Patents Examined by Philip Louie
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Patent number: 10023809Abstract: This disclosure provides a new approach for bio-oil upgrading using methane as reductant instead of hydrogen. Guaiacol, produced by thermal degradation of lignin, represents a model compound for upgrading of fast pyrolysis bio-oils by deoxygenation. To overcome the high cost of H2, methane is used to deoxygenate guaiacol. On Pt/C catalyst, in terms of guaiacol conversion and product distribution, methane is found to exhibit comparable deoxygenation performance as H2. Its lifetime, however, is lower (<3 hrs). In one embodiment, the lifetime of Pt—Bi/C catalyst is extended by addition of bismuth as a promoter.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2016Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATIONInventors: Arvind Varma, Yang Xiao
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Patent number: 10023810Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing hydrocarbons, wherein the process comprises the steps of, subjecting a feedstock comprising CTO and TOP to pretreatment comprising at least two evaporative steps to yield (i) an evaporated feedstock comprising 30 ppm or less of sodium, 35 ppm or less of phosphorus and 30 ppm or less of silicon, (ii) a light fraction and (iii) a residue fraction, and subjecting the evaporated feedstock to catalytic hydroprocessing in the presence of hydrogen to yield a hydroprocessing product comprising hydrocarbons boiling in the liquid fuel range. The invention also relates to hydrocarbon components useful as transportation fuel or as a blending component in transportation fuel, obtainable by said process.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2014Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: UPM-KYMMENE CORPORATIONInventors: Jaakko Nousiainen, Petri Kukkonen, Jari Kotoneva, Teemu Lindberg, Timo Äijälä
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Patent number: 9969662Abstract: In a process for producing olefins, a hydrocarbon-containing feed is fed into a cracking furnace where relatively long-chain hydrocarbons of the hydrocarbon-containing feed are cracked at least partly to form shorter-chain olefins, encompassing ethylene and propylene. Cracking gas (1) formed during cracking is conveyed in succession through an upper section (11) and a lower section (12) of a scrubbing column (10) in countercurrent to a liquid scrubbing medium (43, 31), is proposed. A fraction (43) rich in petroleum spirit is used in the lower section (11) of the scrubbing column (10) and a water-rich fraction (31) is used in the upper section (11) of the scrubbing column (10) as scrubbing medium (43, 31). A plant configured for carrying out the process is likewise provided by the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2013Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: LINDE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Tuat Pham Duc, Holger Schmigalle
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Patent number: 9969658Abstract: The present disclosure relates to processes for production of alkene products from their alkene precursors, such as 3-hydroxyacid and alcohols, via either (1) high temperature reactive distillation with steam contact at optimal pH, (2) solvent extraction and Mulzer dehydration, (3) solid phase adsorption, desorption into an organic solvent and catalytic reaction and (4) high temperature reactive distillation with steam contact at optimal pH followed by catalytic conversion.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2016Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: INVISTA NORTH AMERICA S.A.R.L.Inventors: Daniel Pienaar, Alex Conradie
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Patent number: 9963652Abstract: A method to generate cyclic hydrocarbons from farnesene to increase both the density and net heat of combustion of the product fuels.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2016Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventor: Benjamin G Harvey
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Patent number: 9963405Abstract: A method to generate cyclic hydrocarbons from farnesene to increase both the density and net heat of combustion of the product fuels.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2016Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventor: Benjamin G Harvey
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Patent number: 9963404Abstract: A process for producing an environmentally-friendly plasticizer, which is particularly suitable for use in vehicle tires or technical rubber articles. A vulcanized and/or unvulcanized polymer material of a high molecular weight is converted into a low-molecular phase by direct thermal liquefaction. The vulcanized and/or unvulcanized high-molecular-weight polymer material is provided as a polymer powder and/or a granulated polymer and can be obtained from used tires.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2013Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbHInventors: Ewgeni Haas, Carla Recker, Thorsten Torbruegge
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Patent number: 9963651Abstract: A method to generate cyclic hydrocarbons from farnesene to increase both the density and net heat of combustion of the product fuels.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2016Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventor: Benjamin G Harvey
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Patent number: 9944860Abstract: Various methods are provided for treating and reacting a metathesis feedstock. In one embodiment, the method includes providing a feedstock comprising a natural oil, chemically treating the feedstock with a metal alkoxide under conditions sufficient to diminish catalyst poisons in the feedstock, and, following the treating, combining a metathesis catalyst with the feedstock under conditions sufficient to metathesize the feedstock.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2014Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc.Inventors: Steven A. Cohen, Donde R. Anderson, Zhe Wang, Timothy M. Champagne, Thay A. Ung
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Patent number: 9944861Abstract: A method for producing a hydrocarbon blendstock, the method comprising contacting at least one saturated acyclic alcohol having at least three and up to ten carbon atoms with a metal-loaded zeolite catalyst at a temperature of at least 100° C. and up to 550° C., wherein the metal is a positively-charged metal ion, and the metal-loaded zeolite catalyst is catalytically active for converting the alcohol to the hydrocarbon blendstock, wherein the method directly produces a hydrocarbon blendstock having less than 1 vol % ethylene and at least 35 vol % of hydrocarbon compounds containing at least eight carbon atoms.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2015Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: UT-BATTELLE, LLCInventors: Chaitanya K. Narula, Brian H. Davison
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Patent number: 9938467Abstract: A method for converting an alcohol to a hydrocarbon, the method comprising contacting said alcohol with a metal-loaded zeolite catalyst at a temperature of at least 100° C. and up to 550° C., wherein said alcohol can be produced by a fermentation process, said metal is a positively-charged metal ion, and said metal-loaded zeolite catalyst is catalytically active for converting said alcohol to said hydrocarbon.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2016Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: UT-BATTELLE, LLCInventors: Chaitanya K. Narula, Brian H. Davison, Martin Keller
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Patent number: 9938468Abstract: A new method of producing fuel from biological oils and fats is provided, which comprises the following steps: (a) proceeding with a catalytic cracking-deoxygenation reaction for the biological oils and fats under heating in the presence of a cracking-deoxygenation catalyst; (b) mixing the product of step (a) with hydrogen gas; and (c) proceeding with a catalytic hydrodeoxygenation reaction for the mixture from step (b) under heating in the presence of a hydrodeoxygenation catalyst. By means of the method of the present invention, clean fuel produced by using biological oils and fats as raw materials is compatible with the fuel composition produced from crude oil refining.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2012Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignees: ECO ENVIRONMENTAL ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE LIMITED, DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Changhai Liang, Bin Xu, Philip Siu, Lei Wang, Xiao Chen, Zhengfeng Shao, Zihui Xiao
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Patent number: 9926241Abstract: A catalyst bed system, and a dehydrogenation process using the same, including a horizontal catalyst bed having a mixture of at least one catalytic material and at least one first inert material, a predetermined volume of at least one second inert material arranged upstream of the catalyst bed, wherein the volume of the reactor above the catalyst bed system is not filled by any solid material (empty space). The volume of the second inert material and the volume of the reactor above the second inert material (empty space) is between 0.04 and 0.73, preferably between 0.06 and 0.3, most preferably between 0.09 and 0.2.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2012Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: Borealis AGInventors: Kristof Weyne, Guhan Mathivanan
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Patent number: 9920255Abstract: Method for the depolymerization of plastics material (1), in particular pre- or post-consumer plastics wastes, by means of heat introduction, wherein the plastics material (1) is molten to form a plastics melt and degassed before being passed to a depolymerization reactor (3), adding a fraction obtained from crude oil as a solvent (6) to the plastics melt, thereby lowering the viscosity of the plastics melt solution supplied to the depolymerization reactor (3) relative to the viscosity of the plastics melt.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2012Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: OMV REFINING & MARKETING GMBHInventor: Wolfgang Hofer
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Patent number: 9914672Abstract: A process for the production of jet and other heavy fuels from alcohols and mixture of alcohols is disclosed. The process may include contacting in a reaction zone at least one C2 to C11 alcohol with a solid catalyst having activity for the simultaneous dehydration of the alcohols to form olefins, isomerization of the olefins to form internal olefins, and oligomerization of the olefins produced in situ via the dehydration reaction to form an effluent comprising mono-olefinic hydrocarbons. Preferably, the alcohol feed is a mixture of alcohols, such as C2 to C7 alcohols or C4 and C6 alcohols, enabling the production of a mixture of branched hydrocarbons that may be used directly as a jet fuel without blending.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2013Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: Lummus Technology Inc.Inventors: Marvin I. Greene, Ruozhi Song, Arvids Judzis, Jr.
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Patent number: 9909073Abstract: A renewable fuel may be obtained from a bio-oil containing C3-C5 oxygenates. In a first step, the bio-oil is subjected to a condensation reaction in which the oxygenates undergo a carbon-carbon bond forming reaction to produce a stream containing C6+ oxygenates. In a second step, the stream is hydrotreated to produce C6+ hydrocarbons.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2015Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: Inaeris Technologies, LLCInventors: Lorenz J. Bauer, Leslie May, Jeffrey C. Trewella, Maria Magdalena Ramirez Corredores, Christopher Paradise, Nicholas Kent
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Patent number: 9908097Abstract: Butadiene is made from a butene rich feed by passing a superheated butene rich feed including superheated steam and oxygen at a temperature of at least about 343° C. (650° F.) over a catalyst bed having a depth of over about 69 cm (27 inches) of granules of ferritic oxidative dehydrogenation catalyst. Inlet conditions being controlled such that the oxidative dehydrogenation reactions initially occur in the lower most layers of catalyst. Process control includes monitoring the temperature throughout the bed and increasing the inlet temperature in response to a drop in the temperature in the active layer, when the active layer of oxidative dehydrogenation catalyst begins to become deactivated so that the reaction zone moves upwardly in the oxidative dehydrogenation bed.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2013Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: TPC GROUP LLCInventors: Liana Caciula, Joseph G. Duff, Sirisha Chada, Elizabeth Ballard, Cecil G. McFarland
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Patent number: 9902667Abstract: An energy conservation process directed to the purification of styrene monomer via distillation after the dehydrogenation reaction of ethylbenzene to produce crude styrene is disclosed. As practiced today, the purification of styrene via distillation requires large amounts of energy (i.e., steam) to provide heat to the various distillation columns. The presently disclosed improved process allows for a reduction in the amount of steam needed for this purpose.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2012Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: Technip Process Technology, Inc.Inventor: Vincent Welch
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Patent number: 9896631Abstract: Methods are provided for producing hydrocarbons. A method for producing hydrocarbons may include a method of removing impurities from a hydrocarbon stream using a strong base resin. The strong base resin absorbs at least a portion of the impurities from the hydrocarbon stream to provide a purified hydrocarbon stream. Further, the method for producing hydrocarbons may include feeding the purified hydrocarbon stream to a reaction zone comprising a catalyst to form a reaction zone effluent stream.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2014Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: UOP LLCInventors: Gregory J. Gajda, Bart Dziabala, Belma Demirel, Thomas Pereira
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Patent number: 9896394Abstract: A propane dehydrogenation and propylene purification process in which a stream comprising propylene, propane, and methyl acetylene and propadiene (MAPD) is mixed with a hydrogen stream then reacted in at least three distinct reaction zones in a hydrogenation reactor system where MAPD is hydrogenated by a high-selectivity hydrogenation catalyst in a first reaction zone, and a second and a third reaction zones each have a low-selectivity hydrogenation catalyst to remove unreacted hydrogen. The outlet stream leaving the hydrogenation reactor system is MAPD-free and can be fed to a splitter column, which now mainly serves to separate propylene from propane. Various embodiments of reaction zone arrangements in a single or multiple reactors are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2016Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: National Industrialization CompanyInventor: Pablo Rafael Arocha