Patents by Inventor Alain Paul Ranc

Alain Paul Ranc has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Integrated ebullated-bed process for whole crude oil upgrading
    Patent number: 9546330
    Abstract: A system and process for upgrading a whole crude oil feed in an integrated ebullated-bed and hydrotreater is provided in which the whole crude oil is flashed into a flashed straight run distillates fraction and an atmospheric residue fraction. The atmospheric residue fraction is hydroprocessed in an ebullated-bed reaction zone, while the flashed straight run distillates fraction and the products fraction produced from the ebullated-bed reaction zone are hydrotreated in a fixed-bed reaction zone. Distillates from the hydrotreater and the unconverted residue fraction from the ebullated-bed reaction zone can be combined to produce an upgraded synthetic crude oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Omer Refa Koseoglu, Alain Paul Ranc
  • INTEGRATED EBULLATED-BED PROCESS FOR WHOLE CRUDE OIL UPGRADING
    Publication number: 20130292299
    Abstract: A system and process for upgrading a whole crude oil feed in an integrated ebullated-bed and hydrotreater is provided in which the whole crude oil is flashed into a flashed straight run distillates fraction and an atmospheric residue fraction. The atmospheric residue fraction is hydroprocessed in an ebullated-bed reaction zone, while the flashed straight run distillates fraction and the products fraction produced from the ebullated-bed reaction zone are hydrotreated in a fixed-bed reaction zone. Distillates from the hydrotreater and the unconverted residue fraction from the ebullated-bed reaction zone can be combined to produce an upgraded synthetic crude oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Omer Refa Koseoglu, Alain Paul Ranc