Patents by Inventor Lee-Huat Chia

Lee-Huat Chia 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 predicting and reducing the corrosivity of a hydrocarbonaceous mixture
    Patent number: 8882995
    Abstract: Process for reducing the concentration of water-soluble carboxylic acids in a hydrocarbonaceous mixture which process comprises (i) taking a sample from the hydrocarbonaceous mixture and extracting the water-soluble carboxylic acids from the sample, (ii) subjecting the extracted water-soluble carboxylic acids to chromatography, (iii) calculating the concentration of water-soluble carboxylic acids in the hydrocarbon mixture based on the chromatography results, and (iv) reducing the concentration of water-soluble carboxylic acids in the hydrocarbonaceous mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Lee-Huat Chia, Simon Yew-Meng Chooi
  • PROCESS
    Publication number: 20110259798
    Abstract: Process for reducing the concentration of water-soluble carboxylic acids in a hydrocarbonaceous mixture which process comprises (i) taking a sample from the hydrocarbonaceous mixture and extracting the water-soluble carboxylic acids from the sample, (ii) subjecting the extracted water-soluble carboxylic acids to chromatography, (iii) calculating the concentration of water-soluble carboxylic acids in the hydrocarbon mixture based on the chromatography results, and (iv) reducing the concentration of water-soluble carboxylic acids in the hydrocarbonaceous mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Lee-Huat Chia, Simon Yew-Meng Chool