Patents Examined by Youngsul Jeong
  • Patent number: 11628948
    Abstract: Aircraft fuel ice capturing filter device housings, aircraft fuel ice capturing filter devices, and methods of use are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Pall Corporation
    Inventor: Nicholas W. Brown
  • Patent number: 11623207
    Abstract: A catalyst for dehydrogenation of hydrocarbons includes a support including zirconium oxide and Linde type L zeolite (L-zeolite). A concentration of the zirconium oxide in the catalyst is in a range of from 0.1 weight percent (wt. %) to 20 wt. %. The catalyst includes from 5 wt. % to 15 wt. % of an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal. The catalyst includes from 0.1 wt. % to 10 wt. % of tin. The catalyst includes from 0.1 wt. % to 8 wt. % of a platinum group metal. The alkali metal or alkaline earth metal, tin, and platinum group metal are disposed on the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Mohammed Abdulmajeed Al-Daous, Hussam A. Bahlouli
  • Patent number: 11618704
    Abstract: A system for treating excrement of livestock includes: reduced-pressure fermentation drying equipment configured to store excrement of livestock in an airtight container, heat and stir the excrement of livestock under reduced pressure so that a temperature of the excrement of livestock is within a predetermined temperature range, decompose organic components of organic matter using microorganisms, and obtain volume-reduced dried product; and heat source equipment that is provided on a downstream side of the reduced-pressure fermentation drying equipment and generates a heat source by combusting the obtained volume-reduced dried product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Shimose Microbes Laboratory Corporation
    Inventor: Shinichi Shimose
  • Patent number: 11617971
    Abstract: A method for degassing flowable fluids, in particular liquids used for hydrogen storage, uses a device including a desorber (12) that can be filled with fluid to be degassed and through which the fluid can flow. A circulation pump (48) circulates the fluid during a degassing process in the desorber (12). A vacuum pump (38) generates a vacuum in the desorber (12) during a filling step with fluid and for discharging the gas from the desorber (12) during the degassing step. At least one sensor (44a, 44b) measures the pressure in the desorber (12) and/or a dwell time. A control unit ends the degassing process when a predefined pressure is measured by the sensor (44a, 44b) and/or when a predefined dwell time of the fluid in the desorber (12) is measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: HYDAC FILTER SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Schunk, Martin Hegmann
  • Patent number: 11618723
    Abstract: A method of producing p-xylene comprising the steps of separating the reformate feed in the reformate splitter to produce a benzene stream, a combined heavy stream, a xylene stream, and a toluene stream, converting the C9+ aromatic hydrocarbons in the presence of a dealkylation catalyst in the dealkylation reactor to produce a dealkylation effluent, separating the dealkylation effluent in the dealkylation splitter to produce a C9 stream and a C10+ stream, reacting the C9 stream, the toluene stream, the benzene stream, and the hydrogen stream in the presence of a transalkylation catalyst in the transalkylation reactor to produce a transalkylation effluent, separating the p-xylenes from the xylene stream in the p-xylene separation unit to produce a p-xylene product and a p-xylene depleted stream, converting the m-xylene and o-xylene in the p-xylene depleted stream in the isomerization unit to produce an isomerization effluent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Qi Xu, Zhonglin Zhang, Raed Abudawoud
  • Patent number: 11613505
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for the hydrogenation of polyunsaturated hydrocarbon compounds, in particular di-olefins and alkynes, more particularly di-olefins, said process comprising contacting a feed comprising one or more polyunsaturated hydrocarbon compounds with a catalyst comprising copper and carbon in the presence of hydrogen, preferably wherein the catalyst is a copper catalyst on a carbon-containing support. The present invention also provides a process for producing a copper catalyst on a carbon-containing support and the use of a copper catalyst on a carbon-containing support to increase the selectivity towards di-olefin hydrogenation over mono-olefin hydrogenation in a process for hydrogenation of one or more di-olefins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: BP P.L.C.
    Inventors: Rolf Beerthuis, Krijn De Jong, Petra De Jongh, John Glenn Sunley
  • Patent number: 11612835
    Abstract: The invention relates to separator for separating gas bubbles and/or particles from a liquid. The separator comprises a collection chamber, a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, and a first fluid flow path extending from the fluid inlet through the collection chamber to the fluid outlet. The separator includes at least one separating element arranged for separating gas bubbles from the liquid arranged in the first fluid flow path. The separator further includes at least one plate arranged in the collection chamber such that the plate defines a passage forming a second fluid flow path at least partially bypassing the separating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: SPIRO ENIERPRISES B.V.
    Inventor: Antonius Gerardus Wilhelmus Maria Lamers
  • Patent number: 11607627
    Abstract: One object of the present invention is to provide a gas-liquid separating device which can efficiently recover a target gas from a mixture containing at least a gas and a liquid in a gas-liquid coexistence state, and the present invention provides a gas-liquid separating device which separates and recovers a gas and a liquid from a mixture containing the gas and the liquid in a gas-liquid coexistence state, wherein the gas-liquid separating device includes an airtight space in which the mixture containing the gas and the liquid in a gas-liquid coexistence state is supplied and the mixture is stored as a mixture separated into gas and liquid, a supply path for supplying the mixture containing the gas and the liquid in a gas-liquid coexistence state into the airtight space, a gas recovery path for discharging the gas in the airtight space to the outside of the airtight space, a first decompressor which is provided in the gas recovery path and recovers the gas from the airtight space, a liquid recovery path for
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: TAIYO NIPPON SANSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenji Fukuda
  • Patent number: 11603339
    Abstract: Processes for cracking an alkane reactant to form a lower aliphatic hydrocarbon product and for converting an alkane reactant into a higher aliphatic hydrocarbon product are disclosed, and these processes include a step of contacting the alkane reactant with a supported chromium (II) catalyst. In addition to the formation of various aliphatic hydrocarbons, such as linear alkanes, branched alkanes, 1-alkenes, and internal alkenes, aromatic hydrocarbons and hydrogen also can be produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Carlos A. Cruz, Max P. McDaniel, Masud M. Monwar, Jared Barr
  • Patent number: 11596897
    Abstract: A method for recovering CO2 in the Rectisol process. The method includes at least the following steps: performing reduced-pressure flash distillation treatment on the CO2-rich methanol liquid, and outputing the CO2 desorbed gas obtained after the reduced-pressure flash distillation treatment as a product gas; performing heat exchange flash distillation treatment on a first methanol treatment liquid obtained after the reduced-pressure flash distillation treatment, and outputing the CO2 desorbed gas obtained after the heat exchange flash distillation treatment as a product gas; performing vacuum flash distillation treatment on a second methanol treatment liquid obtained after the heat exchange flash distillation treatment, and outputing the CO2 desorbed gas obtained after the vacuum flash distillation treatment as a product gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Dalian Jiachun Gas Purification Technology Development Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Shuwei Zhang, Fengbao Guan, Yan Li, Jin Zhao, Yaming Du, Ping Qu
  • Patent number: 11591415
    Abstract: A clathrate of 1-methylcyclopropene with ?-cyclodextrin, obtained as a solid particulate product, is modified by comminuting, classifying, or both to obtain a modified particulate. When subjected to identical atmospheric disgorgement conditions of humidity and temperature, identical masses of the modified and unmodified particulates exhibit different rates of 1-methylcyclopropene disgorgement. Specifically, we have found that a smaller mean particle size is inversely related to a greater rate of 1-methylcyclopropene release.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Verdant Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Willard E. Wood, Joseph Frank Sarageno, Jr., Joseph S. Keute, Amanda Lundgren
  • Patent number: 11591529
    Abstract: In some examples, hydrocarbon feed and a diluent such as steam are mixed, and heated. A vapor phase product and a liquid phase product can be separated from the heated mixture. The liquid phase product can be hydroprocessed to produce a first hydroprocessed product. A pitch and one or more hydrocarbon products can be separated from the first hydroprocessed product. The pitch can be contacted with a diluent to produce a pitch-diluent mixture. The pitch-diluent mixture can be hydroprocessed to produce a second hydroprocessed product. A hydroprocessor heavy product and a utility fluid product can be separated from the second hydroprocessed product. The diluent can be or include at least a portion of the utility fluid product. The vapor phase product can be steam cracked to produce a steam cracker effluent. A tar product and a process gas that can include ethylene and propylene can be separated from the steam cracker effluent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: John R. DeLaney, John J. Monson, Teng Xu, Kendele S. Galvan
  • Patent number: 11577852
    Abstract: A fuel oxygen conversion unit for a vehicle or an engine of the vehicle includes a contactor; a mechanically-driven, first fuel gas separator defining a liquid fuel outlet and a stripping gas outlet, the fuel oxygen conversion unit defining a liquid fuel outlet path in fluid communication with the liquid fuel outlet of the first fuel gas separator; and a second fuel gas separator positioned in fluid communication with the liquid fuel outlet path at a location downstream of the first fuel gas separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ethan Patrick O'Connor, Daniel Alan Niergarth, Arthur William Sibbach, Brandon Wayne Miller, Richard Alan Wesling
  • Patent number: 11577182
    Abstract: A separation vessel containing a multi-phase mixture comprising oil and water comprises a buoyant thermal energy transfer device. The buoyant thermal energy transfer device further comprises a thermally conductive body and an internal heating element. The buoyant thermal energy transfer device defines a collective specific gravity between about 0.7 and about 1.2, which may be accomplished by adding positioning floats to the buoyant thermal energy transfer device. With such a collective specific gravity, the buoyant thermal energy transfer device is situated in the emulsion layer of the multi-phase mixture, with the internal heating element applying heat to emulsion layer, aiding in the breakage of emulsions. Demulsified oil and water may then be removed from the separation vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Maher Maqbool Shariff, Murtala Ahmed Mohammed
  • Patent number: 11571650
    Abstract: A method for preparing a nanoporous silica sol-gel matrix containing at least one amine reactant selected from hydroxylamine, methylhydroxylamine, tertbutylhydroxylamine, methoxyamine, tetraethylenepentamine, dicarboxylic acid dihydrazides, particularly adipic acid dihydrazide, and the salts thereof, said method including the following steps: a) synthesising a gel from tetramethoxysilane or from a mixture of tetramethoxysilane and another organosilicon precursor selected from among phenyltrimethoxysilane, phenyltriethoxysilane, a fluoroalkyltrimethoxysilane, a fluoroalkyltriethoxysilane, a chloroalkylmethoxysilane, a chloroalkylethoxysilane, an alkyltrimethoxysilane, an alkyltriethoxysilane, an aminopropyltriethoxysilane and the mixtures thereof, the synthesis being performed in an aqueous medium at a temperature ranging from 10 to 70° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignees: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE—CNRS—
    Inventors: Thu-Hoa Tran-Thi, Ana Borta, Mickael Gineys, Marie-Pierre Som, Frédéric Hammel
  • Patent number: 11571653
    Abstract: The present invention and embodiments thereof provide a process to separate ethylene products from impurities such as nitrogen, hydrogen, ethane, propane and isobutane without the need for distillation processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua A. Thompson, Dan Xie
  • Patent number: 11571639
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a system for preventing gas bubbles in oil flow to enter a high-voltage device, which system is located in flow direction of the oil before the high-voltage device and comprises a gravitational gas bubble filter in which velocity of the oil flow is decreased by an enlargement of space for the oil flow and in which the gas bubbles in the oil are separated from the oil flow based on the effect of gravity. The invention also relates to a method for preventing gas bubbles in oil flow to enter a high-voltage device, in which method velocity of the oil flow is decreased by an enlargement of space for the oil flow and the gas bubbles of the oil flow are separated from the oil flow based on the effect of gravity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Vaisala Oyj
    Inventor: Sami Virtanen
  • Patent number: 11571654
    Abstract: The present invention, and embodiments thereof, provide a process to separate ethylene products from impurities such as nitrogen, hydrogen, ethane, propane and isobutane without the need for distillation processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua A. Thompson, Joel E. Schmidt
  • Patent number: 11554344
    Abstract: The present invention and embodiments thereof provide a process to separate ethylene products from impurities such as nitrogen, hydrogen, ethane, propane and isobutane without the need for distillation processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua A. Thompson, Dan Xie, Joel Edward Schmidt, Stacey Ian Zones
  • Patent number: 11541348
    Abstract: In a process for separating carbon dioxide from a waste gas (3) of a fluid bed catalytic cracking installation (1) containing carbon dioxide, nitrogen and possibly carbon monoxide, the waste gas (3) is separated by adsorption to form a gas enriched in carbon dioxide and depleted in nitrogen (29) and a gas rich in nitrogen and depleted in carbon dioxide (31), and at least a portion of the gas enriched in carbon dioxide and depleted in nitrogen is separated in a separation device (30) by way of separation at a temperature of less than 0° C. by partial condensation and/or by distillation to form a fluid rich in carbon dioxide (35) and a fluid depleted in carbon dioxide (37).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme our l'Étude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges Claude
    Inventors: Guillaume Rodrigues, Richard Dubettier-Grenier