Patents Examined by Aaron W Pierpont
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Patent number: 10370596Abstract: A method for producing an alternative gasoline fuel which contains 60% v/v or more of a combination of (a) a biologically-derived alcohol and (b) a mixture of C4 to C12 hydrocarbon fuel components, all of which hydrocarbon fuel components have been derived, whether directly or indirectly, from the catalytic conversion of a non-petroleum or biologically-derived oxygenate component, wherein the concentration of the alcohol (a) in the formulation is from 0.1 to 30% v/v.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2016Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: Virent, Inc.Inventors: Paul Blommel, Richard Price
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Patent number: 10370601Abstract: Methods of separating and purifying products from the catalytic fast pyrolysis of biomass are described. In a preferred method, a portion of the products from a pyrolysis reactor are recovered and purified using a hydrotreating step that reduces the content of sulfur, nitrogen, and oxygen components, and hydrogenates olefins to produce aromatic products that meet commercial quality specifications.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2015Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: Anellotech, Inc.Inventors: Charles M. Sorensen, Jr., Ruozhi Song, Terry J. Mazanec
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Patent number: 10369556Abstract: An integrated process for gasoline production is described. The process includes introducing a feed comprising n-C5 hydrocarbons into a disproportionation reaction zone in the presence of a disproportionation catalyst to form a disproportionation mixture comprising iso-C4 and C6+ disproportionation products and unreacted n-C5 hydrocarbons. An iso-C4 hydrocarbon stream and an olefin feed are introduced into an alkylation reaction zone in the presence of an alkylation catalyst to produce an alkylation mixture comprising alkylate and unreacted iso-C4 paraffins. The disproportionation mixture and the alkylation mixture are combined, and the combined mixture is separated into at least a stream comprising the alkylate product, an iso-C4 stream, and an unreacted n-C5 hydrocarbon stream. The iso-C4 stream is recycled to the alkylation reaction zone, and the unreacted n-C5 hydrocarbon stream is recycled to the disproportionation reaction zone. The stream comprising the alkylate product is recovered.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2014Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: UOP LLCInventors: Tom N. Kalnes, Stuart Smith, Douglas A. Nafis, Alakananda Bhattacharyya, Bryan K. Glover, Susie C. Martins
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Patent number: 10364396Abstract: The present disclosure relates to thermal conversion of ketoacids, including methods for increasing the molecular weight of ketoacids, the method including the steps of providing in a reactor a feedstock comprising at least one ketoacid. The feedstock is then subjected to one or more C-C-coupling reaction(s) by heating the feedstock to temperature of 200-500° C. in the absence of a catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2016Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: NESTE OYJInventors: Jukka Myllyoja, Rami Piilola
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Patent number: 10344226Abstract: A process for preparing olefinic products by thermal steam cracking of a first furnace feed composed of hydrocarbons in at least one first cracking furnace and of a second furnace feed composed of hydrocarbons in at least one second cracking furnace. The first furnace feed is at least partly converted into a first product stream in the first cracking furnace and the second furnace feed is at least partly converted into a second product stream in the second cracking furnace. A first pyrolysis oil is isolated from the first product stream and is at least partly treated chemically. The first pyrolysis oil is at least partly recirculated as furnace feed from downstream of the chemical treatment to the first cracking furnace. The first cracking furnace and the second cracking furnace are operated under different cracking conditions.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2013Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: LINDE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Gunther Schmidt, Boris Banovsky, Stefanie Walter
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Patent number: 10343153Abstract: A method is provided of forming an olefin from a first olefin and a second olefin in a metathesis reaction, comprising reacting the first olefin with the second olefin in the presence of a compound that catalyzes the metathesis reaction such that the molar ratio of the compound to the first or the second olefin is from 1:500 or less, and the conversion of the first or the second olefin to the olefin is at least 30%.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2014Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: XiMo AGInventors: Levente Ondi, Jeno Varga, Agota Bucsai, Florian Toth, Krisztian Lorincz, Csaba Hegedus, Emmanuel Robe, Georg Emil Frater
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Patent number: 10344106Abstract: Disclosed herein are dual catalyst compositions containing an unbridged metallocene compound, a bridged metallocene compound, a chemically-treated solid oxide, and an optional co-catalyst. These catalyst compositions can be used for the oligomerization of propylene to produce an oligomer product. For example, a heavy propylene oligomer can be recovered from the oligomer product, and the heavy propylene oligomer can be characterized by a high flash point and viscosity index, and a low pour point.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2018Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LPInventors: Graham R. Lief, Uriah J. Kilgore, Eric J. Haschke
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Patent number: 10329211Abstract: Methods for the oligomerization of ethylene, and more specifically, methods for the preparation of mainly ethylene oligomers of C10 or higher are described. A method can include performing a first oligomerization of an ethylene gas using a Ni-containing mesoporous catalyst, followed by a second oligomerization using an ion exchange resin, etc. to produce ethylene oligomers of C10 or higher. The method for the preparation of ethylene oligomers can produce C8-16 ethylene oligomers in high yield without inducing deactivation of the catalyst, compared to the conventional technology of ethylene oligomerization by a one-step process.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2017Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGYInventors: Dong Won Hwang, Ho Jeong Chae, MaEum Lee, Ji Sun Yoon
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Patent number: 10329225Abstract: Processes and multiple-stage catalyst systems are disclosed for producing propylene from butene by at least partially metathesizing butene in a metathesizing reaction zone having a metathesis catalyst to form a metathesis reaction product and at least partially cracking the metathesis reaction product in a cracking reaction zone having a cracking catalyst to form a cracking reaction product that includes propylene. The metathesis catalyst may be a mesoporous silica-alumina catalyst support impregnated with metal oxide having a mesoporous silica-alumina catalyst support comprising from 5 weight percent to 50 weight percent alumina. The cracking catalyst may be a MFI structured silica-containing catalyst. The cracking reaction zone may be downstream of the metathesis reaction zone.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2018Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Munir D. Khokhar, Faisal H. Alshafei, Noor A. Sulais, Sohel K. Shaikh, Raed H. Abudawoud
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Patent number: 10322981Abstract: A substantially zero carbon emission process for making amorphous poly alpha olefins including, converting alkanes to olefin monomers ethylene, propylene, and 1-butene or combinations thereof using renewable electric power in an oxidative-coupling of methane plant including the steps of passing alkanes through an ethylene plant while adding oxygen, passing the first polymerization grade ethylene through a 2-butene plant, passing a first of the two 2-butene streams and one of the polymerization grade ethylene through a propylene plant, and passing a second of the two 2-butene streams through a 1-butene plant. The next step in the process for making amorphous poly alpha olefins includes polymerizing at least one of the polymerization grade alkenes which includes applying a temperature of 130 degrees Fahrenheit to 175 degrees Fahrenheit to at least one of the polymerization grade alkenes and scrubbing at least one boiler stack gases.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2018Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Inventors: Nick Fowler, Deborah Lawrence, Steve McHaney
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Patent number: 10307742Abstract: A beta zeolite catalyst for the preparation of a BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene) mixture from polyaromatic hydrocarbons and a preparation method of the same are disclosed. The beta zeolite catalyst demonstrates high conversion of polyaromatic hydrocarbons and high BTEX production yield by containing optimum contents of the group VIB metals and cocatalysts, so that it can be effectively used as a beta zeolite catalyst for the production of BTEX.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2016Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGYInventors: Jeong-Rang Kim, Soon Yong Jeong, Chul Ung Kim, Tae Wan Kim, Youjin Lee, Eun Sang Kim, Joo Wan Kim
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Patent number: 10301233Abstract: We provide a process, comprising: a. dehydrogenating natural gas liquid to produce a mixture comprising olefins and unconverted paraffins; b. without further purification or modification other than mixing with an isoparaffin, sending the mixture to a single alkylation reactor; c. alkylating the olefins with the isoparaffin, using an ionic liquid catalyst, to produce one or more alkylate products; and d. distilling the one or more alkylate products and collecting a bottoms distillation fraction that is a middle distillate blending component having a sulfur level of 50 wppm or less and a Bromine number less than 1.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2017Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.Inventors: Hye-Kyung Cho Timken, Kenneth John Peinado, Bong-Kyu Chang
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Patent number: 10301553Abstract: Uses of aryl sulfonium salts for lowering sulfide concentrations and for preventing growth of microbes in a water injection system, a hydrocarbon extraction system, or a hydrocarbon production system are disclosed. Treating oilfield injection and produced fluids containing high levels of microbes with aryl sulfonium salts can significantly decrease the amount of hydrogen sulfide produced, which can be used to measure sulfidogenesis. The treatment can also decrease the number of active microbes in the injection and produced fluids. Thus, these aryl sulfonium salts can be effectively used as inhibitors of hydrogen sulfide generation and as biocides in oilfield fluids.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2017Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.Inventors: Brett Geissler, Ashish Dhawan
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Patent number: 10294439Abstract: Provided herein are olefinic feedstocks derived from conjugated hydrocarbon terpenes (e.g., C10-C30 terpenes), methods for making the same, and methods for their use.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2012Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: AMYRIS, INC.Inventors: Nicholas Ohler, Karl Fisher, Jin Ki Hong
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Patent number: 10280370Abstract: A one-pot liquefaction process for biomass is presented. The one-pot liquefaction process for biomass comprises the following steps: preparing a slurry containing a catalyst, a vulcanizing agent and a biomass, and introducing hydrogen into the slurry to carry out a reaction, thereby obtaining a bio-oil wherein the reaction is controlled to be carried out under a pressure of 13-25 MPa and a temperature of 300-500° C.; and the catalyst comprises amorphous alumina or biomass charcoal loading an active component, and the active component comprises one or more selected from oxides of metals of group VIB, group VIIB or group VIII in the periodic table of elements. The process provided by the present invention has high reaction efficiency, no coke formation and high liquid yield.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2017Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: Beijing Huashi United Energy Technology and Development Co., LtdInventors: Ke Lin, Lin Li, Lixin Guo, Yongjun Cui, Lilong Jiang
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Patent number: 10272359Abstract: A process is presented for the removal or aromatics from a hydrocarbon stream. The hydrocarbon stream is generated by a dehydrogenation process that generates aromatics. The process includes a two contact cooler system with the first and second contact coolers using different coolants. The second coolant is a non-aromatic hydrocarbon coolant that will absorb aromatics.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2017Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: UOP LLCInventors: Gregory J. Nedohin, Mike Banach, David N. Myers
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Patent number: 10266774Abstract: There is provided a process and systems for producing fuels via pyrolysis of carbonaceous feedstock under pressure and temperature in an efficient manner using a circulating fluidized bed with catalyst(s). The pressure and temperature are selected to provoke supercritical conditions, and pyrolysis, hydropyrolysis, hydrotreating, and optionally reforming treatment of the carbonaceous feedstock is carried out simultaneously in one reactor on a recirculating fluidized bed containing catalysts.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2014Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Eloy Flores, III, Monica R. Medrano, Hsiang Y. Lai, Michael P. Hartmann
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Patent number: 10240093Abstract: A method having the following steps: subjecting plastic waste material to a thermal pre-treatment in order to produce a liquid plastic mass, wherein the thermal pre-treatment of the plastic material is carried out in an inert gas atmosphere at a temperature that varies between 110° C. and 310° C.; simultaneously feeding the liquid plastic mass to a reaction apparatus; bringing the plastic mass into contact with a bed of particles of inorganic porous material contained inside the reaction apparatus at a temperature of between 300° and 600° C.; inducing thermocatalytic decomposition reactions at a temperature of between 300 and 600° C. in order to generate a mixture of hydrocarbons in a vapor phase; and separating the hydrocarbons from the vapor phase current generated inside the reaction means in order to produce a liquid mixture of hydrocarbons.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2013Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: NEWPEK S.A. DE C.V.Inventors: Luis Noreña Franco, Julia Aguilar Pliego, Mirella Gutiérrez Arzaluz, Maricela Sánchez Sánchez, Luis Alberto Villareal Cárdenas, Andrés Rosas Camacho, Arturo Cisneros Farías, Enrique Saldivar Guerra, Ivan Alejandro De La Peña Mireles, José Ramiro Infante Martínez
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Patent number: 10239044Abstract: A separation medium consisting of a cyclodextrin metal-organic framework (CD-MOF) for separating aromatic compounds and methods of preparing the same are presented. Bottom-up preparations include the following steps: (a) preparing a first mixture comprising a cyclodextrin, an alkali metal salt, water and an alcohol; (b) performing one of the following two steps: (i) stirring the first mixture; or (ii) adding an amount of a surfactant to the first mixture to form a second mixture; and (c) crystallizing the CD-MOF from the first mixture or the second mixture. Top-down preparations include the following steps: (a) preparing a first mixture comprising the cyclodextrin, an alkali metal salt, water and an alcohol; (b) crystallizing the CD-MOF from the first mixture; and (c) optionally performing particle size reduction of the crystallized CD-MOF. The CD-MOFs are amenable for use in methods for separating alkylaromatic and haloaromatic compounds from a mixture of hydrocarbons.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2015Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignees: Northwestern University, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST)Inventors: James M. Holcroft, Karel J. Hartlieb, James Fraser Stoddart
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Patent number: 10227268Abstract: Methods for oxidative coupling of methane using metal oxide catalysts and a sulfur oxidant.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2016Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: Northwestern UniversityInventors: Tobin J. Marks, Matthias Peter