Patents Assigned to King Fahd University of Pertroleum & Minerals
  • Publication number: 20170217852
    Abstract: A catalyst system and a process for methanol to light olefin conversion with enhanced selectivity towards propylene. The catalyst system comprises a honeycomb monolith catalyst support coated with aluminosilicate nanozeolite catalysts on the edges and inside the channels of the support structure. The aluminosilicate nanozeolite catalysts have not been pre-modified with a promoter metal. The catalyst system gives higher hydrothermal stability to the catalyst compared to randomly packed pellet catalysts and allows methanol to be converted to predominantly propylene at a low temperature, with decreased selectivity towards C2, higher olefins and paraffinic hydrocarbons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PERTROLEUM AND MINERALS
    Inventors: Mohammad Ashraf ALI, Shakeel AHMED
  • Patent number: 8927451
    Abstract: Compositions and processes for their use as additives for reducing the sulfur content of FCC gasoline employ a support material montmorillonite clay material. A fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) mixture, therefore, is provided comprising an FCC catalyst and separate particles of sulfur reduction additive consisting of porous montmorillonite clay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, King Fahd University of Pertroleum & Minerals
    Inventors: Abdennour Bourane, Omer Refa Koseoglu, Musaed Salem Al-Ghrami, Christopher F. Dean, Mohammed Abdul Bari Siddiqui, Shakeel Ahmed
  • Patent number: 8438116
    Abstract: Digital cash token protocols employ two pairs of private and public keys. Each public key is certified separately and the protocols do not use any blind signature schemes. As a result, the digital cash token protocols provide strong protection of user privacy by using two certified public keys instead of a blind signature. One pair of certified keys consists of one master user private key and one master user public key. A second pair of certified keys consists of one pseudonym user private key and one pseudonym user public key. The use of a master key pair and a pseudonym key pair circumvents the need for blind signatures. As a result, the proposed protocols do not require blind signatures and do not add additional overhead and security requirements necessitated by conventional blind signature schemes. The protocols use public key protocols and digital signatures and symmetric key protocols, which may be readily implemented in standard information security based systems based on cryptographic constructs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: King Fahd University of Pertroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: Ahmed Ibrahim Al-Herz, Mohammad K Ibrahim
  • Patent number: 8194799
    Abstract: The cyclic prefix-based enhanced data recovery method retains the cyclic prefix (CP) upon reception and routes the CP to a data detection module to enhance the operation of the orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) receiver whether operating in the blind, semi-blind, training, or perfectly known channel modes. Processing of the OFDM symbol and the CP is performed in the data detector and obtains data recovery by computing a maximum likelihood estimation based on the CP and the OFDM symbols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: King Fahd University of Pertroleum & Minerals
    Inventors: Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri, Ahmed Abdul Quadeer