Phillip F Daly

US Patent:

8118086, Feb 21, 2012

Filed:

Jun 16, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/485301

Inventors:

Phillip F. Daly - Palatine IL, US
Kurt M. Vanden Bussche - Lake in the Hills IL, US

Assignee:

UOP LLC - Des Plaines IL

International Classification:

F28F 13/00
F28F 3/14

US Classification:

165170, 165135

Abstract:

An inexpensive heat exchanger is disclosed, wherein the heat exchanger is made up of a plurality of plates and each plate has at least one channel defined in the plate. The plates are stacked and bonded together to form a block having conduits for carrying at least one fluid and where the exchanger includes an expansion device enclosed within the unit. The plates include construction to thermally insulate the expansion region from the heat exchange region to improve efficiency of the heat exchanger.

US Patent:

8122946, Feb 28, 2012

Filed:

Jun 16, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/485311

Inventors:

Phillip F. Daly - Palatine IL, US
Kurt M. Vanden Bussche - Lake in the Hills IL, US

Assignee:

UOP LLC - Des Plaines IL

International Classification:

F28F 13/00
F28F 3/14
F28F 3/12

US Classification:

165135, 165168, 165170

Abstract:

An inexpensive heat exchanger is disclosed, wherein the heat exchanger is made up of a plurality of plates and each plate has at least one channel defined in the plate. The plates are stacked and bonded together to form a block having conduits for carrying at least one fluid and where the exchanger includes an expansion device enclosed within the unit. The plates include construction to thermally insulate the sections of the heat exchanger to control the heat flow within the heat exchanger.

US Patent:

8196909, Jun 12, 2012

Filed:

Apr 30, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/433064

Inventors:

Phillip F. Daly - Des Plaines IL, US
Steven P. Lankton - Des Plaines IL, US
Raymond E. Tucker - Tonawanda NY, US

Assignee:

UOP LLC - Des Plaines IL

International Classification:

B01F 3/04

US Classification:

261156, 2021851, 2021854, 165133, 165183, 165184

Abstract:

Improvements in tubes, which increase the heat exchange capacity of tubular heat exchangers using the tubes, are described. These improvements involve the use of one or more external surface enhancements, optionally combined with an internal enhancement and/or differing tube geometries. These improvements apply, for example, to internal condensers, including those in which the tube bundles are oriented vertically, in vapor-liquid contacting apparatuses such as distillation columns.

US Patent:

8555954, Oct 15, 2013

Filed:

Feb 16, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/397716

Inventors:

Phillip F. Daly - Palatine IL, US
Kurt M. Vanden Bussche - Lake in the Hills IL, US

Assignee:

UOP LLC - Des Plaines IL

International Classification:

F28F 13/00
F28F 3/14
F28F 3/12

US Classification:

165135, 165168, 165170

Abstract:

An inexpensive heat exchanger is disclosed, wherein the heat exchanger is made up of a plurality of plates and each plate has at least one channel defined in the plate. The plates are stacked and bonded together to form a block having conduits for carrying at least one fluid and where the exchanger includes an expansion device enclosed within the unit. The plates include construction to thermally insulate the sections of the heat exchanger to control the heat flow within the heat exchanger.

US Patent:

8609922, Dec 17, 2013

Filed:

Aug 25, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/868286

Inventors:

Gregory R. Werba - Arlington Heights IL, US
Xin X. Zhu - Long Grove IL, US
Phillip F. Daly - Palatine IL, US
Saadet Ulas Acikgoz - Des Plaines IL, US
Jason T. Corradi - Arlington Heights IL, US
David W. Ablin - Arlington Heights IL, US

Assignee:

UOP LLC - Des Plaines IL

International Classification:

C07C 7/04
C07C 7/12
C07C 15/08
B01D 3/14

US Classification:

585478, 203 25, 203 27, 203 75, 203 77, 203 78, 203 80, 203 82, 203 84, 203DIG 8, 585805, 585822, 585828, 585910

Abstract:

An aromatics complex producing one or more xylene isomers offers a large number of opportunities to conserve energy by heat exchange within the complex. One previously unrecognized opportunity is through providing two parallel distillation columns operating at different pressures to separate Caromatics from C+ aromatics. The parallel columns offer additional opportunities to conserve energy within the complex through heat exchange in associated xylene recovery facilities.

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:

8631858, Jan 21, 2014

Filed:

Jun 16, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/485284

Inventors:

Phillip F. Daly - Palatine IL, US
Kurt M. Vanden Bussche - Lake in the Hills IL, US

Assignee:

UOP LLC - Des Plaines IL

International Classification:

F28F 13/00
F28F 3/14

US Classification:

165135, 165170

Abstract:

An inexpensive heat exchanger is disclosed, wherein the heat exchanger is made up of a plurality of plates and each plate has at least one channel defined in the plate. The plates are stacked and bonded together to form a block having conduits for carrying at least one fluid and where the exchanger includes an expansion device enclosed within the unit.

US Patent:

8043417, Oct 25, 2011

Filed:

Jun 17, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/486283

Inventors:

Phillip F. Daly - Palatine IL, US

Assignee:

UOP LLC - Des Plaines IL

International Classification:

B01D 53/00

US Classification:

95288, 62615, 62640, 165165

Abstract:

A reactor-installed or column-installed vertical plate heat exchanger having channels for flow of cooling fluid and vertical passageways between the cooling fluid channels for flow of product. A divider is located between a first fraction and a second fraction of the product vertical passageways and a vapor product inlet communicates with the tops of the product vertical passageways in the first fraction. A product collection volume communicates with the bottoms of the product vertical passageways and an outlet communicates with the product collection volume for recovering condensed product. An uncondensed vapor outlet communicates with the tops of the vertical passageways in the second fraction for removing uncondensed vapor from the heat exchanger.