Patents Examined by In Suk Bullock
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Patent number: 9260358Abstract: The invention describes a process for oligomerization of the olefins into compounds or into a mixture of compounds of general formula CpH2p with 4?p?80 that implements a catalytic composition that comprises at least one organometallic complex of an element of group IV that is selected from among titanium, zirconium, or hafnium, whereby said organometallic complex contains at least one aryloxy-type (or phenyloxy-type) ligand that is functionalized by a heteroatom that is selected from among nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus or sulfur or by an aromatic group.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2008Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: IFP Energies NouvellesInventors: Jean-Benoit Cazaux, Lionel Magna, Lucien Saussine
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Patent number: 9260670Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the selective hydrogenation of diolefins and sulfur compounds that are contained in a pyrolysis gasoline feedstream. The process includes utilizing a single hydrotreating reaction stage by introducing the pyrolysis gasoline feedstock that includes a diolefin concentration and an organic sulfur concentration into a reactor that is loaded with a high activity hydrotreating catalyst and which is operated under selective hydrogenation conditions. A reactor effluent having a reduced diolefin concentration and a reduced organic sulfur concentration is yielded from the reactor and is separated into a portion that is recycled as a reactor feed. The remaining portion of the reactor effluent is passed downstream for further processing or handling.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2010Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: Shell Oil CompanyInventors: Dane Clark Grenoble, Paul Benjerman Himelfarb, Michael Norris Treybig, Brian Scott Vanderwilp
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Patent number: 9255227Abstract: Process for the synthesis of hydrocarbon constituents of gasoline comprising catalytic conversion in a gasoline synthesis step of an oxygenate-containing feed comprising methanol and/or dimethyl ether and a mixture of at least on a total oxygenate basis 0.05 wt % C3+ higher alcohols and/or their oxygenate equivalents to hydrocarbon constituents of gasoline.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2007Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Assignee: Haldor Topsoe A/SInventors: Finn Joensen, Poul Erik Højlund Nielsen, Niels Christian Schiødt, Ton V. W. Janssens, Bodil Voss
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Patent number: 9254486Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide micro-fluidic systems and devices for use in performing various diagnostic and analytical tests. According to one embodiment, the micro-fluidic device includes a sample chamber for receiving a sample, and a reaction chamber for performing a chemical reaction. A bubble jet pump is structured on the device to control delivery of a fluid from the sample chamber to the reaction chamber. The pump is fluidically coupled to one or more chambers of the device using a fluidic channel such as a capillary. A valve may be coupled to one or more chambers to control flow into and out of those chambers. Also, a sensor may be positioned in one or more of the chambers, such as the reactant chamber, for sensing a property of the fluid within the chamber as well as the presence of a chemical within the chamber.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2015Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Assignee: InCube Labs, LLCInventor: Mir A. Imran
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Patent number: 9255229Abstract: The invention concerns a process for hydroconversion of a hydrocarbonaceous feedstock comprising: a preparation step of at least one catalyst in one or more preparation reactor upstream from a reaction section, wherein (i) at least one preparation reactor feeds one or more reactor of the reaction section, or (ii) preparation reactors are dedicated for catalysts fed to at least a hydroconversion reactor or at least a hydrotreatment reactor of the reaction section; a separation step of solids contained in the liquid effluents issued from the reaction section, a treatment step of residues issued from separation section, comprising a partial oxidation step wherein said residues are partially oxidized to produce carbon monoxide, hydrogen an a metal containing residue. Such process permits improving of products quality, operation of the separation section, recovering of catalytic metals contained in the feed and supplying hydrogen to the reaction section.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2011Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Assignee: TOTAL RAFFINAGE MARKETINGInventors: Didier Borremans, Maxime Lacroix, Katell Le Lannic-Dromard, Marie Ropars, Gloria Vendrell
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Patent number: 9254461Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for liquid hydrocarbon fuel production, hydrocarbon chemical production, and aerosol capture are provided. For example, a carbon-oxygen-hydrogen (C—O—H) compound may be heated to a temperature of at least 800 degrees Celsius such that the C—O—H compound reacts through a non-oxidation reaction to generate at least a hydrocarbon compound that may be at least a component of a liquid hydrocarbon fuel or a hydrocarbon chemical. The liquid hydrocarbon fuel may be a liquid when at a temperature of 20 degrees Celsius. The C—O—H compound may include biomass. In some cases, the hydrocarbon compound produced through the non-oxidation reaction includes a hydrocarbon aerosol form as the hydrocarbon compound at least as it is produced or cools. Some embodiments include aerosol capture methods, systems, and devices, which may include passing a hydrocarbon aerosol form through a material in a liquid phase in order to gather the aerosol material.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2015Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Assignee: Proton Power, Inc.Inventors: Samuel C. Weaver, Daniel L. Hensley, Samuel P. Weaver, Daniel C. Weaver, Lee S. Smith
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Patent number: 9255307Abstract: A tantalum-material multilevel distillation crucible; the distillation crucible comprises a crucible body (1), an insulation plate (2), and a receiving hood (3); the insulation plate (2) is sheathed in the upper part of the crucible body (1), and the receiving cover is disposed on top of the crucible body (1) and above the insulation plate (2); the crucible body (1) is made of tantalum in a horn-shaped circular truncated cone increasing in size from top to bottom; and the insulation plate (2) is made of a high-temperature resistant refractory material with good insulation performance, characterized by: the insulation plate (2) comprises of a plurality of insulation plates that can be stacked and used (2); and a heating unit (6) provided with a plurality of pads (5) that can be stacked and used at the bottom of the crucible.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2012Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Assignee: Jiangxi Rare Earth and Rare Metals Tungsten Group Holding Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ping Yuan, Limin Tao, Qiuhua Xu
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Patent number: 9249357Abstract: A volatile matter sharing system includes a first stamp-charged coke oven, a second stamp-charged coke oven, a tunnel fluidly connecting the first stamp-charged coke oven to the second stamp-charged coke oven, and a control valve positioned in the tunnel for controlling fluid flow between the first stamp-charged coke oven and the second stamp-charged coke oven.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2012Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: SunCoke Technology and Development LLC.Inventors: John F. Quanci, Vince G. Reiling
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Patent number: 9249066Abstract: A dehydration process may include introducing in a reactor an alcohol, and contacting the alcohol with an acidic catalyst to dehydrate the alcohol to make a corresponding olefin. The process may include recovering from the reactor the olefin and water. In the process, an effective amount of a component capable to neutralize a part of the catalyst active site may be introduced. The component may include ammonia, organic ammonium salts, hydrazine, nitriles, amines, amides, imines, di-imines, imides, cyanates, isocyanates, nitrites and nitroso compounds, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic esters, and their corresponding thio-compounds.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2011Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: TOTAL RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY FELUYInventors: Delphine Minoux, Cindy Adam, Nikolai Nesterenko, Sander Van Donk, Jean-Pierre Dath, Walter Vermeiren
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Patent number: 9249065Abstract: A process may include selecting a zeolite, introducing phosphorus (P) to the zeolite, calcining the zeolite and obtaining a P modified zeolite. The process may include contacting an oxygen-containing, halogenide-containing or sulphur-containing organic feedstock in a first reactor with a first catalyst that includes the P-modified zeolite at conditions effective to convert at least a portion of the feedstock to form a first reactor effluent that includes light olefins and a heavy hydrocarbon fraction. The process may include separating the light olefins from the heavy hydrocarbon fraction, and contacting the heavy hydrocarbon fraction in a second reactor with a second catalyst that includes the P-modified zeolite at conditions effective to convert at least a portion of the heavy hydrocarbon fraction to light olefins. The first catalyst and the second catalyst may be the same or different.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2015Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: Fina Technology, Inc.Inventors: Nikolai Nesterenko, Walter Vermeiren, Delphine Minoux, Sander Van Donk
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Patent number: 9242919Abstract: A process to prepare an olefin from its corresponding alcohol is improved by reacting, under reaction conditions including a first temperature, an aliphatic alcohol and, optionally, diluent water, to form a reaction product including at least a dialkyl ether. The product is then reacted again, under higher temperature to complete the dehydration of the dialkyl ether to the desired olefin. This process is particularly suitable to prepare ethene from ethyl alcohol. The stepped temperature scheme serves to reduce the formation of byproduct aldehydes, which in turn reduces coke formation, fouling, and the need to handle large amounts of water, thereby lowering energy and capital costs.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2010Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Mark William Stewart, Howard W. Clark, Duncan Paul Coffey, Lin Luo, Albert E. Schweizer, Jr.
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Patent number: 9242226Abstract: A method and apparatus for dehydrating bio-1-alcohols to bio-1-alkenes with high selectivity. The bio-1-alkenes are useful in preparing high flashpoint diesel and jet biofuels which are useful to civilian and military applications. Furthermore, the bio-1-alkenes may be converted to biolubricants useful in the transportation sector and other areas requiring high purity/thermally stable lubricants.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2012Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: The Government of the United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventor: Michael E. Wright
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Patent number: 9243186Abstract: A coke plant includes multiple coke ovens where each coke oven is adapted to produce exhaust gases, a common tunnel fluidly connected to the plurality of coke ovens and configured to receive the exhaust gases from each of the coke ovens, multiple standard heat recovery steam generators fluidly connected to the common tunnel where the ratio of coke ovens to standard heat recovery steam generators is at least 20:1, and a redundant heat recovery steam generator fluidly connected to the common tunnel where any one of the plurality of standard heat recovery steam generators and the redundant heat recovery steam generator is adapted to receive the exhaust gases from the plurality of ovens and extract heat from the exhaust gases and where the standard heat recovery steam generators and the redundant heat recovery steam generator are all connected in parallel with each other.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2012Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: SunCoke Technology and Development LLC.Inventors: John F. Quanci, Peter U. Chun, Milos J. Kaplarevic, Vince G. Reiling
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Patent number: 9242236Abstract: A catalyst composition comprising on weight basis the following components: a) 30 to 99.5% of at least one intergrowth molecular sieve; b) 0 to 20% of a rare earth element or oxides thereof; c) 0 to 10% of at least one element from Group VA of the Periodic Table or oxides thereof; d) 0 to 10% of at least one element from Group IIIA of the Periodic Table or oxides thereof; e) 0 to 20% of at least one element from Group IB or IIB of the Periodic Table or oxides thereof; f) 0 to 20% of at least one element from Group IA or IIA of the Periodic Table or oxides thereof; and g) 0 to 65% of a binder, wherein the components b), c), d), e) and f) are supported on the component a), and contents of at least two of the components b), c), d), e) and f) are larger than zero, is described. A process for preparing said catalyst composition and a process for the production of olefins via catalytic cracking by using said catalyst composition are also described.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2008Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignees: China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation, Shanghai Research Institute of Petrochemical Technology SinopecInventors: Zaiku Xie, Guangwei Ma, Weimin Yang, Hui Yao, Xiaqin Yang
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Patent number: 9243192Abstract: A method for producing aromatic hydrocarbons by bringing a feedstock derived from a fraction containing a light cycle oil produced in a fluid catalytic cracking into contact with a catalyst containing a crystalline aluminosilicate, wherein the proportion of the naphthene content within the feedstock is adjusted so as to be greater than the proportion of the naphthene content in the fraction containing the light cycle oil, and the contact between the feedstock and the catalyst is performed under a pressure within a range from 0.1 MPaG to 1.0 MPaG.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2010Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATIONInventors: Shinichiro Yanagawa, Yuko Aoki, Kazuaki Hayasaka
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Patent number: 9238181Abstract: A method and device for reducing the volume of waste water through evaporation including a tank with a combustion pipe and burner unit, wherein water is injected into the combustion pipe, flash evaporated, and gases are projected into the tank to drive evaporative and water treatment functions.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2013Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Inventor: Benjamin Clegg
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Patent number: 9238778Abstract: The present technology is generally directed to systems and methods for improving quenched coke recovery. More specifically, some embodiments are directed to systems and methods utilizing one or more of a screen, barrier, or reflector panel to contain or redirect coke during or after quenching. In a particular embodiment, a quench car system for containing coke includes a quench car having a base, a plurality of sidewalls, and a top portion. The system can further include a permeable barrier covering at least a portion of the top of the quench car, wherein the permeable barrier has a plurality of apertures therethrough.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2012Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignee: SunCoke Technology and Development LLC.Inventors: John Francis Quanci, Bradley Thomas Rodgers, Khambath Vichitvongsa, Chun Wai Choi, Matt William Gill
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Patent number: 9238600Abstract: A process for improving the yield of ethylene and propylene from a light naphtha feedstock includes obtaining light naphtha feedstock from a primary cracking zone having a cracking catalyst. The light naphtha feedstock is contacted with an olefin catalyst in an olefin producing zone to produce an ethylene- and propylene-rich stream. After reacting with the olefin catalyst, the ethylene- and propylene-rich stream is separated from the olefin catalyst from in a separator zone. At least a portion of the olefin catalyst is regenerated by combusting coke deposited on a surface of the olefin catalyst in an oxygen-containing environment, and at least a portion of the olefin catalyst is heated. These portions could be the same one or they could be different. In some embodiments, at least a portion of the olefin catalyst could be neither regenerated nor heated. The olefin catalyst is returned to the olefin producing zone.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2011Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignee: UOP LLCInventors: David A. Wegerer, Brian W. Hedrick, Zhihao Fei, Daniel N. Myers, Vincenza Myers, Paolo Palmas, Laura E. Leonard
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Patent number: 9234141Abstract: Oil is recovered from a mercury containing Hg-containing solids containing abradants by mixing the solids with a sulfidic compound in a molar ratio of sulfur compound to mercury from 5:1 to 5,000:1, and the sulfidic compound when dissolved in water, yields S2-, SH—, Sx2-, or SxH— anions, and optionally a solvent, forming a mixture. The mixture is then separated to recover a first phase containing treated oil in water, and a second phase containing treated abradants having a reduced concentration of mercury. In one embodiment, the treated abradants contain less than 100 ppmw mercury. The abradants are provided by removing at least a portion of a mercury-containing coating from a surface by abradant blasting, laser ablation, laser thermal desorption, and sponge jet blasting.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.Inventors: Dennis John O'Rear, Russell Evan Cooper, Kevin John Grice
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Patent number: 9233889Abstract: The invention relates to hydroalkylation processes. In the processes, a hydrogen stream comprising hydrogen and an impurity is treated to reduce the amount of the impurity in the hydrogen stream. The hydrogen is then hydroalkylated with benzene to form at least some cyclohexylbenzene. The processes also relate to treating a benzene stream comprising benzene and an impurity with an adsorbent to reduce the amount of the impurity in the benzene stream. The hydroalkylation processes described herein may be used as part of a process to make phenol.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2011Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.Inventors: Tan-Jen Chen, Teng Xu, Terry E. Helton, Francisco M. Benitez, Charles M. Smith