Patents by Inventor Al Amleh

Al Amleh has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Process for recovering ethanol with sidedraws to regulate C+ alcohols concentrations
    Patent number: 8957263
    Abstract: Purification and/or recovery of ethanol from a crude ethanol product obtained from the hydrogenation of acetic acid. Separation and purification processes of a crude ethanol mixture are employed to allow recovery of ethanol and remove impurities. In particular, the process involves one or more sidedraws to regulate C3+ alcohols concentration in the recovered ethanol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Celanese International Corporation
    Inventors: Lincoln Sarager, Al Amleh, Trinity Horton Hale, Radmila Wollrab, Victor J. Johnston
  • Process for recovering ethanol with sidedraws to regulate Calcohols concentrations
    Patent number: 8604255
    Abstract: Purification and/or recovery of ethanol from a crude ethanol product obtained from the hydrogenation of acetic acid. Separation and purification processes of a crude ethanol mixture are employed to allow recovery of ethanol and remove impurities. In particular, the process involves one or more sidedraws to regulate C3+ alcohols concentration in the recovered ethanol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Celanese International Corporation
    Inventors: Lincoln Sarager, Al Amleh, Trinity Horton, Radmila Jevtic, Victor J. Johnston
  • Process for vaporizing acetic acid for hydrogenation processes to produce ethanol
    Patent number: 8552225
    Abstract: Vaporizing acetic acid in the presence of hydrogen to provide a vapor feed stream for a hydrogenation process that produces ethanol. The vaporizer forms a vapor feed stream and a blowdown stream having a weight ratio of the vapor feed stream to the blowdown stream of at least 2:1. The acetic acid may vaporized at a temperature below acetic acid's boiling point at the operating pressure of the reactor. The hydrogenation process produces a crude ethanol product and ethanol is separated from the crude product. In addition, at least one recycle stream comprising acetic acid and less than 1.0 wt. % compounds having a boiling point higher than acetic acid, may also be separated. The recycle streams may be introduced to the vaporizer along with acetic acid to form the vapor feed stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Celanese International Corporation
    Inventors: Trinity Horton, Radmila Jevtic, Victor J. Johnston, R. Jay Warner, Heiko Weiner, Al Amleh, Gerald Gruesendorf
  • PROCESS FOR RECOVERING ETHANOL WITH SIDEDRAWS TO REGULATE C3+ ALCOHOLS CONCENTRATIONS
    Publication number: 20120010442
    Abstract: Purification and/or recovery of ethanol from a crude ethanol product obtained from the hydrogenation of acetic acid. Separation and purification processes of a crude ethanol mixture are employed to allow recovery of ethanol and remove impurities. In particular, the process involves one or more sidedraws to regulate C3+ alcohols concentration in the recovered ethanol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: CELANESE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lincoln Sarager, Al Amleh, Trinity Horton, Radmila Jevtic, Victor J. Johnston
  • Process for Vaporizing Acetic Acid for Hydrogenation Processes to Produce Ethanol
    Publication number: 20110257442
    Abstract: Vaporizing acetic acid in the presence of hydrogen to provide a vapor feed stream for a hydrogenation process that produces ethanol. The vaporizer forms a vapor feed stream and a blowdown stream having a weight ratio of the vapor feed stream to the blowdown stream of at least 2:1. The acetic acid may vaporized at a temperature below acetic acid's boiling point at the operating pressure of the reactor. The hydrogenation process produces a crude ethanol product and ethanol is separated from the crude product. In addition, at least one recycle stream comprising acetic acid and less than 1.0 wt. % compounds having a boiling point higher than acetic acid, may also be separated. The recycle streams may be introduced to the vaporizer along with acetic acid to form the vapor feed stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: CELANESE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Trinity Horton, Radmila Jevtic, Victor J. Johnston, R. Jay Warner, Heiko Weiner, Al Amleh, Gerald Gruesendorf