Patents by Inventor Gawain J. Lau

Gawain J. Lau 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).

  • FLUIDIZED COKING WITH REDUCED COKING VIA LIGHT HYDROCARBON ADDITION
    Publication number: 20190352572
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for adding a heated stream of light hydrocarbons to a fluidized coking environment to improve liquid product yield and/or reduce coke production. The light hydrocarbons can correspond to C1-C10 hydrocarbons and/or hydrogen. The light hydrocarbons can be heated so that the light hydrocarbons are exposed to an activation temperature of 535° C. to 950° C. and/or an activation temperature higher than the temperature in the coking zone by 50° C. or more for an activation time prior to entering the fluidized coking reactor and/or the coking zone in the fluidized coking environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Tien V. Le, Walter E. Dubois, Brenda A. Raich, Bing Du, Sumathy Raman, Gawain J. Lau