Patents Assigned to Engineering
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REDUCING FUEL OIL VISCOSITY AND FLUX REQUIREMENTS
    Publication number: 20150315489
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for converting resids to oil streams useful as fuel oils by utilizing hydrodynamic cavitation. The cavitated fuel oils are more suitable for subsequent conversion to lighter products (e.g., through fluid catalytic cracking) or they can be blended to produce heating oils or bunker fuels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Patrick Loring Hanks, Michel DAAGE, Thomas Francis DEGNAN, JR.
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INCREASING DEASPHALTED OIL YIELD OR QUALITY
    Publication number: 20150315490
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for deasphalting with integrated hydrodynamic cavitation to improve the yield or quality of deasphalted oil obtained from a deasphalting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: ExxonMobile Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Patrick Loring Hanks, Michel Daage, Thomas Francis Degnan, JR.
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVING PERFORMANCE OF DESALTING UNITS
    Publication number: 20150315491
    Abstract: New methods and systems for crude oil desalting are provided that utilize hydrodynamic cavitation to crack molecules that have a tendency to form emulsions, thereby allowing increased desalter throughput, reduced desalter operating temperatures, and/or reduced or eliminated need for diluent oil or emulsifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Patrick Loring Hanks, Michel Daage, Thomas Francis Degnan, JR.
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DRAINAGE AND DETECTION OF LEAKAGE
    Publication number: 20150315778
    Abstract: A method for providing a drainage from a space between a lined concrete wall and a lining for protecting the lined concrete wall, wherein the method comprises the steps of arranging one or more draining member(s) each comprising a draining pipe having a blind flange arranged at both ends and having a length including the blind flanges that is substantially equal to the wall thickness in a casting frame so that the blind flanges are resting at the casting frame at the inside of the wall and the outside of the wall, respectively; filling concrete filled into the casting frame to cover the draining member(s) and allowing the concrete is allowed to cure; removing the casting frame from at least one of the sides of the concrete wall and; drilling through the blind flanges to open the draining member(s). A drained concrete wall and a concrete vessel are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: Aker Engineering & Technology AS
    Inventors: Kjell TØRRES, Keith N. CHARLES
  • CARBON NANOTUBE-POLYOXYMETHYLENE RESIN COMPOSITION HAVING EXCELLENT ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY AND IMPROVED PROCESSABILITY AND HEAT STABILITY, AND MOLDED ARTICLE FORMED THEREFROM
    Publication number: 20150318072
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a carbon nanotube-polyoxymethylene resin composition having improved processability and heat stability as well as excellent electrical conductivity, and a molded article formed from the resin composition. Provided are a carbon nanotube-polyoxymethylene resin composition including 91 to 98.7 wt % of polyoxymethylene, 1 to 6 wt % of carbon nanotubes, and 0.3 to 3 wt % of a modifier having processing properties, wherein the modifier having processing properties is a polymer having a core-shell structure, and a molded article formed from the resin composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: KOREA ENGINEERING PLASTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung-Chin PARK, Chung-Youl JUNG, Chang-Ho LEE
  • PRECIPITATION STRENGTHENED NICKEL BASED WELDING MATERIAL FOR FUSION WELDING OF SUPERALLOYS
    Publication number: 20150314399
    Abstract: A precipitation strengthened nickel based welding material that comprises 5-15 wt. % Co, 5-25 wt. % Cr, 1-6 wt. % Al, 0.05-0.2 wt. % C, 0.015-0.4 wt. % B, 1-3 wt. % Si, chemical elements selected from among tungsten and molybdenum from about 1 to 20 wt. %, chemical elements selected from among titanium, zirconium, hafnium, tantalum and rhenium from about 1 to 18 wt. % and nickel with impurities to balance, wherein the boron content is inversely proportional to silicon content and decreases from about 0.3 wt. % to about 0.015 wt. % when silicon content increases from about 1 wt. % to about 3 wt. % produces sound high strength and high oxidation resistance crack free welds on precipitation strengthened superalloys and single crystal materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: Liburdi Engineering Limited
    Inventors: Alexander B. Goncharov, Joseph Liburdi, Paul Lowden
  • PROPELLANT FLOW ACTUATED PIEZOELECTRIC IGNITER FOR COMBUSTION ENGINES
    Publication number: 20150316263
    Abstract: A propellant flow actuated piezoelectric igniter device using one or more hammer balls retained by one or more magnets, or other retaining method, until sufficient fluid pressure is achieved in one or more charging chambers to release and accelerate the hammer ball, such that it impacts a piezoelectric crystal to produce an ignition spark. Certain preferred embodiments provide a means for repetitively capturing and releasing the hammer ball after it impacts one or more piezoelectric crystals, thereby oscillating and producing multiple, repetitive ignition sparks. Furthermore, an embodiment is presented for which oscillation of the hammer ball and repetitive impact to the piezoelectric crystal is maintained without the need for a magnet or other retaining mechanism to achieve this oscillating impact process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2014
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: INNOVATIVE ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Mark A. Wollen
  • DETAILED MAP FORMAT FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING
    Publication number: 20150316386
    Abstract: A computer-readable detailed map format is disclosed. The detailed map format includes a lane segment and one or more border segments. A distance to an edge of the lane segment can be determined at a location along the lane segment by measuring a distance between the location and a portion of the border segment closest to the location. A lane width of the lane segment can be determined at a location along the lane segment by measuring a distance between two of the border segments positioned proximate to and on opposite sides of the lane segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael J. Delp
  • FUNCTIONALIZED POLYMERS CONTAINING POLYAMINE SUCCINIMIDE FOR DEMULSIFICATION IN HYDROCARBON REFINING PROCESSES
    Publication number: 20150315487
    Abstract: A method for treating an emulsion of a hydrocarbon is disclosed. The method includes providing an emulsion of a crude hydrocarbon, and adding an additive to the emulsion to obtain a treated hydrocarbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Mohsen Shahmirzadi YEGANEH, Man Kit NG, Timothy Andrew Barckholtz, Glen Barry Brons, Hong Cheng, Geoff Keiser, Donna J. Crowther, Patrick Brant, David T. Ferrughelli, Clarence Chase, Emmanuel Ulysse, Edward Andrew Lemon
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVING THE PROPERTIES OF PRODUCTS OF A HEAVY FEED STEAM CRACKER
    Publication number: 20150315494
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for improving viscosity of a heavy hydrocarbon product stream such as a vapor-liquid separator drum bottoms stream, a steam cracker tar stream, or a combination thereof by subjecting the stream to cavitation to reduce the viscosity of the product stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Patrick Loring Hanks, Larry Lee Iaccino
  • METHOD FOR PREPARING NOVEL NATURAL OIL BASED HIGH TEMPERATURE ISOCYANURATE CONTAINING POLYURETHANE THERMOSETTING RESINS
    Publication number: 20150315329
    Abstract: Soy-based high temperature products, or thermoset resins, are produced by solvent free polymerization of soy polyols and polyisocyanates at room temperature. The ratio of isocyanate equivalents to polyol equivalent used in the synthesis is greater than or equal to 3. The invented soy-based products are polyisocyanurate solid materials with excellent stability at high temperature. Heat resistance of the material is influenced by ratio of soy polyol and polyisocyanate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: MCPU POLYMER ENGINEERING, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas M. Garrett, Xian Xian Du
  • CENTRIFUGAL GAS COMPRESSOR OR PUMP COMPRISING A TOOTHED RING AND A COWL
    Publication number: 20150316071
    Abstract: A centrifugal gas compressor or pump comprising a body, a wheel rotatably mounted within the body around a wheel axis, the wheel comprising a hub, a set of blades fastened to the hub, the body comprising a diffuser placed on the periphery of the wheel and a fluid intake placed facing the hub, the blades comprising a first edge facing the intake and a second edge facing the diffuser so that a fluid travels from the intake to the diffuser, the second edges being located inside a blade-enveloping cylinder centred on the wheel axis. The wheel comprises a toothed ring fastened to the wheel, which extends radially past the enveloping cylinder to form a diffuser wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: THY ENGINEERING
    Inventors: Stéphan Aubin, Viviane Ciais, Mathieu Roumeas
  • AIR VALVE CONNECTING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150316159
    Abstract: An air valve connecting device or attachment includes a housing having a tilted inner peripheral surface, a sliding member slidably engaged in the housing and having a pathway for receiving a pressurized air, a gripping device having two casing members slidably engaged with the tilted inner peripheral surface of the housing and having a passage formed in the casing members, and an inflation valve engageable into the passage of the casing members for moving the casing members into the housing and for allowing the casing members to be forced toward each other with the tilted inner peripheral surface of the housing and in order to grasp the inflation valve with the casing members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: Beto Engineering & Marketing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Lo Pin WANG
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING LIQUID PRODUCT YIELD OR QUALITY FROM DISTILLATION UNITS
    Publication number: 20150315492
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for improving liquid product quality or yield from atmospheric or vacuum distillation unit by subjecting fractionated streams from such distillation units to hydrodynamic cavitation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Patrick Loring Hanks, Michel DAAGE, Thomas Francis DEGNAN, JR., Kenneth R. GRAZIANI
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FIELD TREATING HEAVY OR OTHERWISE CHALLENGING CRUDE OILS
    Publication number: 20150315478
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for improve the rheological properties of heavy crudes, waxy crudes, dilatant crudes and other crudes possessing challenging transporting properties utilizing hydrodynamic cavitation to crack hydrocarbons in the crude oil and thereby improve the transport properties of such crudes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Patrick Loring Hanks, Michel Daage, Thomas Francis Degnan, JR., Robert Dean Denton
  • SYSTEM AND METHODS OF TRIM DEWAXING DISTILLATE FUELS
    Publication number: 20150315495
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for dewaxing a distillate fuel oil by subjecting an at least partially hydroprocessed distillate fuel oil to cavitation to reduce the pour point, reduce the cloud point, reduce the cold filter plugging point, or a combination thereof of the distillate fuel oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Patrick Loring HANKS, William Ernest LEWIS
  • CARBON DIOXIDE SCRUBBING PROCESS
    Publication number: 20150314235
    Abstract: A cyclic process for separating CO2 from a gas stream by contacting the gas stream at a first temperature and typically at a pressure of at least 30 barg with a CO2 sorbent comprising an ionic liquid containing a potentially nucleophilic carbon atom bearing a relatively acidic hydrogen atom bonded to a potentially nucleophilic carbon atom to sorb CO2 into the solution and regenerating the ionic liquid absorbent by treating the sorbent under conditions including a second, typically higher, temperature, to cause desorption of at least a portion of the CO2 and to regenerate the ionic liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
    Inventors: Pavel Kortunov, Michael Siskin, Eugene R. Thomas, Hans Thomann
  • ATTACHMENT FOR AIR VALVE
    Publication number: 20150316160
    Abstract: An air valve connecting device or attachment includes a housing having a tilted inner peripheral surface, a sliding member slidably engaged in the housing and having a pathway for receiving a pressurized air, a gripping device having two casing members slidably engaged with the tilted inner peripheral surface of the housing and having a passage formed in the casing members, and an inflation valve engageable into the passage of the casing members for moving the casing members into the housing and for allowing the casing members to be forced toward each other with the tilted inner peripheral surface of the housing and in order to grasp the inflation valve with the casing members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: Beto Engineering & Marketing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Lo Pin WANG
  • LIQUEFIED GAS PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR SHIP
    Publication number: 20150316208
    Abstract: Disclosed is a liquefied gas processing system for a ship that includes a storage tank that stores liquefied natural gas, and an engine that uses the liquefied natural gas stored in the storage tank as fuel. The liquefied gas processing system of the present invention comprises: a storage tank that stores liquefied gas; an engine that uses the liquefied gas stored in the storage tank as fuel; and a fuel supply line that can vaporize the liquefied gas and supply the generated gas to the engine as fuel. The engine receives a supply of the fuel gas that is pressurized at a low pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: DAEWOO SHIPBUILDING & MARINE ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Ryu BAE, Gyo Sig CHOO, Jin Kang KIM, Sung Soo KIM
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVING LIQUID YIELDS AND COKE MORPHOLOGY FROM A COKER
    Publication number: 20150315488
    Abstract: Systems and methods of coking are provided that crack feeds and/or products of the coker to improve liquid yields and/or increase the Conradson carbon residue of the hydrocarbon feed to the coker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Patrick Loring HANKS, Brenda A. RAICH