Patents Examined by Randy Boyer
  • Patent number: 12215283
    Abstract: Recycle content pyoil is cracked in a cracker furnace to make olefins and the coil outlet temperature of the r-pyoil fed coils can be lowered by adding r-pyoil to the cracker feedstock, or alternatively, the coil outlet temperature of the r-pyoil fed tubes can rise if the mass flow rates of the combined cracker stream containing r-pyoil are kept the same or lowered. Further, increasing the hydrocarbon mass flow rate by addition of r-pyoil can be achieved to also increase the output of ethylene and propylene in the cracker effluent. The cracker furnace can accept ethane and/or propane feedstocks in vapor form along with a liquid and/or vapor feed of r-pyoil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Daryl Bitting, Kenny Randolph Parker, Michael Gary Polasek, David Eugene Sllivensky, Xianchun Wu, Jerome Leonard Stavinoha, Jr.
  • Patent number: 12209223
    Abstract: The invention is a process for dearomatization and isomerization of a feedstock having less than or equal to 10 ppm by weight of sulphur, the process comprising: Hydrodearomatizing the feedstock at a temperature ranging from 150 to 220° C. and at a pressure ranging from 20 to 150 bars, in order to provide a dearomatized product; Hydroisomerizing the dearomatized product at a temperature ranging from 250 to 320° C. and at a pressure ranging from 40 to 60 bars in the presence of a catalyst based on platinum or palladium, in order to provide an isomerized product; Hydrodearomatizing the isomerized product at a temperature ranging from 150 to 220° C. and at a pressure ranging from 20 to 150 bars, in order to provide an isomerized and dearomatized product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: TOTALENERGIES ONETECH
    Inventors: Cristina Ferreira, Fabien Caudrelier, Amine Benghalem
  • Patent number: 12209220
    Abstract: A method for forming mesophase pitch can include applying a stimulus to a first amount of coal tar to form a first amount of mesophase pitch. The stimulus can include one or more of an electromagnetic field (“EMF”) or a magnetic field. The method can further include evaluating a characteristic of the first amount of mesophase pitch, changing a parameter of the stimulus in response to evaluating the characteristic of the first amount of mesophase pitch, and applying the stimulus exhibiting the changed parameters to a second amount of coal tar to form mesophase pitch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: CARBON HOLDINGS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, LLC
    Inventor: Charles Agee Atkins
  • Patent number: 12203037
    Abstract: A system for treating non-petroleum or renewable feedstocks comprises a reactor having a heat source for heating an interior of the reactor. The reactor receives a feedstock of a non-petroleum or renewable feedstock containing oxygen or contaminants at certain conditions to form a reactor product having gums and resins of the feedstock removed and/or reduced. A first heat exchanger cools at least a portion of the reactor product to a reduced temperature to form a reduced-temperature reactor product. A hydroprocessing reactor receives at least a portion of the reduced-temperature reactor product to form a hydroprocessed product. A second heat exchanger receives the hydroprocessed product to cool the hydroprocessed product to a temperature of 250° F. or less to form a cooled hydroprocessed product. A separator is configured to separate and remove non-condensable gases, metals and water from the cooled hydroprocessed product to form liquid hydrocarbons that form a final product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Duke Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael D. Ackerson, Michael Steven Byars, Kyle Ackerson, John Coleman
  • Patent number: 12203039
    Abstract: A method of mitigating fouling in a delayed coking unit heater may include forming a plastic mixture including a plastic material and a carrier. The plastic mixture may be combined with a coker feedstock upstream of a coke drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: AMEC FOSTER WHEELER USA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Luis Gordo, Srinivasa Srivatsan, Richard A. Conticello
  • Patent number: 12195680
    Abstract: A process for preparing hydrocarbons from an oxygenated hydrocarbon feedstock, such as animal fat, having a high nitrogen impurity is described. Hydrotreatment of the oxygenated feedstock occurs in a first hydrotreating bed arranged downstream of a polishing bed. A gaseous phase is removed and the liquid hydrotreated phase is fed to the polishing bed arranged upstream of the first hydrotreating bed together with fresh hydrogen. The process effectively removes nitrogen impurities from the resultant hydrocarbon product causing an improved cloud point after isomerisation, and the arrangement makes efficient use of fresh hydrogen for polishing, providing a polished hydrocarbon product rich in dissolved hydrogen. Part of the product can be used as hydrocarbon diluent in the downstream hydrotreating bed, and/or withdrawn between the polishing and hydrotreating bed and isomerised in an isomerisation reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: NESTE OYJ
    Inventors: Ville Suntio, Olli Visuri, Petri Lindqvist
  • Patent number: 12195687
    Abstract: A reformed fuel manufacturing apparatus and method is provided, including a water tank unit configured to pretreat a water introduced therein by using a carbon filter and a reverse osmosis purifier, the water is additionally pretreated by applying voltage therein with an electrolysis device, an oil tank unit configured to store an oil introduced from an oil inlet, a mixed oil unit connected to the water tank unit and the oil tank unit and configured to produce a mixed oil by using an inline mixer, and an ionization catalyst unit connected to the mixed oil unit and configured to convert the mixed oil to a reformed fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Inventors: James Chun Koh, Shinji Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 12195696
    Abstract: A method for re-refining used oils comprises contacting feedstock comprising purified used oil with extraction solvent to perform continuous liquid-liquid solvent extraction, to produce an extract stream comprising the extraction solvent and an extract dissolved in the extraction solvent. The feedstock and the extraction solvent are agitated by a variable speed agitator during the solvent extraction at a selected agitation speed. The extract is separated from the extraction solvent and subjected to a continuous flow liquid phase hydrogenation treatment to produce an oil product. A system for performing the method includes a purification unit for purifying the used oil; an extraction column for extracting the extract from the feedstock; and a continuous flow liquid phase hydrogenation unit. The extraction column comprises an agitator configured to agitate the feedstock and the extraction solvent flowing through the extraction column at a variable agitation speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: ReGen III Corp.
    Inventors: Gordon Driedger, Zachary Moore
  • Patent number: 12196412
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for improving the efficiency and reducing the carbon intensity of transportation fuels produced from heavy oil extracted with the steam injection process, by replacing natural gas from fossil fuel sources with a substitute renewable gas produced from solid carbonaceous materials while co-producing a solid carbonaceous byproduct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: KORE INFRASTRUCTURE
    Inventor: Joseph E. Zuback
  • Patent number: 12195678
    Abstract: A system comprising a pretreated hydrocarbon feedstock supply, wherein said pretreated hydrocarbon feedstock supply comprises at least hydrocarbon feedstock and dissolved salts; a wash water supply, wherein said wash water supply comprises at least water; an alkalinity modifier supply, wherein said alkalinity modifier supply comprises at least one alkalinity modifier or solutions thereof; a desalting vessel; a desalted crude outlet, wherein said desalted crude outlet comprises hydrocarbon feedstock with less dissolved salts by weight than the hydrocarbon feedstock in the pretreated hydrocarbon feedstock supply; and a wash water brine outlet, wherein said wash water brine outlet comprises water with more dissolved salts by weight than the water in the wash water supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Phillips 66 Company
    Inventors: Amit B. Patel, Lyda Zambrano, Varadharajan Kailasam
  • Patent number: 12187963
    Abstract: The present application relates to a process for cracking a hydrocarbon feedstock, using to the largest extent electrically powered equipment where the power is obtained from renewable sources or low-carbon sources. In particular, it relates to a furnace for steam cracking a hydrocarbon feedstock, wherein the furnace comprises one or more tubes for transporting the hydrocarbon feedstock and dilution steam; and an electrically heated infrared emitter for transferring heat to the tubes. It also relates to a process for steam cracking a hydrocarbon feedstock using infrared radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignees: BASF ANTWERPEN N.V., BOREALIS A.G., SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V., TotalEnergies OneTech Belgium, BASELL POL YOLEFINE GMBH
    Inventors: Marc Jozef Maria Jordens, Nikolaos Vavizos, Walter Josephus Vermeiren, Martin Leinz, Paulus Maria Brandts, Eric Simon Petrus Appelman, Michael Pohl, Christian Barreau, Jens Becker
  • Patent number: 12187967
    Abstract: Processes and systems for quenching an effluent. In certain embodiments, the process can include contacting a pyrolysis effluent and a first quench medium to produce a first quenched effluent. A bottoms stream that can include tar and an overhead stream that can include ethylene and propylene can be obtained from the first quenched effluent. The first quench medium can include a first portion of the bottoms stream that can include a first portion of the tar. In certain embodiments, the process can also include hydroprocessing a second portion of the bottoms stream that can include a second portion of the tar to produce a hydroprocessed product. A hydroprocessed bottoms stream can be obtained from the hydroprocessed product. In certain embodiments, the process can also include contacting at least a portion of the hydroprocessed bottoms stream and the first portion of the bottoms stream to produce the first quench medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Reyyan Koc-Karabocek, James R. Lattner, William A. Aslaner, David Spicer, Mark A. Rooney
  • Patent number: 12172151
    Abstract: Described herein are novel and inventive dewaxing processes that employ dewaxing catalysts which are co-extrusions of two different zeolites, particularly two different 10MR zeolites or a co-extrusion of a 10MR zeolite and a 12MR zeolite in combination with a hydrogenation component. The hydrogenation component can be a mixture of non-noble metal components or a mixture of noble metal components. This novel and inventive process demonstrated a significant activity boost (as measured by increased cloud point reduction) and/or selectivity boost (as measured by reduced diesel loss) compared to either single zeolite component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: EXXONMOBIL TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
    Inventors: Madelyn Stalzer, Joseph Gatt, Chuansheng Bai, Christopher Oliveri
  • Patent number: 12168754
    Abstract: A pyrolysis oil fractionation system for treating a pyrolysis oil feed includes a fractionation column, at least one treatment catalyst bed, and a plurality of distillation trays. The system further includes a condenser to receive a light fraction and produce a condensed gasoline product and a vapor, a receiver coupled to the condenser, a knockout drum, and a distillate stripper coupled to the fractionation column. A method for treating a pyrolysis oil feed includes, in a fractionating column, dehydrohalogenating, decontaminating, and/or dehydrating a pyrolysis oil feed in at least one treatment catalyst bed, and distilling the treated pyrolysis oil feed into a light fraction, a middle fraction, a heavy fraction, and a bottom fraction. The method further includes condensing the light fraction and producing a condensed gasoline product and a vapor, separating a fuel gas product from the vapor, and stripping the middle fraction to produce a distillate product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventor: Steven R. Horlacher
  • Patent number: 12168223
    Abstract: A method for making a metal carbide based catalyst for crude oil cracking includes mixing a clay with a phosphorous based stabilizer material to obtain a liquid slurry; adding an aluminosilicate zeolite and an ultrastable Y zeolite to the liquid slurry; adding Al2Cl(OH)5 to the liquid slurry; adding metal carbide particles, having a given diameter, to the liquid slurry to obtain a mixture; and spray drying the mixture to obtain the metal carbide based catalyst. The metal carbide particles are coated with the aluminosilicate zeolite and the ultrastable Y zeolite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignees: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Jorge Gascon, Tuiana B. Shoinkhorova, Alla Dikhtiarenko, Mohammed Alabdullah, Alberto Rodriguez Gomez, Jullian Vittenet, Isidoro Morales Osorio, Ola Ali, Wei Xu
  • Patent number: 12152206
    Abstract: The present invention relates to debottleneck solution for delayed Coker unit. More particularly, this invention relates to bottoms of vacuum residuum routed to Coker unit through de-asphalting unit to avoid revamp of existing Coker for the processing of heavier feed stock when there is a change in crude slate. Another object of the invention, in particular, relates to improved delayed coking products, a process used in petroleum refineries to crack petroleum residue, thus converting it into gaseous and liquid product streams and leaving behind solid, carbonaceous petroleum coke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Kellogg Brown & Root LLC
    Inventors: Samir Saxena, Yellaiahnaidu Mekala
  • Patent number: 12152205
    Abstract: Processes and systems for pyrolysing a hydrocarbon feed for a predetermined period of time, e.g., by steam cracking. The process can include determining a first amount of silicon material present in the hydrocarbon feed that is to be steam cracked to produce a steam cracker effluent. The process can also include determining a second amount of silicon material that will be present in a steam cracker naphtha that is to be separated from the steam cracker effluent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Rodney S. Smith, Michael A. Radzicki, Donald J. Norris
  • Patent number: 12151188
    Abstract: Selective recovery of C2 to C4 hydrocarbons is achieved through the use of a converging-diverging nozzle, or de Laval nozzle. The vapor stream comprising C2 to C4 hydrocarbons is fed into an inlet of a de Laval nozzle having a throat. The vapor stream may have an initial temperature of between 0° C. and 100° C., and an initial pressure of between 200 psig and 500 psig. In the de Laval nozzle, the vapor stream expands after passing through the throat of the de Laval nozzle, producing a vapor stream having reduced temperature and pressure. Then, C2 to C4 hydrocarbons condense from the reduced-temperature vapor stream as liquid droplets, which may be recovered. Fractionation of C2 to C4 hydrocarbons by means of a de Laval nozzle is possible; the technique allows selective recovery of propane from a mixture of propane and ethane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignees: Eastman Chemical Company, North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Ashfaq Shahanawaz Shaikh, Thomas Allen Puckette, Scott Allen Owens, Syed Mohammed Maaz, Jack R. Edwards
  • Patent number: 12151237
    Abstract: An automated system for preparing, detecting and analyzing a first fluid sample containing biological species, the preparation, detection and analysis system including at least one fluidic cartridge that includes at least one fluidic concentration and lysis module and one fluidic detection module including an array of several amplification chambers arranged in parallel, an apparatus including a mechanical assembly comprising at least one movable rod fastened to the frame and comprising a free end arranged to cooperate with a flexible membrane of the fluidic concentration and lysis module, an optical measurement system for measuring fluorescence through one or more amplification chambers of the fluidic detection module of the cartridge, a control and processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignees: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, TOTALENERGIES ONETECH
    Inventors: Remco Den Dulk, Pierre Souquet, Camille Echampard, Raymond Charles, Manuel Alessio, Nicolas Sarrut-Rio, Anne-Gaëlle Bourdat, Mélissa Baque, François Boizot, Jean Malinge
  • Patent number: 12145097
    Abstract: Embodiments discloses herein relate to methods of processing coal. A method to process coal includes subjecting raw coal to a liquefaction process effective to form a liquid pitch resin and subjecting the liquid pitch resin to a filtration process. The method further includes subjecting the liquid pitch resin to a low crystallinity spinning process to form a raw fiber. The raw fiber is then further subjected to a stabilization process configured to oxygen cross-link the fiber to form a stabilized fiber and then subjecting the stabilized fiber to a carbonization process to form a low thermal conductivity carbon fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Carbon Holdings Intellectual Properties, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Agee Atkins, Christopher L. Yurchick