Abstract: The present invention discloses a single stage energy efficient process for production of hydrogen enriched/mixed gas at low temperature. More particularly, the present invention discloses a single stage energy efficient process for production of hydrogen enriched compressed natural gas (CNG) or LPG or biogas at low temperature.
Abstract: A printable non-curable thixotropic hot melt composition is described. The composition comprises non-curable holt melt waxes transformed into a thixotropic composition by the use of thickeners. The thickeners can be added separately to the hot melt wax or formed in-situ, either before or after application to the substrate. A process of forming such printable non-curable thixotropic hot melt composition is described.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 23, 2022
Date of Patent:
January 2, 2024
Assignee:
TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GMBH
Inventors:
Lei Wang, Martin W Bayes, Ting Gao, Kenneth Seufer, Philip Singer, James Zeigler
Abstract: The invention relates to a compression ignition engine fuel comprising 95.0% to 99.9% by weight ammonia and 0.01% to 5.0% by weight of an alkyl nitrate or mixture of alkyl nitrates.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 27, 2022
Date of Patent:
January 2, 2024
Assignee:
VERYONE
Inventors:
Anne-Gaëlle Bataille Morin, Richard Samson, Fabrice Foucher
Abstract: The disclosed technology relates to a lubricating composition comprising an oil of lubricating viscosity and an ashless basic amine additive selected from a N-aralkyl ?-carbonyl functional amine. The basic amine additives used in the lubricating oils of the disclosed technology impart basicity measured as total base number (TBN) without adding sulfated ash. Lubricating oils containing the basic amine additives of the disclosed technology simultaneously achieve seal compatibility, deposit, and corrosion control.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 1, 2020
Date of Patent:
January 2, 2024
Assignee:
The Lubrizol Corporation
Inventors:
Daniel J. Saccomando, William R. S. Barton, Amelia Stoneley, Yanshi Zhang, Ewan E. Delbridge
Abstract: An integrated process for upgrading a hydrocarbon oil feed stream utilizing a gasification unit and steam enhanced catalytic cracker includes solvent deasphalting the hydrocarbon oil stream to form at least a deasphalted oil stream and heavy residual hydrocarbons, the heavy residual hydrocarbons including at least asphaltenes; processing the heavy residual hydrocarbons in a gasification unit to form syngas and gasification residue; hydrotreating the deasphalted oil stream to form a light C5+ hydrocarbon stream, and a heavy C5+ hydrocarbon stream; steam enhanced catalytically cracking the light C5+ hydrocarbon stream to form a light steam enhanced catalytically cracked product stream including olefins, benzene, toluene, xylene, naphtha, or combinations thereof; and steam enhanced catalytically cracking the heavy C5+ hydrocarbon stream to form a heavy steam enhanced catalytically cracked product including olefins, benzene, toluene, xylene, naphtha, or combinations thereof.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 15, 2022
Date of Patent:
December 26, 2023
Assignee:
Saudi Arabian Oil Company
Inventors:
Aaron Chi Akah, Qi Xu, Musaed Salem Al-Ghrami, Zhonglin Zhang
Abstract: A lubricating oil composition comprising greater than 50 wt. % of a base oil of lubricating viscosity, and either: a) an additive composition comprising: one or more zinc dialkyl dithiophosphates (ZDDP compounds) and one or more dispersants, wherein the amount of zinc (Zn) in weight percent provided to the lubricating oil composition by the one or more ZDDP compounds multiplied by the contribution of the total base number (TBN) of the one or more dispersants to the TBN of the lubricating oil composition is a multiplication factor Zn*TBNDisp of at least about 0.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 21, 2021
Date of Patent:
December 26, 2023
Assignee:
AFTON CHEMICAL CORPORATION
Inventors:
Mark Devlin, Kenneth Garelick, Todd Dvorak
Abstract: A coke product configured to be used in foundry cupolas to melt iron and produce cast iron products is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the coke product has a Coke Reactivity Index (CRI) of at least 30% and an ash fusion temperature (AFT) less than 1316° C. Additionally or alternatively, the coke product can comprise (i) an ash content of at least 8.0%, (ii) a volatile matter content of no more than 1.0%, (iii) a Coke Strength After Reaction (CSR) of no more than 40%, (iv) a 2-inch drop shatter of at least 90%, and//or (v) a fixed carbon content of at least 85%.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 4, 2022
Date of Patent:
December 26, 2023
Assignee:
SUNCOKE TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT LLC.
Inventors:
John Francis Quanci, John Michael Richardson, Jonathan Hale Perkins
Abstract: A biofuel includes a mixture having a gasoil generated from hydropyrolysis and hydroconversion of a solid biomass containing lignocellulose and an isomerized hydroprocessed ester and fatty acid (HEFA) generated from hydrotreating a renewable resource having fats and oils. The gasoil has a cetane index less than 46 and at least 10 parts per million weight (ppmw) of a heteroatom and a cetane index of the biofuel is greater than 46.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 20, 2022
Date of Patent:
December 26, 2023
Assignee:
SHELL USA, INC.
Inventors:
Nicolaas Van Dijk, Aldo Caiazzo, Harish Kumar Balam, Diederik Mattheus Antonius De Jonge
Abstract: A synthetic fuel production system and related techniques are disclosed. In accordance with some embodiments, the disclosed system may be configured to produce a liquid fuel using carbon dioxide extracted from the air and hydrogen generated from aqueous solutions by electrochemical means (e.g., water electrolysis). In production of the fuel, the disclosed system may be configured, in accordance with some embodiments, to react the carbon dioxide and hydrogen, for example, to form methanol. The disclosed system also may be configured, in accordance with some embodiments, to utilize one or more subsequent reaction steps to produce a given targeted set of hydrocarbons and partially oxidized hydrocarbons. For example, the disclosed system may be used to produce any one (or combination) of: ethanol; dimethyl ether; formic acid; formaldehyde; alkanes of various chain length; olefines; aliphatic and aromatic carbon compounds; and mixtures thereof, such as gasoline fuels, diesel fuels, and jet fuels.
Abstract: The present application is directed to a compound having the Formula (I): wherein R1, R2, and R3 are as described herein. The present application is also directed to a wax composition comprising a wax and a compound of Formula (I). Processes of making a wax composition and for coating a plant or plant part with the compound of Formula (I) are also described.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 29, 2021
Date of Patent:
December 19, 2023
Assignees:
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC., UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
Inventors:
Tong Wang, Tao Fei, Francisco Miquel Ang Leyva Gutierrez
Abstract: A lubricant for marine engine, notably for a two-stroke marine engine. More particularly, a lubricant for a marine engine including at least one lubricant base oil and at least one di-alkylaminopolyalkylamine.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 5, 2020
Date of Patent:
December 19, 2023
Assignee:
TOTALENERGIES ONETECH
Inventors:
Valérie Doyen, Modestino De Feo, Gregory Chao
Abstract: This present disclosure relates generally to a liquid carbon-neutral energy facility (CNEF) operating as a system and the associated apparatus, methods and processes (methodology) for the generation of Carbon-Neutral Hydrogen (CNH) and Carbon-Neutral Electricity (CNE) in a new facility or alternatively in association with an existing greenfield, oil/gas field, or wholly or partially converted oil refinery and the like, and further relating to the generation and storage of energy and/or electricity by means of chemical potential energy operating as a liquid battery using Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier (LOHC) compositions.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 1, 2022
Date of Patent:
December 19, 2023
Assignee:
Claire Technologies
Inventors:
Alan W Klaassen, Curtis L. Munson, Steven F. Sciamanna, Paul A. Allinson
Abstract: Subject of the invention is a process for producing a biofuel from fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) obtained by transesterification of vegetable oils, comprising the steps of (a) ethenolysis of the fatty acid methyl esters in the presence of ethylene and an ethenolysis catalyst, and (b) isomerizing metathesis in the presence of an isomerization catalyst and a metathesis catalyst. The invention also relates to biofuels obtainable by the inventive process and to uses of ethylene for adjusting and optimizing biofuels.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 8, 2021
Date of Patent:
December 12, 2023
Assignee:
Umicore AG & Co. KG
Inventors:
Lukas Goossen, Kai F. Pfister, Sabrina Baader
Abstract: There are mixtures containing calixarenes of formula (I) with a reduced alkyl phenol and linear oligomer content and a preparation process thereof: wherein: a. R is selected between a linear or branched alkyl having a number of carbon atoms comprised between 4 and 40, more preferably between 4 and 24, even more preferably comprised between 8 and 18; b. n is the number of units of the calixarene cycle and is comprised in the range from 4 to 16, preferably between 4 and 12. Furthermore, there are detergent compositions containing overbased metal salts of calixarenes, a preparation process thereof, and a use thereof in lubricant compositions.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 26, 2020
Date of Patent:
December 12, 2023
Assignee:
ENI S.P.A.
Inventors:
Marcello Notari, Giulio Assanelli, Alessandro Casnati, Francesco Sansone, Andrea Magini
Abstract: This disclosure pertains to the use of black liquors from kraft pulp mills as a source of catalysts for the thermochemical conversion of organic matter feedstocks to bio oils.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 31, 2022
Date of Patent:
December 5, 2023
Assignees:
CANFOR PULP LTD., LICELLA PTY LTD.
Inventors:
William Neil Rowlands, Leonard James Humphreys, Robert William Clayton Thew, James Allan Spankie, Victor Charles Uloth, Paul Andrew Watson, Martin William Pudlas
Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the generation of bio-products from organic matter feedstocks. More specifically, the present invention relates to improved methods for the hydrothermal/thermochemical conversion of lignocellulosic and/or fossilised organic feedstocks into biofuels (e.g. bio-oils) and/or chemical products (e.g. platform chemicals).
Abstract: Apparatuses including offshore porous floating bioreactors for containing algae water slurries in a saltwater environment. The porous floating bioreactors include a top portion and a bottom portion. At least a portion of the top portion is composed of a first transparent material and at least a portion of the bottom portion is porous. The offshore porous floating bioreactors may be deployed in a saltwater environment to facilitate one or both of cultivation or lipid induction of an algae water slurry contained therein.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 1, 2022
Date of Patent:
November 28, 2023
Assignee:
EXXONMOBIL TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
Inventors:
Mark A. Diemund, Patrick L. Hanks, Sarah E. Feicht
Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an integrated process for the pre-treatment of biomass and its use as a feedstock in a process for the production of biochemicals and biofuels, said integrated process preferably allowing the obtaining of quality bio-oil from a biomass such as wood, forest residues, and residues from the sugar-alcohol and energy cane industry.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 26, 2017
Date of Patent:
November 28, 2023
Assignee:
Suzano S.A.
Inventors:
Danilo Ribeiro De Lima, Matheus Antunes Guimaraes, Barry Freel, Geoffrey D. Hopkins
Abstract: Method of delignification of plant material, said method comprising: providing said plant material comprising cellulose fibres and lignin; exposing said plant material requiring to a composition comprising: an acid; a modifiying agent selected from the group consisting of: sulfamic acid; imidazole; N-alkylimidazole; taurine; a taurine derivative; a taurine-related compound; alkylsulfonic acid; arylsulfonic acid; triethanolamine; and combinations thereof; a metal oxide; and a peroxide; for a period of time sufficient to remove substantially all (at least 80%) of the lignin present on said plant material.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 18, 2021
Date of Patent:
November 21, 2023
Assignee:
SixRing Inc.
Inventors:
Clay Purdy, Markus Weissenberger, Markus Pagels, Kyle G Wynnyk, Matthew Dewit, Andrew M Corbett
Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of preparing bitumen for transport, apparatus for preparing bitumen for transport, methods of transporting bitumen, and transportation-ready forms of bitumen. Instead of relying on exogenous components to induce bitumen solidification, the methods and apparatus of the present disclosure reorganize bituminous materials derived from the same origin into core-shell bitumen microcapsules, such that relatively low solubility components (e.g. asphaltenes) encapsulate relatively high solubility components (e.g. maltenes). Importantly, the bitumen microcapsules of the present disclosure are sufficiently mechanically resilient to meet one or more thresholds for midstream transportation, and they are readily fluidized for downstream processing with conventional technologies. Taken together, these aspects may ameliorate one or more challenges in achieving commercially viable bitumen solidification technologies.