Patents by Inventor Lucas D. Schrader

Lucas D. Schrader 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).

  • Synthesis gas conversion process
    Patent number: 11661553
    Abstract: The disclosed invention relates to a method for restarting a synthesis gas conversion process which has stopped. The synthesis gas conversion process may be conducted in a conventional reactor or a microchannel reactor. The synthesis gas conversion process may comprise a process for converting synthesis gas to methane, methanol or dimethyl ether. The synthesis gas conversion process may be a Fischer-Tropsch process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Velocys, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger A. Harris, Soumitra R. Deshmukh, Paul E. Kennedy, Robert Dwayne Litt, Lucas D. Schrader, Andre P. Steynberg, Steven T. Perry
  • SYNTHESIS GAS CONVERSION PROCESS
    Publication number: 20200332199
    Abstract: The disclosed invention relates to a method for restarting a synthesis gas conversion process which has stopped. The synthesis gas conversion process may be conducted in a conventional reactor or a microchannel reactor. The synthesis gas conversion process may comprise a process for converting synthesis gas to methane, methanol or dimethyl ether. The synthesis gas conversion process may be a Fischer-Tropsch process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Roger A. Harris, Soumitra R. Deshmukh, Paul E. Kennedy, Robert Dwayne Litt, Lucas D. Schrader, Andre P. Steynberg, Steven T. Perry
  • Synthesis gas conversion process
    Patent number: 10752843
    Abstract: The disclosed invention relates to a method for restarting a synthesis gas conversion process which has stopped. The synthesis gas conversion process may be conducted in a conventional reactor or a microchannel reactor. The synthesis gas conversion process may comprise a process for converting synthesis gas to methane, methanol or dimethyl ether. The synthesis gas conversion process may be a Fischer-Tropsch process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Velocys, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger A. Harris, Soumitra R. Deshmukh, Paul E. Kennedy, Robert Dwayne Litt, Lucas D. Schrader, Andre P. Steynberg, Steven T. Perry
  • SYNTHESIS GAS CONVERSION PROCESS
    Publication number: 20190345394
    Abstract: The disclosed invention relates to a method for restarting a synthesis gas conversion process which has stopped. The synthesis gas conversion process may be conducted in a conventional reactor or a microchannel reactor. The synthesis gas conversion process may comprise a process for converting synthesis gas to methane, methanol or dimethyl ether. The synthesis gas conversion process may be a Fischer-Tropsch process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Roger A. Harris, Soumitra R. Deshmukh, Paul E. Kennedy, Robert Dwayne Litt, Lucas D. Schrader, Andre P. Steynberg, Steven T. Perry
  • Method for stopping and restarting a Fischer-Tropsch process
    Patent number: 10358604
    Abstract: The disclosed invention relates to a method for restarting a synthesis gas conversion process which has stopped. The synthesis gas conversion process may be conducted in a conventional reactor or a microchannel reactor. The synthesis gas conversion process may comprise a process for converting synthesis gas to methane, methanol or dimethyl ether. The synthesis gas conversion process may be a Fischer-Tropsch process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Velocys, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger A. Harris, Deshmukh R. Soumitra, Paul E. Kennedy, Robert Dwayne Litt, Lucas D. Schrader, Andre P. Steynberg, Steven T. Perry
  • SYNTHESIS GAS CONVERSION PROCESS
    Publication number: 20160362611
    Abstract: The disclosed invention relates to a method for restarting a synthesis gas conversion process which has stopped. The synthesis gas conversion process may be conducted in a conventional reactor or a microchannel reactor. The synthesis gas conversion process may comprise a process for converting synthesis gas to methane, methanol or dimethyl ether. The synthesis gas conversion process may be a Fischer-Tropsch process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Roger A. Harris, Deshmukh R. Soumitra, Paul E. Kennedy, Robert Dwayne Litt, Lucas D. Schrader, Andre P. Steynberg, Steven T. Perry