Patents by Inventor Marvin I. Greene
Marvin I. Greene 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).
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Patent number: 10894922Abstract: A process for upgrading vacuum residuum and vacuum gas oil hydrocarbons is disclosed. The process may include: contacting a heavy distillate hydrocarbon fraction and hydrogen with a zeolite selective hydrocracking catalyst in a first ebullated bed hydrocracking reaction zone to convert at least a portion of the vacuum gas oil to lighter hydrocarbons. Contacting a residuum hydrocarbon fraction and hydrogen with a non-zeolite base metal hydroconversion catalyst in a second ebullated bed hydroconversion reaction zone may produce a vapor stream containing unconverted hydrogen, acid gases and volatilized hydrocarbons which may be fed along with the vacuum gas oil in the first ebullated bed hydrocracking zone.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2019Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: Lummus Technology Inc.Inventors: Arun Arora, Marvin I. Greene
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Patent number: 10731091Abstract: Processes and systems for upgrading resid hydrocarbon feeds are disclosed. The process system may operate in two different operating modes, maximum conversion and maximum quality effluent. The process system may be reversibly transitioned between the different operating modes. The system has the ability to reversibly transition between the two modes without shutting down the system or losing production.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2017Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: LUMMUS TECHNOLOGY LLCInventors: Ujjal K. Mukherjee, Marvin I. Greene, Mario C. Baldassari
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Patent number: 10385283Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to a process flow scheme for the processing of gas oils and especially reactive gas oils produced by thermal cracking of residua using a split flow concept. The split flow concepts disclosed allow optimization of the hydrocracking reactor severities and thereby take advantage of the different reactivities of thermally cracked gas oils versus those of virgin gas oils. This results in a lower cost facility for producing base oils as well as diesel, kerosene and gasoline fuels while achieving high conversions and high catalyst lives.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2017Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Lummus Technology Inc.Inventors: Arun Arora, Ujjal K. Mukherjee, Wai Seung Louie, Marvin I. Greene
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Publication number: 20190249095Abstract: A process for upgrading vacuum residuum and vacuum gas oil hydrocarbons is disclosed. The process may include: contacting a heavy distillate hydrocarbon fraction and hydrogen with a zeolite selective hydrocracking catalyst in a first ebullated bed hydrocracking reaction zone to convert at least a portion of the vacuum gas oil to lighter hydrocarbons. Contacting a residuum hydrocarbon fraction and hydrogen with a non-zeolite base metal hydroconversion catalyst in a second ebullated bed hydroconversion reaction zone may produce a vapor stream containing unconverted hydrogen, acid gases and volatilized hydrocarbons which may be fed along with the vacuum gas oil in the first ebullated bed hydrocracking zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2019Publication date: August 15, 2019Applicant: Lummus Technology Inc.Inventors: Arun Arora, Marvin I. Greene
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Patent number: 10370603Abstract: Processes for upgrading partially converted vacuum residua hydrocarbon feeds are disclosed. The upgrading processes may include: steam stripping the partially converted vacuum residua to generate a first distillate and a first residuum; solvent deasphalting the first residuum stream to generate a deasphalted oil and an asphaltenes fraction; vacuum fractionating the deasphalted oil to recover a deasphalted gas oil distillate and a heavy deasphalted residuum; contacting the first distillate and the deasphalted gas oil distillate and hydrogen in the presence of a first hydroconversion catalyst to produce a product; contacting the heavy deasphalted residuum stream and hydrogen in the presence of a second hydroconversion catalyst to produce an effluent; and fractionating the effluent to recover a hydrocracked atmospheric residua and a hydrocracked atmospheric distillate.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2015Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: LUMMUS TECHNOLOGY LLCInventors: Ujjal K. Mukherjee, Mario C. Baldassari, Marvin I. Greene
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Patent number: 10344225Abstract: Processes for upgrading partially converted vacuum residua hydrocarbon feeds are disclosed. The upgrading processes may include: steam stripping the partially converted vacuum residua to generate a first distillate and a first residuum; solvent deasphalting the first residuum stream to generate a deasphalted oil and an asphaltenes fraction; vacuum fractionating the deasphalted oil to recover a deasphalted gas oil distillate and a heavy deasphalted residuum; contacting the first distillate and the deasphalted gas oil distillate and hydrogen in the presence of a first hydroconversion catalyst to produce a product; contacting the heavy deasphalted residuum stream and hydrogen in the presence of a second hydroconversion catalyst to produce an effluent; and fractionating the effluent to recover a hydrocracked atmospheric residua and a hydrocracked atmospheric distillate.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2017Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: LUMMUS TECHNOLOGY LLCInventors: Ujjal K. Mukherjee, Mario C. Baldassari, Marvin I. Greene
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Patent number: 10208261Abstract: A process for upgrading vacuum residuum and vacuum gas oil hydrocarbons is disclosed. The process may include: contacting a heavy distillate hydrocarbon fraction and hydrogen with a zeolite selective hydrocracking catalyst in a first ebullated bed hydrocracking reaction zone to convert at least a portion of the vacuum gas oil to lighter hydrocarbons. Contacting a residuum hydrocarbon fraction and hydrogen with a non-zeolite base metal hydroconversion catalyst in a second ebullated bed hydroconversion reaction zone may produce a vapor stream containing unconverted hydrogen, acid gases and volatilized hydrocarbons which may be fed along with the vacuum gas oil in the first ebullated bed hydrocracking zone.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2014Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: Lummus Technology Inc.Inventors: Arun Arora, Marvin I. Greene
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Patent number: 10144881Abstract: A process for converting triacylglycerides-containing oils into crude oil precursors and/or distillate hydrocarbon fuels is disclosed. The process may include: reacting a triacylglycerides-containing oil-water-hydrogen mixture at a temperature in the range from about 250° C. to about 525° C. and a pressure greater than about 75 bar to convert at least a portion of the triacylglycerides and recovering a reaction effluent comprising water and one or more of isoolefins, isoparaffins, cycloolefins, cycloparaffins, and aromatics; hydrotreating the reaction effluent to form a hydrotreated effluent.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2015Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignees: Chevron Lummus Global, LLC, Applied Research Associates, Inc.Inventors: Ujjal K. Mukherjee, Arun Arora, Marvin I. Greene, Edward Coppola, Charles Red, Jr., J. Steven Baxley, Sanjay Nana, Jeffrey Rine
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Patent number: 10144880Abstract: A process for converting triacylglycerides-containing oils into crude oil precursors and/or distillate hydrocarbon fuels is disclosed. The process may include: reacting a triacylglycerides-containing oil-water-diatomic hydrogen mixture at a temperature in the range from about 250° C. to about 560° C. and a pressure greater than about 75 bar to convert at least a portion of the triacylglycerides and recovering a reaction effluent comprising water and one or more of isoolefins, isoparaffins, cycloolefins, cycloparaffins, and aromatics; and hydrotreating the reaction effluent to form a hydrotreated effluent.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2013Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignees: Chevron Lummus Global, LLC, Applied Research Associates, Inc.Inventors: Marvin I. Greene, Ujjal K. Mukherjee, Arun Arora, Edward Coppola, Charles Red, Jr., J. Steven Baxley, Sanjay Nana, Jeffrey Rine
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Patent number: 10087374Abstract: A process for converting triacylglycerides-containing oils into crude oil precursors and/or distillate hydrocarbon fuels is disclosed. The process may include: reacting a triacylglycerides-containing oil-water-hydrogen mixture at a temperature in the range from about 250° C. to about 525° C. and a pressure greater than about 75 bar to convert at least a portion of the triacylglycerides and recovering a reaction effluent comprising water and one or more of isoolefins, isoparaffins, cycloolefins, cycloparaffins, and aromatics; hydrotreating the reaction effluent to form a hydrotreated effluent.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2015Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignees: Chevron Lummus Global, LLC, Applied Research Associates, Inc.Inventors: Ujjal K. Mukherjee, Arun Arora, Marvin I. Greene, Edward Coppola, Charles Red, Jr., J. Steven Baxley, Sanjay Nana, Jeffrey Rine
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Publication number: 20180201554Abstract: A process for the production of jet and other heavy fuels from alcohols and mixture of alcohols is disclosed. The process may include contacting in a reaction zone at least one C2 to C11 alcohol with a solid catalyst having activity for the simultaneous dehydration of the alcohols to form olefins, isomerization of the olefins to form internal olefins, and oligomerization of the olefins produced in situ via the dehydration reaction to form an effluent comprising mono-olefinic hydrocarbons. Preferably, the alcohol feed is a mixture of alcohols, such as C2 to C7 alcohols or C4 and C6 alcohols, enabling the production of a mixture of branched hydrocarbons that may be used directly as a jet fuel without blending.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2018Publication date: July 19, 2018Applicant: Lummus Technology Inc.Inventors: Marvin I. Greene, Ruozhi Song, Arvids Judzis, JR.
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Publication number: 20180179457Abstract: Processes and systems for upgrading resid hydrocarbon feeds are disclosed. The process system may operate in two different operating modes, maximum conversion and maximum quality effluent. The process system may be reversibly transitioned between the different operating modes. The system has the ability to reversibly transition between the two modes without shutting down the system or losing production.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2017Publication date: June 28, 2018Applicant: Lummus Technology Inc.Inventors: Ujjal K. Mukherjee, Marvin I. Greene, Mario C. Baldassari
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Publication number: 20180119027Abstract: A process for upgrading residuum hydrocarbons is disclosed. The process may include: contacting a residuum hydrocarbon fraction and hydrogen with a first hydroconversion catalyst in a first ebullated bed hydroconversion reactor system; recovering a first effluent from the first ebullated bed hydroconversion reactor system; solvent deasphalting a vacuum residuum fraction to produce a deasphalted oil fraction and an asphalt fraction; contacting the deasphalted oil fraction and hydrogen with a second hydroconversion catalyst in a second hydroconversion reactor system; recovering a second effluent from the second hydroconversion reactor system; and fractionating the first effluent from the first ebullated bed hydroconversion reactor system and the second effluent from the second hydroconversion reactor system to recover one or more hydrocarbon fractions and the vacuum residuum fraction in a common fractionation system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2017Publication date: May 3, 2018Applicant: Lummus Technology Inc.Inventors: Mario C. Baldassari, Ujjal K. Mukherjee, Ann-Marie Olsen, Marvin I. Greene
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Patent number: 9914672Abstract: A process for the production of jet and other heavy fuels from alcohols and mixture of alcohols is disclosed. The process may include contacting in a reaction zone at least one C2 to C11 alcohol with a solid catalyst having activity for the simultaneous dehydration of the alcohols to form olefins, isomerization of the olefins to form internal olefins, and oligomerization of the olefins produced in situ via the dehydration reaction to form an effluent comprising mono-olefinic hydrocarbons. Preferably, the alcohol feed is a mixture of alcohols, such as C2 to C7 alcohols or C4 and C6 alcohols, enabling the production of a mixture of branched hydrocarbons that may be used directly as a jet fuel without blending.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2013Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: Lummus Technology Inc.Inventors: Marvin I. Greene, Ruozhi Song, Arvids Judzis, Jr.
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Publication number: 20170335206Abstract: Processes for upgrading partially converted vacuum residua hydrocarbon feeds are disclosed. The upgrading processes may include: steam stripping the partially converted vacuum residua to generate a first distillate and a first residuum; solvent deasphalting the first residuum stream to generate a deasphalted oil and an asphaltenes fraction; vacuum fractionating the deasphalted oil to recover a deasphalted gas oil distillate and a heavy deasphalted residuum; contacting the first distillate and the deasphalted gas oil distillate and hydrogen in the presence of a first hydroconversion catalyst to produce a product; contacting the heavy deasphalted residuum stream and hydrogen in the presence of a second hydroconversion catalyst to produce an effluent; and fractionating the effluent to recover a hydrocracked atmospheric residua and a hydrocracked atmospheric distillate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2015Publication date: November 23, 2017Applicant: Lummus Technology Inc.Inventors: Ujjal K. Mukherjee, Mario C. Baldassari, Marvin I. Greene
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Patent number: 9803147Abstract: The present invention is directed to a refining process for producing hydroprocessed distillates and a heavy vacuum gas oil (HVGO). The process produces middle distillates that have reduced nitrogen and sulfur content, while simultaneously producing a 900° F.+ (482° C.+) HVGO stream useful as a fluidized catalytic cracking (FCC) unit feedstock.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2014Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.Inventors: Subhasis Bhattacharya, Ujjal Kumar Mukherjee, Marvin I. Greene
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Patent number: 9725661Abstract: Integrated processes for upgrading crude shale-derived oils, such as those produced by oil shale retorting or by in situ extraction or combinations thereof. Processes disclosed provide for a split-flow processing scheme to upgrade whole shale oil. The split flow concepts described herein, i.e., naphtha and kerosene hydrotreating in one or more stages and gas oil hydrotreating in one or more stages, requires additional equipment as compared to the alternative approach of whole oil hydrotreating. While contrary to conventional wisdom as requiring more capital equipment to achieve the same final product specifications, the operating efficiency vis a vis on-stream time efficiency and product quality resulting from the split flow concept far exceed in value the somewhat incrementally higher capital expenditure costs.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2015Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: Lummus Technology Inc.Inventors: Marvin I. Greene, Ujjal K. Mukherjee, Arun Arora
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Patent number: 9695369Abstract: Processes for upgrading partially converted vacuum residua hydrocarbon feeds are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2014Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Lummus Technology Inc.Inventors: Ujjal K. Mukherjee, Mario C. Baldassari, Marvin I. Greene
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Publication number: 20170183573Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to a process flow scheme for the processing of gas oils and especially reactive gas oils produced by thermal cracking of residua using a split flow concept. The split flow concepts disclosed allow optimization of the hydrocracking reactor severities and thereby take advantage of the different reactivities of thermally cracked gas oils versus those of virgin gas oils. This results in a lower cost facility for producing base oils as well as diesel, kerosene and gasoline fuels while achieving high conversions and high catalyst lives.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2017Publication date: June 29, 2017Applicant: Lummus Technology Inc.Inventors: Arun Arora, Ujjal K. Mukherjee, Wai Seung Louie, Marvin I. Greene
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Patent number: 9687804Abstract: A process for upgrading residuum hydrocarbons including: feeding pitch, hydrogen, and a partially spent catalyst recovered from a hydrocracking reactor to an ebullated bed pitch hydrocracking reactor; contacting the pitch, hydrogen, and the catalyst in the ebullated bed pitch hydrocracking reactor at reaction conditions of temperature and pressure sufficient to convert at least a portion of the pitch to distillate hydrocarbons; and separating the distillate hydrocarbons from the catalyst. In some embodiments, the process may include selecting the ebullated bed pitch hydrocracking reactor reaction conditions to be at or below the level where sediment formation would otherwise become excessive and prevent continuity of operations.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2015Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Lummus Technology Inc.Inventors: Ujjal K. Mukherjee, Mario C. Baldassari, Marvin I. Greene