Patents by Inventor Paul Ahner

Paul Ahner 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 to produce middle distillate
    Patent number: 7776207
    Abstract: A process for producing alkyl aromatic middle distillate fuels is described. The process includes (a) catalytically converting paraffinic naphtha to a composition containing benzene and olefins; (b) processing the olefin/benzene composition in an aromatic alkylation reactor to produce alkyl-benzene components (c) separating the alkyl aromatics from the unconverted naphtha; and (d) optionally recycling the unconverted paraffinic naphtha to the dehydrogenation/amortization reactor of step a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Syntroleum Corporation
    Inventors: Ramin Abhari, Paul Ahner
  • Process for removing solid particles from a hydroprocessing feed
    Patent number: 7655135
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of removing contaminants from a hydroprocessing feed stream. More specifically, the invention relates to a method of removing contaminants from a hydroprocessing feed stream which originates in a Fischer-Tropsch reactor using a guard bed that employs a temperature profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Syntroleum Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Z. Havlik, Nathan Jannasch, Paul Ahner, H. Lynn Tomlinson
  • PROCESS TO PRODUCE MIDDLE DISTILLATE
    Publication number: 20080083651
    Abstract: A process for producing alkyl aromatic middle distillate fuels is described. The process includes (a) catalytically converting paraffinic naphtha to a composition containing benzene and olefins; (b) processing the olefin/benzene composition in an aromatic alkylation reactor to produce alkyl-benzene components (c) separating the alkyl aromatics from the unconverted naphtha; and (d) optionally recycling the unconverted paraffinic naphtha to the dehydrogenation/amortization reactor of step a.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Applicant: SYNTROLEUM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ramin Abhari, Paul Ahner
  • Process for removing solid particles from a hydroprocessing feed
    Publication number: 20070215521
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of removing contaminants from a hydroprocessing feed stream. More specifically, the invention relates to a method of removing contaminants from a hydroprocessing feed stream which originates in a Fischer-Tropsch reactor using a guard bed that employs a temperature profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2006
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Applicant: Syntroleum Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Havlik, Nathan Jannasch, Paul Ahner, H. Tomlinson