Colleen Lynn Costello

US Patent:

8414798, Apr 9, 2013

Filed:

Nov 2, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/917781

Inventors:

Colleen Costello - Chicago IL, US
Lisa King - Lake in the Hills IL, US
Paul Barger - Arlington Heights IL, US
Deng-Yang Jen - Elk Grove Village IL, US
Robert B. James - Northbrook IL, US
Kurt Vanden Bussche - Lake in the Hills IL, US

Assignee:

UOP LLC - Des Plaines IL

International Classification:

C01B 3/38
C01B 3/24

US Classification:

252373, 423650

Abstract:

Embodiments of a process for producing syngas comprising hydrogen and carbon monoxide from a gas stream comprising methane are provided. The process comprises the step of contacting the gas stream with a two-component catalyst system comprising an apatite component and a perovskite component at reaction conditions effective to convert the methane to the syngas.

US Patent:

20120234729, Sep 20, 2012

Filed:

Mar 15, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/048863

Inventors:

Colleen Costello - Chicago IL, US
Suheil F. Abdo - Lincolnshire IL, US
Keith Adrian Holder - Lightwater, GB
Ashley James Austin - Camberly, GB

Assignee:

UOP, LLC - Des Plaines IL

International Classification:

C10G 29/16

US Classification:

208243

Abstract:

One exemplary embodiment can be a process for upgrading one or more hydrocarbons boiling in a naphtha range including less than about 5%, by weight, one or more alkenes and about 2,000-about 5,000 wppm, S, comprised in one or more sulfur-containing compounds, based on the weight of the one or more hydrocarbons. The process can include contacting the one or more hydrocarbons with a catalyst. The catalyst may include about 0.1-about 10%, by weight, NiO, about 5-about 50%, by weight, MoO, and about 0.1-about 10%, by weight, P, with the balance of the catalyst comprising AlO. The process can obtain an upgraded one or more hydrocarbons having a thiol concentration of no more than about 20 wppm, S, based on the sulfur comprised in one or more thiol compounds divided by the weight of the upgraded one or more hydrocarbons.

US Patent:

20130256194, Oct 3, 2013

Filed:

Jul 12, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/547335

Inventors:

Manuela Serban - Glenview IL, US
Colleen K. Costello - Chicago IL, US
Mark P. Lapinski - Aurora IL, US

Assignee:

UOP LLC - Des Plaines IL

International Classification:

B01J 27/13
B01J 23/58
C10G 35/09

US Classification:

208134, 502328, 502330, 502230

Abstract:

One exemplary embodiment can be a catalyst for catalytic reforming of naphtha. The catalyst can have a noble metal including one or more of platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, osmium, and iridium, at least two alkali metals or at least two alkaline earth metals, or mixtures of alkali metals and alkaline earth metals and a support.

US Patent:

20160001265, Jan 7, 2016

Filed:

Jul 1, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/321657

Inventors:

- Des Plaines IL, US
Colleen Costello - Chicago IL, US
Jeffrey Noga - Woodbridge IL, US
Paulina Jakubczak - Elk Grove Village IL, US

International Classification:

B01J 21/04
C01F 7/02
B01J 35/10
C07C 4/06

Abstract:

Aluminas with increased surface acidity, methods of making the same, and methods for using the same are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a method for increasing the surface acidity of an alumina material includes providing an alumina starting material, and processing the alumina starting material under hydrothermal conditions in the presence of one or more organic acids to generate a hydrothermally treated alumina. In this embodiment, the one or more organic acids includes a polyprotic organic acid with a pKa value of about 0 to about 10, and the resulting hydrothermally treated alumina has increased surface acidity relative to the alumina starting material.