Patents Assigned to CALTECH GLOBAL ENTERPRISES, LLC
  • Method for reducing the oxygenate content of a hydrocarbon process stream treated with or containing an oxygenate
    Patent number: 10843986
    Abstract: A method of this disclosure for removing oxygenates from a hydrocarbon process stream includes passing the hydrocarbon process stream through a vessel containing a mixed metal oxide having an amorphous non-crystalline structure and containing a metal in at least two oxidation states in a hydrate form, the hydrocarbon process stream having a first oxygenate content when entering the vessel and a second lower oxygenate content when exiting the vessel. The hydrocarbon stream may be a gas or a liquid stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: CALTECH GLOBAL ENTERPRISES, LLC
    Inventors: Michael D. Callaway, William Jay Turner