Abstract: A method of treating or remediating contaminated material, such as water or soil, comprises contacting such material with asphaltenes. The asphaltenes are preferably produced as a by-product of petroleum refining and, in particular, a by-product of vacuum residua. An adsorbent material comprising such asphaltenes is also provided.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 21, 2022
Publication date:
November 10, 2022
Applicant:
Well Resources Inc.
Inventors:
Warren CHUNG, Xuebing LI, Pei YU, Mengtao CUI, Quan SHI, Zhiming XU, Suoqi ZHAO, Chunming XU, Keng H. CHUNG
Abstract: A method of treating or remediating contaminated material, such as water or soil, comprises contacting such material with asphaltenes. The asphaltenes are preferably produced as a by-product of petroleum refining and, in particular, a by-product of vacuum residua. An adsorbent material comprising such asphaltenes is also provided.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 6, 2019
Date of Patent:
September 20, 2022
Assignee:
Well Resources Inc.
Inventors:
Warren Chung, Xuebing Li, Pei Yu, Mengtao Cui, Quan Shi, Zhiming Xu, Suoqi Zhao, Chunming Xu, Keng H. Chung
Abstract: A method of treating or remediating contaminated material, such as water or soil, comprises contacting such material with asphaltenes. The asphaltenes are preferably produced as a by-product of petroleum refining and, in particular, a by-product of vacuum residua. An adsorbent material comprising such asphaltenes is also provided.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 6, 2019
Publication date:
August 27, 2020
Applicant:
Well Resources Inc.
Inventors:
Warren CHUNG, Xuebing LI, Pei YU, Mengtao CUI, Quan SHI, Zhiming XU, Suoqi ZHAO, Chunming XU, Keng H. CHUNG
Abstract: There is provided a process of treating a heavy hydrocarbon-comprising material, comprising: contacting a feed material with at least a catalyst material within a contacting zone to effect generation of a total product such that a contacting zone material is disposed within the contacting zone and consists of the catalyst material and a feed/product-comprising mixture comprising the feed material and the total product, wherein the feed/product-comprising mixture includes a Conradson carbon residue content of at least 12 weight percent, based on the total weight of the feed/product-comprising mixture, and also includes an asphaltene content of less than two (2) weight percent, based on the total weight of the feed/product-comprising mixture, and wherein the feed material includes deasphalted heavy hydrocarbon-comprising material.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 26, 2016
Date of Patent:
March 27, 2018
Assignee:
WELL RESOURCES INC.
Inventors:
Suoqi Zhao, Qiang Wei, Chunming Xu, Zhiming Xu, Xuewen Sun, Keng H. Chung