottlenecking existing arylalkane production facilities and reducing the size and energy requirements for a new arylalkane production facility.

7870870, Jan 18, 2011

Aug 20, 2007

11/841181

Lance A. Baird - Prospect Heights IL, US

UOP LLC - Des Plaines IL

F16K 11/083

13762547, 13762511, 210284

This invention discloses an axial multiport rotary valve capable of accomplishing the simultaneous interconnection of a plurality of conduits in accordance with a previously determined cycle, where any conduit communicates with no more than one other conduit at any one cycle step, or valve index position. The rotary valve comprises a hollow stator element and a rotor element inside the hollow interior of the stator element which rotates with a substantially vertical axis of rotation within the stator element, the surfaces of both elements being in the form essentially of a frustum of an inverted cone. Bed-line ports in the stator and rotor have a non-circular shape with a greater dimension in the vertical plane for higher capacities than provided in the known art.

8546635, Oct 1, 2013

Apr 4, 2012

13/439708

Timothy A. Brandvold - Arlington Heights IL, US
Lance Awender Baird - Prospect Heights IL, US
Stanley Joseph Frey - Palatine IL, US

UOP LLC - Des Plaines IL

C07C 1/20

585639, 585240, 585324, 585640, 44605

Methods and apparatuses for preparing upgraded pyrolysis oil are provided herein. In an embodiment, a method of preparing upgraded pyrolysis oil includes providing a biomass-derived pyrolysis oil stream having an original oxygen content. The biomass-derived pyrolysis oil stream is hydrodeoxygenated under catalysis in the presence of hydrogen to form a hydrodeoxygenated pyrolysis oil stream comprising a cyclic paraffin component. At least a portion of the hydrodeoxygenated pyrolysis oil stream is dehydrogenated under catalysis to form the upgraded pyrolysis oil.

2002001, Feb 14, 2002

Dec 21, 2000

09/746585

Lance Baird - Prospect Heights IL, US
Leonid Galperin - Wilmette IL, US
R. Lawson - Arlington Heights IL, US
Robert Jensen - Hinsdale IL, US
Oleg Eliseev - Lubertsy, RU
Albert Lapidus - Moscow, RU
Aduard Ostapenco - Moscow, RU

C07C067/36
C07C051/14

560/241000, 568/451000, 562/521000

Long chain alcohols and acids or other similar oxygenates such as esters are produced from paraffins of similar carbon number by a process comprising paraffin dehydrogenation, carbonylation, and separation. Preferably a mixture of paraffins extending over several carbon numbers and recovered from a kerosene fraction is processed, and unconverted paraffins are recycled to a dehydrogenation zone. Alternative reaction zone configurations, catalyst systems and product recovery methods are disclosed.

2006001, Jan 19, 2006

Dec 12, 2003

10/734333

Lance Baird - Prospect Heights IL, US
Thomas Gevelinger - Oak Brook IL, US

C01B 3/26

423652000

A process for the production of high purity hydrogen from a naphtha catalytic reformer having a first catalytic zone in a lead position followed by a second catalytic zone in a lag position operating at similar inlet temperatures to produce a predetermined conversion wherein the inlet temperature of the second catalytic zone is reduced to thereby reduce the concentration of carbon monoxide in the net hydrogen product stream and the inlet temperatures of the first catalytic zone is increased to restore the predetermined conversion.

2006001, Jan 19, 2006

Dec 29, 2003

10/747717

Lance Baird - Prospect Heights IL, US
Thomas Gevelinger - Oak Brook IL, US

C01B 3/26

423652000

A process for the production of high purity hydrogen from a naphtha catalytic reformer wherein the reformer is firstly operated at a predetermined catalyst circulation rate to produce hydrogen gas containing carbon monoxide and secondly the catalyst circulation rate is reduced to produce hydrogen gas having a lower concentration of carbon monoxide.

2008011, May 22, 2008

Jan 29, 2008

12/021323

Stephen Sohn - Des Planines IL, US
Michael Smith - Des Plaines IL, US
Lance Baird - Des Plaines IL, US

C07C 4/00
C07C 5/00

585470000

Processes and apparatus for the alkylation of aromatic compound with mono-olefin aliphatic compound in the presence of solid alkylation catalyst use a lights distillation for obtaining desired selectivities to arylalkane in a energy efficient manner. The processes and apparatus offer the potential for debottlenecking existing arylalkane production facilities and reducing the size and energy requirements for a new arylalkane production facility.