Patents Examined by Jason Y Chong
  • Patent number: 10906852
    Abstract: Processes to selectively crack alkyne compounds from a hydrocarbon stream including olefinic and di-olefinic compounds are described. The process includes contacting the hydrocarbon stream with a supported CuO catalyst under conditions sufficient to crack the alkynes to form a product stream that included cracked compounds and further separating the cracked organic compounds from the hydrocarbon stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventor: Wojciech Supronowicz
  • Patent number: 10906850
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a process for oligomerization of acetylene in the presence of hydrogen and a solid catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: STUDIENGESELLSCHAFT KOHLE MBH
    Inventors: Ferdi Schueth, Ioan-Teodor Trotus
  • Patent number: 10899683
    Abstract: A process for producing ethylbenzene is described in which benzene and ethylene are supplied to an alkylation reaction zone. Also added to the alkylation reaction zone is a C3+ olefin in an amount of at least 200 ppm by weight of the ethylene supplied to the alkylation reaction zone. The benzene, ethylene and C3+ olefin are contacted with an alkylation catalyst in the alkylation reaction zone to alkylate at least part of the benzene and produce an alkylation effluent comprising ethylbenzene, polyethylated benzene and at least one mono-C3+ alkyl benzene. The alkylation effluent is separated into a first product fraction comprising ethylbenzene and a second fraction comprising polyethylated benzene and the at least one mono-C3+ alkyl benzene. The second fraction is then contacted with benzene in the presence of a transalkylation catalyst to convert at least part of the polyethylated benzene to ethylbenzene and produce a transalkylation effluent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: BADGER LICENSING LLC
    Inventors: Brian Maerz, Chung-Ming Chi, Raghavender Bhoomi
  • Patent number: 10894921
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the regeneration of an adsorber (A1). The adsorber (A1) is regenerated by contact with a gaseous stream (S2) and the outflow of the adsorber (A1) comprising condensate of stream (S2) and organic composition (OC1) collected in a device. After regeneration of the adsorber (A1) the stream (S2) in the adsorber (A1) is replaced completely or at least partially by the content of the device. Then the adsorber (A1) is fed with organic composition comprising at least one olefin, at least one alkane and at least one compound containing oxygen and/or sulfur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Hans-Guenter Wagner, Christoph Bayer, Lothar Karrer, Sven Crone, Markus Eggersmann, Kam Wing Wong, Patrik Pietz, Heinz Ruetter
  • Patent number: 10889769
    Abstract: A systems and method for manufacturing a base stock from an ethanol stream are described herein. An example method includes dehydrating an ethanol stream to form an impure ethylene mixture, recovering an ethylene stream from the impure ethylene mixture, and oligomerizing the ethylene stream to form a raw oligomer stream. A heavy olefinic stream is distilled from the raw oligomer stream. The heavy olefinic stream is hydro-processed to form a hydro-processed stream, and the hydro-processed stream is distilled to form the base stock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Guang Cao, Suzzy C. Ho, Matthew S. Ide, Shifang Luo, William R. Gunther
  • Patent number: 10858599
    Abstract: Systems and a method for manufacturing a base stock from a hydrocarbon stream are provided. An example method includes cracking the hydrocarbon stream to form a raw hydrocarbon stream, separating an ethylene stream from the raw hydrocarbon stream and oligomerizing the ethylene stream to form a raw oligomer stream. A light olefinic stream is distilled from the raw oligomer stream and linear alpha olefins are recovered from the light olefinic stream. A heavy olefinic stream is distilled from the raw oligomer stream. The heavy olefinic stream is hydro-processed to form a hydro-processed stream. The hydro-processed stream is distilled to form the base stock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Suzzy C. Ho, Guang Cao, Matthew S. Ide, Shifang Luo, William R. Gunther, Jo Ann M. Canich
  • Patent number: 10858600
    Abstract: Systems and a method for manufacturing a base stock from a light gas stream are provided. An example method includes oxidizing the light gas stream to form a raw ethylene stream. Water is removed from the raw ethylene stream, and carbon monoxide in the raw ethylene stream is oxidized. Carbon dioxide is separated from the raw ethylene stream, and the raw ethylene stream is oligomerized to form a raw oligomer stream. A light olefinic stream is distilled from the raw oligomer stream and a light alpha olefin is recovered from the light olefinic stream. A heavy olefinic stream is distilled from the raw oligomer stream. The heavy olefinic stream is hydro-processed to form a hydro-processed stream. the hydro-processed stream is distilled to form the base stock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Guang Cao, Jihad M. Dakka, Suzzy C. Ho, Brian M. Weiss
  • Patent number: 10843980
    Abstract: Methods and a system for manufacturing a base stock from an ethanol stream are provided. An example method includes dehydrating an ethanol stream to form an impure ethylene stream, recovering an ethylene stream from the impure ethylene stream, and oligomerizing the ethylene stream to form a raw oligomer stream. A light olefinic stream is distilled from the raw oligomer stream and blended with the ethylene stream prior to the oligomerization. A heavy olefinic stream is distilled from the raw oligomer stream and hydro-processed to form a hydro-processed stream. The hydro-processed stream is distilled to form the base stock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
    Inventors: Guang Cao, Suzzy C. Ho, Matthew S. Ide, Shifang L. Luo, William R. Gunther
  • Patent number: 10836626
    Abstract: To provide a vapor recovery device capable of making the most of the capacity of the adsorption/desorption towers and efficiently adsorbing and desorbing fuel oil vapor. A vapor recovery device 1 having: a pump 5 disposed on a pipe 4 branched from a vent pipe 3, one end of which being connected to an underground tank 2, to suck a fuel oil vapor V in the underground tank; a condenser 6 connected, on the branch pipe, to a downstream side of the pump to condense the fuel oil vapor; and a plurality of adsorption/desorption towers 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b connected, on the branch pipe, to a downstream side of the condenser in series to adsorb/desorb fuel oil vapor fed from the condenser. One of the adsorption/desorption towers can be arranged above another one of remaining adsorption/desorption towers, and the pump may be fixed in a housing 30 through a bottom face and a side face of the pump and elastic bodies 32, 33.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: TATSUNO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Karino, Al Yuta
  • Patent number: 10821432
    Abstract: Disclosed is an olefin production method including: pretreating a catalyst by providing reduction gas to an alumina type catalyst to produce olefin from the hydrocarbon including not less than 90 wt % of LPG (Stage 1); producing the olefin by providing the catalyst pretreated at Stage 1 into Riser of Fast Fluidization Regime to dehydrogenate the hydrocarbon (Stage 2); separating the mixture of the produced propylene and the catalyst used at Stage 2, and regenerating the separated catalyst (Stage 3); and recycling the catalyst regenerated at Stage 3 to the process of Stage 1 (Stage 4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignees: SK GAS CO., LTD., KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Deuk Soo Park, Ung Gi Hong, Hyeongchan Ahn, Won Choon Choi, Yong Ki Park
  • Patent number: 10822552
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing monoaromatic hydrocarbons from a hydrocarbon feed comprising polyaromatics, the process comprising contacting the feed at process conditions with a catalyst comprising a mixture of zeolite Y and a hydrogenation catalyst comprising one or more hydrogenation metals on a solid catalyst support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Emiel van Kimmenade, Luis Aramburo
  • Patent number: 10815439
    Abstract: Systems and a method for manufacturing a base stock from a hydrocarbon stream are provided. An example method includes cracking the hydrocarbon stream to form a raw product stream, separating an ethylene stream from the raw product stream, and oligomerizing the ethylene stream to form a raw oligomer stream. A Light olefinic stream is distilled from the raw oligomer stream and oligomerized the light olefinic stream with the ethylene stream. A heavy olefinic stream is distilled from the raw oligomer stream. The heavy olefinic stream is to form a hydro-processed and distilled to form the base stock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Suzzy C. Ho, Guang Cao, Matthew S. Ide, Shifang L. Luo, William R. Gunther, Jo Ann M. Canich
  • Patent number: 10815171
    Abstract: A process for the production of high purity toluene and para-xylene is described. More specifically, the process involves the production of high purity toluene produced via a light-desorbent selective adsorption process for para-xylene production, such as light desorbent para-xylene extraction, without the need for dedicated solvent extraction or olefin removal from the toluene stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Jason T. Corradi, Ryan D. Miller
  • Patent number: 10807018
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the purification of an organic composition (OC1) by adsorption using an assembly containing at least two adsorbers. The organic composition (OC1) comprising at least one alkane, at least one olefin and at least one compound containing oxygen and/or sulphur is fed into a first adsorber (A1) of the assembly in order to obtain an organic composition (OC2) comprising at least one alkane, at least one olefin and a reduced amount of at least one compound containing oxygen and/or sulphur compared to the respective amount in organic composition (OC1). Hydrogenation of the organic composition (OC2) provides a stream (S2) comprising at least one alkane and a reduced amount of at least one olefin compared to the respective amount in organic composition (OC2) obtained after feeding into the first adsorber (A1). A second adsorber (A2) of the assembly is regenerated by contact with stream (S2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Hans-Guenter Wagner, Christoph Bayer, Lothar Karrer, Markus Eggersmann, Sven Crone, Kam Wing Wong, Heinz Ruetter, Patrik Pietz
  • Patent number: 10799852
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for converting a feed mixture comprising an aromatic C8 mixture of xylenes and ethylbenzene in which the para-xylene content of the xylene portion of the feed is less than equilibrium to produce a product mixture of reduced ethylbenzene content and a greater amount of para-xylene, which method comprises contacting the feed mixture at conversion conditions with a first catalyst having activity for the conversion of ethylbenzene, and with a second catalyst having activity for the isomerization of a xylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: BP Corporation North America Inc.
    Inventors: Philip Nubel, Jeffrey Amelse
  • Patent number: 10793793
    Abstract: Integrated pyrolysis and hydrocracking systems and processes for efficiently cracking of hydrocarbon mixtures, such as mixtures including compounds having a normal boiling temperature of greater than 450° C., 500° C., or even greater than 550° C., such as whole crudes for example, are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: LUMMUS TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Kandasamy Meenakshi Sundaram, Stephen J. Stanley, Ronald M. Venner, Ujjal K. Mukherjee
  • Patent number: 10793789
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to hydrogenation reactions of different fractions in oil refining. It also relates to a process device applicable thereto for hydrogenation of various feedstocks, such as arrangements during campaign changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: NESTEC OYJ
    Inventors: Hanna Honkanen, Antti Kurkijärvi, Mauri Suuronen, Sami Toppinen, Jan Wahlström
  • Patent number: 10781376
    Abstract: A method for producing hydrocarbons from glycerol. The method includes packing a catalyst comprising a noble metal and a support material into a reactor, introducing a reactant mixture containing glycerol into the reactor such that the reactant mixture containing methane is in close contact with the reactant mixture, and heating the reactant mixture containing glycerol to a temperature for a contact time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Arvind Varma, Yang Xiao
  • Patent number: 10773239
    Abstract: A solid form adsorbent including a plurality of discrete adsorbent particles spatially bound in place by point bonding by a binder. At least about 25% of the external surface area of a majority of the particles is not sealed off by the binder and is available for adsorption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: FLOW DRY TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: David Victor Flaugher, Rodney Lee Dobson, David S. Kress
  • Patent number: 10766834
    Abstract: Disclosed are selectivated transalkylation catalyst compositions and methods of making the same. The selectivated transalkylation catalyst compositions have a zeolite framework structure of MWW, FAU, BEA*, or MOR, or mixtures thereof, and are selectivated with a selectivating solution. The selectivating solution includes a dissolved ion of at least one element in Group 1, Group 2, Group 15, Group 16, or Group 17 of the Periodic Table. Also disclosed are processes of producing ethylbenzene and cumene using the selectivated transalkylation catalyst compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Brett T. Loveless, Daniel J. Benedict, Kathleen M. Keville, Juan D. Henao, Matthew S. Ide