Patents Examined by Jafar F. Parsa
  • Patent number: 11932815
    Abstract: Catalyst systems are provided, along with corresponding methods, for single stage conversion of synthesis gas to fuel boiling range products with increased selectivity for either naphtha production (C5-C9) or distillate production (C10-C20). The increased selectivity for naphtha production or distillate production is provided in conjunction with a reduced selectivity for higher boiling range components (C21+).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: EXXONMOBIL TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
    Inventors: Aaron R. Garg, Lei Zhang, Micaela Taborga Claure, Stuart L. Soled
  • Patent number: 11926588
    Abstract: The invention relates to the production of (meth)acrylic esters according to a process by direct esterification, and in particular to the purification of a crude reaction mixture comprising a C4-C12 (meth)acrylic ester using a dividing wall column employed in a particular configuration. The dividing wall column is equipped with a separating wall creating separation zones in the column, the wall not being joined to the upper dome of the column in the top part and being joined to the bottom of the column in the bottom part. The process according to the invention guarantees a product of very high purity, independently of the back-cracking reactions of the heavy by-products liable to arise during the purification of the product sought.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Arkema France
    Inventors: Serge Tretjak, Yves Cabon, Andre Levray, Camille Hilpert, Anne Moreliere
  • Patent number: 11919845
    Abstract: The invention provides a reaction system for preparing butyraldehyde by propylene carbonylation, comprising: a reactor; a side wall of the reactor is sequentially provided with a catalyst inlet, a propylene inlet and a synthesis gas inlet from top to bottom; the bottom of the reactor is provided with a solvent inlet; two micro-interface generators are arranged inside of the reactor from top to bottom, and the micro-interface generator located at a top end is connected to the propylene inlet to break the propylene gas into micron-scale micro-bubbles; the micro-interface generator located at a bottom is connected to the synthesis gas inlet for breaking the synthesis gas into micron-scale micro-bubbles; the outlets of the two micro-interface generators are opposite, and the outlets are connected with a gas distributor for evenly distributing raw materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: NANJING INSTITUTE OF MICROINTERFACE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Zhibing Zhang, Zheng Zhou, Lei Li, Feng Zhang, Weimin Meng, Baorong Wang, Gaodong Yang, Huaxun Luo, Guoqiang Yang, Hongzhou Tian, Yu Cao, Jia Liu
  • Patent number: 11919841
    Abstract: Methods for producing alcohols by deriving carbon dioxide from air or another dilute source, and supplying water, which is converted to hydrogen and oxygen, with subsequent conversion of the carbon dioxide and hydrogen into alcohols is disclosed. The method includes, but is not limited to including, a direct air capture system carbon dioxide, a water electrolysis unit powered by electricity, a hydrogenation reactor to convert carbon dioxide and hydrogen gases into alcohols, and a distillation system to separate alcohols or a single constituent alcohol from other hydrogenation products. Optionally, these methods may include systems capture water from air, if water or hydrogen is not available on-site, and the distillation system may use propylene glycol as an extraction solvent. This process can be used for on-site production of feedstock alcohols such as ethanol at high purity, and many other applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Air Company Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: Stafford W. Sheehan
  • Patent number: 11912943
    Abstract: A process for converting a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide gases to a composition comprising alcohols and liquid hydrocarbons by means of a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction, said process comprising contacting a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide gases, preferably in the form of synthesis gas mixture, with a supported Co—Mn Fischer-Tropsch synthesis catalyst, wherein: the support material of the supported Co—Mn Fischer-Tropsch synthesis catalyst comprises a material selected from titania, zinc oxide, zirconia, and ceria; the supported synthesis catalyst comprises at least 2.5 wt % of manganese, on an elemental basis, based on the total weight of the supported synthesis catalyst; the weight ratio of manganese to cobalt, on an elemental basis, is 0.2 or greater; the molar ratio of hydrogen to carbon monoxide is at least 1; and, the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction is conducted at a pressure in the range of from 1.0 to 10.0 MPa absolute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: BP P.L.C.
    Inventor: Alexander James Paterson
  • Patent number: 11912651
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for producing methanol from a synthesis gas is provided. The method includes (i) producing, in a partial oxidation chamber, the synthesis gas having a stoichiometric number of less than 1.8 by performing a partial oxidation process with a hydrocarbon stream and an oxygen stream, (ii) passing, in a water-gas shift reactor, the synthesis gas over a water-gas shift catalyst to convert at least a portion of carbon monoxide and water into hydrogen and carbon dioxide, (iii) producing a dry, shifted synthesis gas by separating liquid condensate from shifted synthesis gas, (iv) combining, in a recycle compressor, the dry, shifted synthesis gas with a recycle synthesis gas comprised of unreacted synthesis gas and a hydrogen rich product to form a mixed synthesis gas stream, and (v) converting, in a cooled methanol synthesis reactor, at least a portion of the mixed synthesis gas stream into methanol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges Claude
    Inventors: Karsten Covella, Hans Kopetsch, Bryce Williams, Julien Aoun
  • Patent number: 11912640
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for neutralizing a composition A comprising 1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene, 1,1-dichloro-1,3,3-trifluoropropane and one or more acid compound(s) of formula HX with X?F or Cl; said process comprising the step a) of bringing said composition A into contact with a solution B under conditions capable of limiting the formation of 1-chloro-1,3,3-trifluoropropene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Arkema France
    Inventors: Emmanuel Boussarie, Kevin Hisler, Anne Pigamo
  • Patent number: 11912573
    Abstract: A method for producing hydrogen by thermochemical splitting of water includes injecting one or more feed streams of water into a reaction chamber. The method further includes using a molten salt heated by a subterranean heat source to carry out the thermochemical splitting of water to form hydrogen and oxygen in the reaction chamber. The formed products are subsequently removed from the reaction chamber. Hydrogen formed in the reaction chamber may be used in a downstream process to generate hydrocarbons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: EnhancedGEO Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Greg Lindberg, Kimberly C. Conner
  • Patent number: 11905469
    Abstract: The present invention includes a method for converting renewable energy source electricity and a hydrocarbon feedstock into a liquid fuel by providing a source of renewable electrical energy in communication with a synthesis gas generation unit and an air separation unit. Oxygen from the air separation unit and a hydrocarbon feedstock is provided to the synthesis gas generation unit, thereby causing partial oxidation reactions in the synthesis gas generation unit in a process that converts the hydrocarbon feedstock into synthesis gas. The synthesis gas is then converted into a liquid fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: InEnTec Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel R. Cohn, Jeffrey E. Surma, Leslie Bromberg
  • Patent number: 11905478
    Abstract: A process for the manufacture of a useful product from carbonaceous feedstock of fluctuating compositional characteristics, the process comprising the steps of: continuously providing the carbonaceous feedstock of fluctuating compositional characteristics to a gasification zone; gasifying the carbonaceous feedstock in the gasification zone to obtain raw synthesis gas; sequentially removing ammoniacal, sulphurous and carbon dioxide impurities from the raw synthesis gas to form desulphurised gas and recovering carbon dioxide in substantially pure form; converting at least a portion of the desulphurised synthesis gas to a useful product. Despite having selected a more energy intensive sub-process i.e. physical absorption for removal of acid gas impurities, the overall power requirement of the facility is lower on account of lower steam requirements and thereby leading to a decrease in the carbon intensity score for the facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Velocys Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Ivan Philip Greager, Roger Allen Harris, Neil Alexander King, Soumitra R. Deshmukh, Zheyan Qiu
  • Patent number: 11905226
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to processes which involve: contacting a mixture comprising at least one fluoroolefin and at least one impurity with at least one zeolite to reduce the concentration of the at least one impurity in the mixture; and the at least one zeolite is selected from the group consisting of zeolites having pore opening of at least 4 Angstroms and no more than about 5 Angstroms, zeolites having pore opening of at least about 5 Angstroms and Sanderson electronegativity of no more than about 2.6, and mixtures thereof; provided that the at least one zeolite is not zeolite 4A. This disclosure also relates to processes for making at least one hydrotetrafluoropropene product selected from the group consisting of CF3CF?CH2, CF3CH?CHF, and mixtures thereof; and relates to processes for making at least one hydrochlorotrifluoropropene product selected from the group consisting of CF3CCl?CH2, CF3CH?CHCl, and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: THE CHEMOURS COMPANY FC LLC
    Inventors: Mario Joseph Nappa, Xuehui Sun, David Richard Corbin
  • Patent number: 11897829
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a working medium containing difluoroethylene, the difluoroethylene not having self-decomposition properties. A method for producing a working medium containing difluoroethylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Gotou
  • Patent number: 11897769
    Abstract: A process for producing syngas that uses the syngas product from an oxygen-fired reformer to provide all necessary heating duties, which eliminates the need for a fired heater. Without the flue gas stream leaving a fired heater, all of the carbon dioxide produced by the reforming process is concentrated in the high-pressure syngas stream, allowing essentially complete carbon dioxide capture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiang-Dong Peng, Yu Zhang, Tori Dawn Courtney
  • Patent number: 11897828
    Abstract: A reaction system includes a wellbore extending from a surface into a subterranean heat source. The reaction system further includes a reaction chamber configured to be maintained at a reaction temperature using heat from the subterranean heat source. The reaction system further includes one or more inlet conduits. The inlet conduits are configured to provide one or more feed streams to the reaction chamber. The reaction system also includes outlet conduits configured to allow flow of one or more product streams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: EnhancedGEO, Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Greg Lindberg, Kimberly C. Conner
  • Patent number: 11896918
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for stably supplying a highly pure n-butylamine gas having a constant composition. The present disclosure is a composition supply method including: a filling step of filling a container with a composition containing n-butylamine in an amount of 99.5% by volume or more and isobutylamine in an amount of 0.001% by volume or more and 0.5% by volume or less; a warming step of warming the container filled with the composition to 50° C. or higher; and a gas supply step of supplying a gas containing n-butylamine and isobutylamine from the warmed container to a predetermined device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Central Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Masutaka Shinmen, Azusa Miyake, Masayoshi Imachi, Ryusei Sezaki
  • Patent number: 11891344
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for graded utilization of fluorine and silicon resources in a phosphate ore. While the phosphate ore reacts with sulfuric acid, a fluorine-containing and silicon-containing tail gas is produced. SiO2 and H2SiF6 solution with a high concentration are obtained by concentrating and filtering a solution containing HF and H2SiF6 formed after tail gas is absorbed by water. Crude SiF4 and a solution containing HF and H2SO4 are obtained by extracting, adsorbing, and dehydrating the H2SiF6 solution. SiF4 with a 5N purity is obtained after the crude SiF4 is adsorbed and distilled, at the same time, an impurity-enriched SiF4 is returned to operations of concentration and filtration to react with the solution containing HF and H2SiF6 to generate the H2SiF6 and SiO2. High-purity HF and waste sulfuric acid are obtained after the H2SO4 solution containing HF is separated by steam stripping and distillation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: CHTEM LIMITED
    Inventor: Xiaowei Quan
  • Patent number: 11891579
    Abstract: The present invention describes improved processes for the synthesis of high value chemical products from low carbon syngas. In one aspect, a process for the production of chemicals is provided. The process comprises the following: feeding a feedstock comprising hydrogen and carbon monoxide to a liquid fuel production reactor, wherein the liquid fuel production reactor comprises a catalyst, thereby producing a product, wherein the product comprises a liquid phase and a solid phase, and wherein the liquid phase comprises C5-C23 hydrocarbons and oxygenated hydrocarbons, and wherein the solid-phase comprises C24-C45 aliphatic hydrocarbons, and wherein the liquid phase is between 51 percent by volume and 99 percent by volume of the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Greyrock Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Schuetzle, Dennis Schuetzle, Orion Hanbury
  • Patent number: 11884607
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a process for producing trifluoroiodomethane, the process comprising providing a reactant stream comprising hydrogen iodide and at least one trifluoroacetyl halide selected from the group consisting of trifluoroacetyl chloride, trifluoroacetyl fluoride, trifluoroacetyl bromide, and combinations thereof, reacting the reactant stream in the presence of a first catalyst at a first reaction temperature from about 25° C. to about 400° C. to produce an intermediate product stream comprising trifluoroacetyl iodide, and reacting the intermediate product stream in the presence of a second catalyst at a second reaction temperature from about 200° C. to about 600° C. to produce a final product stream comprising the trifluoroiodomethane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Haridasan K. Nair, Glenn Matthies, Rajiv Ratna Singh, Terris Yang, Haiyou Wang, Ryan J. Hulse, Rajiv Banavali
  • Patent number: 11879099
    Abstract: A Fischer-Tropsch (FT) process with a hybrid membrane/PSA configuration provides high component recoveries from FT off gas with minimum power consumption. Synthesis gas from a synthesis gas production zone is reacted in an FT reaction zone forming a liquid stream and an off gas stream. The off gas from the FT reaction zone, which contains hydrogen, carbon monoxide, and methane reactants, is recycled to the synthesis gas production zone. A purge stream from the recycle loop is sent to a membrane separation unit where it is separated into a permeate stream and a residue stream. The residue stream is separated in a pressure swing adsorption (PSA) unit into a fuel gas stream and a second stream. The second stream can be compressed and recycled to the synthesis gas production zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Bradley Russell, Lin Jin
  • Patent number: 11866398
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to the synthesis of ?12-Prostaglandin J product using stereoretentive ruthenium olefin metathesis catalysts supported by dithiolate ligands. ?12-Prostaglandin J products were generated with excellent selectivity (>99% Z) and in moderate to high/good yields (47% to 80% yield; 58% to 80% yield).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Jiaming Li, Xu Chen, Tonia S. Ahmed, Brian M. Stoltz, Robert H. Grubbs