Patents by Inventor Howard J. FREUND

Howard J. FREUND 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).

  • High temperature simulated distillation
    Patent number: 9863898
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining a boiling point distribution of a sample include controlling the rates of temperature increase for a column and an injection port. An analyzer includes a column having a column heating element and an injection port having an injection port heating element. The temperature of the column can be increased at a first rate, and a temperature of the injection port can be increased at a second rate. The first and second rates are selected such that the temperature of the injection port is within about five to fifteen degrees Celsius of the temperature of the column when the temperature of the injection port reaches a target temperature of minimal thermal decomposition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: EXXONMOBILE RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
    Inventors: Frank P. DiSanzo, Howard J. Freund, Edward A. Moy
  • Method for predicting composition of petroleum
    Patent number: 9552462
    Abstract: A method for predicting petroleum expulsion. A chemical structure of a kerogen is defined and a plurality of reaction products of the kerogen under geologic heating rates are identified. The plurality of reaction products are grouped into a plurality of product lumps based on their chemical composition and predicting petroleum expulsion for each of the plurality of product lumps based on secondary cracking reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
    Inventors: Clifford C. Walters, Howard J. Freund, Simon R. Kelemen, Paul J. Hicks, Jr.
  • HIGH TEMPERATURE SIMULATED DISTILLATION
    Publication number: 20150198545
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining a boiling point distribution of a sample include controlling the rates of temperature increase for a column and an injection port. An analyzer includes a column having a column heating element and an injection port having an injection port heating element. The temperature of the column can be increased at a first rate, and a temperature of the injection port can be increased at a second rate. The first and second rates are selected such that the temperature of the injection port is within about five to fifteen degrees Celsius of the temperature of the column when the temperature of the injection port reaches a target temperature of minimal thermal decomposition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Frank P. DiSANZO, Howard J. FREUND, Edward A. MOY
  • Method For Predicting Composition of Petroleum
    Publication number: 20100155078
    Abstract: A method for predicting petroleum expulsion is provided. An exemplary embodiment of the method comprises defining a chemical structure of a kerogen and identifying a plurality of reaction products of the kerogen under geologic heating rates. The exemplary method also comprises grouping the plurality of reaction products into a plurality of product lumps based on their chemical composition and predicting petroleum expulsion for each of the plurality of product lumps based on secondary cracking reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Clifford C. Walters, Howard J. Freund, JR., Simon R. Kelemen, Paul J. Hicks, JR.