Patents Assigned to WM GTL, Inc.
  • Low-pressure Fischer-Tropsch process
    Patent number: 8053481
    Abstract: A Fischer-Tropsch process for producing diesel fuel or diesel blending stock with a high cetane number, in a concentration of 65-90 wt % at pressures below 200 psia, using a cobalt catalyst with a rhenium and/or ruthenium promoter. The catalyst is a cobalt catalyst with crystallites having an average diameter greater than 16 nanometers, and the resulting hydrocarbon product after a rough flash, contains less than 10 wt % waxes (>C23).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: WM GTL, Inc.
    Inventor: Conrad Ayasse