Patents Assigned to University of Petroleum
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Patent number: 12186708Abstract: A multi-stage sweeping gas membrane distillation (MS-SGMD) system and a method of use are provided. The MS-SGMD includes a plurality of modules, wherein each module includes a feed chamber fluidically coupled to a feed line and a carrier gas line, wherein the feed line introduces a liquid feed into the feed chamber from a liquid feed tank, and wherein the carrier gas line introduces a carrier gas into the feed chamber. Each module includes a sweeping gas chamber fluidically coupled to a sweeping gas line and a sweeping gas return line, wherein a sweeping gas is passed through the sweeping gas chamber. Each module further includes a membrane separating the feed chamber from the sweeping gas chamber, wherein the membrane allows transportation of vapor from the feed chamber to the sweeping gas chamber while blocking liquid from moving from the feed chamber to the sweeping gas chamber.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2022Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, King Fahd University of Petroleum & MineralsInventors: Dahiru Umar Lawal, Turki Nabieh Baroud, Hasan Al Abdulgader
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Patent number: 12186736Abstract: A polymer/activated carbon composite made up of a branched polyethylenimine and magnetic cores involving Fe3O4 disposed activated carbon. The magnetic cores have activated carbonyl groups on the surface. A process for removing organic dyes, such as methyl red, as well as heavy metal ions from a polluted aqueous solution or an industrial wastewater utilizing the composite is introduced. A method of synthesizing the polymer/activated carbon composites is also specified.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2024Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsInventors: Tawfik Abdo Saleh Awadh, Akram Abdulhakeem Al-Absi
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Patent number: 12186735Abstract: A polymer/activated carbon composite made up of a branched polyethylenimine and magnetic cores involving Fe3O4 disposed activated carbon. The magnetic cores have activated carbonyl groups on the surface. A process for removing organic dyes, such as methyl red, as well as heavy metal ions from a polluted aqueous solution or an industrial wastewater utilizing the composite is introduced. A method of synthesizing the polymer/activated carbon composites is also specified.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2024Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsInventors: Tawfik Abdo Saleh Awadh, Akram Abdulhakeem Al-Absi
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Patent number: 12186734Abstract: A polymer/activated carbon composite made up of a branched polyethylenimine and magnetic cores involving Fe3O4 disposed activated carbon. The magnetic cores have activated carbonyl groups on the surface. A process for removing organic dyes, such as methyl red, as well as heavy metal ions from a polluted aqueous solution or an industrial wastewater utilizing the composite is introduced. A method of synthesizing the polymer/activated carbon composites is also specified.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2024Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsInventors: Tawfik Abdo Saleh Awadh, Akram Abdulhakeem Al-Absi
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Patent number: 12179174Abstract: A polymer/activated carbon composite made up of a branched polyethylenimine and magnetic cores involving Fe3O4 disposed activated carbon. The magnetic cores have activated carbonyl groups on the surface. A process for removing organic dyes, such as methyl red, as well as heavy metal ions from a polluted aqueous solution or an industrial wastewater utilizing the composite is introduced. A method of synthesizing the polymer/activated carbon composites is also specified.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2022Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsInventors: Tawfik Abdo Saleh Awadh, Akram Abdulhakeem Al-Absi
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Publication number: 20240416329Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods of forming a zeolite composition, the method comprising calcining one or more clay mineral compositions to form metakaolin, wherein the one or more clay mineral compositions may comprise greater than or equal to 10 wt. % halloysite, forming a slurry by combining at least the metakaolin, a shape selective zeolite, a basic compound, silica particles, and a templating agent, hydrothermally treating the slurry to form a hydrothermal product, calcining the hydrothermal product to form a zeolite product, combining the zeolite product and at least one metal precursor, wherein the at least one metal precursor may comprise a manganese precursor, a phosphorous precursor, or both a manganese precursor and a phosphorous precursor to form a zeolite composition comprising manganese, phosphorus, or both manganese and phosphorous.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2024Publication date: December 19, 2024Applicants: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsInventors: Aaron Chi Akah, Rabindran Jermy, Ziyauddin S. Qureshi, Abdullah M. Aitani, M. Abdulbari Siddiqui
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Publication number: 20240417268Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods of forming a ZSM-5 zeolite, the method comprising calcining one or more clay mineral compositions to form metakaolin, wherein the one or more clay mineral compositions may comprise greater than or equal to 10 wt. % halloysite; forming a slurry by combining at least the metakaolin, ZSM-5 zeolite seeds, a basic compound, and a silica source; hydrothermally treating the slurry to form a hydrothermal product; and calcining the hydrothermal product to form a ZSM-5 zeolite. This disclosure also relates processes of cracking a hydrocarbon feed comprising contacting the hydrocarbon feed with steam in the presence of a cracking catalyst comprising the ZSM-5 zeolite in a reactor under reaction conditions sufficient to cause at least a portion of the hydrocarbon feed to undergo one or more cracking reactions to produce a cracking effluent comprising light olefins, light aromatic compounds, or both.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2023Publication date: December 19, 2024Applicants: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsInventors: Aaron Akah, Rabindran Jermy, Abdullah Aitani, Mohammed A.B. Siddiqui, Musaed Al-Ghrami
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Publication number: 20240408577Abstract: A polymer/activated carbon composite made up of a branched polyethylenimine and magnetic cores involving Fe3O4 disposed activated carbon. The magnetic cores have activated carbonyl groups on the surface. A process for removing organic dyes, such as methyl red, as well as heavy metal ions from a polluted aqueous solution or an industrial wastewater utilizing the composite is introduced. A method of synthesizing the polymer/activated carbon composites is also specified.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2024Publication date: December 12, 2024Applicant: King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsInventors: Tawfik Abdo Saleh AWADH, Akram Abdulhakeem AL-ABSI
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Publication number: 20240408576Abstract: A polymer/activated carbon composite made up of a branched polyethylenimine and magnetic cores involving Fe3O4 disposed activated carbon. The magnetic cores have activated carbonyl groups on the surface. A process for removing organic dyes, such as methyl red, as well as heavy metal ions from a polluted aqueous solution or an industrial wastewater utilizing the composite is introduced. A method of synthesizing the polymer/activated carbon composites is also specified.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2024Publication date: December 12, 2024Applicant: King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsInventors: Tawfik Abdo Saleh AWADH, Akram Abdulhakeem AL-ABSI
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Publication number: 20240408575Abstract: A polymer/activated carbon composite made up of a branched polyethylenimine and magnetic cores involving Fe3O4 disposed activated carbon. The magnetic cores have activated carbonyl groups on the surface. A process for removing organic dyes, such as methyl red, as well as heavy metal ions from a polluted aqueous solution or an industrial wastewater utilizing the composite is introduced. A method of synthesizing the polymer/activated carbon composites is also specified.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2024Publication date: December 12, 2024Applicant: King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsInventors: Tawfik Abdo Saleh AWADH, Akram Abdulhakeem AL-ABSI
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Patent number: 12163006Abstract: The disclosure relates to compositions containing alumina nanoparticles. Each alumina nanoparticle is covalently bonded to polyurethane and two different functional groups. One of the functional groups contains a fluorocarbon. The other functional group is capable of undergoing protonation. The wettability of the compositions can be altered by changes in pH. The disclosure also provides methods for synthesizing the compositions and using the compositions in oil-water separation applications.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2022Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, King Fahd University of Petroleum & MineralsInventors: Tawfik A. Saleh, Elaf A. Ahmed, Hasan Al Abdulgader
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Patent number: 12157854Abstract: A drilling fluid composition includes an aqueous base fluid, 0.01 to 10 wt. % of a date palm leaves extract (DPLE), 1 to 10 wt. % of clay particles, and 0.01 to 1 wt. % of a base, where each wt. % based on a total weight of the drilling fluid composition. The DPLE is homogenously disposed on surfaces of the clay particles. The clay particles disposed with the DPLE are present in the drilling fluid composition in the form of a composite. A pellet made from the clay particles treated with the DPLE has a swelling value at least 75% less than a swelling value of the pellet in an aqueous composition that does not contain the DLPE. A method of making the drilling fluid composition.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2024Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsInventors: Tawfik Abdo Saleh, Azeem Rana, Mobeen Murtaza, Muhammad Shahzad Kamal, Mohamed Mahmoud
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Patent number: 12139660Abstract: A method, wellbore, and pill for treating a region of a subterranean formation adjacent a wellbore zone of the wellbore, including injecting a gellable treatment composition (e.g., as the pill) through the wellbore zone into the region of the subterranean formation adjacent the wellbore zone, allowing the gellable treatment composition to form nanoparticles in-situ in the region and gel in the region via heat provided by the region to prevent or reduce flow of an unwanted fluid from the region into the wellbore zone. The gellable treatment composition may include a zwitterionic gemini surfactant (ZGS).Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2023Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, King Fahd University of Petroleum & MineralsInventors: Rajendra Arunkumar Kalgaonkar, Eyad Alali, Mohammed A. Bataweel, Nisar Ullah, Muhammad Mansha
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Publication number: 20240368483Abstract: A demulsifying agent may comprise the structure R1 may be a hydrocarbyl group or heterohydrocarbyl group comprising from 1 to 20 carbon atoms. m may be from 2 to 10, n may be from 5 to 20, and p may be from 2 to 15. R2 may comprise a residue of propylene oxide. R3 may comprise a residue of glycidol. Embodiments of the present disclosure may further comprise methods of making the demulsifying agent and methods of using the demulsifying agent to demulsify a hydrocarbon emulsion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2023Publication date: November 7, 2024Applicants: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsInventors: Manal Al-Eid, Laila S. Alsaihati, Donya A. Alsewdan, Rashed Mohammad Aleisa, Muhammad Imran Ulhaq, Shaikh Asrof Ali
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Publication number: 20240360370Abstract: A process for converting a hydrocarbon feed includes contacting a hydrocarbon feed with steam in the presence of a cracking catalyst under steam enhanced catalytic cracking conditions. The contacting the hydrocarbon feed with the steam in the presence of the cracking catalyst causes at least a portion of the hydrocarbon feed to undergo steam catalytic cracking reactions to produce a cracked effluent comprising C2 to C4 olefins, C6 to C10 aromatic compounds, or both. The cracking catalyst is a nanoparticle. The nanoparticle has a core and a shell. The core includes at least one zeolite particle, where the at least one zeolite particle includes ZSM-5 zeolites, Beta zeolites, Y-zeolites, or combinations of these zeolites. The shell is mesoporous and incudes silica (SiO2), alumina (Al2O3), or silica and alumina.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2023Publication date: October 31, 2024Applicants: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsInventors: Aaron Chi Akah, Ziyauddin Qureshi, Abdullah Mohammed Aitani, Mohammed Abdul Bari Siddiqui, Musaed Salem Al-Ghrami, Mansour Ali Al-Herz, Qi Xu, Abdulkadir Tanimu
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Patent number: 12128351Abstract: Skid-mounted flue gas injection equipment and method with an adjustable CO2 enrichment degree are disclosed, and belongs to the technical field of experimental devices for oil and gas field development engineering. As for the equipment of the present disclosure, it is of a skid-mounted structure, is compact in structure, modular, easy to install, and highly mobile, can be applied to remote regions of overland deserts and narrow spaces on offshore platforms, has very high flexibility in operation and maintenance, and in most cases requires lower capital costs and lower energy consumption. As for a membrane separation unit of the present disclosure, a corresponding permeable gas storage tank is designed for each stage of membrane separator. Moreover, the membrane separation unit is further provided with a retained gas storage tank, and the retained gas storage tank and each stage of permeable gas storage tank are each provided with an injection port.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2024Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: China University of PetroleumInventors: Chao Zhang, Pengfei Li, Zhaomin Li, Hong Cheng, Binfei Li, Zihan Gu, Chao Yu, Dexin Zhang
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Patent number: 12129432Abstract: A functionalized molybdenum disulfide nanosheet and its preparation method and application, where the preparation method includes steps below: mixing a solvent, 1 part by weight of lipoic acid and 5-10 parts by weight of a first compound for 2-4 h to obtain a mixture; adding 0.05-0.1 parts by weight of 1-hydroxybenzotriazole into the mixture, mixing for 24-48 h, and drying to obtain an intermediate product; performing ultrasonic treatment or heat treatment on a raw material-solution system to obtain a functionalized molybdenum disulfide nanosheet, where the raw material-solution system includes 5-10 parts by weight of the molybdenum disulfide nanosheet, 1 part by weight of the intermediate product and saline water, the first compound contains an ethylene oxide group and an alkylamine chain, the number of carbon atoms in the alkylamine chain is 12-18, and the number of the ethylene oxide group is 2-15.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2023Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: China University of Petroleum-BeijingInventors: Jirui Hou, Infant Raj, Yuchen Wen, Zhuo Lu, Lixiao Xiao
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Patent number: 12130221Abstract: An infinitely expandable modular visual device for simulation of flow in porous media, including a simulation component, a fluid conveying component, and an image acquisition component; the simulation component includes a plurality of simulation units forming at least one layer of simulation unit array, the simulation unit includes a mounting base and a microscopic visualization model including a chip cover and a chip carrier having a porous media region and covered by the chip cover; the mounting bases of respective simulation units are connected to each other, the porous media regions of adjacent simulation units are communicated with each other; the fluid conveying component includes an injection-production pipeline communicated with the simulation units and configured to introduce the simulation fluid into the porous media region; the image acquisition component includes an image sensor facing the simulation unit for acquiring images of fluid flow in porous media.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2024Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: China University Of Petroleum—BeijingInventors: Qichao Lv, Longxuan Li, Tongke Zhou, Honglei Zhan, Wei Wang, Rong Zheng, Xinshu Guo, Abdolhossein Hemmati-Sarapardeh, Jiayang Luo
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Publication number: 20240352339Abstract: A method of preparing a cracking catalyst includes converting one or more clay mineral compositions to metakaolin; synthesizing an intermediate ZSM-5 zeolite from the metakaolin, a silica source, and ZSM-5 zeolite seeds; and forming a cracking catalyst comprising a hierarchical mesoporous ZSM-5 zeolite through disintegration and recrystallization of the intermediate ZSM-5 zeolite. A cracking catalyst for steam enhanced catalytic cracking of hydrocarbons includes a hierarchical mesoporous ZSM-5 zeolite impregnated with manganese, zirconium, or manganese and zirconium, where the cracking catalyst has a mesopore volume of at least 0.30 cubic centimeters per gram (cm3/g). A process for upgrading crude oil through steam enhanced catalytic cracking includes contacting the crude oil with steam in the presence of a cracking catalyst, where the cracking catalyst comprises a hierarchical mesoporous ZSM-5 zeolite impregnated with manganese, zirconium, or both manganese and zirconium.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2023Publication date: October 24, 2024Applicants: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsInventors: Aaron Chi Akah, Musaed Salem Al-Ghrami, Rabindran Jermy, Abdullah Aitani, Mohammed A.B. Siddiqui
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Publication number: 20240346214Abstract: The present disclosure describes a method for predicting flow and heat transfer performance of all flow patterns in a crude oil heat exchanger, including: constructing an all-flow-pattern oil-water two-phase flow prediction model; inputting parameters of a to-be-tested fluid to the all-flow-pattern oil-water two-phase flow prediction model, and determining a dispersed phase of the to-be-tested fluid with an oil-water phase inversion model, according to the dispersed phase of the to-be-tested fluid is a water phase or an oil phase, solving a water drop or an oil drop distribution based fully coupled population balance model (PBM) until convergence to obtain a first result or a second result, determine a flow pattern of the to-be-tested fluid, and flow and heat transfer associated parameters according to the first result or the second result; determining an overall heat transfer coefficient of a heat exchanger.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2023Publication date: October 17, 2024Applicant: China University of Petroleum (East China)Inventors: Xinyue Duan, Manrui Xu, Liang Gong, Chuanyong Zhu, Binghuan Huang, Yuling Lv, Minghai Xu